Speaking of USSR, we love our military as much as they did.  They at least were more ceremonial about, parading it on holidays in Red Square.  We parade it around the world with live demonstrations and think we're awesome.  Ultimately we have as much, perhaps more, in common with them than we are different from them.  We were (past tense) more different from them than we are now.  It's that old thing that if two parallel lines are off just a little in their parallel, the difference is only visible when extended way out, only here it's in reverse.  The bottom line is, we're human like they were, and we think with our sloped foreheads just as they did, and here we are, with Maliki demanding more arms.  Yeah, right.  Back to work.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence Helm
Sent: Jan 18, 2007 10:23 AM
To: Lit-Ideas
Subject: [lit-ideas] Boeing and the Aviation Market

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2007/01/18/boeing_and_the_aviation_market

 

There are several interesting items in this article:

 

1. My pension, which is paid by Boeing, appears to be in no immediate danger.
2. The fear of flying after 9/11 seems to be over.
3. The long term support of Airbus by European governments seems to be doing the same kind of thing to Airbus that government support did to the USSR with a similar outlook.

 

Lawrence