tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post1959573810556800093..comments2023-08-01T20:14:02.890-04:00Comments on Thunder Sounds: The Choo Choo IndexSLWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-7778274844824755192010-04-07T11:04:05.554-04:002010-04-07T11:04:05.554-04:00Gerald,
You mean the great mass of the unwashed li...Gerald,<br />You mean the great mass of the unwashed listening to the likes of Johnny Cash?<br /><br />"I hear no trains a-coming, not coming round the bend. Been no economic sunshine, since I don't know when..."SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-50007089966319364952010-04-07T07:53:42.069-04:002010-04-07T07:53:42.069-04:00An excellent indiator. An economy is recovering i...An excellent indiator. An economy is recovering if people are making stuff or buying stuff. Those who make the stuff are almost always not in the same place as those who buy the stuff, so there is a need to move the stuff. Steel rolling on steel is the most efficient, and thus most cost effective, form of conveyance known to man, and so would be used as the preferred low cost option for moving that stuff.<br /><br />No stuff to move, no trains moving it, no economic recovery. brilliant, but only in hindsight, which is why the academics are always gonna be behind us "flyover yokels" on the "wisdom" curve...Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971981236222388254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-35695403075338903512010-03-26T17:24:21.810-04:002010-03-26T17:24:21.810-04:00You're right, Cindy, about the need for the US...You're right, Cindy, about the need for the US economy to produce something other than debt, and I would add services as well. But then the liberal elites don't like pollution in the least, nor the use of natural resources at all, have drunk to the dregs the koolaid of anthropologic climate change, and generally can't stand the unwashed masses (of which, in their Malthusian philosophy, there's far too many). Their ilk not only hate America, but they hate Americans (and Africans, Asians, and everyone else for that matter but themselves).SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-86111472291394287312010-03-26T11:47:45.837-04:002010-03-26T11:47:45.837-04:00The U.S. needs to start producing something other ...The U.S. needs to start producing something other than debt.<br /><br />We live in the "breadbasket", and a lot of farmers are being paid not to grow anything. It's called CRP, and it's pretty popular. As people get older, they can put the land in CRP, make money, and not deal with farming, or passing on the farm to someone who will. (Your tax dollars at work.)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374941943549797713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-19358530661624698462010-03-26T11:34:13.264-04:002010-03-26T11:34:13.264-04:00I come from a three-generation railroad family, an...I come from a three-generation railroad family, and you are right on. I've lived closer to the tracks, but I wouldn't recommend it.<br /><br />The recovery rhetoric is not to be believed. One of the bloggers that I follow pointed out that recently one of the biggest trucking companies in the country went out of business. The drivers were mostly independently contracted and in some cases were literally left needing to buy gas to get home. <br />http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11715460<br /><br />Once again, it's the Lord who is our provider...not Uncle Sam. PTLCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374941943549797713noreply@blogger.com