Recent Political Change May Positively Affect GA

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Larry Dighera wrote:

Recent Political Change May Positively Affect GA

It's about time:

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AVwebFlash Volume 12, Number 45b -- November 9, 2006
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CHANGES IN CONGRESS WILL AFFECT GA, SAYS AOPA
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#193663)
On Tuesday, voters changed the balance of power in the U.S. House
of Representatives, and apparently the Senate, from Republican to
Democratic, and this will have a positive impact for pilots, says
AOPA President Phil Boyer

Thanks - I needed a laugh.

(Dud: did you win anything?)

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Larry Dighera wrote:
Recent Political Change May Positively Affect GA

It's about time:

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AVwebFlash Volume 12, Number 45b -- November 9, 2006
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CHANGES IN CONGRESS WILL AFFECT GA, SAYS AOPA
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#193663)
On Tuesday, voters changed the balance of power in the U.S. House
of Representatives, and apparently the Senate, from Republican to
Democratic, and this will have a positive impact for pilots, says
AOPA President Phil Boyer
(http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...congress.html).
"Now we can be assured of a fair hearing from people who
understand aviation and aren't beholden to the White House," Boyer
said. Aviation user fees have been strongly pushed by the Bush
administration. But the power shift in the House will most likely
put Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., in charge of the House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and he is a long-time
friend to GA, AOPA said yesterday.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#193663
So Boyer took offence at the prospect of paying (Jack Abramoff* and
Tom Delay**) to get his agenda before congress?


*
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...off-bush_x.htm

**
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/wa...+National+News

Now if we could just get Boyer to hold news conferences on media
hysteria news blurbs (as in the Lidle SR into the high rise building)
some non-pilots might have more sympathy toward us.

Boyer was missing in action, as in the Meigs fiasco, when he should have
been upfront.

It's a waste of money to belong to the AOPA with him as leader.

On Tuesday, voters changed the balance of power in the U.S. House
of Representatives, and apparently the Senate, from Republican to
Democratic, and this will have a positive impact for pilots, says
AOPA President Phil Boyer

Actually, this makes a lot of sense.

With power split between the Dems and Reps, we will now return to the
golden days of gridlock, which is always better than what happens when
either party controls all three branches of government. With GA, we
certainly could use less governmental meddling, and the new political
situation almost guarantees that NOTHING will get done for at least the
next two years.

It's really amazing (to me) how the Democrats have become the ones
taking "No new taxes!" pledges, while the Republicans are now the "tax
& spend" party. IMHO, since both parties are now virtually
indistinguishable, the less done, the better.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
: On Tuesday, voters changed the balance of power in the U.S. House
: of Representatives, and apparently the Senate, from Republican to
: Democratic, and this will have a positive impact for pilots, says
: AOPA President Phil Boyer
:
: Actually, this makes a lot of sense.
:
: With power split between the Dems and Reps, we will now return to the
: golden days of gridlock, which is always better than what happens when
: either party controls all three branches of government. With GA, we
: certainly could use less governmental meddling, and the new political
: situation almost guarantees that NOTHING will get done for at least the
: next two years.
:
: It's really amazing (to me) how the Democrats have become the ones
: taking "No new taxes!" pledges, while the Republicans are now the "tax
: & spend" party. IMHO, since both parties are now virtually
: indistinguishable, the less done, the better.
: --
: Jay Honeck
: Iowa City, IA
: Pathfinder N56993
: www.AlexisParkInn.com
: "Your Aviation Destination"
:

You are right on there Jay. Talk about flip flops. We do need a strong third political party, some sort of strong
leadership...

"need...strong...leadersh "

....snort, whinny, the old warhorse is ready for another political battle ...
stand by America, here I come \\\

{;-)


Jim



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You are right on there Jay. Talk about flip flops. We do need a strong
third political party, some sort of strong
leadership...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com

It's really amazing (to me) how the Democrats have become the ones
taking "No new taxes!" pledges, while the Republicans are now the "tax
& spend" party. IMHO, since both parties are now virtually
indistinguishable, the less done, the better.

Like I've said, no matter which party wins, they all turn Democrat.

--
John T
http://sage1solutions.com/blogs/TknoFlyer
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On 9 Nov 2006 17:11:30 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

It's really amazing (to me) how the Democrats have become the ones
taking "No new taxes!" pledges, while the Republicans are now the "tax
& spend" party. IMHO, since both parties are now virtually
indistinguishable, the less done, the better.

"We've been waiting for you."

The Libertarian Party, not the Air Force.

Don

The big Dem victory can be summed up in the following words, "Get us
out of this war!" The economy is fine, the foreign policy is tolerable
(excluding the war), but Bush got us into it, he now has a mandate to
get us out of it. If he doesn't the Republicans will see an even bigger
debacle in 2008.

"Doug" wrote in message
oups.com...

The big Dem victory can be summed up in the following words, "Get us
out of this war!" The economy is fine, the foreign policy is tolerable
(excluding the war), but Bush got us into it, he now has a mandate to
get us out of it. If he doesn't the Republicans will see an even bigger
debacle in 2008.


We got into this war with attacks on NY and DC. What is your evidence that
Bush was responsible for those attacks?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Doug" wrote in message
oups.com...

The big Dem victory can be summed up in the following words,
"Get us out of this war!" The economy is fine, the foreign
policy is tolerable (excluding the war), but Bush got us into
it, he now has a mandate to get us out of it. If he doesn't the
Republicans will see an even bigger debacle in 2008.


We got into this war with attacks on NY and DC. What is your
evidence that Bush was responsible for those attacks?


No, we got into the Afghanistan war due to the attacks on NY and DC. Iraq
was the result of stupidity on the part of our fearless leaders, and the
stupidity of the populace that supports those leaders.