they named an airport after papa bush????

[liberaliraqvet26]

wtf has he done for the country???

did he buy the airport??

[Rocknrule]

1. What was it called, XLAX Airport?

[Jacobin]

2. Most people who fly there that I know refuse to call it that

It's "Houston Intercontinental"

Oh, and its also "Washington National"....no raygun for me

[ShortnFiery]

8. I'm with you there!

or just NATIONAL Airport for short. :-) :hi:

[Ioo]

For A few Years YES Houston texas - GHB Intercontinental

http://www.fly2houston.com/iahHome

[joemurphy]

3. Hilarious, eh? George Bush International Airport. :-)

[MercutioATC]

13. George Bush INTERCONTINENTAL Airport...

...they couldn't just be satisfied with "International"...

[Atman]

19. George Bush INCONTINENCE Airport?

Depends, I guess.

[MercutioATC]

21. It's erectile dysfunction, not incontinence....

...now you're mixing up maladies...

:)

[joemurphy]

23. INTERGALACTIC n/t

[marmar]

4. Maybe they'll name a school for slow learners after Jr.

:dunce:

[liberaliraqvet26]

7. George W Bush Short Bus

[ShortnFiery]

5. I know, doesn't it make you want to hurl?

You can tell the difference between who's Republican and who's Democratic when referring to our local Airport. Us Dems refer to it as "National Airport" and the smarmy Repugs refer to it as "Reagan National Airport." Yeah, when I hear the latter term it makes me nauseous. :puke:

[liberaliraqvet26]

10. did the repukes name half of DC after ray-gun??

i thought i heard the EPA building was named after the old turd... go figure

[Democrats_win]

6. Well, it used to be called Bird Poop Airport.

[MercutioATC]

9. Named it for him in 1997...it's not a rare practice.

National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan Airport in 1998.

[ShortnFiery]

12. Not in my world ... been here since 1995 and refuse to acknowledge

such a putrid name change. ;)

[MercutioATC]

15. We air traffic controllers salute you!

You'd be hard-pressed to find any of us that don't still call it "National".

:hi:

[YDogg]

22. It'll always be "National" to me.

[ClintonTyree]

28. Oh my god, you're an ATC?

My hat is off to you. :applause: That's one of the most stressful jobs in the world! I don't know how you do it, I'd run screaming from the tower in 10 minutes. ;)

You're right about "National" too. The day I call it "Reagan" is the day you'll know I've been taken over ny a pod-person.

[MercutioATC]

31. Thanks!

Actually, I love the job. It's kinda satisfying, especially on busy days with thunderstorms (a lot of planes deviating around weather).

[ShortnFiery]

29. Too Cool!

Thank-you, de nada. ;)

[11 Bravo]

11. Yeah, but the only way you can land there is to bail out ...

and leave the rest of the passengers to be captured and killed.

[ShortnFiery]

14. Oh, covert and harsh. I like it!

:applause:

[11 Bravo]

27. I dislike Poppy almost as much as the Dim Son.

Nobody seems to remember that that Bush Sr. was such a staunch birth control advocate that his nickname at the UN was "Rubbers". Then Reagan crooked his gnarled and satanic finger, offered the VP slot, and sudddenly birth control in any form was anathema.

[NJ Democrats]

16. We still have JFK!!!

John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Yup. They named one after creepy Senator Ted Stevens, too (ANC).

I think there should be a rule that you have to be dead before they name an airport after you.

Then there's Reagan (DCA). This is especially ironic, considering that Ronnie nearly destroyed the air traffic control system. All the pilots I know still call DCA "National."

[liberaliraqvet26]

18. im suprised its not ....Kenneth Lay International Airport

[DrDebug]

20. What George H.W. Bush did

Bay of Pigs, John F. Kennedy assassination, opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, call for invasion of Cuba, ambassador to the United Nations, made director CIA to stop Church Committee investigation, Involvement in the Ronald Reagan assassination, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Guatemala, Iran-Contra, Gulf War, Iraq-gate, October Surprise, Panama Invasion, War on Drugs, Carlyle Group, Helped Osama bin Laden, Meeting with the bin Ladens on 9/11, Spawned several children who followed into their father's footsteps.

It's quite a list of accomplishments. The biggest accomplishment is that he got away with the above...

[ewoden]

24. Yes and Air America mMade Daily Flights to Nicaragua from

there. Only George Sr.can't seem to remember the flight schedule. of course the VP of the airline, Ollie Northe has the schedule written on his forearm in secret microdots.

[kurth]

25. and President George Bush Highway/Turnpike (SH 190)

and Laura Welch Bush Elementary School (http://lwb.leanderisd.org/)

[ComerPerro]

26. They renamed Washington International after Reagan, it was only

a matter of time.

Its disgusting. They try to perpetuate the myth of these fuckups being good presidents by naming everything they can after them.


Nothing, though, will ever sicken me more than the "George Bush Center for Intelligence"

[Neil Lisst]

30. it was supposed to be named after Mickey Leland, then the pubs

had a fit, and named one building the Mickey Leland building, or some such.

it's GHWB Intl airport.