MyWire | AP: FBI Makes New Bid to Find 1971 Skyjacker

The FBI is making a new stab at identifying mysterious skyjacker Dan Cooper, who bailed out of an airliner in 1971 and vanished, releasing new details that it hopes will jog someone’s memory. The man calling himself Dan Cooper, also known as D.B. Cooper, boarded a Northwest flight in Portland for a flight to Seattle on the night of Nov, 24, 1971, and commandeered the plane, claiming he had dynamite.

On the one hand, it would be interesting to finally learn the truth: did DB Cooper get away with almost $200K in cash when he jumped out of the tail of that airplane, or did he do an auger into the ground at 200mph?

On the other hand, is this a good use of public resources? This case is what–37 years old? While it might provide a few moments of chucklement to know that Mr. Cooper actually beat the system, I don’t really care.

1. Your vision of the United States of America is that of socialist utopia.

2. You believe that government always does the job better than, cheaper than, and more effectively than, the private sector. You believe that capitalism is bad.

3. You believe that power lies in government and is apportioned to the people, rather than people voluntarily giving power to the government.

4. You think that the intellectual and physical production of a United States citizen rightly belongs to the government, not to the person that is producing. You think that a United States citizen is the property of the government.
5. You think that it is time for a female President of the United States, regardless of whether she’s qualified for the job or not.

6. You believe that it is a proper use of government power to silence critics.

7. You believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, the socialization of health care in the United States will lead to heaven on earth and free health care for all.

8. You believe in your heart that government knows best, always, and that government always has your best interests at heart.

9. You believe that it’s right to take the property of one person by threat of force, and give it to another who has less.

10.  You believe that government has the responsibility to teach and tell people how to live their lives. You believe that most people are dumber than a post and therefore have need of someone to take care of them, for their own good.

As is obvious, I’ve been on a little hiatus. Some of this is due to being very busy, more of it relates to this post by Steve Olson on The Hidden Inner Life of Existential Depression. Much of it relates to my desire to give you unique, original content, not parroted or regurgitated ideas and concepts (not that I’ve deliberately done that, but it has begun to feel like that of late).

That said, I still have big plans for this blog. I’ve started something decent and good, and it’s not going to stop now. I just want to go in a little bit of a different direction…more of an expansion of horizons rather than a different direction.

At any rate, updates will come soon. Thank you all for reading, and I’d like to remind you that there is some great material in the archives.