http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022757757Oh my.
Stinky The Clown (51,105 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:18 AM
I'm angry that the Senate makes time to fix the ATC problem, but ignore or block . . . .
. . . . every other damned thing that heads their way.
Yeah, I get it. Lots of good reasons to fix that problem. But there are even greater reasons to stop cuts elsewhere. Like . . . . . name one . . . . how about meat inspectors? As but one example.
Have some fun. Name other fixes that should have happened before ATCs?
JustAnotherGen (5,417 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:21 AM
1. STC
I'm not sure it WAS as big a deal as it has been made out to be.
We flew in on a direct flight from Costa Rica to NEWARK (read - new hell airport) on Tuesday night and even though we had to circle in the air for 25 minutes for landing - we still ended up at the gate 15 minutes earlier than expected arrival time. On the worst airline eveeeeeeeeeeer -United.
I think this the airline lobby acting like the gun lobby - nothing more and nothing else.
Savannahmann (382 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:23 AM
2. How about Meals on Wheels
Or Social Security. Or Head Start.
The other question is why didn't we take the money from experimental weapons design, or better yet, cancel one F-35 Stealth Jet, and have enough money to cover the Sequestration? Wouldn't that have made more sense?
Cleita (64,258 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:47 PM
16. Those programs don't inconvenience them. Delayed flights do.
Amazing when it concerns their comfort and well being, the problems are immediately solvable. Time for Occupy to traffic jam the routes to the airports in DC. More missed flights might make them go back and reconsider all of the above.
newfie11 (3,321 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:31 AM
3. This affects them
So of course they must fix it. The hell with the rest of the mess that affects others.
bvar22 (29,268 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 12:10 PM
12. Hey! Our "BETTERS" need the ATC.
after which a news photograph*
We don't want the 1% to experience any inconvenience in their commutes.
Inconvenience is for the peasants.
*Now, I'm not sure if the primitive was aware of the personalities in the photograph, when he posted it. Being a primitive, probably not. It's a photograph of Bela Pelosi, some obscure Democrat, and Scary Harry, speaking at a press conference.
The primitive probably thought he was posting a photograph of evil Republican pols.
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You know, ever since I--and the world--learned that the adroit sparkling old dude's been married before (as has his much-younger trophy wife, but everybody knew that detail), I've been thinking about it, wondering what happened.
It's obvious the adroit sparkling old dude made a mistake, a really bad mistake, dumping his first wife.
This is just speculation, but I'm guessing his first wife was also of Italianate derivation, and near his own age.
But then he threw her away for a WASP wife, a much-younger wife.
After all, she, his first wife, was starting to get grey and drab and wrinkled and a little heavy around the edges, and here was a young nubile chick.....
What the sparkling old dude forgot to remember is that an old wife, like an old dog, is utterly faithful and true.
As I said, this is just speculation, but I'll bet I'm not far off the mark.