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Letter to Trump re LDs

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Posted by CMStPnP on Thursday, March 30, 2017 11:37 AM

ACY
No, it won't be read; or if it is, it won't be paid attention to. For myself, I won't sit back and snivel, but I won't waste my time writing letters to this White House. I use too many multisyllables to be understood by them anyways.  Tom

All letters to the White House are read, scanned in to a electronic file and become a part of the White House archives.    

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Posted by ACY Tom on Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:56 AM

CMStPnP

Nothing wrong with writing a letter Dave and yes it will be read.    

I'll just sit back and snivel.

No, it won't be read; or if it is, it won't be paid attention to. For myself, I won't sit back and snivel, but I won't waste my time writing letters to this White House. I use too many multisyllables to be understood by them anyways. 

Tom

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Posted by CMStPnP on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:02 PM

Nothing wrong with writing a letter Dave and yes it will be read.    

The thread proves an earlier point I made that railfans are really Amtrak's worst enemy.   Just read the comments here and the justifications for sitting around and doing absolutely nothing about a key issue allegedly they say they care about in their posts on this forum but when it comes to actually taking action it's..........let the other guy spend time in that area.   I'll just sit back and snivel.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 5:49 PM

That's a good letter David, but if I were you I'd send it again with ALL your professional credentials listed.

Why?  Well look at it this way.  Trump's a builder, and in your own way so were you. He's a businessman, you're a businessman, albeit retired now. He's New York, you're New York.  Even if you never did any contract work for Trump or one of his organizations he may just know you by reputation.

Worth a try, I think.

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Posted by schlimm on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 4:34 PM

NKP guy

   Good luck with that, Dave.

   However, I think it's pretty well known that Trump can't, or doesn't anyway, read...anything.  You'll have to have someone at Fox News read your letter on the air if you want to try to get his attention.

 

+1 

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 2:14 PM

NKP guy

   Good luck with that, Dave.

   However, I think it's pretty well known that Trump can't, or doesn't anyway, read...anything.  You'll have to have someone at Fox News read your letter on the air if you want to try to get his attention.

Yes

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Posted by schlimm on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 2:06 PM

ACY
P.S.  I'm writing my Congressman to suggest that they build a new golf course at Leavenworth, to make Mr. Trump's retirement more enjoyable. After all, he loves walls and looks great in orange!

+1  Or DJT can seek asylum in Putin's dacha!

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Posted by 54light15 on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:26 AM

ACY- Brilliant! He's known in the U.K. as "The Orange Turd" 

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Posted by wanswheel on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:23 AM
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Posted by ACY Tom on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:48 AM

NKP guy

   Good luck with that, Dave.

   However, I think it's pretty well known that Trump can't, or doesn't anyway, read...anything.  You'll have to have someone at Fox News read your letter on the air if you want to try to get his attention.

 

It's a nice gesture, but I doubt that a letter to anybody in this White House will make much difference. Their minds are made up and they refuse to be confused with facts or anybody else's interests or opinions. 

Your legislators will be the ones who can make a difference. Trump doesn't understand the separation of powers, so he has no idea of the limits of his own authority. But whether he knows it or not, there are forces that can limit him, and we elect those forces. 

Tom

P.S.  I'm writing my Congressman to suggest that they build a new golf course at Leavenworth, to make Mr. Trump's retirement more enjoyable. After all, he loves walls and looks great in orange!

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Posted by schlimm on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:07 AM

daveklepper

Posted as a suggestion to others who agree that there a great deal of hidden costs in air and highway trtansportation thar Mica ands others have not begun to address:

aדוד לויד בן יעקב יהודה קלפר, כתובת: ישיבת בית אורות, שמואל בן עדיה1, הר הזיתים, ירושלים  97400

David Lloyd ben Yaacov Yehuda Klepper, Yeshivat Beit Orot, Shmuel ben Adiya 1, Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem 97400, ISRAEL
E-mail:  daveklepper@yahoo.com.
א' ניסן, תשע"ז, 28.03.17                   1 Nison 5777, 28 March. '17
President Donald Trump
The White House, Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20202, USA
Dear President Trump,
 
Closing down Amtrak long-distance train service would eliminate the ability of most handicapped and elderly people from having access to the entire continental USA, for vacations and family visits.  It would also prevent some tourist-oriented businesses from continuing to earn enough money to pay taxes, and this loss may be greater than the subsidy.
 
 
The defense importance of these trains was proved on 11 September 2001.
 
With all possible respect and very best wishes,
 
 
David Lloyd (ben Yaacov Yehuda) Klepper, student of the Yeshiva, USA Army veteran

 

 

Good luck!  Perhaps sending it to Jared Kushner might be a better strategem.

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Posted by NKP guy on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AM

   Good luck with that, Dave.

   However, I think it's pretty well known that Trump can't, or doesn't anyway, read...anything.  You'll have to have someone at Fox News read your letter on the air if you want to try to get his attention.

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Letter to Trump re LDs
Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:01 AM

Posted as a suggestion to others who agree that there a great deal of hidden costs in air and highway trtansportation thar Mica ands others have not begun to address:

aדוד לויד בן יעקב יהודה קלפר, כתובת: ישיבת בית אורות, שמואל בן עדיה1, הר הזיתים, ירושלים  97400

David Lloyd ben Yaacov Yehuda Klepper, Yeshivat Beit Orot, Shmuel ben Adiya 1, Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem 97400, ISRAEL
E-mail:  daveklepper@yahoo.com.
א' ניסן, תשע"ז, 28.03.17                   1 Nison 5777, 28 March. '17
President Donald Trump
The White House, Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20202, USA
Dear President Trump,
 
Closing down Amtrak long-distance train service would eliminate the ability of most handicapped and elderly people from having access to the entire continental USA, for vacations and family visits.  It would also prevent some tourist-oriented businesses from continuing to earn enough money to pay taxes, and this loss may be greater than the subsidy.
 
 
The defense importance of these trains was proved on 11 September 2001.
 
With all possible respect and very best wishes,
 
 
David Lloyd (ben Yaacov Yehuda) Klepper, student of the Yeshiva, USA Army veteran

 

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