Morning Newsdome: Delta flew over the cuckoo’s nest
October 26, 2009 at 12:07 pm by Bobby Feingold in News
BARACK OBAMA: I golf with women and don't vaccinate my kids!
>> Days after a Delta jet landed in the taxiway instead of its assigned runway, a flight from Northwest Airlines (owned by Delta) overflew its destination by 150 miles. The flight lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour when the two pilots say they became distracted during a “heated discussion about airline policy.” Perhaps the policy discussion was about how ineffective they are. (Reuters)
>> Are you smart? Looking for a job? Sorry, there’s no hope for you. A nationwide trucking company in Indiana posted an administrative assistant job for $13/hr which received more than 500 resumes in the first following weekday, half of which were rejected for being over-qualified. (the New York Times)
>> International inspectors were taken for the first time on Sunday to an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant whose existence was kept a secret until recently. Still kept a secret, too, is the likeliness that these inspectors will do any good in Iran. (the New York Times)
>> After receiving criticism for the “boys club” atmosphere at the White House, President Obama finally played golf with a woman, Chief Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes, marking his 24th golf game since being president. I say, what glass ceiling! (the Chicago Sun-Times)
>> And finally, as the CDC recommends that children 6 months to 18 years old receive the H1N1 vaccination, news comes that Sasha and Malia Obama have not been vaccinated against swine flu. I smell a conspiracy! (Fox News)
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
October 26th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I have no problem with Presidential sports activity, but didn’t Lefties bitch about Bush playing golf and running?
Obama swims or plays basketball every day and plays a round of golf about every ten days.
Like I say, good for him. Sports help reduce stress and sharpen the mind. I’m just sayin’.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
“Having a heated discussion about airline policy” is a decent euphemism, but I still prefer “making the beast with two backs.”
October 26th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Flying the Appalachian Trail?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:54 am
I don’t recall “Lefties” bitching specifically about Bush playing golf and running, but what I do recall was many complaints about the amount of vacation time taken by Bush. He spent more than one-third of his time in office on vacation.
If “Lefties” did complain about Bush playing golf, then it wasn’t for more than the first two years he was in office. Remember that Bush stopped playing golf in 2003 out of respect for all the men he sent to be slaughtered in Iraq (or some other patriotic bullshit excuse).
I think the most common criticism from “Lefties” about a specific activity of Bush’s was the faux-cowboy act of clearing brush on his ranch.