DC People: How annoying is the phrase "Reagan Airport"??

[Bleacher Creature]

It's been almost eight years since they changed the name, and I'm still no less pissed about it. Remember when the Repukes claimed that they weren't going to take George Washington's name off? Well, it's still called Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, but of course people now just call it "Reagan" or "Reagan Airport" or "Reagan National."

I'm guessing that 99.9% of DUers refuse to call it by that name, but what do you do when people refer to it as that to you? Ignore it? Say something smide? Just curious.

P.S. I know that this is a random post, but I just came back from there and I'm slightly burned up by it.

[Raster]

1. I just flow out of National a week ago. I refuse to use the raygun name

unless I absolutely have to. Love the airport, hate the name.

[Warpy]

33. Suit yourself, but consider this

The airport is small and outmoded and would have been retired years ago were it not so convenient for overpaid bureaucrats.

I thought hanging Reagan's name on the places was nearly as fitting as hanging his name on that infamous office building that ran WAY over budget with cost overrun piled on top of cost overrun as they loaded as much gilt and marble as they could into it without making it collapse under the burden.

Other memorials would be loan default notices and bad checks.

[Leopolds Ghost]

56. What about the US Office Of The National Debt? Covers an entire city block

South of the Mall in DC.

Also, Washington National IS the correct abbreviation and is a beautiful airport (even with the tacked-on name) and Washington Post stylesheet was changed for political reasons to abbreviate it incorrectly becase Donald Graham is a Reaganite. Much worse are traffic reporters and vapid hoteliers who refer to it as "Reagan", a sure sign of a Republican from out in the countryside.

National is also one of the only vintage 1930's airport terminals still in use in the US. The kind PDX, etc. pretends to model itself on.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

2. I refer to it as "WASHINGTON NATIONAL F***KING AIRPORT"...

That usually clears most debate on the subject.

[LiberalEsto]

8. That's perfect

I'll have to borrow your airport name.

[FSogol]

3. I stopped using National Airport when they changed the name.

I only use Dulles now.

I also only refer to it as National Airport.

[Leopolds Ghost]

57. Dulles, the Cold Warrior who did mind-control research w/ LSD in the 50's?

Always an appropriate mascot for the mind-altering desolation of the Virginia suburbs...

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I had no idea this was such a touchy subject

(although I should have known) until I made the mistake of calling it that among a group of DUers in DC on 9/24. I sure got set straight in a hurry. :spank: But please feel sorry for us here in Anchorage -- we have Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and almost had Don Young's Way or some such crap -- the bridge to nowhere. Gack...

[Poppyseedman]

5. I don't worry about things I have no control over.

It keeps my BP down and my mind at peace.

After all, it's just a airport. 99.99 of people don't care what name is on their airline ticket stub

I'm sure Freptards don't get into a snit over JFK airport

[northzax]

52. now that Reagan is dead

I use the name, on occasion. I usually simply call it DCA. My problem was in naming an airport after a living person. I know it's more and more common, but it's so Banana Republic.

[marylanddem]

6. It is fucking hard to get used to - I hate it. nt

[spindrifter]

7. The only thing more annoying

would be all (but then again maybe there won't be any) places that will be anointed with the * name when he leaves office.

[TomClash]

9. It's just National to me

but then again I still call "Avenue of the Americas" Sixth Avenue in New York.

I will NEVER call it Reagan National Airport.

[SPKrazy]

10. It will always be Washington National to me

F*ck this "Reagan" airport.

Washington National

Thanks

[Democrat 4 Ever]

18. What pisses me off about the name is the repugs are guilty of

re-writing history. Sound familiar? Of course it does, it is what repugs do all the time but pretend it is a tactic of the Dems. I get really steamed about Washington National because I am one of the millions of people who remember Raygun's administration - corrupt, sleazy, profane and sold out to the highest corporate bidder. It is the holdovers from Ronnie's day that are messing with my country today. Raygun was senile for last six years in office and somehow the repugs think no one will remember the state this country was in due to his and Bush41's mismanagement if they just name a fricking airport after the asshole.

Other than that I don't care.

[linazelle]

48. ditto nt

[yellowcanine]

11. I actually don't give a shit what they call it. I just wish they would

put up som decent signage telling how to get to it. Going south on 395 there should be signage in the tunnel telling you which lane to be in for National Airport. And then there should be better signs south of the Pentagon telling you exactly where the airport exit is - it is DAMN confusing. Going North on 395 isn't much better. It is as if there is an attempt to hide where the damn airprot is.

[Leopolds Ghost]

58. Take the Metro n/t

[yellowcanine]

66. I do usually but there is no excuse for lousy signage to the airport. Not

everyone can take the Metro. If you are returning a rental car you can't take the Metro.

[lynne]

12. Heck, in this area -

- if you got all riled up and quit using a service or area or building because you didn't agree with the politics of a place name you probably wouldn't be able to travel very far. They just christened the road in front of my house "Ronald Reagan Highway".

Dang, guess I've got to buy a helicopter to get to the store . . .

[EstimatedProphet]

13. I refused to call it Reagan when I lived there

[WestHoustonDem]

14. My daughter flew there yesterday from Houston's

George Bush Intercontinental airport. How sad.

[countingbluecars]

15. Most people I know

just call it National.

[phusion]

16. What about Houston?

George Bush International Airport
:puke:

[hlthe2b]

22. At the risk of offending our beloved Texas DUers....

(which is NOT my wish), the entire state of Texas is so tainted with the Bushes* (not to mention the Delays and some equally repugnant asses). ... So, I hope that it fades from memory some day, but though I've always liked Austin and have enjoyed many of the things the big state has to offer, for the unseeable future, it is not somewhere I would choose to go.

[Jara sang]

30. What about Anchorage?

Ted Stevens International airport.

[NYC Liberal]

40. Makes me glad I get to go on the

Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. :)

[JerseygirlCT]

17. Not in DC, but National Airport it was, and remains - IMHO

[karlrschneider]

19. I have never once uttered the phrase. When I fly into there I always call

up "National approach", "National tower", "National ground", etc. Often they reply the same way.
:eyes:

[Kralizec]

20. Not as bad as Bush Intl. Airport in Houston :( n/t

[hlthe2b]

21. Me too, but recently I've just let myself belief...

it is named for Ron Reagan (Junior)

Makes it a lot easier to deal with though I've NEVER stopped calling it Naitonal Airport.

[peacetalksforall]

23. I'm in the 99.9 of your estimate. Just National for me. n/t

[HillDem]

24. It's National

Just National. We went 10-1 for Kerry remember?

[Snotcicles]

25. I named a bowel movement after him once. n/t

[linazelle]

47. Good idea! I'm gonna do that--reeeealll soon...

:evilgrin:

[Neil Lisst]

26. I still call it "National." Screw that old B actor.

and he was worse as president than on Death Valley Days.

[ducque]

27. "National" or DCA

I absolutely refuse to use the "reagan" airport moniker. I use "National" or "Washngton National" or just plain DCA.

[kitkatrose]

63. Same here,

and I've been in DC only since it's been renamed. :hi:

[Penndems]

28. If you're a D.C. area native, you don't call it "Ronald Reagan

Washington National Airport".

For us, it always has been and always WILL be, simply "National", no matter how many times the name is changed.

[northzax]

53. just like there are still people

real oldtimers, who refer to Idlewild.

[Penndems]

59. EGG-zactly! :)

eom

[damntexdem]

29. I fly into or out of National occasionally.

The damn airlines seem to think I'm going through Reagan. But I only go through National, so they must be wrong.

[Nancy Waterman]

32. I grew up in DC

and now live in suburban Maryland ( a blissfully blue stae) and I will always refer to the airport as National.

[Jara sang]

31. When people say "Reagan Airport" I correct them.

and say, "You mean National?"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. All the pilots and air traffic controllers I know call it DCA or National.

The air traffic controllers are still PO'd about the 1981 PATCO strike, and find it deeply ironic that an airport is named after the guy that almost destroyed the ATC system.

[MercutioATC]

39. Yeah, we call it "National"...

I don't think I've heard ANYBODY at work call it "Reagan"...

[VADem11]

35. I correct them

Of course, I think the change was idiotic. Most people around the area don't call National "Reagan national". The local news stations use reagan national and national interchangealby with the exception of WTOP but I try to ignore it. I did get really pissed when they forced metro to waste thousands of dollars to change every freakin sign to reagan washington national airport though.

[JPZenger]

37. Dems should have voted for George Washington Airport

It was Washington National Airport. When the Repugs tried to change it to Ronnie Raygun Airport, the Demos should have voted for George Washington Airport. I heard that Repugs in Congress threatened the Metro system because their signs still said "National Airport." They made Metro change all their signs.

My favorite irony is that the most expensive government office building ever built was named after Ronnie Raygun. He is honored by an incredibly expensive home for a whole bunch of bureaucrats.

[ThomWV]

36. I Was Born In DC (1947) And It Pisses Me Off

Born and raised in DC and every time I hear it called any name other than National I get mad.

[HughBeaumont]

38. Pretty much everyone down there calls it "NATIONAL"

Doesn't matter to me much. My sister lives closer to BWI, so I just take that in.

[salin]

41. haven't flown in or out since the name change

but did frequently in the 80s, thus in my mind it is still "DC National Airport" (or 'national' for short) - can't say that this would be the case if I lived there (sometimes over time these things just seep in.)

Ironic the name, I remember a time when the airport, and all of crystal city were in near lock-down - due to fear of retaliation of reagan's line in the sand threat to Quadafi. There were real fears of a retaliatory strike on national airport. Can't recall why the airport was feared to be the target - just that it was.

[LuCifer]

42. Kinda like the RONALD REAGAN TURNPIKE here in FLORIDA!

Yeah, makes a whole lot of goddamn sence to rename it from the "MAJORITY STONEMAN DOUGLAS TURNPIKE" (for those who don't know, she wrote "RIVER OF GRASS" and helped SAVE THE EVERGLADES, which is amazing since no one gives a SHIT about the environment in this hellhole state) to renaming it after RayGun, who had NOTHING to do with this state...unless you want to count how he helped RUIN it for 8 years along with the rest of the country.

I like the idea to rename stuff like landfills after these turds! I can see it totally! "The George W. Bush County Landfill"! BEAUTIFUL!

Lu

[Imagine My Surprise]

44. Or The George W. Bush Toxit Waste Dump

[Imagine My Surprise]

45. Toxic

[jmowreader]

67. I always thought the perfect buildings to name after them were Prisons

Most of the people in the Reagan-Bush-Bush junta, INCLUDING the three men at the top, deserve to get sent to one for life if not longer.

[Imagine My Surprise]

43. It flows about as smoothly as...

The Hitler Reformed Congregation

[jim3775]

46. Our major airports are named after Lester B Pearson and Treaudeu

Two great liberal prime ministers.

[savemefromdumbya]

49. It is called National

BWI has a name too but no one calls it by it

[mitchum]

50. You mean Washington National?

[Blue_Tires]

51. i never used it (the name or the airport) when i lived in P.G. county

[fortyfeetunder]

54. Those words will never pass my lips

I grew up knowing it as National Airport and I will always call it National Airport.

There was already one federal building named after R******. And there was some bot congressman that wanted to rename a major thoroughfare in DC after R****** right after his passing until saner minds prevailed.

[fortyfeetunder]

55. Self-delete

[ComerPerro]

60. "And my friend Frankenstein has changed his name to FrankenReagan"

[lonestarnot]

61. How do I feel about it? Makes me gag, that's how I feel about it... I

just called it the airport over there (finger point)when I referred to it. LOL

[Enraged_Ape]

62. It's Washington National Airport, goddammit!!!

I refuse to call it by...that other name. Fortunately, every airline desk jockey I talk to knows what airport I'm talking about, so it's never a problem.

[Time for change]

64. I just refer to it as National Airport

If someone uses the word Reagan when they refer to it I generally don't say anything, unless I happen to be in the mood to make an issue over it.

[Norquist Nemesis]

65. Worse than that...they re-named one of the tollways

After Reagan out here in Chicagoland. I-88 E-W Tollway is now Reagan 'Expressway'. Ugh!!!!