Of course I don’t know if they were or not. I’m just guessing. I have gotten so cynical from all this shit I’ve become willing to believe the worst of anybody.

Your misgivings are completely understandable.

Especially those of us who have fought all our lives for equality

...at least if I take an Alaskan Cruise I just have to drive 2 hours to Seattle.

We wish the US had high speed trains like Europe.

and any nice things remaining from the New Deal, must be destroyed.....

I'll end up in Chicago or San Francisco, both cities I'd love to see.

https://www.denver.org/blog/post/california-zephyr/

The only downside is Amtrak trains are notorious for delays. Our bucket trip was traveling from San Antonio to Chicago for a couple of days, then we took the California Zephyr to San Francisco. Stayed with a friend for four days, then took the Coast Starlight down to Los Angeles. We just stayed one night there, and back to San Antonio. We got a roomett. It was small, but we couldn't afford a larger sleeper.
Best part was just sitting and watching the scenery. No worries about maps or road conditions, just enjoying the ride.

So we took first class Amtrak all the way back to NYC, 3days with a little room and a shower and everything. It was glorious, you go to sleep and wake up 500 miles later. This was back in the 80s, but I still recommend it. It’s a great way to travel. I’ve been all over the country on Amtrak. It used be cool. I don’t know it how is now.

It's a very relaxing way to travel, more of a social or party atmosphere. True, the trains often run late, usually because of freight train traffic or mechanical issues. But it is a very civilized way to travel, even in coach. The seats are wider and more comfortable than the airplane seats, with much more leg room. There is no check-in process, no metal detector security line, you just show up a few minutes before boarding, with every effort made to keep families or groups together. That describes travel by coach. If you get a sleeper, it's much more private and all of your meals are included in the price. I'd much rather travel by train than fly.

Train travel in the US is fine if you like the relaxing scene routes. It takes a long time outside of a few high speed corridors on the east coast.

Three or four trips a year to MO and IL from TX make it a no-brainer. Less expensive, so much more convenient, fewer people = no crowds. Every time, we get a typical 24-person (?) coach car and share it with maybe seven or eight others at most. Bring our snacks/drinks. No hidden charges for wi-fi, baggage, or bathroom visits (won't surprise me when (not if) airlines begin charging for that last one).

No stress, less expensive, and positively calming at the expense of 36 hours (the amount of hours we'd otherwise waste napping in the hotel room or some such). For us, the train is a major relaxant. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Didn’t feel like flying so I decided to take Amtrak. I think it took about twelve hours. I’m pretty fidgety and I thought I was going to go crazy. The trains are very nice, the ride was smooth, but I would not recommend a long train ride if you get bored or restless easily.

Sure.

And a dangerously unqualified ass kissing idiot on top of that.

That seems to be the only kind of people
they have.

No way in hell would lunatics like Hageman, Mullin or Tuberville been elected 15 years ago. Now it seems like all you have to do to be qualified in republican land is kiss Trump's ass and repent on Fox News daily.

I got shit a while back for comparing Fox to a multi-level marketing program and my theory still stands.

sure works for me!

and Congressional Magats voted it down because it would have been a win for Biden.

Now Magats are blaming Biden. See how they roll?

Make us die for stupid preventable reasons.

Under Repub and Dem administrations, the executive has been sounding the alarm and asking for budget to re-do the ATC system for decades. The budget requests have sometimes been stopped by the OMB before getting into proposed legislation, or it's been removed by congress even when it gets through OMB. Those idiots didn't see it as a priority.

While it's possible that some accidents may happen that would motivate congress to act, I suspect that a bigger motivator might be when some airlines decline to operate in airspace that lacks adequate ATC resources. When airlines stop operating out of JFK/LGA/Liberty/Teterboro, people will scream and the congressional asshole brigade may wake up.

The reason it might get done now is so that Trump can get a win. I'm curious to see how congressional Dems would handle that.

Looks like we made the right decision!

beccause they sere every dollar paid to a worker as a dollar that is wasted.

They really don't get it, not at all.

Why Newark Airport so deprived?
And why Newark with the ICE harassment of the mayor too?


NJ on the verge of a momentous Governor's race this year (I support Rep. Mikie Sherrill). And the Dem primary on June 10th around the corner. Trump just endorsed one of the GOPs this week.

Are the Feds hellbent on targeting Newark and NJ for chaos?