tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761684844816131695.post9200033218409577713..comments2023-10-25T07:40:30.436-07:00Comments on The White House Blog. US: State of the Union: Watch, Discuss, EngageBob Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773667618710588305noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761684844816131695.post-40266733143637620972010-01-27T23:05:12.450-08:002010-01-27T23:05:12.450-08:00It might have been a special State of the Union Ad...It might have been a special State of the Union Address if President Obama had talked about how he was putting massive amounts of American citizens back to work by rebuilding our outdated railroad system, thereby significantly reducing our dependence on oil while at the same time easing our carbon footprint on earth.<br /><br />While more details will be presented tomorrow and it was briefly mentioned in his speech tonight, we'll only receive 8 billion dollars to help with America's rail transportation needs. I'm hoping that more money is spent to build mass transit so we can get people out of their cars and onto trains and less money is spent repairing the rusty rails used to move goods from town to town. <br /><br />In my grandmother's day they had the "W.P.A.," or Works Progress Administration, that my family jokingly called, "Whistle, Pee, and Argue." Regardless of what they would call it today we may need such a resource now to put America's back to work laying new tracks for our future INSTEAD OF BUILDING HOUSES that no one can afford, and that's no joke.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02901887660946455765noreply@blogger.com