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Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014 That's Milford station. You really couldn't have set this up to do this if you wanted to. your pal, Fred |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 01:53:18 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. OK ... I'm really not all that much of a buff, nor am I really up to peed on my OCD, but "Metro North?" LOL!Folks who make the rules should at least follow them sometimes. See that yellow line on the ground there, dumbass? It *means* something. Ask your boys why it's there. :) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Sat Apr 19 02:24:48 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. Why would you do a press conference on that tiny platform? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:33:28 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 01:53:18 2014. They even omitted the hyphen in "Metro-North". Unless they think he's at a station on Dublin, Ireland's unbuilt subway? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:34:33 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. Meanwhile, the platform plainly says "stand behind yellow line". We're just a stone's throw away from having horses serve in the Senate. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 02:36:45 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:33:28 2014. Somehow, I suspect that nobody other than yourself might end up confused by that. :) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:37:23 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. BTW, aren't they planning to restore the fourth track through that station, and move the platform that's currently sitting on the former local track? Maybe the senator should have picked the other platform. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 02:40:58 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:34:33 2014. Already been done. That's why the votes are "yay to neigh" ... :)
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:41:47 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 02:36:45 2014. Confused? The fellow who poasted this awesome thread? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 02:43:59 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:41:47 2014. Well ... flag it down as it passes through Brewster. :) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 04:47:09 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 02:40:58 2014. Donkeys sure don't neigh. |
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Posted by chud1 on Sat Apr 19 04:49:55 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. it should have took him out.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Apr 19 05:20:36 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:37:23 2014. no they won't |
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Posted by AlM on Sat Apr 19 06:48:59 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. Why do I think he doesn't ride trains very often? |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Apr 19 06:49:13 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 02:34:33 2014. Incitatus is unelectable. He's neigh for repealing Caligulacare. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Apr 19 10:38:44 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Gold_12th on Sat Apr 19 02:24:48 2014. Too make a subliminal case that the platform is too narrow and therefore MN is unsafe ? |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 10:51:29 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by chud1 on Sat Apr 19 04:49:55 2014. No, he's a good guy.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by chud1 on Sat Apr 19 11:09:52 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 10:51:29 2014. a good politican is a dead politican.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by JAzumah on Sat Apr 19 12:10:47 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 01:53:18 2014. Is it wrong of me to root for the train? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 12:31:45 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by JAzumah on Sat Apr 19 12:10:47 2014. I dunno ... know nothing about the guy. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 19 12:32:16 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Apr 19 04:47:09 2014. You DID say "horse" ... |
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Posted by bklynsubwaybob on Sat Apr 19 18:13:19 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. Thank God we have these brilliant people looking out for us. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Apr 19 18:58:09 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. Was the train okay? |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Apr 19 19:34:06 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by bklynsubwaybob on Sat Apr 19 18:13:19 2014. Blumenthal just another lawyer which could not make it doing a real job... |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sat Apr 19 22:55:04 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. Meanwhile, announcer says the train came dangerously close to Blumenthal. Since the train is on a fixed guideway, it really had no choice. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Apr 19 23:16:27 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by italianstallion on Sat Apr 19 22:55:04 2014. Exactly! Trains aren't big trucks. They run on a series of rails! |
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Posted by displaced angeleno on Sat Apr 19 23:33:56 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Apr 19 19:34:06 2014. Hey, if we didn't have lawyers and politicians, where else would we misdirect our anger? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 20 00:11:25 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by displaced angeleno on Sat Apr 19 23:33:56 2014. Why OTchat of course! :) |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Sun Apr 20 10:52:50 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. I know him. He's that lying, FAKE, Marine, Vietnam Veteran. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Apr 20 14:43:30 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Avid Reader on Sun Apr 20 10:52:50 2014. But he's a Democrat, so that's more important. The woman he defeated ran a successful business for 30 years, but she was a Republican, so obviously she's evil incarnate. |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Sun Apr 20 18:24:47 2014, in response to Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 19 01:48:44 2014. Having al those Camera's aimed at him,did not make him any safer !! |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 20 19:48:57 2014, in response to Re: Sen Blumenthal's Close Call with Amtrak, posted by Avid Reader on Sun Apr 20 10:52:50 2014. LOL. Another manufactured controversy.Wikipedia: Misrepresenting military service[edit] On May 17, 2010, prior to the Democratic convention, The New York Times published an article citing a speech delivered by Blumenthal in Norwalk, Connecticut in which he referred to having served "in Vietnam".[101] Beyond the 2006 Norwalk speech, there was evidence of a 2003 occasion when Blumenthal appeared to suggest he'd been amongst those returning from Vietnam.[102] The campaign of a prospective Blumenthal opponent, Republican Linda McMahon, briefly posted on its website that her campaign research team had found video footage of the speech and provided the story to The Times.[102][103] After the Times story was published, Rasmussen Reports indicated that Blumenthal's lead over McMahon had shrunk to three percentage points.[104] Politico covered criticism of the Times, including from the left, which noted that Blumenthal had accurately described his military service record at the outset of his Norwalk speech by saying he had "served in the military during the Vietnam era in the Marine Corps". Politico also quoted Times editor Bill Keller writing that Blumenthal's introductory statement "does not contradict his later statement that he served ‘in Vietnam’".[105] Connecticut's The Day newspaper, meanwhile, stated that its staff could find no articles in its archives with any suggestion by Blumenthal that he had served in Vietnam but also noted the 2003 and 2008 occasions. It quoted Blumenthal defending his representation of his military service: "On a few occasions, I have misspoken about my service and I regret that. I take full responsibility, but I will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of military service."[102] Blumenthal's commanding officer in 1974 and 1975, Larry Baldino of Woodbridge, CT, addressed the misspeaking in a letter to the editor to the New Haven Register. Baldino opined that the misleading statement was too 'petty' to be the basis for supporting or not supporting Blumenthal. Baldino further portrayed Blumenthal as 'good natured' and described him as 'one of the best Marines with whom I ever worked'.[106] And the voters obviously did not care. He won 55-43. |
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