PotterJones: Thanks for pointing out the omission. I've added the incident date to all the related articles. I do not have a date for this article itself. I can only assume it was written within days of the November 17, 2009 flight.

While I understand that we are a Republic (representative democracy) and we elect officials to vote on these things, our elected officials are supposed to actually represent the wishes of their constituents. Rep Massa is a good example of what is wrong with our government today. They have forgotten that they answer to us, not the other way around.