McCain's son an airline pilot?

[SNAFU22]

I was watching some coverage of the RNC and in McCain's bio montage it said that he had a son who is an airline pilot? Deets?

Who Cares!!??

 

[baune]

One question... do you want an ex-fighter pilot who believes in the free market/less taxes/less government involvement? Or would like a "Junior senator from IL" /communist who believes we're not smart enough to make our own decisions about; taxes, healthcare, schools, etc.. and believes the government is the only institution smart enough to make decisions for us. I don't know about you guys, maybe i'm going out on a limb here.. but if you've ever read the communist manifesto, it seriously sounds a lot like the democrat/socialist party's candidate's platform. Very scary.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

One question... do you want an ex-fighter pilot who believes in the free market/less taxes/less government involvement? Or would like a "Junior senator from IL" /communist who believes we're not smart enough to make our own decisions about; taxes, healthcare, schools, etc.. and believes the government is the only institution smart enough to make decisions for us. I don't know about you guys, maybe i'm going out on a limb here.. but if you've ever read the communist manifesto, it seriously sounds a lot like the democrat/socialist party's candidate's platform. Very scary.

And Corporatism and Privatization of the State are not... something that GWB has been doing for 7 years!


Obama in two terms could not return our gov't and country to the corporate levels of the Reagan Admin... GWB has screwed us THAT MUCH!

 

[Cobra17]

Its been 6.5 hours since you posted that Doin Time...

crickets chirping...

Maybe he has like a job or something.

 

[Bako Cap]

Gas was 1.46 when Bush took office in 2001..

$50 per barrel for oil when the Dems took over congress in Jan 2006.

 

[SpauldingSmails]

On a side note there's a gate agent in Detroit on the A concourse that could be Barack's stunt double.

We pulled into the gate this evening and the captain says, "Hey, look Obama is here to drive the jetway" I just about fell outta my seat I was laughing so hard.

Truly a striking resemblance.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

I was watching some coverage of the RNC and in McCain's bio montage it said that he had a son who is an airline pilot? Deets?

Wait you were watching the RNC? What happened to you man....you used to be cool....

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Gas was 1.46 when Bush took office in 2001.

There won't be any pilot jobs to fight over when McCain allows cabotage, either. Unless you want to work for Air India or China Air.

Gas was around 80-90 cents when Clinton took office in 1992.

That being said, I think both candidates are total crocks of sh!t that could care less about you and me.

 

[xpdriver]

Gas was 1.46 when Bush took office in 2001.

There won't be any pilot jobs to fight over when McCain allows cabotage, either. Unless you want to work for Air India or China Air.

and most of you will be stabing each other in the back to get those jobs. and doing for less.....

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Dude, is your avatar a pic of a PBR casket????? If so, nice form sir!!!

It is indeed. When I go, I am want to copy this guy! Who says you can't take it with you? Apparently uses it to keep his beer on ice at parties until the time comes!

A thought on the election: Remember that in all matters domestic, a system of checks and balances exists. The President, by and large, cannot make new law without the congress. Similarly, the congress cannot make new law without the President (except by overriding a veto with a 2/3rds vote in both houses). A symbiotic relationship, if you will.

However, in national security issues, the President enjoys almost a carte blanche authority to act without the congress' say so. While the congress can concievable deny funding for a particular enterprise, the President has the discretion as Commander-In-Chief to use the forces at his disposal. It is a situation almost unique in the world... The military is entirely accountable to civilian leadership in the form of the executive branch.

2/3rds of the job of President is filling that CINC role. The overriding question in my mind is "who makes the best CINC?"

 

[jeroom]

I'm voting Republican only because McCain's running mate is hot.

She is so not hot.... She even said it herself!! "I'm a hockey, pistol wearing, fisherman mom" I love crabs, and bears fur!
Now is that sexy??

 

[makersmarc]

One question... do you want an ex-fighter pilot who believes in the free market/less taxes/less government involvement? Or would like a "Junior senator from IL" /communist who believes we're not smart enough to make our own decisions about; taxes, healthcare, schools, etc.. and believes the government is the only institution smart enough to make decisions for us. I don't know about you guys, maybe i'm going out on a limb here.. but if you've ever read the communist manifesto, it seriously sounds a lot like the democrat/socialist party's candidate's platform. Very scary.

Well put.

Another good book that would give good insight into what is happening with the radical left is "Masters of Deceit," by J.E. Hoover (probably related to Bob Hoover.)

 

[AC560]

Obama in two terms could not return our gov't and country to the corporate levels of the Reagan Admin... GWB has screwed us THAT MUCH!

Looks like he will have to call on his friend Bill Ayers and together they can bomb to the country into leftist paradise.

 

[DoinTime]

Gas was around 80-90 cents when Clinton took office in 1992.

That being said, I think both candidates are total crocks of sh!t that could care less about you and me.

Average gas price during the entire Clinton administration was $115.48. Average gas price during the Bush administration so far has been $208.20 (if current prices hold the average will be $215.42 by the end of his term). Speaking in terms of average prices have raced ahead at 5 times the rate of inflation under Bush.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_history.html

The concept of gas prices going up with an Obama administration just because he is a democrat is complete crap. Both upcoming presidential candidates have reasonably sound short (less than 10 years) term energy plans. McCain does not have a long term clean/renewable energy plan.

The biggest difference is who will be able to execute their plans. Its doubtful that McCain will get much cooperation from the Democratic Congress.

 

[deadstick]

Let the daggers fly, but here it goes.

If DoinTime's post #20 is accurate, then what is good for our country might not be what is best for this industry.

I wanted McCain to win in 2000. If he had, there would not have been a plan to "do more with less." Today, after having one airline close up on me and getting furloughed from another a couple of months later, I still feel he is the best candidate.

I do not want my daughter and her generation to deal with this crap. What is done is done. Iraq and Afghanistan are issues that cannot be walked away from because the American people like their gas cheap and their conflicts quick, tidy, and out of their living rooms.

I have already lost my job (twice), and, with a 10% domestic capacity cut on the horizon, others will follow. As quickly as the industry grew in the last 5 years, this is not unexpected. Just look at the IT/dot com craze in the 90's.

If I have to change careers so that my daughter will have a better, safer country in which to live, so be it.