Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

Within short order the Middle class will have new options for extending healthy, productive life.  The effects on our retirement system will be extreme, staring out threatening to bankrupt us and as more and more people remain productive, leading to an economic revival.  (As always, in getting from point A to point B we must hope that our politicians do not solve the problem by freezing us into Point A for fear of the journey.) ShrinkWrapped: Actuarial Escape Velocity: The Methuselarity Approaches

Press of work has kept me from updating here lately. I have been away from the computer working at Gasoline Alley at Heritage Park.  Hopefully, in the next little while, I will get a chance to add some new posts – and get some more car guy stuff posted.  What I have been doing is working on a guidebook for the museum and the interpreters there, and hanging around the car guys of Calgary – the old brotherhood of the busted knuckle. Lots of fun – but not much free time.

Took a bit of a break today to have a visit with Hawk One – a North American CF-86 visiting in town.  It was on Static display at the Art Smith Aerocentre at the International Airport as part of it’s tour though Alberta.  It’s touring is part of the Centennial Heritage Flight , celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first flight of the Silver Dart, the first powered heavier-than-air flight in Canada. Hawk One is a  restoration of a RCAF CF-86 Mark V model built in 1954 by Canadair, and was appearing in support of the NATO Veterans Association . It was modified with a Mark VI wing and larger engine to give the look and performance of the later model. It will be appearing around Alberta in July and moving on to BC and Saskatchewan in August and is also accompanied by a Canadian CF-18 Hornet , with the best paint job I’ve seen on an aircraft in a long time for the Centennial Heritage Flight. Both aircraft are on their way to the Airdrie Air show – which is on Ju...

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This e-mail came across my desk – I’ve seen variations of it for the US – but this one sounds the best to me. Budget Alternative Dear Mr. Harper; Please find below my suggestion for fixing Canada's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to the car industry that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.   You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan : There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force or nearing retirement.  Make a one time payment of $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations: They MUST retire. Ten million job openings - Unemployment fixed. They MUST buy a new CAR. Ten million cars ordered - Automotive Industry fixed. They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing and Mortgage Crisis fixed. They must send their kids to school / college / university - Crime rate fixed. Buy $50 of al...

Arguing with Liberals Conservatives dwell in the realm of actual facts, coupled with strong beliefs about man’s nature, justice and morality, and from these strands try to draw humane and functional conclusions. Liberals come up with conclusions drawn solely from ideology, and try to convince people that these conclusions are facts. That’s why you really can’t argue with a liberal. From the Bookworm