Have a fair and balanced flight

I think it would be a good idea to name BWI airport after former Supreme Court Justice and famous NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who is best known for arguing Brown v. Board of Education.

Now one would have a choice of landing at an airport named after a B-Movie actor who stumbled through eight years of nun-shooting and voodoo economics, a Cold War pioneer (Dulles) or a civil rights leader. Plus, it would be fun to watch the mouth-breathers go nuts over it.

Marshall on Reagan:

"Q: Did you ever want to be the chief justice?
A: Hell no. Yeah, if I had the president on my side.

Q: But if Reagan had just appointed you, you would have said no.
A: I wouldn't do the job of dogcatcher for Ronald Reagan."

Going to cocktail parties with James Watt wouldn't have been too comfortable either.

Posted by rj3 at January 25, 2005 11:10 AM

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