[redmenace]

With the exception of those that are new such as southwest.

[NGTM-1R]

Which is a great irony as Southwest is one of the ****tiest airlines ever.

[Kosh]

Which is a great irony as Southwest is one of the ****tiest airlines ever.

They just don't provide much in the way of amneties (sp?) for a lower price, but for long ass international flights that simply won't work.

[redmenace]

And they are successful at givinf ****ty flights. They almost have made passenger flight a commodity.

[Kosh]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14928778/


On the flip side, private does not always equal better.

[Colonol Dekker]

As anyone who's ever travelled Virgin trains will testify.......

[karajorma]

Marvellous. 3 Terms of Blair claiming he's improving the NHS and now we're scoring worse than America!

[Kosh]

Marvellous. 3 Terms of Blair claiming he's improving the NHS and now we're scoring worse than America!

Isn't it also in a big funding crunch right now?

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm typing with my nose, cos my arms and legs fell off, Thats how bad the NHS is at the moment.

[Rictor]

 
I ****ing LOVE Chavez!

Read the full text of his speech at the UN.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092000893.html

I think that the first people who should read this book are our brothers and sisters in the United States, because their threat is in their own house. The devil is right at home. The devil -- the devil, himself, is right in the house.

And the devil came here yesterday.

Yesterday, the devil came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.

There's no other statesman like him on the planet. Not even Ahmadinejad had the balls to attack Bush like that. Bwahaha.

[Prophet]

Way to go Chavez!

[Ford Prefect]

It gets better. Now the Democrats are crying because only other Americans are allowed to condemn their president: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/21/chavez.ny/index.html

"I just want to make it abundantly clear to Hugo Chavez or any other president: Don't come to the United States and think, because we have problems with our president, that any foreigner can come to our country and not think that Americans do not feel offended when you offend our chief of state," Rangel said.

Christ. Deflate your head and shut the **** up.

"Our president is **** but u cant say that cuz ur not American LOL!"

[NGTM-1R]

On the flip side, private does not always equal better.

Anyone in California when they deregulated the power companies can tell you that...

[Blue Lion]

It gets better. Now the Democrats are crying because only other Americans are allowed to condemn their president: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/21/chavez.ny/index.html

"I just want to make it abundantly clear to Hugo Chavez or any other president: Don't come to the United States and think, because we have problems with our president, that any foreigner can come to our country and not think that Americans do not feel offended when you offend our chief of state," Rangel said.

Christ. Deflate your head and shut the **** up.

"Our president is **** but u cant say that cuz ur not American LOL!"

You know, I don't think any Democrats called him the Devil. Course I may be wrong 

[Ford Prefect]

But they've made it obvious that what Chavez actually said isn't the basis for their lambasting him:

"If there's any criticism of President Bush, it should be restricted to Americans, whether they voted for him or not," Rangel said at a Washington news conference.

Now don't get me wrong-- I wouldn't expect them to come out and endorse Chavez's colorful remarks, but it's so transparent that the Democrats are just enjoying this chance to masturbate with the American flag the way the Republicans do.

[Kosh]

The Democrats never cease to amaze.......

[Rictor]

But what would be truly surprising is if they did support him on this. I mean, c'mon, you will never ever get a political party which sides with a foreigner who comes in and calls your head of state the Devil. Not in America, not anywhere.

I was actually surprised by the applause. Looks like Hugo's right on the money, or at least a whole hell of a lot closer than Bush's "we greave for the poor people of Lebanon who were drawn into the crossfire when big bad Hezbollah attacked poor little Israel" speech. It's also funny how CNN dismissed "some people" that agreed with Chavez's anti-Americanism when reffering to the Non-Aligned Movement summit. Yeah, "some people" apparently means the leaders representing 75% of the world's population in 120 countries.

[redmenace]

On the flip side, private does not always equal better.

Anyone in California when they deregulated the power companies can tell you that...

Except deregulation wasn't the root cause. IIRC, it is difficult to build any new powerplants because of the absurdly lengthy process of approvals. And of course ENRON's jacking up the power prices didn't help.

[redmenace]

But they've made it obvious that what Chavez actually said isn't the basis for their lambasting him:

"If there's any criticism of President Bush, it should be restricted to Americans, whether they voted for him or not," Rangel said at a Washington news conference.

Now don't get me wrong-- I wouldn't expect them to come out and endorse Chavez's colorful remarks, but it's so transparent that the Democrats are just enjoying this chance to masturbate with the American flag the way the Republicans do.

bad Visual Image. DAMN YOU.

[NGTM-1R]

Except deregulation wasn't the root cause. IIRC, it is difficult to build any new powerplants because of the absurdly lengthy process of approvals. And of course ENRON's jacking up the power prices didn't help.

Yes, and the AG was talking out of his ass when he sued hither and yon for violations of all kinds in relation to that...and won, no less.