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Here’s more video action from Woodbourne on August 25. Some all black yard power trailing on 14G, Just the same old on 17G, the Bomber set deadhead D9303, and just some SEPTA revenue trains, enjoy.

6:12 PM -
SEPTA 373 heads on the West Trenton Line with a scheduled stop at Woodbourne, nice sounding RS2M horn.
373 – West Trenton, NJ – Elwyn, PA
4 SEPTA Silverliner IV

6:16 PM -
Sorry for the weird view, I was caught off guard. SEPTA 6380 heads north from Woodbourne to West Trenton.
6380 – Philadelphia, PA – West Trenton, NJ
3 SEPTA Silverliner IV

6:26 PM -
SEPTA 4382 heads north after a station stop at Woodbourne, Pennsylvania.
4382 – Philadelphia, PA – West Trenton, NJ
4 SEPTA Silverliner IV

6:43 PM -
NS 14G heads east over the CSX Trenton and SEPTA West Trenton Lines with a short train and some yard power trailing including NS 5283 returning to Morrisville from I’m guessing some work. SEPTA 384 sneaks under them shortly after the engines pass.
14G – Conway, PA – Morrisville, PA mixed freight
NS CW40-9513
NS SD70M-2 2775
NS GP38-2 5283
NS SD40-2 3424
384 – Elwyn, PA – West Trenton NJ
4 SEPTA Silverliner IV

6:46 PM
SEPTA D9303 deadhead move heads south on it’s way back to Philly, both ears covered uring that I wouldn’t be deafened by the K5LA horn if he blew it at me.
D9303 – West Trenton, NJ – Wayne Junction (Philadelphia), PA
SEPTA AEM-7 2301
SEPTA Cab Car 2405

6:48 PM -
NS 17G heads west on the Morrisville Line with a pair of GE’s and a short train.
17G – Morrisville, PA – Conway, PA mixed freight
NS ES40DC 7686
NS CW40-9 9707

7:13 PM -
SEPTA 383 slows for a stop at Woodbourne on the way to Elwyn, PA in Delaware County.
383 – West Trenton, NJ – Elwyn, PA
4 SEPTA Silverliner IV

7:24 PM -
SEPTA 386 heads north after a stop at Woodbourne, crossing over to track one alongside a trespasser.
386 – Elwyn, PA – West Trenton, NJ
SEPTA Silverliner II, III, II and II

8:04 PM -
SEPTA 387 heads south with 386’s consist as night falls on the area.
388 – West Trenton, NJ – Elwyn, PA
SEPTA Silverliner II, II, III and II

8:07 PM -
SEPTA Train 388 heads north to West Trenton.
388 – Elwyn, PA – West Trenton, NJ
3 SEPTA Silverliner IV

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, produced a response among American
officials, the media, and the public that is probably matched only by the
attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Since it is the very nature of terrorism not
only to cause immediate damage but also to strike fear in the hearts of the
population under attack, one might say that the terrorists were extraordinarily
successful, not just as a result of their own efforts but also in consequence
of the American reaction. In this essay, I shall argue that this reaction was irrational
to a great extent and that to that extent Americans unwittingly cooperated
with the terrorists in achieving a major goal: spreading fear and thus
disrupting lives. In other words, we could have reacted more rationally and as
a result produced less disruption in the lives of our citizens.
There are several reasons why one might say that a huge reaction to the
9/11 attacks was justified. The first is simply the large number of lives that
were lost. In the absence of a shooting war, that 2,800 Americans should die
from the same cause strikes us as extraordinary indeed. But does the sheer
size of the loss of life warrant the reaction we saw? Clearly sheer numbers do
not always impress us. It is unlikely, for example, that many Americans
remember that, earlier in 2001, an earthquake in Gujarat, India, killed approximately
20,000 people. One might explain the difference in reaction by saying
that we naturally respond more strongly to the deaths of Americans closer to
home than to those of others halfway around the world. But then consider the
fact that, every month during 2001 more Americans were killed in automobile
crashes than were killed on 9/11 (and it has continued every month since
as well). Since the victims of car accidents come from every geographical area
and every social stratum, one can say that those deaths are even “closer to
home” than the deaths that occurred in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania.
It may be harder to identify with an earthquake victim in Asia than
with a 9/11 victim, but this cannot be said for the victims of fatal automobile
accidents.
One might say that it was the malice of the perpetrators that makes
the 9/11 deaths so noteworthy, but surely there is plenty of malice present in
the 15,000 homicides that occur every year in the United States. And while we
have passed strict laws favoring prosecution of murderers, we do not see the
huge and expensive shift in priorities that has followed the 9/11 attacks.
It seems clear, at least, that sheer numbers cannot explain the response
to 9/11. If more reasons were needed, we might consider that the actual total
of the number of 9/11 deaths seemed of little consequence in post-attack reports.
Immediately after the attacks, the estimated death toll was about 6,500.
Several weeks later it was clear that fewer than half that many had actually
died, but was there a great sigh of relief when it was learned that over 3,000
people who were believed to have died were still alive? Not at all. In fact, well
after it was confirmed that no more than 3,000 people had died, Secretary
of Defense Donald Rumsfeld still talked about “over 5,000” deaths on 9/11.
So the actual number seems to be of less consequence than one might have
believed.
We should remember that fear and outrage at the attacks are only the beginning
of the country’s response to 9/11. We now have a new cabinet-level
Department of Homeland Security; billions have been spent on beefing up security
and in tracking terrorists and potential terrorists; billions more have
been spent supporting airlines whose revenues took a nosedive after the attacks;
the Congress was pulled away from other important business; the National
Guard was called out to patrol the nation’s airports; air travelers have
been subjected to time-consuming and expensive security measures; you can
probably think of a half-dozen other items to add to this list.
It is probable that a great lot of this trouble and expense is unwarranted.
We think that random searches of luggage of elderly ladies getting on airplanes
in Laramie, Wyoming, for example, is more effective as a way of annoying elderly
ladies than of stopping terrorism.
We might have accomplished something if we had been able to treat the
terrorist attacks of 9/11 in a way similar to how we treat the carnage on the
nation’s highways—by implementing practices and requirements that are directly
related to results (as in the case of speed limits, safety belts, and the
like, which took decades to accomplish in the cause of auto safety)— rather
than by throwing the nation into a near panic and using the resulting fears to
justify expensive but not necessarily effective or even relevant measures.
But we focused on 9/11 because of its terrorist nature and because of the
spectacular film that was shown over and over on television, imprinting forever
the horrific images of the airliner’s collision with the World Trade Center and
the subsequent collapse of the two towers. The media’s instant obsession with
the case is understandable, even if it is out of proportion to the actual damage,
as awful as it was, when we compare the actual loss to the loss from automobile
accidents.
Finally, our point is that marginal or even completely ineffective expenditures
and disruptive practices have taken our time, attention, and national
treasure away from other matters with more promise of making the country a
better place. We seem to have all begun to think of ourselves as terrorist targets,
but, in fact, reason tells us we are in much greater danger from our friends
and neighbors behind the wheels of their cars.

I’ll give you a heads up. . .

The conclusion always restates the arguments. . .

Congress has no business dictating automotive fuel efficiency.
Everybody in Washington wants to force the auto industry to make more fuel-efficient cars and trucks. President Bush wants to require new vehicles to meet federal standards (to be determined) based on how heavy they are. The Senate wants to mandate that every car, pick-up truck, and SUV sold in 2020 average a fuel efficiency of at least 35 miles per gallon — far more aggressive than the 27.5 mile per gallon standard now in place for passenger vehicles. The House could offer an amendment on fuel standards from the floor on Friday. Either way, we’ll find out later this week what’s in store.

Would the market produce “too little” conservation without corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) standards? At first glance, no. The “right” (that is, efficient) amount of gasoline consumption will occur naturally as long as fuel markets are free and gasoline prices reflect total costs. In fact, a review of market data by Clemson University economist Molly Espey and Santosh Nair found that consumers actually overvalue fuel efficiency. That is, they pay more up front in higher car prices than the present value of the fuel savings over the lifetimes of the cars.

But driving imposes costs on others that aren’t reflected in fuel prices, like environmental degradation. Because gasoline prices do not reflect total costs, consumption is higher than it ought to be. Congress is therefore doing the economy a favor by mandating increased increments of energy conservation, right?

The argument is clever, but wrong.

Increasing CAFE standards will not decrease the amount of pollution coming from the U.S. auto fleet. That’s because we regulate emissions per mile traveled, not per gallon of gasoline burned. Improvements in fuel efficiency reduce the cost of driving and thus increase vehicle miles traveled. Moreover, automakers have an incentive to offset the costs associated with improving fuel efficiency by spending less complying with federal pollution standards with which they currently over-comply.

Those two observations explain calculations from Pennsylvania State economist Andrew Kleit showing that a 50 percent increase in CAFE standards would increase total emissions of volatile organic compounds by 2.3 percent, nitrogen oxide emissions by 3.8 percent, and carbon-monoxide emissions by 5 percent.

Another rationale for CAFE standards is that gasoline purchases send money to foreign terrorists who kill and maim with our dollars. Energy conservation, according to many, is our “ace in the hole” against al Qaeda and its ilk.

If there were a relationship between our “energy addiction” and Islamic terrorism, one would expect to find a correlation between world crude oil prices and Islamic terror attacks or mortality from the same. But there is no statistical relationship between the two. Terrorism is a very low-cost endeavor and manpower, not money, is its necessary determinant. That explains why even the lowest inflation-adjusted oil prices in history proved no obstacle to the rise of Islamic terror organizations in the 1990s.

While it’s true that nasty regimes like Iran are getting rich off our driving habits, the extent to which oil profits fuel its nastiness is unclear. After all, Pakistan is a poor country with no oil revenues, but it had no problem building a nuclear arsenal. The same goes for North Korea. Iran without oil revenues might look like Syria. Venezuela without oil revenues might look like Cuba. In short, while rich bad actors are probably more dangerous than poor ones, oil revenues don’t seem to make much difference at the margin.

Finally, we’re told that CAFE helps secure our energy independence. But the amount of oil we import is related to the difference between domestic and foreign crude oil prices. Reducing oil demand may reduce the total amount of oil we consume, but it will not reduce the degree to which we rely on foreign oil to meet our needs.

Regardless, tightening CAFE standards would have little impact on any of these alleged problems. If the Senate’s proposed CAFE standard of 35 mpg by 2020 were to become law, it would reduce oil consumption by, at most, about 1.2 million barrels a day. Given that the Energy Information Administration thinks world crude oil production would be 103.8 million barrels a day by 2020, the reduction would be 1.2 percent of global demand and result in a 1.3 percent decline in price; nowhere near enough to defund terrorists, denude oil producers of wealth, or secure energy independence.

Congress has no business dictating automotive fuel efficiency. That’s a job for consumers, not vote-hustling politicians. There are no problems for CAFE standards to solve. Hence, they shouldn’t be tightened; they should be repealed.

I think they do. The car industry is certainly not going to step up.
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Have anyone seen this e mail yet?It is a little scary ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
DATE: 25thTH/08/2008 Attention: JOHN CASON FUND BENEFICIARY, We received your email, this is not a child play, we are ready to take you to any length if you failed to proof the legitimate of the fund you are about to receive. As a Federal Commission we are here to protect your interest and the interest of all the United State citizens as well as this great Nation world wide. You have been investigated as the beneficiary of the said funds that is why you are in touch with the FBI for a solid proof before the funds will be release to you.

The said funds is now in U.S Bank in your name which has been placed on hold under the custody of the FBI for further verification and proof before releasing the fund to you.

You do not have this document in your files, if you did the fund would not have been hold. We did not believe this at first, but when we saw the transfer we had no option than to contact you.

We have gone through your Identification record and also the informations received from you, we have verified a lot of things about you. It has come to the attention of our Money Trafficking investigation department, that you have some funds valued at U.S $ 10.5 Million to your name, The said payment is awaiting adjudication and crediting to JOHN CASON , this funds are from Inheritance ‘willed ‘ from C.B.N Bank Nigeria precisely.

With full concern of The F.B.I and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wish to remind you of the consequences of remitting such huge sums of money without complying fully with the provisions of the Financial and Allied Matters Decree 5 as amended in sub-section C (6) of 2003, which stipulates that any monitory transaction been done in the United States Of America, must have proper records, which duly guarantees and covers the transaction as legitimate and legally acquired and not criminally or terrorist associated funds. This is due to ongoing terrorist activities/economic crimes on and against the United States of America citizens and world wide.

Note that with the information’s we have here, the fund in your name here was release from Federal Republic Of Nigeria. To this regard you are to contact the EFCC Nigeria where the fund was release from so that they will issue you the required document because they are the only people that can issue you the document. Nobody else have the right or privilege to issue you this document unless the EFCC Nigeria.
You are under an observational /Investigation in connection with money laundering. If your funds comes from a legitimate and legal source, the proper guidelines for you to recover the right of transaction is for you to provide the official monitory transaction release document so that your funds will be legally processed and recorded and accounted for and then finally released to you.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONEY LAUNDERING DEPARTMENT) IS HERE to wipe out terrorism, and will stop at no length in doing our duty for the American people.

You have 48 hours to produce legal proof of the below frozen wired transaction number coded:. JOHN CASON , AZQV9007 owned by JOHN CASON
You do not have any rights to receive these funds if the documented legal wire information is not complete. For your own good and benefit, you are advice not to send your money to anybody accept the below person that will get the document for you. It have come to our notice that you have been dealing with scammers regarding the present transaction in your name, with the power imposed on us as a high Federal Commission, you are hereby warn and instruction to terminate your involvement with any people or individual contacting you regarding this present transaction.The said funds is now in our custody in your name as the beneficiary, your dealings should be channel to this office alone, if we find out you are still communicating with Imposters you will be charge for advance fraud communication by the Federal Law.

The very heart of FBI operations lies in our investigations–which serve, as our mission states, ‘to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats and to enforce the criminal laws of the United States.’ So follow our instructions properly to avoid any action before you. Attached a copy of my Office ID for your mutual view and understanding so that you will know exactly whom you are dealing with.

We currently have jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal law. So you can see that we can track you down through Investigative programs. We have your address and the evidence and status of your wired funds, so we can arrest you anytime a

This is such an obvious scam it is pathetic

New law benefits both Pennsylvania business and employees

HARRISBURG, PA (July 3, 2008) – Team Pennsylvania Foundation commends the governor and state legislature for passing a law that makes Pennsylvania a better place to do business, consolidates collection of the earned income tax and eases the burden for all taxpayers.
“We want to commend Governor Rendell, Senator Jane Earll, Representative David Levdansky and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Yablonsky for their leadership,” Wendie DiMatteo Holsinger, co-chair, Team Pennsylvania Foundation said. “The collaborative effort involving local government officials, business leaders and non-profit advocates like Team Pennsylvania Foundation will greatly benefit businesses, consumers and local governments,” she added.
Passage of Senate Bill 1063 was a unique opportunity for Pennsylvania businesses, local governments and the legislature to work together to craft a law that benefits not only business across the Commonwealth but all employees as well, according to Team Pennsylvania Foundation President & CEO Rich Hudic.
“An unprecedented partnership of business, civic, and political leaders worked diligently to make this law a reality,” Hudic said. “This law will streamline and make more efficient the earned income collection system.”
Holsinger said the new law calls for the reduction of earned income tax (EIT) collectors from almost 2,000 jurisdictions to collection districts congruent with counties in the state. The amount collected exceeds $1.9 billion annually.
Hudic noted the current system’s inefficiency caused lost revenue due to inconsistent withholding, remittance, distribution and reporting. A study by the PA Economy League found a lack of collection and losses in the distribution process have resulted in uncollected or unremitted taxes estimated to be as much as $237 million.

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After reading this I see why BOTH presidential candidates are trying to appeal to the common man.
I know I don’t want an elitist or some guy so rich, he can’t even remember how many houses he owns in office.
I honestly believe someone who’s been living on a budget would deal with matters that ‘We The People’ want to be dealt with.

The Ranks Of The Ultrawealthy Grow

One of the most exclusive clubs in the U.S. has picked up more members.

About 47,000 people had a net worth of $20 million or more in 2004, the latest available year, according to new estimates by the Internal Revenue Service. While that was up only slightly from 46,000 in 2001, it was up 62% from 29,000 in 1998.

The IRS also reported increases in the number of people with a net worth between $10 million and $20 million: 79,000 people qualified for this group in 2004, up from 77,000 in 2001 and 51,000 in 1998.

California had the largest number of residents with a net worth of $1.5 million or more, with 428,000 in 2004. Florida came in second, with 199,000, followed by New York (168,000), Texas (108,000), Illinois (101,000), Pennsylvania (86,000) and Massachusetts (83,000).

This new peek inside the nation’s upper crust comes from IRS data posted recently on the agency’s Web site (irs.gov). While nobody knows precisely how many millionaires or multimillionaires there are, the IRS figures are considered an important indicator since they’re based on federal estate-tax returns, which include extensive details on assets and debts of wealthy people who have died. IRS analysts use data on these returns to estimate the wealth of the living.

http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/105638/The-Ranks-of-the-Ultrawealthy-Grow

I’m voting for Cowbell and so should you….Now go answer my question

Someone close to me is headed for a child custody/re-location trial soon in the state of Pennsylvania. I have read that our court system is so corrupt and that our states’ family law statutes are no longer designed to serve justice or operate in “the best interest of the
child.” Nor are state statutes the true decision maker over the
daily operations of our courts. Rather, the states’ family law
statutes have been quietly adjusted to make sure that family
court operations leverage the maximum dollar return from
a vast array of federal grant sources. I have also read where most of these programs providing grant money to family law were major parts
of the welfare reform effort of the 1990’s. Has the outcome of this up and coming trial already been decided and if so what would the outcome be if this is true. What information do the courts use to determine how they can make the most revenue out of each case?

From what I’ve been told, it depends alot on the employees of your system there. I am in Tennessee. We have been through a very corrupt and drawn out trial with my son and granddaughter. Laws were broken, "best interest of the child" was not much of a consideration. It was more in the best interest of the prestigious and wealthy family that we faced. They kept the baby stringing along between homes for near two years. I have proof of some facts but only strong circumstantial evidence on others. Custody was actually given to the other grandparents from my son for five months without him knowing it. It was done by their lawyer presenting the judge with a paper verifying visitation arrangements we had just made to last for two weeks after the judge telling him that he would not discuss custody that day. Instead of reading, on good faith the judge signed the paper. It actually gave custody to the grandparents. Court tapes were changed within one week to make it agree with the papers. Keep in mind that you are entitled to hear and record every session of your trial. Call the courthouse and set a time. Also, watch closely the documentation coming in to the courthouse….or hopefully coming in. The trial ended on March 31 and the state has filed no papers concerning the outcome giving my son full custody. The state has been called by attorneys, Youth Services Officer, and a counselor needing proof of custody to treat. Stay one step ahead if possible.

Rep. Jim Christiana talks about the need to make tough budget choices.

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1 ILLEGAL immigrants should be given drivers licenses

2 If following an attempt at an abortion, the baby is born alive, we should kill him or her

3 Our new president should immediately hold a conference for the leaders of all Muslim nations so we can listen to their concerns

4 A "Marriage" can be between a man and woman, or a man and man, or a woman and woman

5 If America wants to be respected in the world, we can’t drive our SUVs, and eat as much as we want .

6 After September 11, I immediately thought it was important to understand what causes such madness.

7 People in small towns in Pennsylvania and the Mid-West are bitter, which explains why they cling to guns and religion

8 Even though doubling capital gains tax will result in less revenue for the government we should do it anyway. Its about fairness…some people make too much money

9 A church whose magazine publishes a claim in June 2007 that Jews invented a bomb which only targets Africans and Arabs is actually not that controversial.

10 We cannot continue to rely on the US military to achieve homeland security. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as WELL-FUNDED.

11 We should commit the US to cutting global poverty in half by 2015 at an estimated cost to US taxpayers of around $800 billion.

12 Its unreasonable to expect a nominee for President to vet the people he/she asks to conduct a search for a Vice President

13 We should slow down our development of future combat systems for the US Military

14 Its OK to make a fundamental promise to use public finance during the general election in order to win a Primary, and then to break the promise at the start of the general election because its all about winning.

15 Its OK for a candidate for president not to pay parking tickets for 20 years, as long as he/she pays them off at least two weeks before announcing a run for president

16 We should never criticize the words spoken by a candidate’s spouse, even if that spouse is actively giving speeches promoting the candidate, talking about policy and other political issues

17 A church whose Senior Pastor condemns the US government for creating HIV to kill African- Americans, is actually not that controversial

18 For a Presidential candidate’s National Campaign Chairperson to compare a Primary between an African- American male and a blond white woman, to OJ Simpson murdering Nicole is OK

19 Child sex-abusers should be considered for early release

20 Iran is not a threat…it spends less than one hundredth of what the US spends on Military

Nice summary.

That’s the second coming of Messiah who happens to run the post of President of the United States.

Another thing:
21. World without Nuclear Weapon (we will stop nuclear weapon, we will disarm nuclear weapon, and I will not fund nuclear weapon). ** in the mean time, Russia, China, India, Israel, France, England, Pakistan, and god forbid, Iran, have ones **

22. I will not represent self-interest groups, this is a new politics. Hope change hope change
** Fact Check: Obama’s biggest donors/backers:
A. ADM, Corn Ethanol corporations – Obama flew their private jets twice this year and reciprocated by supporting farm subsidy bills

B. George Soros, Radical Liberal who invest heavily in Brazil Ethanol and pretend to be liberal do gooder through Moveon.org, plan to use up to $40 millions to smear John McCain

C. 200 millions campaign by labor union AFLU-CIO

February 23, 2009–During a Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing, Senator Greenleaf questions Pennsylvania Department of Revenue personnel on the level of participation in the states Property Tax / Rent Rebate Program. Also, the Senator expresses his concern for the high property taxes levied against his constituents, citing an insufficient level of state education dollars for Southeastern Pennsylvania communities.

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