"Blueskies" wrote in message news :
: "Larry Dighera" wrote in message ...
:: On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:06:21 GMT, kontiki
:: wrote in :
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:: He is but a small part of the problem, ...
::
:: No. Not really.
::
:: Clinton established the fact that ATC was an inherently governmental
:: function, thus blocking privatization efforts and their requisite user
:: fees.
::
:: Bush overturned Clinton's edict to pave the way toward ATC
:: privatization. Now he has Blakey carrying the ATC privatization ball
:: in Congress.
::
::
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: Yea, I remember that also...
:
: Now, gotta find the references...
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:

Here is one:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&type=business

"Bush's executive order amended an executive order signed by President Bill Clinton on Dec. 7, 2000, in which he
redesigned the air traffic control system to make it performance-based and otherwise infuse it with efficiencies. Bush
deleted Clinton's four-word description of the controllers' work: "an inherently governmental function." "