Denver Airport Still A Mess – Christmas Traveling Nightmares

A freak blizzard dumped 20 inches of snow on Denver International Airport essentially shutting it down for the past 2 days. It will be reopening on a limited basis today. That is an inconvienance on a typical week, but with it being the Christmas travel season, and Denver being the 5th busiest airport in the country, it has made a mess out of the transportation grid for the holidays.

So if you are flying this Christmas, take extra time to get where you are going. And also, as a special favor, be extra kind to those working for the airlines. My wife is a flight attendant working over Christmas and will be away from our family so yours gets their safely. She and all the others working on the holiday would appreciate the kind words.

More than 2,000 flights have been canceled, according to airline officials, creating a ripple effect that disrupted air travel around the country as the holiday crush began to build.
Two of the airport’s six runways were set to open first, followed by a third runway Friday night. For those stranded in Denver and flying standby because they were unable to rebook a flight, finding a spot on crowded planes filled with holiday travelers could prove impossible this weekend.
Frontier spokesman Joe Hodas said the airline has 65,000 bumped passengers to move systemwide and the airline is already 90 percent booked for the holidays. “Do the math,” he said.
United Airlines spokesman Jeff Kovick said it could be days before some people are able to get a flight out. “We’re asking for their patience as we work to get people where they need to be as soon as we safely can,” he said.
Near the cardboard shelter, cobbled together from boxes that workers used to carry blankets to hand out to stranded passengers, Jackson, Wyo., teacher Joanna Snyder and others searched in vain for information.
“It’s all rumor,” she said. via My Way News

The View – Daily Commentary – Friday December 22nd, 2006

Dana Pretzer in his morning update discusses

• Rosie O’Donnell, Joy Behar, and The View  

The Dana Pretzer Show – Thursday, December 21st, 2006 – 9 PM – Guest Mike McIntyre

Thursday 9pm Eastern

Guest Mike McIntyre who has the website –  Mike On Crime  and hosts the talk show, Crime and Punishment.

And author of a new book:   To The Grave: Inside A Spectacular RCMP Sting

 Standard Podcast [62:32m]: Download

Child Sex Advocates Jailed For Porn Stash

While these stories are not very palitable, they do need to be told. These pedophilia rights advocates got busted with 50,000 images of young boys in sexual situations hidden in  a secret vault at their home. For this they get 4 and 2 1/2 years in jail. Absurd.

A former vicar and a paedophile rights campaigner have been jailed after a stash of pornography showing children being raped and tortured was found in a secret vault.
Former Anglican minister Michael Studdert and Thomas O’Carroll, who campaigned for the legalisation of sex with children, were jailed for four years and two-and-a-half years respectively after pleading guilty to a string of child porn offences.
However, the judge felt an indeterminate jail sentence was not necessary for public protection in either case because they should not be sentenced “for their views”.
Detective Chief Inspector Neil Thompson, of the Met’s Paedophile Unit, said he was a “little disappointed” at the decision saying: “I do believe both men are a danger to children.”
The stash of magazines, videos, photographs and slides of nearly 50,000 images was found at Studdert’s sprawling country home. They were collected over 50 years. ITV News

Daily Commentary – Thursday December 21st, 2006

Dana Pretzer in his morning update discusses

• Kenneth Mott, The School Bus Driving Santa