Tamana This afternoon my mother left for Chicago via the City of New Orleans, the famous train running from New Orleans to Chicago. I sang the song all day afterwards. Riding on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central – Monday Morning Rail. Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. […]
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Disappearin’ Railroad Blues.
18-Mar-09Recently I spent a little while visiting politicians’ web sites. All of them mention energy, and they all have energy policies of some sort. The Republicans promise more drilling for oil. The democrats promise a commitment to renewable energies. Most of them promise things to take place long after they leave office. “20% renewable energy […]
Mayhem in Queens.
22-Dec-09Monsanto Stories of airline horrors at JFK, which seems likely to be the case until Christmas Day. Delta having one person at the checkin desk, six hour waits, and so forth. Police called in to quell the angry mob. Where is all the money going in these industries? The employees are not well paid. There aren’t […]