John Kennedy said...

They may be facts which some would prefer to forget, but if the United States of America, and particularly the Northeast...

The United States, in fact all of us, love, I suppose, in a sense, lost causes, and on occasion the history of Scotland ...

Our goal is the development of the most efficient, economic, and the safest transportation system for all of our people.

I think it would be unwise to attempt to negotiate it out here.