hey george, i have a question.

its a two-parter, so i apologize if its a little complicated. we recently took a cross-country train trip from illinois to california, and overall it was a great trip-the price was right, we were comfortable, we didn't have to torture the poor aging ford by dragging it across the desert, we contributed very little to global warming, and mostly, we had a chance to see beautiful country that some in our party had never seen before. and you know what? we felt safe the whole time. we were late getting back, but the rest of the trip was so nice we didn't mind that much. so my question, george, is 1. has it occurred to you that it is impossible to hijack a train and plunge it into the 90th floor of a skyscraper and kill over 3,000 people, and 2. in light of the above scenario, why don't you see that it makes a buttload of sense to properly fund a cross-country passenger rail system?

just asking.