[Seething with Anger]

Sickening.

? I'm thinking maybe the story behind your link change. What's got you angry about trying to decrease air traffic problems?

I wish people would stop posting links with zero comment about their concerns. I think this has been addressed before as a netiquette problem.


Oh, and I wish Gemini Cricket would continue with his news blackout. That link was unbearably depressing. I thought that was the reason for his news blackout in the first place.

I am on a news blackout. That was sent to me by a friend. It made me mad.

Oh, and I posted the above link because I think America's women need burkas...
:rolleyes:

I posted it cause it made me mad.


I posted it without comment because I didn't think it needed one...
;)

But the Saudis are our friends! We would never disapprove of anything they do. (And because they're such swell people, not because we need any fossil fuels or anything.)

Actually, that was the article I pointed to. I think his "addressing" air traffic problems right around Thanksgiving (hello, the worst travel time) is an attempt to get attention and not really based in a genuine recognition of air travel issues. I'm suggesting that either there are other, much less popular provisions hidden in that same act, or that he's hoping to distract us from something worse he's doing that he hopes we won't notice.

I don't really see it. He's not really disguising this as anything. It's a stop-gap solution at the time when it's most needed. As you point out, it's the busiest travel day of the year, it makes perfect sense to me that, since it's not like they can solve the massive systemic problems in less than a week that would cause, with no measures, cause guaranteed delays, to at least try SOMETHING that will relieve it for the day it needs it most.

And you're right of course. Just like it would be correct to say that there are people who would be glad to see Bush addressing putting a stop to gay marriage. It's a card he brings out when he needs to distract the populace. (Although one is decidedly more beneficial than the other)

It's true that adding a few thousand feet makes a difference. Aircraft are staggered at different altitudes based on what direction they're flying, so he's effectively added lanes to the highway, if you will.

But given his history, it still makes me suspicious.