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Its Just Me's avatar

I virtually encountered a lot of the young Deep State-ers in my final two to five years via reading the Intelligence Community (IC) blogs and rebutting them in the comments section. I was pretty angry my last year from September of 2021 (Biden's sweeping Executive Orders regarding vaccination) until my retirement at the end of August of 2022. Once I found out that, if I were to be fired for being unvaccinated, my pension was still secure, I decided to speak out, not aggressively, just confidently and assertively.

The vitriol I sometimes encountered was amusing. One of the hallmarks of many people, predominantly, but not exclusively, liberals, is their tendency to equate feelings as proof, and as fact. I read so many comments where people emote, and they present snippets of data, cherry-picked, as though they have 'proved' something. If someone like I dissents, I'm on the receiving end of a blast of outrage. Not able to disprove anything I might say, they attack, belittle and enlist their fellow believers to further attack.

Like Mr. Wauck, I am an incorrigible amateur, and it's my belief that they are really at war within themselves. It's a spiritual battle, what they know to be true versus what they were taught is true. That's my three-dollar psychological theory.

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Richard C. Cook's avatar

The "Deep State" consists of thugs and gangsters whose job it is to eliminate the opponents of the usury-based financial system that rules the US, the Collective West, but no longer the world. For the financial elite, Boeing and other industrial giants are just cash cows for a shrinking pool of Wall Street owners. The biggest business interest of the Deep State is drugs.

How did we get that way? See my book, "Our Country Then and Now."

https://www.amazon.com/Our-Country-Then-Richard-Cook/dp/1949762858

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james (seenitbefore)'s avatar

In the 70's GM shifted emphasis from manufacturing to "financial services", because of larger profit margins; resulted in poorer products. Boeing has been under assault ever since Air Bus, a government owned company (england, germany, italy, france) started selling underpriced loss products and the EU blocked US airlines from the markets until they agreed to purchase Airbus. Until the 70's the US practiced a form a mercantilism, allowing internal competition but protecting key US industries from foreign competition based on extremely cheap, sometime slave, labor. Our Government sold out to international banks, businesses 50 years ago. We will only recover when the world devalues the dollar and sanctions the "war mongerer" forcing the US to look inward. By not paying attention to geo-politics, Americans have brought this on themselves and now must let outside parties decide our fate.

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AmericanCardigan's avatar

Complacency is the key factor w/Boeing. Yes, the woke agenda has impacted this too but these problems have been going on for a decade now. This is a result of lack of competition.

Vanguard/Black Rock are having there own challenges. Vanguard just brought in an "outsider" from of all places Black Rock. Never before in their history has an outsider been given the reigns. Supposedly their scaling back their ESG biases but remains to be seen.

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Ray-SoCa's avatar

Boeings issues are due to McDonald Douglas taking over the leadership culture after the merger, and pushing profits over quality. And you can see the results. The first whistleblower that “suicided “ accusations were eye opening.

Boeing needs to be broken up, along with the rest of the defense industry, reversing Clinton’s last dinner results.

As well as Blackrock and vanguard somehow neutered, do they are not spreading dei and other woke bs into companies they invest in.

And end stock buybacks.

Worse than I thought,Boeing executives incentivized for meeting dei targets:

https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2024/05/17/boeing-blasted-for-prioritizing-racial-quotas-over-performance-and-safety/

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AmericanCardigan's avatar

Geez that article is enlightening. Pisses me off actually.

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Sarcastic Cynical Texan's avatar

Boeing made a great big error when the decision to kill the 757 was made, that decision was partly based on the scandalous fiasco involving the program to replace the USAF's KC-135. The contract was awarded to Airbus, then terminated due to corruption. Boeing's original proposed new tanker was based on the 757, after the contract redo the next new tanker became the 767 based KC-46, which has so far been a bust.

I often think that the good old 727 had the potential to be a replacement for the 737. Two rear fuselage mounted modern engines replacing the original three engines, and modern avionics upgrades and so forth, could have been an excellent airliner . . . but noooo.

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Charles Summers's avatar

Government caused Boeings failure, therefore they can’t fix it. DEI is mandated in private sector through various agencies like EEOC. Dei killed boeing, all by government policies. It’s really just that simple

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Marie's avatar

I was shocked to discover that the CEO of Boeing was living here in my state! In a vacation area!! As soon as I read that I said "why doesn't he get himself out there to the factory and see what's going on?" You can't run a company like this from your vacation home!! I know from my experience as a low level drudge that everyone tries to skirt inspections, and do as little work as possible. He should have been fired not rewarded with another huge payday. This is why our country is failing.

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AmericanCardigan's avatar

He would commute to work office 2 or 3 days a month I read. Spent most of his time remote with virtual meetings.

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Marie's avatar

Yes and when they knew he'd show up they probably cleaned up all the messes and tried to look busy. I know how that was at places I worked. Management needs to be there on site all the time, in my opinion.

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Kelly's avatar

I spent the 80s and early 90s, active duty Air Force, and contracting with DOD and the FAA. It is a combination of the Peter Principle and crap floating to the top. I've seen the same in the medical field where I have spent the last 30 years. Those that have the skills and the will, work and practice. Those that lack the skills and the will, weasel their way as high up into the administrative ranks as their BS skills will allow.

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Gerry's avatar

Are you sure you weren’t in “education”?…

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Kelly's avatar

LOL. My wife is in education an experiences the same with the DEI crap on top.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Well stated!

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