Fishpolelease, I don't think you should feel you need to apologize for a cut and paste article. I do it all the time. I'm lazy, my excuse. Why waste time paraphrasing something already said. Besides it seems to have some irritant value for the smug ones. The ones that think their words and ideas have never seen the light of day before.

Aunty M, you said something about logical rail... in an earlier post. Damn, there is much we agree on, if sparring with you wasn't so much fun I'd join up. It has been known for decades that steel on steel, i.e rail is the most efficient way to move freight. However, the trucking supporters were better lobbyists and managed to get the Federal government to regulate many railroads into bankruptcy. They were forced to charge rates that made them noncompetitive with the trucking industry. Stupid, but thats the American way in many cases.
Oh yes. Blow the damn dams if they don't have viable fish ladders. Even the Grand Coulee needs to have fish ladders. Hell it's only money. The government hand is always in a deep pocket. right?