Bruce Greeff wrote:
Hi Eric

Regrettably you confuse the actions of the authorities (and other parties) with
logical behaviour. These actions are seldom logical, or even to the benefit of
any group - not even the bunch of sad souls who get to make them. I get the
feeling that, especially in the USA there is a "machine" that most people agree
is misguided, but none of the cogs has worked out how to change the direction of
the whole.

I'm reminded of the "Don't Do Drugs" campaign. A researcher found that
after visits to local schools by "anti-drug" speakers, drug use
increased. Impossible, right?

It seems that the word "Don't" gets lost from the message.
From this and other organizational observations, it's clear
that many organizations do things directly in conflict with
it's stated goals. There's also the problem of an
organization which works itself out of a job. This is why the
police can't QUITE get rid of crime...

The ancient chinese had some interesting ideas. If they had a
part of history they didn't like, they'd simply change history.
If 9-11 had happened to them, they would have simply rebuilt the
world trade center to look exactly the same, and continue on
with no mention they had ever been damaged.

I suspect if a committee were to decide on whether to stay with
a disabled boat or try to swim for shore, they would compromise
and swim, then dogpaddle, exactly halfway between the two...
this is government by comittee, and it is bad...

Sorry about your airport, I suspect it will be marginalized
away...
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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA