Vt. program delivers dose of Dr. Dean

"MONTPELIER -- When babies are born here, hospitals usually notify members of the expectant family, share the good news with any inquiring friends -- and contact a specially designated coordinator for the state of Vermont."

****Hello. Zis iz ze Lebensborn Program to inform you zat ve haf anozzer family you muzt harrazz, Heil Reichsf�hrer Dean!"

"If the parents seem to be struggling, the visitor puts them in touch with a state service center."

****'Struggling' to be defined by the highly-trained, State expert(most of whom have never had a child), of course.

"If the situation in the home is dangerous, officials say, the visitor can alert authorities."

"...though they insist that is not the purpose of the program."

****But of COURSE it isn't. You'd NEVER do anything like that. You're the State, after all, and we all know just how you're all dying to help, right down to the last cell of your pure, altruistic and not at all case-funded hearts.

May 1, 1998 ... federal transportation funds are eligible for a wide range of transportation projects ... however, governors are prohibited from choosing to use these funds to improve passenger rail service in our states.

Vermont Howard Dean (D)

October 1, 2001 ... considers federal policy and funding support for intercity passenger rail, ... as part of an integrated, adequately financed transportation system.

Howard Dean, M.D. / Vice Chair / Governor of Vermont

2003-02-27 ... 24 state transportation departments working to enhance passenger rail in America and to advocate for the development of high-speed rail corridors throughout the country

February 25, 2002 ... Amtrak Reform Council - - a federal study commission � calls for dismantling the so-called "money-losing" system. That dispersal would deprive hundreds of cities and hundreds of thousands of passengers from being served by trains.

...the current administration, which is minor-tax breaks to low income/big breaks to corps and the wealthy-and-spend.