Originally Posted by matclone  No kidding. I mean, I agree. Arguably a prime example of the capitalist tail wagging the dog. Instead of industry responding to consumer demand, it's often typically the other way around: industry shaping consumer demand (dismantling the rails; promoting car culture, ideological opposition to public transportation etc. etc.) |
You know acadia, I rode a train once not too long ago. I won 4 tickets at a raffel. It was about 400 miles roundtrip.
It was one of the WORST travel experiances of my LIFE! There werent more than a handful of people on board (most likely they got free tickets too!) That thing stopped in 4 or 5 podunk towns where most of the time no one got on or off. On the way back everytime I tried to nod off to sleep..... BWWWWWAAAAA..... BWWWWWWAAAAAA...BWWWWWAAAAA..
.. ding ding ding.. BWWWWAAAAA.... BWWWWAAAA.... BWWWWAAAAA
(thats the sound the train makes going over those FREE roads)
As Im sitting there being terribly annoyed, it occured to me that this was just another Pork Barrell boondoggle that America drowing under. The people DONT want it but by golly the dogooders in our country are going to give it to us anyway...... NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WASTE!