MIL-TDD-41

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J. Ewing

6/22/13

 

It is quite common for engineering drawings to carry notes about the applicable standards for manufacturing the part. These standards are designated by the standards agency which created them, such as ANSI, ISO, or SAE, followed by the particular standard required, for example, "ANSI B152.2-1982." Most corporations also have their own internal standards, and designate them in similar fashion. The US Military has standards as well, using the prefix "MIL." That doesn't mean that everybody recognizes these complicated shorthand designations; you have to look them up, read them thoroughly and understand them before you can proceed. Thus it was that one of our manufacturing engineers was confused by the specification "MIL-TDD-41" appearing on one of our drawings. The engineer explained it was not a military standard at all, but shorthand for "Make It Like The D***Drawing For Once (4 1)."

 

Our U.S. Congress seems to have the same problem with immigration reform. They seem willing to do almost anything except doing it properly through a simple, step-by-step, common sense approach. Here are the specifications they should be following:

 

 

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Oh, sure, this is all very "hard-hearted," but is much to be preferred over the soft-headed approach currently being pursued by the Congress. Public policy ought to be about solving the problem correcting past mistakes and preventing further mistakes. Congress can only do that by making it like the D*** blueprint above.

 

 

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Not That Congress will pay the slightest attention.