Most of us here are aware (some, to judge by their screen names, obsessively so) that supporting passenger rail and the ultimate goal of a national high-speed rail network are very progressive values, indeed. After all -- unless you're a teabagger or a fuckwit governor of Wisconsin, Ohio, or Florida -- with 21st Century technology, cleaner transportation, job creation, and economic growth, what's not to like?
But in the minds of many who just try to get by, supporting passenger rail and making it a cool thing to do are two different ideas.
In step Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show...