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A modest proposal to save The Boeing Company

On By rushbabe49In business, Culture, Economics, government, Random Musings About Life, technology, transportation4 Comments

Anyone who follows the news at all will know that Boeing, a titan of aerospace and defense technology, has had a very difficult time the past few years. The difficulties with the 787 program, with its heavy outsourcing of production and assembly, brought the company a considerable amount of unwanted attention, as deadlines slipped and …

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A Not-so-modest Proposal to ameliorate some of the damage done to our National Forests by Smokey the Bear and his henchmen in the Environmental Movement

On By rushbabe49In Economics, History, Nature3 Comments

Ever since I can remember, Smokey the Bear has been telling us that only WE can prevent forest fires. So, who told Smokey that the Prime Directive was to Prevent Forest Fires?  Well, since the 1940s, the US Department of Agriculture used him to prevent Human-caused fires.  In later years, Environmental Wackos did their best …

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