https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/aaf-rail-regulations-coalition-letter/

August 6, 2024

Dear Member of Congress,

Reflecting on four years of achievements in his farewell address, President Trump suggested that

deregulation might have been the most significant accomplishment of all. Under his

administration, the United States government eliminated more than two old regulations for every

new regulation adopted. The results were unmistakable: a stronger economy that delivered results

for the American people.

Perhaps nowhere has this been so clear as for privately-owned freight railroads. For four years,

the Trump administration repealed unneeded regulations, rejecting special interest calls to impose

policies unrelated to the core focus of the U.S. Department of Transportation: advancing safety.

Policymaking was based on sound data, and it showed: train derailments were down on average

compared to the Obama administration.

Unfortunately, today, some Republicans are falling prey to the idea that government regulators

can deliver better results on rail than free markets and a pro-growth economy. History proves

otherwise: railroads exist today in large part due to deregulatory efforts that took place nearly half

a century ago.

Proposed legislation like the Railway Safety Act in the Senate and the Railroad Safety

Enhancement Act in the House ignores these hard lessons of the past. Purporting to respond to

the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, many of these bills’ provisions (e.g. two-man crew

mandates) look more like regulatory opportunism, with no grounding in the facts—not even

according to the safety report compiled by a Biden-appointed National Transportation Safety

Board (NTSB).

These bills fly in the face of the Trump legacy of eliminating unnecessary, burdensome, and

costly regulations. Republicans must not turn their backs on the reality that American railroads

are safer than ever before. Despite recent high-profile incidents, hazmat incidents are down 78%

since 2000, and mainline accidents are down 44% thanks to private capital investment and

technology upgrades empowered by the free market over the years.

We already have enough regulation and stagnation. We don’t need more. We simply need to

unleash America.

Thank you,

Paul Teller Brent Gardner

Executive Director Chief Government Affairs Officer

Advancing American Freedom

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X as a sign of the cross where Christ was crucified, or for Christ himself.

For many people, the X is seen as a representation of the divine. It is often used as a symbol of Christ or other religious figures. The X can also be seen as a representation of the cross, one of Christianity’s most important symbols.

To Dictionary’s review: “the abbreviation predates by centuries its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid 1500s” — and its legacy is alphabetic symbolism: “X is the Greek letter “chi,” the initial letter in the word Χριστός. And here’s the kicker: Χριστός means “Christ.” X has been an acceptable representation of the word “Christ” for hundreds of years.” This graphical device is known as a Christogram. There’s more to the abbreviataion — “mas” in Xmas is the Old English word for “mass.” The thought-provoking etymology of “mass” can be found here. And deeper, here, mass as the missal the sending of the prayer. The X connection links to “the dignified terms “Xpian” and “Xtian” have been used in place of the word “Christian.”

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Chrislam

https://believersportal.com/one-world-religion-headquarters-to-open-2022/