As I Expected

When the administration announced this plan to open up military airspace to passenger jets during the busy Thanksgiving travel season it sounded like a good idea to me, and I considered writing a post with a title like "Rare Good Bush Administration Idea." But then I thought to myself, "hey Matt, wtf do you know about air traffic control; lots of Bush's ideas sound good to people who don't know what they're talking about so you'd better reserve judgment." Now Fallows says it's a scam and won't do any good at all: "it's like thinking you'll be able to fit 300 cars into a 200-space parking lot if you open an additional entrance ramp." More here.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/11/as-i-expected/47066/