Posted on 09/17/2005 8:15:39 AM PDT by George from New England
Just heard the headline at 11 AM Eastern Time
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I wish I could identify the area. The press is saying 47th and the Dan Ryan Expy., but I don't remember if my train would travel that part of track. To further confuse things, there are two different Metra lines that run to Joliet.
They will probably criticize him for not having inspected the rails.
bush's war on trains begins...
Where's FEMA? Where's the ice, water and food, people are starving..
It is the Rock Island line that runs through the south side of Chicago, Blue Island, Midlothian, Oak Forest, Tinley Park, Mokena, then on to Joliet.
Of course only blacks were in the two front cars, right? /s
I hear that the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road.
Prayers for those people...
Upon hearing of the Chicago train derailment, New Orleans mayor Nagin was seen running in circles, shouting "Mayors and children first!" Louisiana governor Blanco said she would get back to us on a statement sometime tomorrow, or the day after that...
and Landrieu would slap Bush!
It's been expressed in many different forms, but the media bias makes it all seem plausible: The train derailment is Bush's fault, because he should have never been President but instead a train engineer so that he could have prevented this accident. Now when anything goes wrong, just blame Bush-it removes all personal responsibility and makes you feel much better-if you're a liberal.
Would that be the route with the train that hit Harrison Ford's prison bus , in the Fugitive?
If Ronald Reagan hadn't laid off the air traffic controllers, none of this would have happened.
"Has anyone criticized Bush yet for not being on site to help coordinate the rescue effort with the local officials?"
Hey...I live in Chicago. Any word on how I can get a $2000 debit card and a week or two on a cruise ship in Lake Michigan?
The hard part will be stopping the locals from climbing up on the tracks and pretending that they have whiplash.
Typically, a CTA bus with only 3 on board and involved in an accident will usually have 20 or so "victims" being carried off the bus before it's all over.
I hope there were no sailors on that metra train. Great Lakes Naval Training Facility is up there. My son just graduated from his Navy A-school at the end of July. He'd take the Metra into Chicago almost every weekend with his buddies. A lot of sailors took the metra into Chicago.
Praying for the safety of all on that train.
sneakers
Great Lakes is north of the city on a different line. This is a south side line.
Thanks. I don't know the lay of the land there very well!
sneakers
Any reports of looting?
Great Lakes Naval is way north - in the far northern suburbs - compared to where this was (south side of Chicago).
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