While Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes gently chides Motown’s hometown heroes– even as they continue to bleed to death all over his carpet– The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank kicks the Big 2.8’s CEO while they’re down. But good. The WaPo scribe warms-up with a few gentle toe jabs, simply repeating the Big 2.8’s testimony regarding their recent travel arrangements. “There’s a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands,’ Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-N.Y.) advised the pampered executives at a hearing yesterday. ‘It’s almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high-hat and tuxedo. . . . I mean, couldn’t you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled or something to get here?” Fortress Detroit please note: no one mentioned the rejuvenating possibilities of a “convenient plane crash.” … [Read more...] about Editorial: Bailout Watch 223: Planes, Trains and Automobiles