DELTA : THE ANTI-AMERICAN AIRLINE

It's not hard to understand why Delta charged troops returning from Afghanistan $3,000 for extra baggage considering the latest news about Delta. They are entering into a "partnering" agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines. Said agreement prohibits Delta from allowing anyone with an Israeli passport or anyone who is Jewish to board any flights to or through Saudi Arabia. Yep, you read that right. An American carrier, who has a very large contract with Uncle Sam to fly troops to and from combat zones, has not only agreed with this arrangement, they are refusing to reconsider their decision even under the threat of lawsuits.

I have never been a strong advocate of boycotts, most of which are pushed by liberal causes, and usually not very successful, but I do "vote with my pocketbook". There are companies I just don't do business with. Bank of America (can't put American flags on their property for parades or service members funerals) and Target (refuses to allow the Salvation Army to solicit at Christmas, but allows every liberal cause free access) come immediately to mind. But  I do think it's time real patriots send Delta a message. Maybe we should take a page out of the liberals book and call for a boycott of Delta.
Official or not, I urge every one of you to remember this the next time you're looking for tickets.

MORON AWARDS : EPA - OSHA - FEMA - TSA?

You have to wonder which government agency has the biggest morons running it. Take the EPA for example. Every time I have to fill the tank in my EPA Wonder diesel pickup, I swear it's got to be them. Let's make a truck that should get 22 mpg get 13.5 empty and 8.5 pulling any kind of weight. Yepper, that's the solution, burn twice as much fuel to go the same distance. Which, of course, wouldn't be that big a problem if fuel was $.99 a gallon. Or how about the new mercury filled "green" fluorescent light bulbs? Out of 300 plus million people in the country today, how many are going to make a special trip to a hazmat recycling place to throw away a light bulb????? You and I both know millions and millions of them will end up polluting ground water in landfills. Why doesn't the EPA realize that???

Or how about OSHA? Aren't the spouts on all the new gas cans an absolute marvel? Or maybe I'm just to stupid to figure out how to fill something with them without spilling gas all over the place? Or hmmm, is that another EPA boondoggle? Not really sure which agency is responsible for that one.

How about the CPSA outlawing the sale of youth dirtbikes and ATV's because the batteries have lead in them? Or the idiotic TSA security procedures at our airports today? Or FEMA buying thousands and thousands of trailers for emergency housing after Katrina that sat in lots never delivered? I'm sure if a person wanted to spend several weeks doing the research, you could write an entire book with the nonsense that comes out of Washington.

One other thing that drives me nuts lately, although I'm not sure this is an EPA deal or just more greed on the manufacturers part, is that none of the small gas engine equipment you buy today has oil drain plugs. So you have 3 choices. 1. Never change the oil and just throw it away and buy a new one when it locks up. 2. Buy a hokey suction device that leaves 20% of the old dirty oil in the engine to contaminate the new oil you put in. 3. Turn it upside down and drain it on the ground.

I do have to admit there is one agency I can think of that operates well. That is the Post Office. You've got to give them credit, they do a pretty amazing job. Yeah, they've had to keep raising the price of a stamp, but look at the price of fuel.

So, what say you? We could cut a big chunk out of the deficit by getting rid of all those alphabet agencies.

Dumb Farmer