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Like the Plane Itself, Rumors Afloat: "Soft-Landing Sulley" Has Been Approached
Timothy Geitner's troubled confirmation for Secretary of the Treasury due to his "H&R Block" problem have lead to speculation that ther Obama Adminstration has quietly sent out feelers to Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger as a potential replacement for Geitner should the confirmation hearings hit a brick wall. An anonymous source who would not comment directly but did concede that Sullenberger's miraculous "soft-landing" of an Airbus 320 on the Hudson River filled with 155 passengers has created a new sense of national pride and confidence that could break the psychological grip of fear surrounding the global financial markets.
The well-placed source said "Hell, this guy took a $100 million, 85-ton piece of flying steel (see actually specs )with no engines, plopped it down right in the middle of the Hudson River in a picture perfect crash landing, got everyone off the plane within 2 minutes with virtually no injuries. Can imagine what this guy could do with $8 trillion at his disposal for a soft landing of the global economy?" Arianna Huffington commented, "it's a very interesting idea!"
Sullenberger's Facebook Fan Page has been inundated with well in excess of 350 ,000 requests to "friend" Sully and has been growing at the rate of nearly 1,000 requests an hour. It appears that "passengers" are seeking information on his future flight plans just for the honor of taking a ride with our nation's newest hero. http://blogs.zdnet.com/feeds/?p=394.
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