Let the citizenry sort out the merit and meaning of the thing.

Good job Artz.

And – you’d be right – if not for the incessant drum beat by Mr Artz to fan the flames of what is otherwise a non-story.

By my count, six separate swings of the bat – dont get me wrong . . . this might have started out as a back-page curio on the Sunday edition but, with the “let’s visit Lathrop” and “health hazards” spin tossed into the mix, – - – we stepped out of the realm of responsible reporting (again) a long time ago on this one and have ground the axe in one particular direction.

Here are the entrails of this particular thread -

http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2011/01/13/union-pacific-buys-nummi-land-wants-to-build-railyard/

http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2011/01/14/more-from-union-pacific/

http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2011/01/15/health-risks-are-high-within-one-mile-of-rail-yard/

http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2011/01/16/room-for-two-freight-rail-tracks/

http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2011/01/24/a-look-at-lathrop/

http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2011/01/25/only-83-employees-slated-for-lathrops-rail-yard-expansion/

(AND – - – why is it that YOU feel a need to run interference for our buddy Mr. Artz ? – - I imagine he’s quite capable of speaking up for himself, dont you think ???)

In a new book, “Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality,” Stanford University psychiatrist Dr. Elias Aboujaoude argues that the time we spend on the Internet doesn’t just cause us to have online alter egos. It influences who we become and how we interact with others when we’re offline as well.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/online-life-harms-civility-creates-aggressive-personality-psychiatrist/story?id=12771299