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March 25, 2011
Could anyone have imagined that airplanes and incompetence would have dominated the news this week? President Obama orders American fighter jets to attack Libya. Sen. Claire McCaskill admits to nearly $300,000 in unpaid taxes on her private plane. And the Federal Aviation Administration has suspended the air traffic controller who fell asleep at Reagan National because the tower went silent as two planes were forced to land on their own. The famous joke from the movie Airplane comes to mind: “Surely you can't be serious." "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
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Ron Bonjean
Ron Bonjean is a partner with Singer Bonjean Strategies and the owner of the The Bonjean Company, both full service public affairs firms. He was chief of staff for the Senate Republican Conference under Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona and the top spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi, U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans, and other House members. Contact him at ron@singerbonjean.com and follow him on Twitter @RonBonjean.