{"id":16064,"date":"2012-10-22T07:59:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T11:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16064"},"modified":"2012-10-22T07:59:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T11:59:53","slug":"borrowed-from-a-friend-on-facebook-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16064","title":{"rendered":"Borrowed From A Friend On Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obama and all the guys who like <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Big government\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_government\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">big government<\/a> feel that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RULES ARE RULES!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Good news:<\/p>\n<div>It was a normal day in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Sharon Springs, Kansas\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8955555556,-101.750833333&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.8955555556,-101.750833333 (Sharon%20Springs%2C%20Kansas)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Springs , Kansas<\/a> , when a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Union Pacific Railroad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.up.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\">Union Pacific<\/a> crew boarded a loaded <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Freight rail transport\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freight_rail_transport\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">coal train<\/a> for the long trek to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Salina, Kansas\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8241666667,-97.6072222222&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.8241666667,-97.6072222222 (Salina%2C%20Kansas)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Salina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bad news:<br \/>\nJust a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the rail, creating white hot <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Melting\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melting\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">molten metal<\/a> droppings spewing down to the rail.<\/p>\n<p>The Good news:<br \/>\nA very alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the Governmental Regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The Bad news:<br \/>\nThe train stopped with the hot wheel over a wooden bridge with creosote ties and trusses. When the crew tried to explain to higher-ups they needed to move the train, they were instructed not to move the train because <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Code of Federal Regulations\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Code_of_Federal_Regulations\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Regulations<\/a> prohibit moving the train when a part is defective. Well okee-dokey then, and the picture tells the rest. As always the Government knows what is best for us.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/269515_4410582216975_445508253_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=017d85d3-a16e-4611-923b-4aad9e3503f5\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama and all the guys who like big government feel that&#8230; &#8220;RULES ARE RULES!&#8221; The Good news: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs , Kansas , when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16064\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4225,4222,1290,4227,4226,4224,4223],"class_list":["post-16064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-csx-transportation","tag-freight-rail-transport","tag-government","tag-norfolk-southern","tag-rail","tag-union-pacific","tag-union-pacific-railroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16067,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions\/16067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}