Posted by
Thomas Hibbard on Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:06:48 PM
I was reading an article on the TimesOnline web site with a headline proclaiming "Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas." Then I noted a commentary submitted by Barbara M. Sims of Buffalo, New York, saying she can't find the word "experience" anywhere in the Constitution of the United States of America.
Barbara has a point. Politics is the only good-paying job I know that doesn't require a college degree, special training, talent -- or skills -- or ability. It's the perfect career for Barack Obama.
But I was thinking -- I'm glad Barbara Sims doesn't have a voice in building Boeing Aircraft's new 787 airliner. I could never rest easy at 40,000 feet in the air knowing Boeing employees didn't need to know anything about their jobs.