Airport to Knowhere

[sealybobo]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

 

[dilloduck]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

better than $750 for my truck LOL

 

[Yurt]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

rush and fox both slammed republican spending

 

[sealybobo]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

rush and fox both slammed republican spending

yea, right before the election.

 

[del]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

did you think snowe and collins supported the stimulus bill for free?

 

[sealybobo]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

did you think snowe and collins supported the stimulus bill for free?

a. Who is snowe and collins

b. For free? As apposed to being bribed to support it?

 

[del]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

did you think snowe and collins supported the stimulus bill for free?

a. Who is snowe and collins

the 2 republican senators from maine who enabled the stimulus package to pass; the ones all the democrats praised for being so far sighted and nonpartisan

b. For free? As apposed to being bribed to support it?

duh

 

[Zoom-boing]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

Sealy, you make me laugh -- feeling the need to give a description of Air America.

 

[sealybobo]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

Sealy, you make me laugh -- feeling the need to give a description of Air America.

Most people in my office don't know what it is or where to find it. It's AM radio for god sakes.

Have you seen their ratings?

 

[sealybobo]

did you think snowe and collins supported the stimulus bill for free?

the 2 republican senators from maine who enabled the stimulus package to pass; the ones all the democrats praised for being so far sighted and nonpartisan

b. For free? As apposed to being bribed to support it?

duh

Oh! You're saying this was their payoff? Got it! Duh!!!

 

[Avatar4321]

What the hell does knowhere mean?

 

[Hammerhead]

How about this for stimulus from a Liberal and he even got
his name on it

Remote Murtha airport lands big bucks from Washington - CNN.com


JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Located outside a small Pennsylvania city, John Murtha airport may not see many passengers. But it's seen plenty of arrivals of tax dollars from Washington, most recently economic stimulus funds.
Democratic Rep. John Murtha says it's his job to direct federal funds to his district in Pennsylvania.

Democratic Rep. John Murtha says it's his job to direct federal funds to his district in Pennsylvania.

The airport offers three commercial flights. In between the arrivals and departures, airport officials admit there are few faces around the facility.

"When the flights are coming in, there are people. Other than that, it's empty," said Scott Voelker, manager of the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.

But one face is everywhere. Rep. John Murtha, the airport's namesake, is hard to miss.

Considered one of "the kings of pork" on Capitol Hill by taxpayer watchdog groups, the 19th-term Pennsylvania Democrat has piloted almost $200 million from Washington to Murtha airport. Much of the funding has come in the form of legislative earmarks that are attached to bills before Congress.

Taxpayer watchdogs have said earmarks -- often derided as "pork-barrel" spending -- are designed to fund congressional pet projects.

"[Murtha's] dumped in nearly $200 million into this project that has virtually no passengers. It's practically a museum piece," said Steve Ellis with the Taxpayers for Common Sense. Video Watch why critics say the airport is wasteful »
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Murtha declined CNN's request for an interview. His staff issued a statement saying Murtha airport is vital infrastructure designed to "attract additional business" to the Johnstown area.

On his House Web site, Murtha strongly defends earmarks, saying it's his "job" to direct federal funds to his district.

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Earlier this year, the airport found a new revenue stream, receiving $800,000 from the stimulus to repave a crosswind runway that's used as a backup to the facility's main landing runway.

Even though Voelker said the runway is perfectly safe, he said he believes the stimulus project "makes a lot of sense." He noted the runway hasn't been repaved since the 1980s. "Asphalt and concrete need to be replaced," Voelker added.

In December, Murtha made a direct appeal to the Federal Aviation Administration to fund the runway project. The request was rejected. At the time, the airport did not meet FAA criteria for funding because the facility had fewer than 10,000 passengers.

But earlier this year, the FAA notified Murtha airport officials the facility had been approved for stimulus funding. The FAA said Murtha did not request the stimulus money.

FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said Murtha airport received stimulus money because it was "shovel-ready." It "met all of the requirements for the use of the stimulus money," Brown said.

Murtha airport is not the only remote airport landing stimulus funds. According to the FAA's Web site, hundreds of big and small airports across the country are slated to receive $1 billion in stimulus upgrades. Many of the airports are in such far-flung places as U.S. territories Guam and American Samoa. Even King Salmon, Alaska, (population 447) is expecting $9.7 million, according to FAA records. See the records

Taxpayer watchdogs said they wonder if some of that's pork.

"The problem is you're not getting the multiple bang for your stimulus buck that you're looking for," Ellis said.

He added, "when you see deadbeat airports getting cash so they can do their second runway, it really feeds cynicism around the country about the stimulus and about the projects."

Brown defends the use of stimulus money for other remote airports such as Guam.

"Guam is a U.S. territory and is part of the U.S. economy as far as I know," she said.

Murtha airport's manager said taxpayer money is going to waste at his facility, but not on the runway project.

He points to an unstaffed $8 million air traffic radar system installed in 2004.

"It's been sitting over there, and that radar has been spinning for all those years with no purpose. Just sitting there," Voelker said.
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Voelker said he has brought the matter up with both the FAA and Pennsylvania Air National Guard, which uses the air traffic control facility.

But he said nobody can explain why the radar system hasn't been staffed.
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[Zoom-boing]

Biden has a tough job overseeing the Economic Stimulus Act. There will always be some waste/corruption when this much money is being spread around to all 50 states.

So here is one I heard about on Air America last night. (Liberal progressive radio)

If only Rush and Fox would have told us when the GOP was wasting money. Instead, all they were was the GOP's propoganda machine.

Slublog: Airport to Nowhere, Part II?

Presque Isle is a nice little city (well, city by Maine standards) in Aroostook County. Its population in the 2000 census was 9,511. That's not a lot of people. Perhaps, though, one should judge whether the money is being spent wisely by how many flights go in and out of the airport per year.

That number? Not so big. Last year, the number of flights was 4,522. On average, that's about 12 a day, or $552 per flight.

Feel like your money is being well spent?

Sealy, you make me laugh -- feeling the need to give a description of Air America.

Most people in my office don't know what it is or where to find it. It's AM radio for god sakes.

Have you seen their ratings?

With you in the office? I find that hard to believe Sealy!