Ilack what many would call a good poker face and the blame lies with my eyes. Specifically, their ability to launch into summersaults, intentional or otherwise, when something strikes me as half-baked. Thus, you can imagine the ocular strain I endured while reading a recent report by McClatchy, "Obama spends $600 million on rail projects that benefit private companies." The story was critical of the use of federal funds from such programs as the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program and the High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program being used toward projects that benefited private companies, i.e. railroads. The article said that since 2009, "the nation's freight rail network has been the quiet recipient of more than $600 million in federal investment."
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