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  • Venezuela Seizes Seaports, Airstrips

    03/22/2009 3:43:55 PM PDT · by nuconvert · 16 replies · 1,279+ views
    CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's federal government seized seaports and airstrips in at least four states on Saturday, a move critics say is meant to limit the powers of mayors and governors opposed to President Hugo Chavez. The takeover, ordered by Venezuela's socialist president last weekend and approved by lawmakers, aims to bring the country's major transportation hubs under federal control this year.
  • Alaska's Governor Gets Sleek Jet Critics Say $2.6 Million Aircraft Is Unusable on Many Airstrips

    11/12/2005 1:52:53 PM PST · by freepatriot32 · 54 replies · 1,599+ views
    http://articles.news.aol.com ^ | 11 12 05 | reuters
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Nov. 11) - Critics have dubbed it "Bald Ego," "Murky's Turkey" and "Incontinental Airlines," but Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski finally has the sleek executive jet he says he and other state officials need. The $2.6 million Westwind aircraft, equipped with a leather sofa, burgundy carpeting and a flush toilet, arrived this week in Anchorage and will replace a no-frills turboprop used by previous Alaska governors for official business. Critics say Murkowski's jet is unusable in much of rural Alaska, where runways are too short and made of gravel or nonexistent. Murkowski press secretary Becky Hultberg defended the purchase,...
  • Don't Listen to CNN - (Report from one of our own military in Indonesia)

    01/05/2005 1:39:53 PM PST · by CHARLITE · 13 replies · 913+ views
    Private Email | JANUARY 5, 2005 | MOFAK
    Subject: Don't listen to CNN I've edited out the identity of the person who sent this as his job would be in serious jeopardy if Senator Leahy gets wind of this. But it may begin to explain to some people how their preoccupation with single 'issues' can have disastrous repercussions for all the other things they may - or may not - hold dear. And it may lend some balance to the media's tendentious reporting on efforts being made to alleviate the suffering. On a final note, this guy is an American who, along with a lot of other Americans,...
  • State considers closing five small airfields

    10/09/2002 7:51:12 PM PDT · by Vidalia · 3 replies · 236+ views
    Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Wednesday, October 9, 2002 | Catherine E. Toth
    <p>The state says it may have to close five airports, including the busy facility at Kapalua on Maui, unless it can turn them over to private operators.</p> <p>An Oct. 1 letter from Gov. Ben Cayetano to legislators says the state is considering closing or privatizing the five small airfields — Dillingham on O'ahu, Port Allen on Kaua'i, 'Upolu and Waimea-Kohala on the Big Island, and Kapalua on Maui — in an effort to cut costs.</p>