Echoing Terry Maxon and Cranky, let me just say that the attempt by members of Congress to limit carry-on bag sizes by statute is a classic example of congressional kibitzing in the private business affairs of private-sector businesses. This is also, however, a bill that will go nowhere. Like many other minor pieces of legislation, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Nothing to see here
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged congress, travel on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let your left hand not know what your right hand is doing….
Posted in Evan's Fiskings, tagged congress, dhs, tourism, travel on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Senate is set to vote on a bill that would “establish a nonprofit corporation to run a nationally coordinated travel promotion program.”
[Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid said the corporation “would market the U.S. around the globe as a tourist destination.” Reid told reporters earlier in the week that the bill could create 40,000 new [...]
Evan around the web
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve written a couple posts recently for other blogs, filling in for a vacationing Dan Webb (welcome back, Dan, and congratulations on the new Airplane Geeks gig) and looking at airport competition on AEI’s new (you should subscribe) Enterprise Blog.
This is just ridiculous
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged misc. on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An obnoxious letter to the editor of USA Today:
It would be irresponsible to get ahead of evidence [in the AF447 investigation], but important factors are emerging. First, some experts blame global warming for the increased severity and frequency of hurricanes (most of which originate at latitudes within 5 to 15 degrees of the equator). Second, [...]
