Audacity

Marion Blakey has it. Look at the latest.

”"(We) have folks looking at it right now because we were encouraged by how ... forward-leaning they are being in Europe on this, and perhaps it is a model for us," said Blakey, a prominent Republican.

Her remarks contained an unusually warm endorsement for traditionally interventionist French policies, demonstrating how the economic crisis has upset the status quo on both sides of the Atlantic. “

Marion Blakey, former FAA Administrator during the Free-Market-is-the-answer-to-every-problem Bush years, is telling us to look to the socialistic French for answers. That takes brass. Or a complete lack of convictions.

I wonder if she thinks we should look toward the French for Labor policy now? (No, I don’t suspect she does.)

Just as a refresher for those that weren’t paying attention during Bush’s term...

Airlines at La Guardia Fight Bush Administration Proposal to Auction Off Landing Rights

”The Bush administration wants to auction off all landing rights at La Guardia Airport, hoping to use the free market to improve sharing of a scarce resource. “

”Marion Blakey, the F.A.A. administrator, said the purpose of the auction was “using the market to ensure we’re making the most of this very popular resource in New York.” “

Just like her boss, it was all Free Market, all the time, until they broke it. Now it’s just more Lemon Socialism. They busted unions, shipped jobs overseas, sold the crown jewels, stole the pension funds of their workers, paid themselves like kings and now they want us to bail them out. Again ?

The U.S. aerospace industry, seeking to promote itself as a source of much-needed jobs, appealed for up to $6.4 billion from the government's bailout fund but denied that it was seeking a taxpayer handout.

Just say no.

Don Brown
December 20, 2009

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