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[quote user="schlimm"] #1 Once again you avoid the point that Menk was an insider, not just some fringe player..  I cited the reference.  Check the article for yourself at a library.  Of course, you tend to dismiss articles that you don't like, all the while you trumpet your experience as expertise in almost every post.  Secure individuals have no need to pull out their work experience, credentials, majors, places of residence, etc. in an attempt to bolster their argument. #2  I'll repeat:  "It is naive [especially if you spent time in DC] to believe that only congressmen and the Nixon Administration had input into the beginnings of Amtrak.  Powerful interests and their lobbyists write much of the legislation passed by Congress.  There have been volumes written on the topic, easily available at your library." #3  Perhaps you didn't read my words carefully?  "...as usual you devalue anyone who disputes your pronouncements" is quite a different statement than your statement:  "If I disagree with you or anyone else, I am devaluing you or your point of view"  My statement was a comment on your methods of argument.  Yours has a different meaning. [/quote] It is really simple.  Just point me to the prima fecie evidence.  One solid piece of evidence that shows that the framers of Amtrak intended it to fail.   Stating my experience in our legislative office in Washington was intended to counter your assertion, which was without any evidence, that I am naive regarding legislative processes.  How in the world could you know anything about my experiences and what I have or have not learning as a result?
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