April 9, 20233 yr On 4/7/2023 at 10:08 PM, goates said: Also the site of a fatal derailment a few years ago " February 15, 2023 Canuck News/Canada/Calgary British Columbia’s coroner’s office has recommended a full inquest into the deaths of three Calgary railroaders who were killed in a derailment near Field, B.C. in February 2019, according to one of the victim’s mothers." And it took four years just to get to this. https://www.thecp3.com/ Dugald Walker
April 9, 20233 yr Author From the linked article: “My immediate reaction was one of hopefulness … in our country, railways, they hold a lot of power and great deal of autonomy with that power, so if they ever do anything wrong, it’s darn near impossible to hold them to account,” Not only in your country. In many countries corporate power trumps all. Here in the US our Supreme Court has ruled that campaign contributions are the same as free speech. Almost unlimited. Hence, if you need money to run for public office you need to promise not to bite the hand that feeds you. Someday I would like to meet a politician running for office and ask him or her why? Why do you spend millions seeking a job that, on the surface, pays less than you could earn in your regular profession? Forget 'serving the people' and 'making a 'difference'. What's in it for you?" Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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April 10, 20233 yr On 4/9/2023 at 10:29 AM, birdguy said: Someday I would like to meet a politician running for office and ask him or her why? Why do you spend millions seeking a job that, on the surface, pays less than you could earn in your regular profession? Forget 'serving the people' and 'making a 'difference'. What's in it for you?" Trust me, many of them end up making more money as politicians without having to work hard than they would working in an actual profession. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
April 11, 20233 yr Author 4 hours ago, dave2013 said: Trust me, many of them end up making more money as politicians without having to work hard than they would working in an actual profession. It sure isn't just their base pay. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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