Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for January 20, 2013

It must be a 787 Dreamliner

Why? Does the 787 have some sort of a “bumpy while taxiing” issue?Or are you just taking a cheap shot at Boeing.

Would you rather fly yourself or ride inside in weather like that??

Must be Pennsylvania, pothole capitol of the world. Love frame 2.

Hope there aren’t any passengers named Jack, Kate and Hurley.

East Virginia is dangerously close to DC – a fact which could probably account for the fiasco.

We can walk, yet we take the bus.car/train…

I love the name of the airline: East Virginia AirlinesI’ve flown a few like that. The Bailing Wire, Bubble Gum & Duct Tape Airlines !

I sadly report that Chris Cassatt has passed away.As well as a fine cartoonist with an ornery sense of humor, he was a great human being.Good bye old friend.

Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 9 hours ago

re: Kaspar V

They were grounded a week or so ago because of shoddy quality control in the Chinese plants that manufactured components. The design is probably fine but Boeing made the mistake of assuming they could get parts on the cheap and it backfired.________________________________________

cubefarmer said, about 8 hours ago

@Nabuquduriuzhur

Not always Boeing themselves, I know of at least one US subcontractor for the parts (Moog) that got caught substituting Chinese junk on the cheap behind Boeing’s back.

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If Americans weren’t so addicted to the cheat $#!+ that comes from China – maybe we could have these multi-million dollar planes in the air, instead of parked at the airports. From what I’ve heard from the lamestream media outlets, all they need to do is replace those Chinese-made batteries an’ relays with AMERICAN – “Made In The USA” – components. ’Could it be any simpler???

Probly can’t find them here ’cause thejobs were shipped to China, etc.

Great column in Columbus Dispatch today (probably syndicated) about a Florida man attempting to build a house with American manufactured parts and American labor. Difficult, to say the least!

Try steering people to Made in USA Forever .com, a website that searches for and promotes American made products, and acts as an “Amazon” of sorts to help them sell.