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Re: Things That Go ‘Boeing’ in the Night
“The problems cited are maintenance issues, NOT a Boeing design problem. What many may not know is that way back when Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merged, McDonnell became the company by the management and Boeing became second as the engineers. It switched from an engineering-driven company to a beancounter-driven company. It was easily seen by me as a buyer of parts for McDonnell Douglas products. It would be best if the company went back to an engineering philosophy rather than beancounters running the company. It made for the pilot phrase ‘If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going’ back in the heyday.” —California
“Most of these recent incidents have been maintenance issues, primarily with United Airlines. The problem is they don’t help Boeing even if they are only maintenance issues with an airline. But Boeing does have a quality manufacturing issue. Not mentioned was a problem, also from Spirit, which manufactures the fuselages, of rivet holes not being drilled correctly and having to be redone at Boeing. The real issue is that the quality-engineering culture at Boeing has been overtaken by a cost-accounting mentality at the top.” —Florida
“I was in the Reagan Navy when I enlisted in 1981 after high school. The first thing Reagan did was give everyone in the military a significant raise, which sold him as pro-military. We had also had no DEI, EEO, or women in combat positions. If you were qualified to do your job, you did it. If not, you were demoted to background jobs and eventually discharged. The military is not a democracy (though we fought for our Republic). There was a chain of command — you knew where you stood in it and did your job. If you screwed up, you paid the consequences, and in the end the mission was everything. I went to a boot camp graduation and base tour recently. Technically, they may be better than my boot camp, but with DEI, who knows how things really are.” —Illinois
“Excellent article by Brent Ramsey. Younger people don’t know or aren’t being taught the critical role the U.S. Navy played in WWII. There was a show called ‘Victory at Sea,’ and I never missed watching it with my father. The war might have turned out very differently if it hadn’t been for the brave sailors and our Navy.” —Delaware
“As the smart people try to improve and expand the level of technology in our defense, our adversaries are going old school and learning how to use balloons to preserve communications when the digital bombs start to fall. Remember when the native language of an Indian tribe was an essential tool? Come on, smart people. You have a lot of responsibility and little imagination.” —Washington
Re: ‘No Nukes’ No Longer the Case?
“I was a nuclear operator in the U.S. Navy for 13 years (1981-1994) and was certified for the supervision, operation, and maintenance of four different nuclear reactor plants. In seven years of operations on three different ships, never did we even get close to having an accident. But don’t take my word for it. Do a search for ‘U.S. Navy nuclear powered accidents’ and a top article on nuclear-powered safety will explain that with over 50 years of operation, naval reactors have an outstanding record — over 134 million miles safely steamed on nuclear power, amassing over 5,700 reactor-years of safe operation. If the Navy can do it, we should be able to do it. And where do the operators come from on civilian power plants? Mostly the U.S. Navy!” —Illinois
Re: Biden’s Costly War on Fossil Fuel
“I just turned in my Jaguar I-PACE EV. No significant infrastructure to make it a viable family car for weekend trips. The original plan was to go 200 miles, stop for a one-hour lunch and charge, go for another 200 miles, sightsee for 90+ minutes, and charge… The problem is that, even in ‘progressive’ CA, fast chargers are not where restaurants or sights are. I found them at civic centers. I replaced the Jaguar with a gas vehicle. We need another decade or more to get things right. It’s not just the infrastructure; it’s also the technology. No one wants to wait around more than it takes to get through a Costco gas station line. Today, it’s more like a 1970s OPEC gas shortage line. And I’m afraid physics is neither the battery’s nor the infrastructure’s friend.” —California
Re: New York’s Ridiculous Trump Bond
“To be sure, $454 million doesn’t buy what it used to, but it’s hard to believe that the Founding Fathers would not have found such an amount to be a violation of the Eighth Amendment: ‘Excessive bail shall not be required, NOR EXCESSIVE FINES IMPOSED, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.’” —Georgia
Re: Voter Fraud Looms Large in November
“In Minnesota, not only must election judges take a prospective voter’s word for it that he or she is a citizen, but with impending ‘sanctuary state’ legislation, almost certain to be railroaded through by a tiny Democrat majority and signed by our extremist governor, it will be impermissible for state authorities to inquire into the immigration status of a person suspected of having lied about being a citizen at registration. Combine that with same-day registration, mass mail-in balloting, and lackluster or nonexistent enforcement of election integrity statutes and Minnesota’s election system is wide open for fraud.” —Minnesota
“I’ve been telling the GOP for years that we should be embracing the mail-in voters and absentee voter system; that the GOP should have been leading the charge by controlling the system that was selecting voters, ensuring that only live voters are being selected and that only U.S. citizens are eligible. There are many more rules that should be adhered to, but the GOP should have been way ahead of this a long time ago. Another major screwup and a major disappointment by the GOP!” —Michigan
Re: It’s Not Republicans Who Have Radicalized
“What the Left has been exceedingly successful at is moving the ‘center’ far to the left. This now makes traditional GOP ideals appear to be far-right. As usual, the GOP plays by the rules and the Dems redefine everything to make themselves appear reasonable.” —Washington
“It seems the problem with the GOP in general is that it has refused to stop playing nice and get the job done. The Democrats don’t give a whit and the GOP just shrugs and says, ‘Oh gee, we tried.’ It needs to get off its rear and be accountable. One could hope more Republicans will grow a backbone, but it’s unlikely to happen with this batch.” —Montana
Re: Three Years of Bidenomics — The Hard Numbers
“The story noted that mortgage rates under Biden (currently 6.86% and rising) are more than twice the rate folks paid when Trump left office, when they were at 2.65%, a nearly 50-year low. But what does that mean in real terms? As of the third quarter of 2023, the median home sale price in the United States was $435,400. If you’re able to put 20% down, your mortgage amount will be $348,320. At 2.65%, the principle and interest payment on a 30-year loan would come to $1,404 per month. But at 6.86%, that payment rises to $2,285 per month, or 63% higher. In other words, over the 30-year term, you’ll end up paying an additional $317,000 in interest! Mainstream media pundits, tell us again how well Bidenomics is working!” —Georgia
Re: Sanders and the Central Planners
“When they reduce the work week further to three days, I can see that a lot of hard-charging entrepreneurs will be trying to find a way to double up on their paycheck. How about two Social Security numbers as well?” —Ontario
Re: In Brief: ‘50 Years Later, I Still Anguish Over My Abortion’
“I once worked with a group called Women Exploited by Abortion. These young girls are sold a bill of goods and many suffer severe emotional effects from abortion. This is usually after their first live birth, when the full realization of what they had previously done sinks in. ‘Post-abortion syndrome’ is real and it is beyond grief; it is anguish.” —Pennsylvania