If I could turn back the clock, I'd bring back all the railroads. As a 10-year old, I went alone on the Orange Blossom Special, New York City to Miami, put on by my mom, enthralled by passing scenery, skipping into the dining car, two nights in a snug berth, met by my dad. In World War 2, I flew a B-17 Flying Fortress and loved it, but as a no-class passenger, air travel is corporal punishment. So I took trains to New Haven, Boston, Washington, DC, and Raleigh, NC, savoring the leg room, walking the aisles, club car, observation car, diner.
And now dozens of smaller American cities are losing air service entirely. Busses will move in, but if there's anything worse than sitting in an airplane, it's sitting in a bus. China, Japan, France, England, even India are pushing high-speed rail while President Obama is catching heat for his modest proposal to spend federal dollars on a few high-speed rail corridors offering Americans comfortable low-cost travel while putting thousands back to work.
Like the Tea Party Poopers, I too wish I could turn back the clock. Only they imagine that with less government and lower taxes, the world would automatically revert to a latter-day Garden of Eden. They forget that God put a Serpent in the Garden, and he's still there, coiled up and waiting. Scrapping oversight while unleashing mendacity will turn the whole nation into a nest of vipers, if it isn't already.
And now dozens of smaller American cities are losing air service entirely. Busses will move in, but if there's anything worse than sitting in an airplane, it's sitting in a bus. China, Japan, France, England, even India are pushing high-speed rail while President Obama is catching heat for his modest proposal to spend federal dollars on a few high-speed rail corridors offering Americans comfortable low-cost travel while putting thousands back to work.
Like the Tea Party Poopers, I too wish I could turn back the clock. Only they imagine that with less government and lower taxes, the world would automatically revert to a latter-day Garden of Eden. They forget that God put a Serpent in the Garden, and he's still there, coiled up and waiting. Scrapping oversight while unleashing mendacity will turn the whole nation into a nest of vipers, if it isn't already.
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