The Delta Messenger eamil notifying me of the delay of my flight leg from BTR to ATL ...
Monday, May 7, Flight Delta 5371, Operated by ExpressJet Airlines
Departs 4:25 pm Baton Rouge, Louisiana
(was) 4:00 pm
Arrives 7:05 pm Atlanta, Georgia
(was) 6:34 pm
was sent "5/7/2012 7:48:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time"
Getting a notice more than three (3) hours after the new departure time is really not helpful.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Friday, December 9, 2011
Another Letter to the Editor at The Advocate
Reader's Views: Early bus could miss on-time riders
December 05, 2011
In Sunday’s People section, Nov. 27, Slater McKay, Forum 35 outgoing president, thought it “weird” a bus driver would stop “because she was ahead of schedule.”
I would hope Advocate writer Ed Cullen, who interviewed McKay and who is knowledgeable about such things, explained that buses have schedules just the same as airplanes and trains.
McKay would not want to get to the airport for his 8:30 flight to find it had left “ahead of schedule” at 7:30.
James R. Madden
information technology consultant
Baton Rouge
Comments (3)
1) Comment by phil - Monday, December 05, 2011
Gee, if someone goes to a bus stop on time and the bus has gotten there early and has already left, then that person will miss the bus. This seems to me to be a simple concept, and I am not worried one way or the other about it here too much. What I am worried about is spending $millions every year on a bus system that nobody can afford. For me CATS = Can't Afford To Support when you start talking about build-it-and-they-will- come economics.
2) Comment by tradewinns - Sunday, December 04, 2011
there is a schedule for a reason. elderly man, you must be important individual for them to hold a plane for you. i understood the only time an airplane could leave early was if ALL ticketed passengers were seated.
3) Comment by Elderly Man - Saturday, December 03, 2011
I get to the airport early to avoid feeling rushed. I have gotten to the airport so early that the airlines have rushed me onto an earlier flight. Once they even held the plane for me (here in Baton Rouge). Once on a return from a trip to France, I made an earlier connection and then waited five hours in Atlanta my destination for someone to met me at the time originally set.
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December 05, 2011
In Sunday’s People section, Nov. 27, Slater McKay, Forum 35 outgoing president, thought it “weird” a bus driver would stop “because she was ahead of schedule.”
I would hope Advocate writer Ed Cullen, who interviewed McKay and who is knowledgeable about such things, explained that buses have schedules just the same as airplanes and trains.
McKay would not want to get to the airport for his 8:30 flight to find it had left “ahead of schedule” at 7:30.
James R. Madden
information technology consultant
Baton Rouge
Comments (3)
1) Comment by phil - Monday, December 05, 2011
Gee, if someone goes to a bus stop on time and the bus has gotten there early and has already left, then that person will miss the bus. This seems to me to be a simple concept, and I am not worried one way or the other about it here too much. What I am worried about is spending $millions every year on a bus system that nobody can afford. For me CATS = Can't Afford To Support when you start talking about build-it-and-they-will- come economics.
2) Comment by tradewinns - Sunday, December 04, 2011
there is a schedule for a reason. elderly man, you must be important individual for them to hold a plane for you. i understood the only time an airplane could leave early was if ALL ticketed passengers were seated.
3) Comment by Elderly Man - Saturday, December 03, 2011
I get to the airport early to avoid feeling rushed. I have gotten to the airport so early that the airlines have rushed me onto an earlier flight. Once they even held the plane for me (here in Baton Rouge). Once on a return from a trip to France, I made an earlier connection and then waited five hours in Atlanta my destination for someone to met me at the time originally set.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
LSU Student Basketball Band in the '70s
Smiley Anders for Dec. 1, 2011
Musical interlude
James R. Madden responds to a question about the name of the student band at long-ago LSU basketball games:
“In the mid-’70s, I played banjo with the informal LSU basketball band in the Assembly Center.
“I recall the group’s name being ‘The Court Jesters.’
“We were invited to participate in a Mardi Gras truck parade one year; it might have been in Algiers.”
(One word tells you all you need to know about this band: “banjo.”)
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Musical interlude
James R. Madden responds to a question about the name of the student band at long-ago LSU basketball games:
“In the mid-’70s, I played banjo with the informal LSU basketball band in the Assembly Center.
“I recall the group’s name being ‘The Court Jesters.’
“We were invited to participate in a Mardi Gras truck parade one year; it might have been in Algiers.”
(One word tells you all you need to know about this band: “banjo.”)
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Letter to the Editor(s)
Letter to The Advocate:
Limit time for tax cuts to create jobs
November 05, 2011
The “tax cuts for the rich” have been in place since 2001 and 2003. Ten years should be enough time, don’t you think?
So, where are the jobs?
Don’t bring up any negative factors such as the housing bubble, bank bailouts, credit collapse, national debt. The tax cuts were put in place with the promise of “jobs will be created.”
So, where are the jobs?
All I see after 10 years is there are fewer people in this country with more of the money. Yet the call continues to keep in place “tax cuts for the rich” so jobs will be created.
OK, keep the cuts in place, but with a time limit. If jobs are not created in the next year, goodbye “tax cuts for the rich.”
James R. Madden
information technology consultant
Baton Rouge
Comments (6) as of 1600 CT, Sunday, 06 Nov 2011:
1) Comment by Scrooge - Sunday, November 06, 2011
jdk944: Make sure they bury you with "your money" to make sure no else will get it and only you can enjoy it.
2) Comment by Whatnow - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Gee, the unemployment was the least of Obama's concerns when the Democrats held both sides of Congress. His first priority was his Affordable Care Act, which has been proven to be a money pit. How many jobs did it create? Well, look at this .... http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/02/15/healthcare-reform-law-requires-new-irs-army-of-1054... \Maybe you could go work for the government with the IRS. Seems like the only place you can find a job now days.
3) Comment by Michael Gary Scott - Saturday, November 05, 2011
No nation has ever taxed itself to prosperity.
4) Comment by jdk944 - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Mr. Madden, my money is not yours and neither is anyone elses. Got it??
5) Comment by agagent - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Record federal government revenue and about 4% unemployment . . . “Blame” it on the Bush tax cuts. The current 9% unemployment and $1.3 trillion annual deficits . . . Give “credit” to Democrats controlling Congress since 2007 and 3 years of Obama’s policies.
6) Comment by Bighug - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Good points. Where are the jobs? Maybe somewhere between Russia and Japan?
Later Comments:
1) Comment by DMJ - Monday, November 07, 2011
James, you miss the point. It's not about creating jobs; it's about keeping taxes low for the rich. The whole "jobs" thing is bull. It's a distraction designed to keep those who would actually benefit from a fairer tax code against reform. What's really weird is how many people actually think that their taxes are subject to go up, even though they make nowhere near $250K/ year. The vast majority of Americans, including many of the anti-tax yahoos who post on these comment boards, don't make anywhere near enough money that they should have to worry about taxes on the rich going up. If they do make that much, then they know good and well that they could afford a small tax increase....or even a large one. The tax debate really comes down to either ignorance or selfishness.
2) Comment by Whatnow - Monday, November 07, 2011
@Scrooge, my money that I don't want to share with people with the ridiculous desire for what belongs to me will be left to my children. It's called planning ahead and the love of family. What's wrong with that? Why should I share the money made by hard work go to those who refuse to work? The jobs will probably come back when Obama is out of office.
Limit time for tax cuts to create jobs
November 05, 2011
The “tax cuts for the rich” have been in place since 2001 and 2003. Ten years should be enough time, don’t you think?
So, where are the jobs?
Don’t bring up any negative factors such as the housing bubble, bank bailouts, credit collapse, national debt. The tax cuts were put in place with the promise of “jobs will be created.”
So, where are the jobs?
All I see after 10 years is there are fewer people in this country with more of the money. Yet the call continues to keep in place “tax cuts for the rich” so jobs will be created.
OK, keep the cuts in place, but with a time limit. If jobs are not created in the next year, goodbye “tax cuts for the rich.”
James R. Madden
information technology consultant
Baton Rouge
Comments (6) as of 1600 CT, Sunday, 06 Nov 2011:
1) Comment by Scrooge - Sunday, November 06, 2011
jdk944: Make sure they bury you with "your money" to make sure no else will get it and only you can enjoy it.
2) Comment by Whatnow - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Gee, the unemployment was the least of Obama's concerns when the Democrats held both sides of Congress. His first priority was his Affordable Care Act, which has been proven to be a money pit. How many jobs did it create? Well, look at this .... http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/02/15/healthcare-reform-law-requires-new-irs-army-of-1054... \Maybe you could go work for the government with the IRS. Seems like the only place you can find a job now days.
3) Comment by Michael Gary Scott - Saturday, November 05, 2011
No nation has ever taxed itself to prosperity.
4) Comment by jdk944 - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Mr. Madden, my money is not yours and neither is anyone elses. Got it??
5) Comment by agagent - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Record federal government revenue and about 4% unemployment . . . “Blame” it on the Bush tax cuts. The current 9% unemployment and $1.3 trillion annual deficits . . . Give “credit” to Democrats controlling Congress since 2007 and 3 years of Obama’s policies.
6) Comment by Bighug - Saturday, November 05, 2011
Good points. Where are the jobs? Maybe somewhere between Russia and Japan?
Later Comments:
1) Comment by DMJ - Monday, November 07, 2011
James, you miss the point. It's not about creating jobs; it's about keeping taxes low for the rich. The whole "jobs" thing is bull. It's a distraction designed to keep those who would actually benefit from a fairer tax code against reform. What's really weird is how many people actually think that their taxes are subject to go up, even though they make nowhere near $250K/ year. The vast majority of Americans, including many of the anti-tax yahoos who post on these comment boards, don't make anywhere near enough money that they should have to worry about taxes on the rich going up. If they do make that much, then they know good and well that they could afford a small tax increase....or even a large one. The tax debate really comes down to either ignorance or selfishness.
2) Comment by Whatnow - Monday, November 07, 2011
@Scrooge, my money that I don't want to share with people with the ridiculous desire for what belongs to me will be left to my children. It's called planning ahead and the love of family. What's wrong with that? Why should I share the money made by hard work go to those who refuse to work? The jobs will probably come back when Obama is out of office.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Aren’t they precious?
Smiley Anders for September 17, 2011
Smiley Anders, Advocate columnist
Aren’t they precious?
Dear Smiley: Of course (as you said) most of your “cute kid” tales come from grandparents, not parents.
In the relationship between parent and child, the cuteness is expended mostly to ensure the child makes it through the early years — as in, through gritted teeth, “Oh, how cute! Junior just washed the remote in the toilet.”
J.R. MADDEN
Baton Rouge
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
DELTA sent me a survey asking about my most recent flight delay ...
Under Comments, I added something similar to the following:
On
The BTR gate agent tried to book me on a later flight to
DELTA should stop using 'weather' as an excuse for flight delays. The overall DELTA schedule only works when the weather is perfect. DELTA as no slack, no cushion ... there are no allowances for anything to be delayed. One delay messes up the whole system. DELTA is trying to maximize revenue from its aircraft while risking non-service to its customers. It is somewhat like a restaurant that tries to save money by not having a roof installed. When it happens to rain, the restaurant blames the non-service on the 'weather' rather than their trying to make the most money by cutting costs.
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