PART 4 TO THE PLANE ALLEGORY

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Posted by: RickBlaine
Date: Feb 15 2012 9:49 AM

But this "CEO" has spent years advising neighborhoods on how to organize, has never run a business, has never flown a plane and knows nothing about the operation of jets. The CEO strolls the isle shaking passengers hands and calming them as he confidently walks to the cockpit. "Captain," he says, "You said we have enough fuel to go a little over half way to our destination." "That's right." the Captain responds. "Well then, the solution is obvious." says Bama Hussein, the CEO. "We just change our destination from San Francisco to New York. New York is an extra three thousand miles. You just confirmed that we have enough fuel to go a little over half the way to our destination. By changing our destination to New York and adding three thousand miles, San Francisco is then only a little more than half way from Japan to New York. Since we can make it over half way to our destination, we have enough fuel to make it to San Francisco." GO TO PART 5

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