[RFI] Re: RFI Digest, Vol 17, Issue 2

[Ward Silver]

> It will be a minor issue in the elections, I'm sure, but it's
> an example of a poor effort at establishing national industrial
> policy.

BPL is an excellent and BAD example of how NOT to set industrial policy -
ignore any inconvenient facts and crank up the publicity engine.  BPL is
only one example of how this process causes a lot of "collateral damage."
The same game is afoot elsewhere.  Our ox has been gored in this case, but
don't think it's the only ox out there.

73, Ward N0AX