Remember Dr. John Jay Ray? He is a like-minded blogger buddy of mine from the early days. I received some traffic today from one of his sites, Dissecting Leftism. Over there, I found this:
Thomas Sowell Quotation
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“If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life.” — Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the practical helicopter.
Igor’s co-workers called the first machines “Igor’s nightmares” because they were so hard to get right, and because he made so many changes in them.
All hail, Igor Sikorsky, Russian immigrant to the USA: More info here:
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maybe it’s just me, but I like sources…
Mark Perry (AEI, Sr. Fellow Emeritus) “>https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/quotation-of-the-day-on-helping-the-poor/
cites Sowell’s Creators Syndicate column (May 31, 2010)“The Real Public Service” “>https://www.creators.com/read/thomas-sowell/05/10/the-real-public-service- -
Me too, Jeff, but both of your hyperlinks are busted!
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… that’s cuz, amateur hyperlinker that I am, I messed it up…
this is the one that counts/works:
https://www.creators.com/read/thomas-sowell/05/10/the-real-public-service-
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Sincerely speaking, a large number of inventions and their applications on a massive, industrial scale have become possible thanks to the actions of the U.S. government. The internet, many antibiotics, and countless materials and pharmaceutical products have been directly funded through the American military or research budgets at universities. However, things are much more complex than what ideologues on both sides of the ideological divide suggest.
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Milos,
Yes, but surely not access to the internet via personal computers. Jobs and Wozniak world out of their garage with no gov’t help.
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