Forget delta

Delta airlines is dead to me. I have had nothing but bad experiences with them over the last two years. And people wonder why the airline industry is having a hard time staying afloat...

Davis to Get His Day

Just got a text message from the Amnesty International folks. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Troy Davis presenting his evidence in court!

Lessons

I recently drove across the US. The trip started here in Augusta, went up through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, back into Illinois, Indiana, and then back through Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, before going down to Florida and ultimately returning to Augusta. While on this trip I thought I had learned some great lesson about America, so I took a few notes to remember this great lesson. Well, I went to grab my notes and write a blog about it and guess what? The lesson wasn't all that great, because two weeks later I have no idea what it was. One of the notes I left to myself says simply 'cops.' Why it says this, I no longer remember. Another note says 'monuments.' No doubt this in reference to my visit to Mount Rushmore, America's monument dedicated to some of our greatest leaders. Shortly after visiting Mount Rushmore, I also visited Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota. America hasn't had a leader like him since. I'm sure I wanted to go into more detail about him than that, but there's already been plenty written about him.

I do remember the purpose of the my last two notes. The first of these two says 'bridges.' This was in reference to the mass amounts of road work, specifically on bridges, being done throughout the country. This work is a result of the $timulu$ package pushed through in the not too distant past. This is, to date, the only part of that package I've seen at work, and I will say this: it is nice to see that so many construction crews have work in these tough economic times. However, having them all at work at the same time sure makes for a pain in the neck if you're trying to travel in this country and insert tourism dollars into the economy. Furthermore, what is going to happen to all of these crews once this work is done? There are only so many projects that need doing out there.

My final note was about Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL. Late last year, a Belgian company took over Anheuser-Busch, maker of "The Great American Lager," Budweiser. I can't say I've ever been a giant fan of Budwesier, but when the Belgian company (InBev) took over, and still continued to promote the "Great American Lager," I was not too happy. Outsourcing has affected many industries across America. Some industries we're forced to support, regardless of who is making the money off of it. In this case, however, there are plenty of other crappy beers made right here in America that you can buy and know the money is staying here. I, for one, cannot support a company that got rid of the best part of Busch Gardens (and Sea World for that matter). For eighty dollars, I think I deserve a free beer or two...

Shatner At It Again

http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/clips/shatner-does-palin-072709/1139665/