The negotiations over airfares really did a lot to increase traffic. Our major corporations are utilizing the airport a lot more than they ever did.

We've also completely rebuilt the apron on the western side of the terminal, where the airplanes park. And four new rental car ready-lots are being built with service bays, car washes and office space.

San Francisco is coming back. Corporations are once again locating in The City and a rebound in Silicon Valley is helping the entire Bay Area. San Francisco's position as a gateway to Asia is also advantageous given the strength in the Asian economy.

Manufacturers, banks, corporations and rental companies are sitting with a tremendous amount of used cars. And that's good for consumers,

Microsoft, by some accounts, the second most capitalized company on the planet, is the only corporate colossus in history whose entire product line could be eliminated with a giant magnet.

Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would be difficult to imagine corporatization of the kind witnessed today. But that impulse has weakened, and therelationship between the people and the corporation has reversed.