Half a million tax $ to paint an airplane to look like a fish?

[Dr.Phool]

I was just about ready to puke watching Alaska Senator (R-obviously) try to justify torture on c-span. Then I ran across some more of his handiwork. Hell this almost makes $200 million for a bridge to nowhere look like a deal.

Check out the picture.


http://www.adn.com/front/story/7038924p-6942571c.html



Alaska Airlines takes flying fish to a whole new level

$500,000 grant from federal funding pays for custom paint job on company's passenger jet

By WESLEY LOY
Anchorage Daily News

Published: October 2, 2005
Last Modified: October 2, 2005 at 03:07 AM

So, you landed a big king salmon this summer? It can't compare to the colossal king Alaska Airlines plans to land this morning in Anchorage.

The Seattle-based carrier has painted nearly the full length of a Boeing 737-400 passenger jet as a wild Alaska king, or chinook, salmon. The airline has dubbed its flying fish the "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon."

It's a bold promotional move to celebrate wild Alaska seafood and also the carrier's role in hauling millions of pounds of fresh salmon, halibut, crab, shrimp and other seafood out of the state each year.