Haft of the Spear

I find it interesting that a homeland security official is lamenting the lack of “skills” (really, science and math education) but - in the middle of disaster season in the mid-west - no one is raising a fuss about the lack the skills amongst the population needed to endure during a crisis (or even a car break-down). When you are temporarily back in the 19th century and waiting for Uncle Sam to come ‘round, a Ph.D. in particle physics isn’t all that useful. Not saying we don’t need more scientists, just that when things are fragile and break easily, I’ll take the town full of vo-tech grads over the citizens of Eureka any day.