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Subject: 
debate fodder from an unusual source...
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Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:44:25 GMT
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This article makes the case against airline bailouts and airlines in general...

http://www.fool.com/news/foth/2002/foth021010.htm

I found the Warren Buffett quote particularly hilarious (his frustration
with airlines and their service was part of why he was instrumentel in
founding the pioneer fractional jet ownership company)... not that I would
ever advocate initiating the use of force, mind you, but it was funny anyway.



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  Re: debate fodder from an unusual source...
 
(...) There was actually a pretty good opinion piece, I think in the NYT (but possibly in Newsweek), that discussed the disconnect between air travel and train service. It laid out the numbers and pointed out that since 1936, the airline industry (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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