haolerider
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Secretary of Transportaion Norman Mineta has resigned. See CNN.com for details.
Mineta Resigns
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Yeah - but what will the person who replaces him be like, regarding Amtrak???
frj1983
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Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Tommy Thompson waits in the wings.
Tommy Thompson waits in the wings.
I just saw the following in a news clip"
Anyone know anything about this one?
yarrow
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according to wikipeida she has no transportation training and is known for trying to privatize and for poor relations with workers. makes me want to move to canada.
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The man is 74 years old and has health problems. Does he really need to provide a public reason for wanting to live a private life?jccollins said:
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NO, but the man should be held accountable for his terrible job as transportation secretary as a Bush stooge and turning his back on the principals of the Democratic Party. The man was anti-Amtrak which will hurt the country in the long run. He supported policies which left many Americans who are poor or disabled without reliable and cost effective transportation. He hurt our country's national security and economic well-being by carrying out policies which hurt our rail system of transportation.PRR 60 said:
He has a lot of explaining to do. He accepted and carried out policies which were against the people, workers, elderly, minorities, and the working-classes. It is unfortunate that he won't be held accountable for his actions against the people.
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Maybe just maybe that is why he has decided to resign!!!! The damage is already done!!! OBS...PennCentralFan said:
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The country is left without reliable and cost effective transportation? Oh, I'm sorry. I must have missed something. Is Amtrak actually gone and no one told me? Were dozens of trains cut without my knowing it? There seems to be lots of trains on the NEC and in California. The Starlight and Zephyr and the Crescent are still out there as far as I know. So, please enlighten me on how you came to the conclusion that the poor, downtrodden masses must now do without because of Norman Mineta and he must now answer for his crimes.PennCentralFan said:
And while we're at it, exactly what was the funding provided to Amtrak in the last three years of the Clinton administration (who was, I believe, a Democrat)? How about $571 million, $521 million and $521 million. Add those up and you are just a bit higher than today's one year funding. I bet the big, bad Congress cut the funding that Amtrak asked for and President Clinton really wanted to provide? Well, no. Amtrak and Clinton got exactly what they asked for: $571 million, $521 million and $521 million. Requested and provided. And, here's the punch line. Amtrak supporters praised that funding level. Now, $900 million is a "shut down" budget and Mineta is the enemy of the people. Interesting logic.
First, I want to remind everyone that Norman Mineta has served his country in the past with distinction, as well as had unmentionable horrors committed against him and his family.
At 10 years old, he and his family were sent to internment camps during WWII. Years later, he was largely the person responsible for the US Government formally apologizing and compensating thousands of families whom also suffered the same fate as his. Something that I might add, helped thousands of workers, elderly, and minorities.
In 1953, he joined the US Army and served with distinction for his country.
He has served as Mayor of San Jose and was a member of the House of Representatives for 20 years.
Next, it should be noted that most people generally credit him for restoring confidence in the airline's after 9/11. He was largely responsible for organizing and creating the TSA, before it became part of the Homeland Security Department.
So while I don't agree with some of what he's done while working in the White House, please let's keep in mind that he has had a long and distinguished career and by and large has tried to do what he thinks is right for his country.
We may never know why he choose to come out against Amtrak, whether he was ordered to do that, or if it was his choice, or if he just didn't fight hard enough against pressure from others in the administration. But one should not condem a man for one mistake when he has done so much good for this country.
At 10 years old, he and his family were sent to internment camps during WWII. Years later, he was largely the person responsible for the US Government formally apologizing and compensating thousands of families whom also suffered the same fate as his. Something that I might add, helped thousands of workers, elderly, and minorities.
In 1953, he joined the US Army and served with distinction for his country.
He has served as Mayor of San Jose and was a member of the House of Representatives for 20 years.
Next, it should be noted that most people generally credit him for restoring confidence in the airline's after 9/11. He was largely responsible for organizing and creating the TSA, before it became part of the Homeland Security Department.
So while I don't agree with some of what he's done while working in the White House, please let's keep in mind that he has had a long and distinguished career and by and large has tried to do what he thinks is right for his country.
We may never know why he choose to come out against Amtrak, whether he was ordered to do that, or if it was his choice, or if he just didn't fight hard enough against pressure from others in the administration. But one should not condem a man for one mistake when he has done so much good for this country.
yarrow
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elegant reply alan. i was just talking to our kids about norman mineta's honorable history. a rarity in the bush administration.
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