Re: 2 EL's on Patrick's

["Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au>]

> Well if thats your view how do you respond to truck companys buying into
rail companys and promoting
> their own equipment on rail?
> Don.

I think that Big Pond and MPX both seem to lose parts of these
threads...what does the above have to do with it (missing posts?) Which
Truck Company bought into Rail?
Thanks

And most of the Rest of this post assumes that there is still an honest
Politician in Australia!
Let me say again,,You are very naive and very much deluded if you think you
could find anyone who needs a vote to get a job in this Government that has
first not sold his soul to the highest bidder. All Politicians are corupt,
and most voters are waisting their time. Only way we will ever make them
honest, is to get that angry with what they are doing, that perhaps fear for
their lives will keep them relatively honest, or make them look for safer
pastures.
Governments control the Public with a big stick...Why not the reverse??
Rod




> Maurie Daly wrote:
>
> > >And meanwhile, the truckies are laughing their way to the bank. As has
been
> > >stated many times before, competition among rail operators will cause
the
> > >railways eventual demise.
> >
> > >Do people not realise that interstate trucks are wasteful and
dangerous?
> >
> > >Wasteful I say, because for what one train can pull, you need a huge
amount
> > >of trucks. More prime movers = more polution. More drivers = more money
> > >spent.
> >
> > >Dangerous I say, because many truck drivers work dangerous hours, and
do it
> > >illegally, i.e. keeping a second logbook, taking drugs to cope with the
> > >long hours, getting very little sleep.
> >
> > >I bet the trucking companies are sitting there laughing at the railways
> > >right now. Pushing to allow bigger trucks into the cities to clog our
> > >already congested roads.
> >
> > >As far as the governments veiw on this goes, where the f*** is the
logic?
> > >Who else other than the government would sell of your biggest money
making
> > >asset? (i use Telstra as the example in this case, but the railways
> > >certainly count too).
> >
> > >Regards
> > >Michael
> >
> > Governments traditionally take the easiest option when it comes to
solving
> > problems of any sort.
> > As far as rail goes , all of the recently completed inquiries into rail
will
> > tell the Govt what it doesnt want to hear , ie that large sums of money
need
> > to be spent on rail to make it competitive with road and to level the
playing