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08/31/2010

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George Hart

Great post as always.

Readers might enjoy the recent book "Waiting for a Train" by John McCommons. Great explanation of the where and why of Amtrak, set against a background of what can only be called 'factors of decline'.

Also saw last night another 'factors of decline' film--Harry Shearer's 'The Big Uneasy' about the Army Corps and its handiwork in New Orleans.

There is a cycle of decline connected to complexity, available energy, venality, limited rationality and genetics; we are caught up in it.

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