Author: Joel Gross

Apparently to make a point about these sequestration cuts, the Obama administration has only two air traffic controllers working right now at Los Angeles International Airport. There are hundreds of flights and tens of thousands of people across America stuck on idling airplanes right now. The Obama administration made a giant mistake by making this a political football.… read more “Obama Administration Loses Again”

Obama furloughed air traffic controllers in a politically motivated move that has caused me to lose a great deal of respect for him. He should have made the cuts to social security or homeland security or TSA…. those are all massively bloated bureaucratic agencies. Cutting air traffic controllers will just mess up flights and piss off millions of people.… read more “Obama Furloughs Air Traffic Controllers And Loses My Support”

The last four days spent in Austin Texas have been very interesting and informative. I have learned quote a bit about the city. Here are a few tidbits:

1. People here drink a lot. Half of the city seems to come out to the bars on the weekends and almost everyone I saw as I walked around was drinking.… read more “Austin Texas General Observations”

Kenny convinced me to get the upgrade at Avis for this trip. Fun car!

Kenny and I visited the Lyndon B Johnson Library and Museum. I thought it was really an excellent museum that demonstrated the difficult decisions he faced very well. Fascinating place, if you ever visit Austin I recommend it.

Kenny and I went to Austin Rock Gym North today. Not many routes, but nice tall climbs.

Kenny and I visited the Museum of the Weird late last night after visiting Ordoro and the Capital Factory that day. We really enjoyed it and got a personal tour with lots of semi-fabricated stories from the sword swallower. Not sure how you get started in a career sword swallowing.