To whom it may concern...

There was a letter in the local paper the other day about the sequester-caused flight delays.  I've written a few letters to the editor.  I'm usually disappointed in the editing they do to my writing- it has ended up saying something very different than I intended.  So I'm trying to give this guy a break.  The first few paragraphs are factual, and general, comments on how flying is less glamorous than it used to be, how the delays mainly affected business fliers and vacationing families instead of senators, etc.  I can agree with all that, and was with the writer for 2/3 of the letter.

Here's his last paragraph: "Obama ended the flight delays because the episode was becoming embarrassing to him and was pointing out the general ill intentions of his administration and his party.  Let's all remember who bent over backward to make air travel worse than it already is."

Where do I start?  With the self-centered assholery that says flying on time is more important than feeding kids (there are big sequester cuts in many programs, including aid programs)?  With the abysmal ignorance he shows about how the government works? (Congress enacted the sequester, since it couldn't negotiate a way to avoid the gun pointed at its head; Congress changed it so the FAA could get the towers staffed.)  Or the "blame Obama" idea that he and his party are just generally trying to make life miserable?

It's sobering to think that many people think the way he does.  To paraphrase Dean Wormer: ignorant, self-centered, and delusional is no way to go through life.