Please Bring Your Seatbacks Forward For Takeoff!

Condolences to the family and friends of the Georgian athlete killed in practice runs prior to the opening ceremonies. It is always sad to see such tragic accidents that take a life and change so many other lives.

The Winter Games! Aren't they great! Well maybe the Opening Ceremonies were a little below what they have been in the past, but the competition has heated up and the athletes are giving it their all. Celebrities everywhere, politicians galore, and the crazy things begin.

Back to our seatbacks. Ever wonder what the rich and famous do when they travel? Some dodge punches and verbal attacks. I am sure you have heard about the incident with Mitt Romney being assaulted on an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to LA. Well not quite a flight. As they are taxiing out to the runway for takeoff, the guy sitting in row 14 in Economy Class, sitting directly in front of Ann Romney (Mitt's wife), dropped his seat back to the low position. Mitt asked him to raise it for takeoff and the passenger became violent and attacked Mitt physically and verbally. The flight crew subdued the passenger, returned to the gate and let the Royal Mounted Police take him into custody after he and his luggage were removed from the plane. Neither Mitt nor his wife was hurt and Mitt did not retaliate but let the flight crew handle the situation.

The hazards of air travel these days. Anyone want to bet on the sobriety of the violent passenger? Oh well. We have all seen it happen. But did anyone notice the really intriguing fact of the whole episode? Row 15 of the Economy Class on an Air Canada flight. That is where Mitt and his wife were sitting. A guy who is reported to be worth well over $250 Million and his wife are flying economy class on public air transportation to and from one of the largest showoff parties of the year.

He and Ann had been invited to attend as a former official host of the Salt Lake City Winter Games in 2002. The same place where he literally took the Olympic Organizing Committee in Salt Lake City from the dumpster and turned around the huge projected loss for the 2002 Winter Games and put it in the black well past $100 Million with a legacy of Olympic training facilities and parks with trust funds to carry them well into the next few decades. Oh, did I forget to remind you he did all of this for free, feeling it was his civic duty to help with a serious public problem.

So why is he traveling by commercial flights? He travels that way quite often. I guess he understands the value of money. What a novel thought, being thrifty! But then I guess he has had quite a bit of practice at this in his business career. He is known for taking companies that are in trouble and turning them into profitable organizations again. Same thing he did with the 2002 Olympics, the State of Massachusetts and pretty much everything he has done. The same thing he wanted to do for the country in 2008 when he ran for President. Did any of you ever read his website and his platform? The guy made sense. He got it before it was fashionable to get it. His warnings of the financial crash, the bailouts, and TARP have been extremely accurate. How did he know what was going to happen? Experience and wisdom. So I wonder how the winning voters of 2008 feel about that change they wanted now? I know of a change that I wished would have happened, Mitt Romney as President.

This is one more person that gets it and continues to be the front runner in polls for 2012. Maybe the Republican Party leadership won't try and cut his legs out from under him again with their tricky little games at the state caucuses in 2012. We could use a guy like Mitt Romney for President. Honesty, Integrity, and Truthful. There it is again, HIT! With his economic knowledge and experience and his understanding of cause and effect, he would give us some change that would be welcomed. Watch him, he is worthy of our attention.