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Last night, my brother took the Amtrak train up to Washington DC to meet up with his sons and go to the Georgia Tech-Virginia basketball game this Saturday (both his sons went or are going to Virginia). Not surprisingly, the train was packed, albeit not with fellow hoops fans. Instead, everyone was either going to the inauguration or one of the protests and many of them were dressed for the particular occasion.

My brother made a lengthy post on Facebook last night about this (the train was delayed for several hours). Apparently, everyone on both sides of the political fence got along real well on the trip and the only grumbling was about Amtrak's less than punctual performance.

silverscreenselect wrote:Last night, my brother took the Amtrak train up to Washington DC to meet up with his sons and go to the Georgia Tech-Virginia basketball game this Saturday (both his sons went or are going to Virginia). Not surprisingly, the train was packed, albeit not with fellow hoops fans. Instead, everyone was either going to the inauguration or one of the protests and many of them were dressed for the particular occasion.

My brother made a lengthy post on Facebook last night about this (the train was delayed for several hours). Apparently, everyone on both sides of the political fence got along real well on the trip and the only grumbling was about Amtrak's less than punctual performance.

Maybe Trump will make the trains run on time.

Bob Juch wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:Last night, my brother took the Amtrak train up to Washington DC to meet up with his sons and go to the Georgia Tech-Virginia basketball game this Saturday (both his sons went or are going to Virginia). Not surprisingly, the train was packed, albeit not with fellow hoops fans. Instead, everyone was either going to the inauguration or one of the protests and many of them were dressed for the particular occasion.

My brother made a lengthy post on Facebook last night about this (the train was delayed for several hours). Apparently, everyone on both sides of the political fence got along real well on the trip and the only grumbling was about Amtrak's less than punctual performance.

Maybe Trump will make the trains run on time.

That's the only #&@* reason I voted for the #&@*( anyway!

#!@(*, I'd have @#$&*( had to kick some #@&*( degenerate ass on that #@&*() train ride...

Apparently, there weren't all that many other trainloads of Trump supporters en route to DC. Crowds were noticeably less than for either of Obama's inaugurations, which is surprising because Trump said:

This moment is your moment: it belongs to you. It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration.

It was a celebration without that many celebrants. But I'm sure those upcoming May Day military parades up Pennsylvania Avenue are going to draw the crowds like crazy. Nothing like seeing tanks and goose stepping troops headed straight for the nation's capital to rev up the old patriotic spirit.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-inaugu ... -expected/

This article has estimates on the attendance, but I haven't been able to get any verification of those numbers.

silverscreenselect wrote:Apparently, there weren't all that many other trainloads of Trump supporters en route to DC. Crowds were noticeably less than for either of Obama's inaugurations, which is surprising because Trump said:

This moment is your moment: it belongs to you. It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration.

It was a celebration without that many celebrants. But I'm sure those upcoming May Day military parades up Pennsylvania Avenue are going to draw the crowds like crazy. Nothing like seeing tanks and goose stepping troops headed straight for the nation's capital to rev up the old patriotic spirit.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-inaugu ... -expected/

This article has estimates on the attendance, but I haven't been able to get any verification of those numbers.

Thanks for posting that. Now you can go climb back into your safe space.

silverscreenselect wrote:Apparently, there weren't all that many other trainloads of Trump supporters en route to DC. Crowds were noticeably less than for either of Obama's inaugurations, which is surprising because Trump said:

This moment is your moment: it belongs to you. It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration.

It was a celebration without that many celebrants. But I'm sure those upcoming May Day military parades up Pennsylvania Avenue are going to draw the crowds like crazy. Nothing like seeing tanks and goose stepping troops headed straight for the nation's capital to rev up the old patriotic spirit.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-inaugu ... -expected/

This article has estimates on the attendance, but I haven't been able to get any verification of those numbers.

The last I saw said 900,000 today.

After the Obamas flew off to California in the presidential jet, the Bidens rode Amtrak to Wilmington, as Senator Biden did every evening for over 30 years. Delaware loves Biden, and he got an emotional welcome home.

Bob Juch wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:Last night, my brother took the Amtrak train up to Washington DC to meet up with his sons and go to the Georgia Tech-Virginia basketball game this Saturday (both his sons went or are going to Virginia). Not surprisingly, the train was packed, albeit not with fellow hoops fans. Instead, everyone was either going to the inauguration or one of the protests and many of them were dressed for the particular occasion.

My brother made a lengthy post on Facebook last night about this (the train was delayed for several hours). Apparently, everyone on both sides of the political fence got along real well on the trip and the only grumbling was about Amtrak's less than punctual performance.

Maybe Trump will make the trains run on time.

Well, if he can make the trains run on time, it is better than California Democrats can do. They can't even make the trains run in the right decade.

http://www.investors.com/politics/edito ... -deadline/

Spock wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:Last night, my brother took the Amtrak train up to Washington DC to meet up with his sons and go to the Georgia Tech-Virginia basketball game this Saturday (both his sons went or are going to Virginia). Not surprisingly, the train was packed, albeit not with fellow hoops fans. Instead, everyone was either going to the inauguration or one of the protests and many of them were dressed for the particular occasion.

My brother made a lengthy post on Facebook last night about this (the train was delayed for several hours). Apparently, everyone on both sides of the political fence got along real well on the trip and the only grumbling was about Amtrak's less than punctual performance.

Maybe Trump will make the trains run on time.

Well, if he can make the trains run on time, it is better than California Democrats can do. They can't even make the trains run in the right decade.

http://www.investors.com/politics/edito ... -deadline/

Fun to compare with what we used to be able to do. It took, what?, maybe 2 or 3 years to build the Transcontinental railroad. Now, our sclerotic society takes decades to build a short stretch of railroad.

Spock wrote:

Spock wrote:

Bob Juch wrote: Maybe Trump will make the trains run on time.

Well, if he can make the trains run on time, it is better than California Democrats can do. They can't even make the trains run in the right decade.

http://www.investors.com/politics/edito ... -deadline/

Fun to compare with what we used to be able to do. It took, what?, maybe 2 or 3 years to build the Transcontinental railroad. Now, our sclerotic society takes decades to build a short stretch of railroad.

It took over six years to construct the Transcontinental Railroad but it took ten years before that of preliminaries (surveying, etc.).