"The Swamp," Bought and Paid For

It was not surprising to read in the Washington Post that the rail lobby has defeated Congress.  Gridlock is a like the familiar taste of semen.  Big Lobby goes hunting in "The Swamp," and they are adept at changing absolutely nothing.  The feed the alligators and keep them circling at bay with scraps of whole chickens.  Troy Nehls and Sam Graves wouldn't understand anything about the rail industry and its adverse effects on human health.  They are not interested.  Bury some money under a rock at the fork in the road, and nothing will happen.  Two people are enough to alter the quality of life of millions of Americans.  Since the inception and implementation of AC traction, a host of new maladies has appeared.  FINE, the acronym used by Hollywood actors to describe their inexplicable emotions, is a description of the effects of radiant, aberrant, airborne electricity, and low-frequency sound created by locomotives.  "Freaked out, insecure, neurotic, and emotional" are the tangible, emotional, human results of forsaking the dangers of airborne electricity.  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but more importantly Attention Deficit Disorder, are caused by AC Traction.  The Big Rail Lobby will not let you know that.  It is their number one priority to disguise the far reaching and dire effects of excessive rail activity.  It's like the people no longer matter, and infernal three-mile-long freight trains controlled by one individual are a graven image to shareholders.  They want their money.  The sabbath in Fayetteville or "Da Ville" is rife with train activity.  What else is there to do?  Go to church?  Worship God?  "On the seventh day he rested."  Let's build the rue.  CSX on the burner with a little Aberdeen and Rockfish stirred in.  Simmer and add the newly created Raleigh and Fayetteville Railroad compliments of Archie Goldman.  (or is it RJ Corman, a holding company of short line railroads?)  Taking over for Norfolk Southern, they roll into Da Ville in the late evening to service Fayetteville Block with heavy aggregate.  The "hum" of an SD-40-2 is unmistakable, especially in Notch 8.  It has returned with a vengeance, and it is the job of Troy Nehls and Sam Graves to make sure you'll get your dose of turbocharged two stroke each and every day.  Norfolk and Southern leaves the rails and spills toxic chemicals all over a town killing wildlife and agriculture.  They ignite the mess with nary a thought about the residents, and a huge toxic cloud fills the sky like a nuclear bomb.  Two guys, committee chairs, and the proposed legislation never makes it to the floor for debate much less a vote.  They effectively stymie much needed protective legislation for the people, such as the banning of assault weapons.  It is more important to pay shareholders.