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Fan Life => The Endzone Dive => Topic started by: fatty fat fat on January 07, 2008, 05:33:32 PM
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I've now been to 6
1)Denver :love: (saw lon kruger and UNLV team there, was too afraid to talk to them)
2)Seattle (high-tech, good archi.)
3)Salt Lake (good signs)
4)Atlanta (gigantic! and a train! ( :love:))
5)Portland (lame, empty)
6)Kansas City (nothing really there, but it's unique)
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(saw lon kruger and UNLV team there, was too afraid to talk to them)
i'm always torn. on the one hand, i feel like i should say something, so as to have fresh message board material. on the other hand, i never really have anything to say, even to people i know. talking with strangers just seems so pointless.
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(saw lon kruger and UNLV team there, was too afraid to talk to them)
i'm always torn. on the one hand, i feel like i should say something, so as to have fresh message board material. on the other hand, i never really have anything to see, even to people i know. talking with strangers just seems so pointless.
I had a kstate shirt on, and I think steve henson kept looking at me.
All I thought of was the message board, and how more of an elite poster I could have become.....
btw: as KCI there was not another single person with ksu clothing. about 20 w/ku.
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I would guess at least Steve "Ugly as sin" Henson would have appreciated a KSU fan recognizing him.
I talked "strategy" with "Jank" during the 04 B12 tourney.
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1. Minn/St Paul Int...snow, what snow, how they keep things running is beyond me but very smooth
2. Dallas Love Field...minutes from downtown, no traffic and long horizontal esculators (yes, I'm sure there's a word for it)
3. Portland Int...airport is ok but the view of a snow capped Mount Hood peaking above the clouds is always priceless
4. Will Rogers...ever want an airport all to yourself, fly into OKC
5. KCI...might as well call it Iowa Int, seriously, is this the farthest airport from a city in the world?
6. Corpus Christi Int...this is a destination flight and all tickets to and fro are $$$
7. DFW...as a facility, pretty damn impressive but if you haven't used this one alot, you could be lost for weeks
8. Newark Liberty Int...it's in Jersey, 'nough said
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is this the farthest airport from a city in the world?
go to europe brother, go to europe.
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Oh, the airports.
1) KCI. Far superior to everyone. No contest, really. Location sucks, though.
2) LAX. Huge, yet feels small due to setup. Love the internationalness, the 747's and 777's, and famous restaurant thingy.
3) San Diego. Flying in next to the skyscrapers and taking off over the ocean is cool.
4) Midway. Just like it.
Everything else (DFW, PHX, IAH, OKC, ICT, ORD, DIA, ATL, etc.) is the same old crap. Norfolk is probably the worst I've flown in/out of.
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is this the farthest airport from a city in the world?
go to europe brother, go to europe.
:love: :love:
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Oh, the airports.
1) KCI. Far superior to everyone. No contest, really. Location sucks, though.
2) LAX. Huge, yet feels small due to setup. Love the internationalness, the 747's and 777's, and famous restaurant thingy.
3) San Diego. Flying in next to the skyscrapers and taking off over the ocean is cool.
4) Midway. Just like it.
Everything else (DFW, PHX, IAH, OKC, ICT, ORD, DIA, ATL, etc.) is the same old crap. Norfolk is probably the worst I've flown in/out of.
Airports:
American
1. Miami. Ummmm. It is in Miami. You go outside for a cab or a smoke in Winter and it is sunny and beautiful. That is hard to beat.
2. KCI. Unbelievably easy to pick-up/drop-off. Almost never cancellations/waits for luggage, free 30 minute parking. Great excuse to hit up casinos. Pretty terrible drive from Manhattan, but almost zero time wasted there. Almost nothing to do, but that is never a problem.
3. Denver (awesome airport. It is huge and beautiful.)
4. Atlanta has a train, it is big, meh.
5. Memphis.
6. El Paso. Like cross between Manhattan and KCI, except waaaay craptier than both.
7. Detroit. Awful. The new terminal has a verrry posh restaurant/hotel with 50 foot bamboo shoots and calming asian decor. Only thing that puts it above the next two.
8. O'Hare. AWFUL, in every way possible.
9. JFK. I don't remember it, but that's probably because I've blocked it out of my memory.
10. John Wayne: every piece of sh1t x-gamer was there. It was awful. The surroundings, the people, the silicone, the endless/mindless cell-phone conversations, the skater punks with $2000 baggage and $300 sunglasses. Nauseating.
Other airports I've been to but don't remember: Phoenix, Philly, DC, others I really don't remember
International:
1. Rome. Direct Quote from a "security" officer after someone went through and it beeped a second time: "Eh, you know. It probly nothing, thank you." God Bless!
2. Heathrow: free showers that seemed very clean by far best duty free/VAT refunds/poshness
3. Madrid: in & out, nice weather, babes. (very Miami-esque with bonus of fewer Cuban-Americans)
4. Cape Town: very nice, but unremarkable. Not on the level of the other three.
5. Maracaibo: basically a small regional airport that lands huge planes. Pretty terrible. Lots of dudes that try to sell you crap. Drunkenly bought plastic wrap for my suitcase on way out of town.
6. Cozumel: The sun is the only thing that saves this place. Looks kind of like where people used to land Dc-9s to fly pot/coke to the US in the 70s.
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Oh, the airports.
1) KCI. Far superior to everyone. No contest, really. Location sucks, though.
2) LAX. Huge, yet feels small due to setup. Love the internationalness, the 747's and 777's, and famous restaurant thingy.
3) San Diego. Flying in next to the skyscrapers and taking off over the ocean is cool.
4) Midway. Just like it.
Everything else (DFW, PHX, IAH, OKC, ICT, ORD, DIA, ATL, etc.) is the same old crap. Norfolk is probably the worst I've flown in/out of.
Airports:
American
1. Miami. Ummmm. It is in Miami. You go outside for a cab or a smoke in Winter and it is sunny and beautiful. That is hard to beat.
2. KCI. Unbelievably easy to pick-up/drop-off. Almost never cancellations/waits for luggage, free 30 minute parking. Great excuse to hit up casinos. Pretty terrible drive from Manhattan, but almost zero time wasted there. Almost nothing to do, but that is never a problem.
3. Denver (awesome airport. It is huge and beautiful.)
4. Atlanta has a train, it is big, meh.
5. Memphis.
6. El Paso. Like cross between Manhattan and KCI, except waaaay craptier than both.
7. Detroit. Awful. The new terminal has a verrry posh restaurant/hotel with 50 foot bamboo shoots and calming asian decor. Only thing that puts it above the next two.
8. O'Hare. AWFUL, in every way possible.
9. JFK. I don't remember it, but that's probably because I've blocked it out of my memory.
10. John Wayne: every piece of sh1t x-gamer was there. It was awful. The surroundings, the people, the silicone, the endless/mindless cell-phone conversations, the skater punks with $2000 baggage and $300 sunglasses. Nauseating.
Other airports I've been to but don't remember: Phoenix, Philly, DC, others I really don't remember
International:
1. Rome. Direct Quote from a "security" officer after someone went through and it beeped a second time: "Eh, you know. It probly nothing, thank you." God Bless!
2. Heathrow: free showers that seemed very clean by far best duty free/VAT refunds/poshness
3. Madrid: in & out, nice weather, babes. (very Miami-esque with bonus of fewer Cuban-Americans)
4. Cape Town: very nice, but unremarkable. Not on the level of the other three.
5. Maracaibo: basically a small regional airport that lands huge planes. Pretty terrible. Lots of dudes that try to sell you crap. Drunkenly bought plastic wrap for my suitcase on way out of town.
6. Cozumel: The sun is the only thing that saves this place. Looks kind of like where people used to land Dc-9s to fly pot/coke to the US in the 70s.
Jesus. You are such a pampered prick.
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someone has airport envy!
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someone has airport envy!
I felt all badass with my new "portland" and "denver" reviews.
Son of a bitch.
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someone has airport envy!
I felt all badass with my new "portland" and "denver" reviews.
Son of a bitch.
you can come over and play xbox still!
Please call/pm!
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Almost never cancellations/waits for luggage, free 30 minute parking.
Really? No waits? I'd wager to bet you wait longer for luggage at MCI than most airports simply because the baggage claim is so close to the gate. By the time you get to the baggage claim they're still getting the luggage off the plane.
Albuquerque is probably the most efficient airport I've been to. I've come to really hate Denver. Denver has a train, it is big, meh.
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Austin - Clean, decent food choices, fellow travelers like to talk football (especially A&M fans after the Longhorns lose big at home the previous day).
Lubbock - Kinda like KCI - sterile environment, have to wait until noon on Sunday to buy a beer. Witnessed a member of Bob Knight's support staff grab a recruit, put him in an SUV and speed away from the terminal.
Fresno Air Terminal (FAT) - Kinda like Kansas, "it's bigger than you think". Weird seeing members of the Oklahoma State women's basketball team there.
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LOL @ fatty thinking he's a world traveler!
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LOL @ fatty thinking he's a world traveler!
6 Airports dude! SIX! That's big time.
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LOL @ fatty thinking he's a world traveler!
6 Airports dude! SIX! That's big time.
I'm happy for you.
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Denver has the best Airport in America... if you hate it, it's probably because you're flying United instead of Frontier :love:
KCI is nice and empty
McCarran has good terminals and bad
San Diego is a tiny overly busy dump
Atlanta feels like a UPS distribution center and it's enormous
Fort Lauderdale is small and easy
Orlando has a pretty cool train
DFW is pretty nice as big airports go
Boise makes KCI look like JFK
Dulles has the kewlest architecture and the biggest planes
Detroit is big and ugly
MSP is a great place to pick up dudes :kugayfight:
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Almost never cancellations/waits for luggage, free 30 minute parking.
Really? No waits? I'd wager to bet you wait longer for luggage at MCI than most airports simply because the baggage claim is so close to the gate. By the time you get to the baggage claim they're still getting the luggage off the plane.
Albuquerque is probably the most efficient airport I've been to. I've come to really hate Denver. Denver has a train, it is big, meh.
The fact that you beat the baggage is a good thing. Being stuck in the airplane for 30+ minutes on the tarmack is not unusual at some airports. I've literally never had a serious problem at KCI (minus a cancellation for weather elsewhere). I've been to Detroit twice a year for my entire life. Detroit's airport is so awful I have really come to appreciate the no frills, steady competence of MCI.
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1. Minn/St Paul Int...snow, what snow, how they keep things running is beyond me but very smooth
Very clean too (< Most important criteria other than on time)
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Isn't Detroit's the really, really long one with the elevated train that goes from end to end inside the terminal? Isn't that train at least kinda cool? I mean, cool for an airport.
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holy smokes, six airports?!?!? I didn't even know that there was that many..........
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KCI, so easy but sucks to have to go through secruity any time you have to piss.
midway, simple but some long walks sometimes.
atlanta, i was intimidated but it was really easy to get around.
Houston, like a crappier version of atlanta
Phoenix, nice
Orlando, harder to get around and confusing to drive out of.
Montego bay, cheap liquer.
Orange County, pretty easy.
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For starters, all airports suck.
Denver - good eats and easy to get around but parking can suck when it is full, and its always full.
Minn/StP - sat in the plane on the tarmac for 2 freakin hours awaiting them to spray ice remover on every jet leaving. Holy frack some flight take off vertical and scare me into possible sharting everywhere.
Portland - the view of all the volcanoes up and down the Cascade range from Mt. Shasta in CA, to Ranier is absolutely amazing. They often take every inbound flight right by Mt. Hood, which is way cool. Hardly ever crowded, but security seems to see me as fff because I"ve been taken out of line twice now.
Salt Lake - Can be a cool landing if they come in from over the lake because you never see land until your about 2 feet from touchdown. Long walks if you are required to switch at times.
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1)KCI --in and out--the convenience of three separate circular terminals rule.
2)Minn/st.paul -- underground tunnels to all terminals was cool
3)Logan (Boston) -- This was pretty cool, got to ride the rail for the first time in my life
boston made me mad because after we got through security, there was no bars open to eat...I was working 6p to 6am and our flight was at 9am, so we were looking to get some booze for the way back and of course they didn't sell that early in the morning. bummer.
O'Hare--layover, didn't really stick around long enough for an opinion.
Vegas-- It was so long ago I hardly remember, however, how can you beat slots before a flight though.
Hopefully I will find another trip this year for work that will bring me somewhere on the west coast.
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1. Minn/St Paul Int...snow, what snow, how they keep things running is beyond me but very smooth
2. Dallas Love Field...minutes from downtown, no traffic and long horizontal esculators (yes, I'm sure there's a word for it)
3. Portland Int...airport is ok but the view of a snow capped Mount Hood peaking above the clouds is always priceless
4. Will Rogers...ever want an airport all to yourself, fly into OKC
5. KCI...might as well call it Iowa Int, seriously, is this the farthest airport from a city in the world?
6. Corpus Christi Int...this is a destination flight and all tickets to and fro are $$$
7. DFW...as a facility, pretty damn impressive but if you haven't used this one alot, you could be lost for weeks
8. Newark Liberty Int...it's in Jersey, 'nough said
9. Las Vegas...easy to tell arrivals from the departures, everyone comes with smiles and leaves like they just had the life sucked out of them
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Anybody here ever ridden the mobile lounges @ Dulles? Good times.
(http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/DULLES2006/MOBILE%20LOUNGE.jpg)
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Good:
1. kuaui, HI - Small, easy to navigate, friendly. Saw one of the hottest girls I've ever seen in my life here.
2. Kansas City - Sucks if you have to transfer through here (Unless you are flying to a smaller KS airport, you shouldnt have to) because of different buildings. Seperate security for gates goes quick.
3. New Orleans - Was quick through everything, spread out checkin areas by different terminals to reduce crowding
Bad
1. Lexington, Ky - Been delayed/canceled/transfered everytime out. Seems like airline canceled flights just to force everyone onto one full one each day. Smaller than Wichita
2. Honolulu, HI - Had to go through a bunch of construction and wierd corridors that didn't seem like public passageways. Hard to navigate.
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1. ATL- the best restraunt in the world resides in this airport Oscar Meyer HotDog Factory- its a freaking subway for hotdogs!!!!!!
2. Ohara- I like the neon lights :love:
3. Denver- looks badass while flying into it
4. KCI- Its a small town feeling, plus when flying out of there once I sat next to a football coach, he was talking defensive X's and O's on his blackberry
5. Nassua Bahamas, the most podunk piece of crap airport EVER
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Oh, I forgot what a POS Cincinnati was. Horrible.
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Best of the Best:
1. Norman Manley (aka "Bob Marley") International Airport (near Kingston, Jamaica) - You'll be flying long before you even hit the plane.
2. All others: not as much fun.
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Best of the Best:
1. Norman Manley (aka "Bob Marley") International Airport (near Kingston, Jamaica) - You'll be flying long before you even hit the plane.
2. All others: not as much fun.
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I vote for Obama cause he doesn't want to take away my bong. I understand why you would want Huckabee, but why not Paul? You would probably double your wealth over night.
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Reagan -- Coolest approach ever. If you're lucky, they'll bring you down the Potomac from the northwest in the evening and you'll see the mall and the monuments all lit up just before you land, and you think you're going to land in the water. Makes a bit of patriotism swell up inside.
KCI -- Greatest airport for dropping or picking people up. "Drive up gates" were revolutionary at the time...unfortunately, with the advent of the hub system it lost competitiveness, but I personally think it's aged pretty well.
KC Downtown -- Never flown in there myself, but an acquaintance who used to fly for TWA back in the day says that when you approached from the south in the evening, you could see people eating dinner in their Quality Hill apartments.
Norfolk -- Worst gawdawful walk ever, and the TWA gate was at the very very end, so it was longer to walk than any other.
Lambert St. Louis -- Pits of hell. Trying to make a TWA connection in there was horrendous. Crappy airport, all the way around.
BWI -- Under construction when I was there, which made it a mess. Not very impressed.
Toronto -- Don't remember much.
Seattle -- Seemed like a pretty cool, contemporary airport.
Minneapolis -- See Seattle.
DFW -- Not bad for as big as Dallas is.
Dallas Love -- Nice option there in Dallas.
Charlotte -- Don't remember it very well...think it was contemporary.
Sky Harbor -- Not bad.
Dulles -- Meh. People movers were kinda cool as a kid, though.
Richmond -- Don't remember much.
Midway -- Meh.
LAX -- Love seeing the cloud of smog during the descent.
Orlando -- Didn't pay much attention to the airport--I was focused on getting to Disneyworld.
Atlanta -- Don't remember much.
Waco -- Two gates, automatic sliding doors.
Ft. Smith -- See Waco.
Little Rock -- Meh.
Honolulu -- Don't remember.
kuaui -- Don't remember.
San Diego -- Seemed okay when I was there.
Law Vegas -- Gotta love slot machines right outside the gates.
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My airport experience is pretty much always the same regardless of location. Tickets, security, gates, boarding, etc. If there's a delay, it's due to the weather or the airline and has nothing at all to do with the airport.
In other words, there are a bunch of f*cking asswipes posting in this thread.
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Reagan -- Coolest approach ever. If you're lucky, they'll bring you down the Potomac from the northwest in the evening and you'll see the mall and the monuments all lit up just before you land, and you think you're going to land in the water. Makes a bit of patriotism swell up inside.
KCI -- Greatest airport for dropping or picking people up. "Drive up gates" were revolutionary at the time...unfortunately, with the advent of the hub system it lost competitiveness, but I personally think it's aged pretty well.
KC Downtown -- Never flown in there myself, but an acquaintance who used to fly for TWA back in the day says that when you approached from the south in the evening, you could see people eating dinner in their Quality Hill apartments.
Norfolk -- Worst gawdawful walk ever, and the TWA gate was at the very very end, so it was longer to walk than any other.
Lambert St. Louis -- Pits of hell. Trying to make a TWA connection in there was horrendous. Crappy airport, all the way around.
BWI -- Under construction when I was there, which made it a mess. Not very impressed.
Toronto -- Don't remember much.
Seattle -- Seemed like a pretty cool, contemporary airport.
Minneapolis -- See Seattle.
DFW -- Not bad for as big as Dallas is.
Dallas Love -- Nice option there in Dallas.
Charlotte -- Don't remember it very well...think it was contemporary.
Sky Harbor -- Not bad.
Dulles -- Meh. People movers were kinda cool as a kid, though.
Richmond -- Don't remember much.
Midway -- Meh.
LAX -- Love seeing the cloud of smog during the descent.
Orlando -- Didn't pay much attention to the airport--I was focused on getting to Disneyworld.
Atlanta -- Don't remember much.
Waco -- Two gates, automatic sliding doors.
Ft. Smith -- See Waco.
Little Rock -- Meh.
Honolulu -- Don't remember.
kuaui -- Don't remember.
San Diego -- Seemed okay when I was there.
Law Vegas -- Gotta love slot machines right outside the gates.
Wow. Can I touch you? :love:
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I vote for Obama cause he doesn't want to take away my bong.
I'm sure there's no way you didn't see this. This dude is so brilliant: "I'm fortunate that I'm able to afford spending $50 on [bleep] [bleep]."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-hU9tCk8YE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-hU9tCk8YE)
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I vote for Obama cause he doesn't want to take away my bong. I understand why you would want Huckabee, but why not Paul? You would probably double your wealth over night.
I respect anyone who'd vote Obama solely on the bong issue, that's a very valid reason. Huckabee is a loon and a fraud but he is the only Republican on the right side of the Fair Tax issue. Paul is a loon who would pretty much destroy the entire world economy overnight; fiat money and the unsustainable ponzi scheme that goes along with it are the only reason our standard of living is anywhere near as high as it is. Even talk seriously about going back to the gold standard and we'll be a third world country overnight.
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I vote for Obama cause he doesn't want to take away my bong. I understand why you would want Huckabee, but why not Paul? You would probably double your wealth over night.
I respect anyone who'd vote Obama solely on the bong issue, that's a very valid reason. Huckabee is a loon and a fraud but he is the only Republican on the right side of the Fair Tax issue. Paul is a loon who would pretty much destroy the entire world economy overnight; fiat money and the unsustainable ponzi scheme that goes along with it are the only reason our standard of living is anywhere near as high as it is. Even talk seriously about going back to the gold standard and we'll be a third world country overnight.
Obama had a bong at Dulles one time. :bong: He rates dulles as tops. :thumbsup:
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I vote for Obama cause he doesn't want to take away my bong. I understand why you would want Huckabee, but why not Paul? You would probably double your wealth over night.
I respect anyone who'd vote Obama solely on the bong issue, that's a very valid reason. Huckabee is a loon and a fraud but he is the only Republican on the right side of the Fair Tax issue. Paul is a loon who would pretty much destroy the entire world economy overnight; fiat money and the unsustainable ponzi scheme that goes along with it are the only reason our standard of living is anywhere near as high as it is. Even talk seriously about going back to the gold standard and we'll be a third world country overnight.
But Paul has literally no effect on monetary policy. The Fed Bank Chairman would not be nominated by him because the system would not allow him to destroy it.
Basically it would be 4 years of legislative deadlock with the Democrats and him defunding/cutting spending as much as possible through executive orders and signing statements. He would have surplus after surplus that he would return to taxpayers or maaaaybe pay down nat'l debt. But I bet it would just be a slew of tax cuts. What's to hate?
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But Paul has literally no effect on monetary policy. The Fed Bank Chairman would not be nominated by him because the system would not allow him to destroy it.
Basically it would be 4 years of legislative deadlock with the Democrats and him defunding/cutting spending as much as possible through executive orders and signing statements. He would have surplus after surplus that he would return to taxpayers or maaaaybe pay down nat'l debt. But I bet it would just be a slew of tax cuts. What's to hate?
Murphy's Law of Biology applies: Given the most rigorously controlled conditions, the organism will do as it damn well pleases. Point being that expecting gridlock or presuming certain outcomes by certain branches or divisions of government is dangerous business. After all, the sane money said that the previous S.Ct. would instantly overturn the McCain / Feingold vitiation of the 1st Amendment on probably at least an 8-1 vote. How'd that little inside job turn out?
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But Paul has literally no effect on monetary policy. The Fed Bank Chairman would not be nominated by him because the system would not allow him to destroy it.
Basically it would be 4 years of legislative deadlock with the Democrats and him defunding/cutting spending as much as possible through executive orders and signing statements. He would have surplus after surplus that he would return to taxpayers or maaaaybe pay down nat'l debt. But I bet it would just be a slew of tax cuts. What's to hate?
Murphy's Law of Biology applies: Given the most rigorously controlled conditions, the organism will do as it damn well pleases. Point being that expecting gridlock or presuming certain outcomes by certain branches or divisions of government is dangerous business. After all, the sane money said that the previous S.Ct. would instantly overturn the McCain / Feingold vitiation of the 1st Amendment on probably at least an 8-1 vote. How'd that little inside job turn out?
This Democratic Congress is in gridlock with itself because of the Senate 60 rule, add Paul in the mix and you see where this is going. He has voted "NO" probably more than any other person in Congress so let's assume that he is going to pretty much veto everything that touches his desk. Where are the override votes? It will be Clinton vs. Newt except much more hilarious.
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Where are the override votes?
they might be there.
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Hey, get your god damn political crap out of this thread.