Socialism is, of course, worker control of the means of production...

No, that's communism.

"feather the controls" !?!? you have no idea what you are talking about. Do you?

GPS does not measure airspeed, pitot tube does. Airspeed is needed for flight and that's what the pilot is mostly concerned with.

This is the nature of insurance. Everyone puts in some money into the pot, so that things some people need will be paid for.

Sigh.. do you understand how insurance works? If you have insurance via your job it also covers all kinds of stuff that you will never use...

The historical record shows that not a single Republican voted for this particular piece of legislative madness.

So what! At the time Republicans were a minority in Congress, so ACA was passed fair and square. Like there were no bills passed with only Republican votes in the past...

You should watch this to understand what the debt limit is.

This has been known for ages. here is one reference:

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/polygraphs_and_the_national_labs_dangerous_ruse_undermines_national_securit/

More the reason not to follow him, especially after handing off to police.

Joel Spolsky had this article on Gladwell the expresses very well what has been annoying me about Gladwell and his books.

The manufacturer provides the training. Mostly in simulators.

Here is a more knowledgeable article about this crash written by an airline pilot. Korean airlines may have had some of those problems years back, but no longer.

Really. So many people out there are pretty much totally ignorant on basic facts of physics,....

People who cannot write a coherent paragraph, or are not familiar with Hamlet or King Lear, or do not know history are equally bad, even if the know how to write code in C++.

The assumption in your post is that all you need to present is evidence to convince others of your point of view shows a very shallow understanding of human condition.

Perhaps some study of humanities would improve your understanding.

Think of all the interest payments the government lost...

OK. You own your car. The car has a computer with software that controls the anti-lock brakes. You hack this software to be more efficient and use the brakes better. You install in your car and post your hack on the net.

Now some Joe Shmoe takes your code and puts it in his car. Then he drives around and has accident and kills someone, because the brakes failed.

Are you now liable for the accident?