It take a good deal of science to run a railroad. There are all sorts of challenges in mathematics, physics, geography, cartography, ecology, metallurgy, and on and on and on. You don't want just anybody building bridges over towns or blasting tunnels through mountains. You want men and women of science. It also takes a good deal of money to run a railroad. Materials to buy, rails and trains and stations to build, permits to file, oh goodness but it takes some money to run a railroad. So I'm sure the Cascadia Project was glad to get a USD $9.35 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Cascadia Project wants to build 'a long-term initiative to develop balanced, seamless, and expanded transportation systems among Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.' Sounds good to me! They've got the money, now let's look at the science. Hmmm... it looks like the Cascadia Project is an initiative of the Discovery Institute. They have that science channel on television, right? No, that's not right. The Discovery Institute is 'a non-profit, non-partisan, public policy think tank headquartered in Seattle and dealing with national and international affairs.' That sounds fine. What sort of thinking do they do in this think tank? Let's see... oh my, you mean to say that The Discovery Institute is the main agent behind 'intelligent design?' Is that the sort of science you want running the railroads? Bill and Melinda, what were you thinking?
"America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.
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