RANTINGS BOOKS 1+2

Thursday, October 8, 2009

GET AMERICA OUT OF........

BRING THE TROOPS HOME!

American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned, according to the chaplains of two US battalions that have spent nine months on the front line in the war against the Taleban.

Many feel that they are risking their lives — and that colleagues have died — for a futile mission and an Afghan population that does nothing to help them, the chaplains told The Times in their makeshift chapel on this fortress-like base in a dusty, brown valley southwest of Kabul.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6865359.ece

Sunday, October 4, 2009

KHRIS ALEXANDER ATTENDS TRIMET TRAINING PROGRAM----here is his comment!

today I get to watch the training dept show a driver " the right way" to fill out a timeslip.I didn't know there was a wrong way either.I learn something new everyday.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

THE RACER CALCULATES RUN RATIO'S

I made some calculations comparing the number of runs between the three garage from the fall signup to winter. I only looked at the weekday runs, don't know if weekends were cut too. Here's what I came up with:

CENTER

Fall Winter
108 (PT) 118 (PT) +10
243 (FT) 224 (FT) -19

POWELL

Fall Winter
83 (PT) 76 (PT) -7
185 FT) 190 (FT) +5

MERLO

Fall Winter
53 (PT) 50 (PT) -3
117 (FT) 115 (FT) -2

NET: PT runs: even
FT runs: -16

LANDING AT MDW

Monday, September 28, 2009

FRED RAMBLES ABOUT VARIOUS PEOPLE ON HIS TRIP TO DC

TRIMET BOARD DISCUSSES THE DEMISE OF THE RIDER ADVOCATES

STORIES YOU SHOULD READ

http://rantingstwitterfacebbook.blogspot.com/2009/09/stories-you-should-read.html

Bikini Models, Midgets Highlight Next Shuttle Mission

TEXT FROM DRIVER

Alyourpalster@gmail.com
date		Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:34 PM
subject		FWD: Short of buses at
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hide details 5:34 PM (5 minutes ago)

FWD: Short of buses at Merlo. 5 runs canceled

JACK BOGDANSKI

When people complain about local government wasting money on frills while letting basic services decay, one of the stock responses is the "pots of money" song. It goes something like this: "You see, the money we're wasting is in a special pot that can be spent only on frills. It can't be spent on essentials. So don't complain about the essentials being neglected -- this money can't be spent on them." It's especially galling when the people giving you this line are the same people who drew up the separate pots, or who have the power to pour their contents all into one big pot at any time, if they wanted to.

Another great excuse line is "That's not in our jurisdiction -- that's somebody else's jurisdiction." Just complain to Portland City Hall about the schools, the bridges, the lack of a decent mental health system, aircraft noise, or thinning bus service, and it won't be long before you hear, "We're not in charge of that. That's done by [the county, the school board, Tri-Met, etc.]."

FEEDING THE PARANOIA

Due to the arrest of individuals suspected in terrorist activity in the Denver area, employees are asked to review the H-O-T protocol on the back of TriMet ID badges. While there is no specific indication of security threats in the Portland metropolitan region, employees should always be aware of their surroundings and follow these guidelines:All TriMet employees and contracted operations personnel have a basic security responsibility to serve as "eyes and ears" for the system and report all security issues. They are expected to report immediately to the Operations Command Center upon observing:
Safety hazards and security threats, including suspicious items, persons or behavior; and
Criminal behavior and unbadged persons in a TriMet workplace who do not belong.
Maintain heightened vigilance: report Hidden, Obviously suspicious, and not Typical packages or objects, persons acting suspiciously on the transit system, and unbadged strangers at TriMet facilities to the Operations Command Center at 503-962-6000.