Wow, has it been crazy downtown with the Democratic National Convention in town. Fortunately, the number of protesters in town has not lived up to the hype. There were maybe 3 people in the fenced off "protest area" today. What a waste of barbed wire.
The most offensive people to me are the "Christians" downtown who don't seem to have a very Christian like attitude. They seem full of hate and judgement. How do you get people interested in Christ by carrying large signs saying "homo sex is a sin"? While it may be true, this is not the spirit of love and acceptance that brings people into church next Sunday. Seems to me that their goal is more about showing people how "righteous" they are than sharing the Word.
Ok, enough of the rant. There are some cool items worthy of note downtown this week. Union Pacific Railroad has several trains parked down at Union Station. The last one below is two passenger trains parked side by side with a bridge across the front and middle to allow party goers to cross from train to train.
The coolest train has got to be the big steam engine #844.
I know that is quite a few pictures, but I have had several requests for them. Hope everyone is happy.
In addition to the trains, MSNBC is broadcasting live across the treet.
Later in the day the crowds started to get bigger and caught the attention of the police...
The police eventually decided that nothing exciting was going to happen and left to seek richer pastures.
I caught up with them again later. M
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