The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (reporting mark AMTK), is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track" (sic). It is headquartered at Union Station in Washington, D.C.
All of Amtrak's preferred stock is owned by the U.S. federal government. The members of its board of directors are appointed by the President of the United States and are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate. Common stock was issued in 1971 to railroads that contributed capital and equipment; these shares convey almost no benefits but their current holders declined a 2002 buy-out offer by Amtrak.
Amtrak employs more than 20,000 people. It operates passenger service on 21,200 miles (34,000 km) of track primarily owned by freight railroads. Amtrak operates more than 300 trains each day—at speeds up to 150 mph connecting more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces. In fiscal year 2011, Amtrak served 30.2 million passengers and had $1.9 billion in ticket revenue.
Plot
Jimarcus (Nelson Davis) a Marketing Executive has just moved his Model girlfriend of two months, Latrisha (Damika Jackson-Baker) in with him. Jimarcus' friend from college/co-worker DeShawn (Donelle Davis) is not fond of Jimarcus moving his girlfriend in with him after only knowing her two months and does not trust her. Two days before Valentines Day Latrisha befriends her co-worker Keyana (Josily...n Rivas). Latrisha comes to realize that Keyana has just moved into town and does not know many people. Latrisha then suggest her, Jimarcus, DeShawn, and Keyana go on a double date set up the evening before Valentines Day. Everything goes well so they all decide to spend Valentines Day together as well. While all of this is going on Latrisha has been having a seemingly friendly relationship with a man on a popular social networking website. He calls himself "TheSexSymbol87". This seemingly innocent relationship results in a Valentines Day full of uncovered lies, murder, and all around tragedy.
Love, Lies, Secrets, & Tradgedy
Plot
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order. Killing Them Softly also features Richard Jenkins , James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, and Vincent Curatola. Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard also make appearances.
Keywords: 2008-presidential-election, airport, alcoholism, arrest, bar, based-on-novel, beating, blood-spatter, blood-vomiting, car-crash
In America you're on your own
Jackie Cogan: America is not a country it's a business
Jackie Cogan: Very few guys know me
Jackie Cogan: They cry, they plead, they beg, they piss themselves, they cry for their mothers. It gets embarrassing. I like to kill 'em softly. From a distance
Barack Obama (on TV): ...to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one...::Driver: You hear that line? Line's for you.::Jackie Cogan: Don't make me laugh. One people. It's a myth created by Thomas Jefferson.::Driver: Oh, so now you're going to have a go at Jefferson, huh?::Jackie Cogan: My friend, Thomas Jefferson is an American saint because he wrote the words 'All men are created equal', words he clearly didn't believe since he allowed his own children to live in slavery. He's a rich white snob who's sick of paying taxes to the Brits. So, yeah, he writes some lovely words and aroused the rabble and they went and died for those words while he sat back and drank his wine and fucked his slave girl. This guy wants to tell me we're living in a community? Don't make me laugh. I'm living in America, and in America you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now fuckin' pay me.
Mickey: I was drinking before you got out of your father's cock. Don't tell me what I do.
Jackie Cogan: You ever kill anyone?::Driver: No.::Jackie Cogan: It can get touchy-feely.::Driver: Touchy-feely?::Jackie Cogan: Emotional, not fun, a lot of fuss. They cry. They plead. They beg. They piss themselves. They call for their mothers. It gets embarrassing.::Jackie Cogan: I like to kill them softly, from a distance. Not close enough for feelings. Don't like feelings. Don't want to think about them.
Jackie Cogan: Next he'll be telling us we're a community,
Johnny Amato: You think dog lover there can handle a card game?::Frankie: Shit. Those fuckin things? Those things are protected. You can't do those things unless you're so fuckin stupid you actually like everybody going around trying to off you.::Johnny Amato: There's one you can do.::Frankie: John, there's ten I can do. I know of at least ten I can do but then after I'm gonna have at least eight hot ginzos out looking for me.::Johnny Amato: No, no, not this one. Cause the minute it fuckin happens, they're gonna know right off who did it.::Frankie: Well for some reason, John, that don't make me feel better, you know?::Johnny Amato: No, not us! They're not even gonna be thinking it might be us.
Driver: They told me when they heard that if Dillon wasn't available that I was supposed to talk to the fella he sent. Is that you?::Jackie Cogan: I don't see nobody else who might be here to meet you. Do you?
Russell: [to Frankie] Then after we go over to Orlando. We're gonna burn the car. So Kenny sticks a rag in the gas tank and he lights it off.::Kenny Gill: [flashback to when they're going to burn the car] Do be such a-Russell, you're a fucking pussy. I've done it a million fucking times. [lights the rag with a lighter] It's fine. It goes up like a fuckin bonfire. You'll love it. [he walks away towards the back of the car and faces it from a few yards away. The rag's flame is spreading] See? [Kenny looks at Russell and back at the car. They're both watching the car and the flame spread on the rag. The car blows up and the impact makes it instantly reverse towards Kenny. Kenny topples over on the road and is rolling around in pain. Russell starts laughing hysterically] Ah fuck!::Russell: [scene goes back to Russell telling the story to Frankie] Kenny, he didn't have no eyebrows left, not much hair, and no sense of humor either.
Plot
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order. Killing Them Softly also features Richard Jenkins , James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, and Vincent Curatola. Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard also make appearances.
Keywords: 2008-presidential-election, airport, alcoholism, arrest, bar, based-on-novel, beating, blood-spatter, blood-vomiting, car-crash
In America you're on your own
Jackie Cogan: America is not a country it's a business
Jackie Cogan: Very few guys know me
Jackie Cogan: They cry, they plead, they beg, they piss themselves, they cry for their mothers. It gets embarrassing. I like to kill 'em softly. From a distance
Barack Obama (on TV): ...to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one...::Driver: You hear that line? Line's for you.::Jackie Cogan: Don't make me laugh. One people. It's a myth created by Thomas Jefferson.::Driver: Oh, so now you're going to have a go at Jefferson, huh?::Jackie Cogan: My friend, Thomas Jefferson is an American saint because he wrote the words 'All men are created equal', words he clearly didn't believe since he allowed his own children to live in slavery. He's a rich white snob who's sick of paying taxes to the Brits. So, yeah, he writes some lovely words and aroused the rabble and they went and died for those words while he sat back and drank his wine and fucked his slave girl. This guy wants to tell me we're living in a community? Don't make me laugh. I'm living in America, and in America you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now fuckin' pay me.
Mickey: I was drinking before you got out of your father's cock. Don't tell me what I do.
Jackie Cogan: You ever kill anyone?::Driver: No.::Jackie Cogan: It can get touchy-feely.::Driver: Touchy-feely?::Jackie Cogan: Emotional, not fun, a lot of fuss. They cry. They plead. They beg. They piss themselves. They call for their mothers. It gets embarrassing.::Jackie Cogan: I like to kill them softly, from a distance. Not close enough for feelings. Don't like feelings. Don't want to think about them.
Jackie Cogan: Next he'll be telling us we're a community,
Johnny Amato: You think dog lover there can handle a card game?::Frankie: Shit. Those fuckin things? Those things are protected. You can't do those things unless you're so fuckin stupid you actually like everybody going around trying to off you.::Johnny Amato: There's one you can do.::Frankie: John, there's ten I can do. I know of at least ten I can do but then after I'm gonna have at least eight hot ginzos out looking for me.::Johnny Amato: No, no, not this one. Cause the minute it fuckin happens, they're gonna know right off who did it.::Frankie: Well for some reason, John, that don't make me feel better, you know?::Johnny Amato: No, not us! They're not even gonna be thinking it might be us.
Driver: They told me when they heard that if Dillon wasn't available that I was supposed to talk to the fella he sent. Is that you?::Jackie Cogan: I don't see nobody else who might be here to meet you. Do you?
Russell: [to Frankie] Then after we go over to Orlando. We're gonna burn the car. So Kenny sticks a rag in the gas tank and he lights it off.::Kenny Gill: [flashback to when they're going to burn the car] Do be such a-Russell, you're a fucking pussy. I've done it a million fucking times. [lights the rag with a lighter] It's fine. It goes up like a fuckin bonfire. You'll love it. [he walks away towards the back of the car and faces it from a few yards away. The rag's flame is spreading] See? [Kenny looks at Russell and back at the car. They're both watching the car and the flame spread on the rag. The car blows up and the impact makes it instantly reverse towards Kenny. Kenny topples over on the road and is rolling around in pain. Russell starts laughing hysterically] Ah fuck!::Russell: [scene goes back to Russell telling the story to Frankie] Kenny, he didn't have no eyebrows left, not much hair, and no sense of humor either.
Now won't you chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga [x4]
I know you hear this train comin',
Rumblin' down the track
Don't miss out on this pimpin' shawty,
It ain't comin' back
I'm steam rollin', no controllin' while I'm whippin'
Smoke, stackin' still crackin' while I'm switchin'... gears
It makes it hard to hear with 15s in the caboose
I'm more southern than Norfolk, bitch that's why they love what I do
Caution... Danger
When I'm on my shit, there ain't no slowin' down
Pickin' up the loners that's horny whenever I'm in town
Yellow-bellies, them Cocoa Browns
They love to give me that
Choo-choo choo-choo sound
I toot my horn to all them haters mumblin'
'Cause I know they hear that train comin'
{Yeaaaaahhh bitch!}
I know you hear this train comin'... Ahaaa!
You know you want to ride on my locomotive
And I'll beat [?] the brakes off the train 'til you can't control it
Now won't you chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga [x4]
I know you hear this train comin'
You best grab your bags
Don't worry 'bout your partners and them, just bring yo' ass
Now let me break it down... before we go
Don't hold back what the good Lord gave you...
Let it show
Now all aboard for all of those that claim they down to get it
I advise you to exit right now if you ain't down with it
Really I'm just tryna free yo' mind from it's prison
I'll show you how to get off if you just listen
You'll never want to leave here if you just visit
Plus ain't no more cars comin' and time is tickin'
Yo' homegirl just aite... I'm kinda picky
But you a boomin' business
I hope she got a ticket
I know you hear this train comin'
{Yeaaaaahhh bitch!}
I know you hear this train comin'... Ahaaa!
You know you want to ride on my locomotive
And I'll beat [?] the brakes off the train 'til you can't control it
Now won't you chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga [x4]