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But I would like your explanation, if you have one, how it came to be that the US economy, with a significant activity in manufacturing telescopes, is not manufacturing binoculars?

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Because, before my hard working, God fearing, ancestors kicked King George's boys out, some of them learned to like something for nothing. Then, when FDR got us out of the depression, he did so by instituting a bunch of something for nothing programs. Consequently, to many of my countrymen--at least the young ones--"quality" is a word in someone else's dictionary. I love my country with every fiber of my body. However, I love truth more. And the truth is that, in the name of "fairness" and "political correctness," our country is becoming a shadow of its former self. But then, I have heard from friends in England, France, Holland, Germany, and Australia who parrot the same thing. Oh, well.

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William J. Cook, Chief Opticalman, USNR-Ret.
Founding Editor, Amateur Telescope Making Journal
20-year vet. of Captain's Nautical Supplies, Optics Dept. Mgr.
Optics Machanic, WG11-3306, Ft. Lewis, Tacoma,WA
Yata, Yata, Yata . . .

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