Paco Hope My Random Musings and Rants

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Washington Flyer: When Monopoly == Choice?

I have the unfortunate pleasure of calling Washington Dulles International Airport my home airport. I fly all over the world—always from Dulles. No airport is as bad. I will probably rant about a few other things later, but today it's about the taxis. The Washington Flyer situation is probably the worst taxi set-up ever at a major airport. What finally got me annoyed enough to rant about it is a brochure they handed out during their last screw-up. It began: "Washington Flyer is a name synonymous with choice..." I just can't imagine how that is true, given that the only time most people use Washington Flyer is when they have no choice. In fact, the whole premise behind Washington Flyer is that nobody gets any choices. This lame attempt by the marketing wonks to put a little salve on this injustice simply underscores how ridiculous it is.

Counter-Rant: Imperial Palace

So I was recently searching for information on the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and I happened across David Robinson's blog about the Imperial Palace in Biloxi, Mississippi. My guess is that Mr. Robinson is a pretty reasonable guy, but his rant makes him sound like a nut-job. I think I'm a pretty reasonable guy, but sometimes when I rant I sound like a nut-job, so I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt. Benefit-of-the-doubt notwithstanding, I'm going to counter-rant now.

The main theme of my counter-rant is "what did you expect to find in a post-Katrina Mississippi casino?" I also want to talk about second chances. I'll quote excerpts of his original text, and comment in the middle, much like you might do in email.