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       Hitori Dake no Renga - Skill (36)
        
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       Pilot Chesley Sullenberger III is a legitimate hero for his
       unbelieveably skillful job in getting 150 passengers safely out
       of the air in an emergency water landing in the Hudson River. Of
       course, he had help in the form of a practical flotilla of
       ferryboats and vessels converging on the crash, and I'm sure he
       had a little luck on his side, but you cannot say a single
       disparaging word about a man who could get a jumbo jet into the
       water without destroying the plane, without seriously injuring
       anyone, without endangering anyone on the ground, and made sure
       everyone got off the plane before he did.
        
       Sullenberger has been flying for USAirways for 29 years, not
       counting his long time logged with the US Air Force. It shows.
        
       We now have a plane about to crash into economic waters with over
       306 million people in it. I've been pretty appalled with the
       plans announced thus far by the outgoing Administration, trying
       to shore up bad business and bad business practices by throwing
       good money after bad. On Tuesday, January 20th, we will get a new
       President who ran most of his campaign on the concept of hope and
       change. I want skill. I want someone who knows what to do, not
       someone who hopes for the right thing to be done. So, I hope, for
       lack of a better word, that President Obama learns very quickly
       how to land a crashing national plane or cold water isn't going
       to be the only thing we have to worry about.
        
       President Obama, you have my respect, but right now, hope is not
       enough. The country waits for you to develop your skill.
        
       (If you're not sure what the picture is ape-ing, it's Shepard
       Fairey's HOPE.)
        
       Copyright 2009 Cameron Kaiser except noted. All rights reserved.
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