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Once I Built a Railroad

Wednesday, June 26, 2002

• TITLE: "Once I Built a Railroad" A line from the 1932 song, Brother, Can Your Spare a Dime by Gorney and Harburg.
  The lyrics:

  Once I built a railroad, I made it run 
  I made it race against time 
  Once I built a railroad, now it's done 
  Brother, can you spare a dime? 
  
  Once I built a tower, up to the sun 
  Bricks and mortar and lime 
  Once I built a tower, now it's done 
  Brother, can you spare a dime?

  

  Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell 
  Full of that Yankee-Doodly-dum 
  Half a million boots went slogging through Hell 
  And I was the kid with the drum. 
  
  Say, don't you remember, you called me "Al" 
  It was "Al" all the time 
  Say don't you remember, I was your pal 
  Brother, can you spare a dime? 

• "... David Gunn ..." Here is the link to the Amtrak press release about the hiring of David Gunn.

• "... User fees ..." According to the Federal Highway Administration web page 4.3 cents per gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel goes into this fund.
  
  
          World War II Poster

  
  

•     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
  

  
  Zacarias Moussaoui, as a professional mime,
  declares he is not subject to US law. .

  (Photo: William Philpott/Reuters) ____________________________________________________________________________________