Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:51:22 -0600, Chicago Laura wrote:
...
>
> It's not new job naivety speaking. It's just fresh in my mind what the
> wonderful Congress recently did to the CEO.

I really don't know who he was or how long he'd been there. But whatever
Congress "did" to him, I think he got off easy. The agency he "managed"
lost billions, year after year.



> Seems a bit shady.

Exactly!

> I
> realize Amtrak is a pseudo-government oraganization, but the Republicans
> (all politicians, actually) have a self-serving agenda with the
> organization.

You can leave off "with the organization" and still be correct.




> In the meantime, I will make a decent living
> until I collapse or Amtrak does...whichever comes first.

Oh, you'll outlast Amtrak.


> I notice you typically get the last word on any given topic with everyone

I promise that I'll let you have the last one here.
.

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