Amtrak, the No Security Way to Travel

the only security threat i see from amtrak is that a 12 oz pepsi costs $2.

i much prefer taking amtrak to dc, i can pick it up in westchester county
(that's where hillary lives, the one with 2 l's, not 1), there's plenty of
legroom, and the prices are pretty good.

i kind of like the fact nobody checks my i.d., b/c i'm popular enough as it is,
and personally i get tired of the women security guards wanding me down...
though perhaps some people like that (i sure did when i was in college).

as you found out, it's useless to buy the business class ticket, and even more
useless to take acela, it only gets you to dc 20 mins sooner and costs much much
more.

also, amtrak has the quiet car, so you don't have to listen to upper west siders
whine about their nannies and fret over which well-intentioned charity ball
they'll attend this weekend.

as far as the blankies and pillows, i prefer to bring my own, the ones on the
plane are like germ-laden petri dishes.

and btw, you can get frequent flier miles if you sign up for the amtrak loyalty
club.

for the time tradeoff, i'll take amtrak any day over the nyc airports, though
independence air does fly from white plains (that's where hillary picks up her
private jet, i'm sure) to dulles. from there you could take the metro into dc.