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Uh-oh: Where did the bombers get the money?

April 24, 2013

I’d been wondering – since there has been no mention of jobs – how the bomber brothers got the dough to (a) live (b) travel to Russia for 6 months and (c) construct weapons of mass destruction.

The older brother didn’t have a job and the younger one was a pot-smoking college student.

The Boston Herald has just surfaced one avenue: that they (and their parents) were on the government welfare dole … so, in effect, taxpayers were paying their way.

Hmmm.

That’s bad, but is welfare enough to fund a terror plot complete with trips to Russia?

Doubt it.

So where did the rest of the money come from.

DHS Chief Napolitano says there’s no way they got it from terrorist groups.

Oh really, Janet.

No way?

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Debunk: Air traffic controllers, sequestration and delays …

April 24, 2013

Flight delays at major airports because of Sequestration.

Say, what?

Here’s a smoking gun chart right from an official FAA report.

According to the FAA, the number of controlled flights (i.e. “systemwide traffic”) has dropped 23% since 2000.

During that same period, the number of air traffic controllers has remained essentially constant.

Said differently, each controller is handling 23% fewer flights than in 2000 … when, to the best of my recollection, the skies were pretty darn safe.

Note that since 2005, the number of flights has gone down 14% and the number of controllers had increased 7.5%.

FAA: A Plan for the Future – 10-Year Strategy for the Air Traffic Control Workforce 2012 – 2021