Run In With Mr. Edwards

Jay Honeck wrote:


(BTW: If you've never seen the Iowa State Fair, it's worth the trip. It's
the biggest fair in America, apparently, and it is so chock-full of
traditional Americana that I felt like a kid again.

Iowa always claims this but in reality they are a distant second to the
Minnesota State Fair. Take a trip to a real fair Jay, it starts this
Thursday and continues thru Labor Day. Land at STP and you'll be
minutes away from heaven.


http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4939996.html

Iowa always claims this but in reality they are a distant second to the
Minnesota State Fair. Take a trip to a real fair Jay, it starts this
Thursday and continues thru Labor Day. Land at STP and you'll be
minutes away from heaven.

Well, before I fly two hours and walk four, what's Minnesota's fair got that
Iowa's doesn't?

I know Wisconsin's got cream puffs, and Iowa's got pork tenderloins (and
deep-fried Twinkies) -- but what's Minnesota famous for?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:


I know Wisconsin's got cream puffs, and Iowa's got pork tenderloins (and
deep-fried Twinkies) -- but what's Minnesota famous for?

My personal favorite is the deep fried cheese curds. One of the local
EAA chapters always has a booth and a few partially completed
homebuilts. I believe they also have seminars on various building
techniques, such as painting, fabric, etc. The state DOT also has an
aeronautical booth setup next to the EAA one.

My personal favorite is the deep fried cheese curds.

Ooooooo, deep-fried cheese curds. That's a big Wisconsin thing, too.

Each one takes a day off of your life, but it's worth it!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:




Well, before I fly two hours

You lose a cylinder or somethin'? It's only 208 miles

You lose a cylinder or somethin'? It's only 208 miles

207.8, but who's counting?

Okay, so it'll only take 1:27 minutes...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Newps sez:
Iowa always claims this but in reality they are a distant second to the
Minnesota State Fair.

Minnesota's bigger and I'm fond of it, but Iowa's pretty nice too. Remember,
this year USA Today tabbed it second on its list of ten best places in the
country to visit.

Opening night I walked the Iowa State Fair Midway and noticed at the squirtgun
race game a young couple gleefully playing, their kids drowsing in two
strollers behind them, all four clean, quiet, content and smiling. There are
many places in the world worse to be. :-)

Remember Jay, they aren't protecting Edwards. They are protecting their
jobs. The reason they didn't let you on the ramp had nothing to do with
whether they thought you were a threat. The real reason is so that they
won't be standing ramrod straight on the carpet later explaining to their
superior why you and your kids were running around on the ramp.

Don't waste your breath about how you are being inconvenienced or even
endangered. No one with the kind of power they have will ever give a flying
f__k. Prior to 9/11 our society understood better than most, and the
conservatives best of all, why government power should be minimized. Now,
that's out the window and the conservatives seem to have become the
strongest proponents of unlimited governmental power.

A preview of this hysteria was the onset of the war on drugs. Friend of
mine spent 45 minutes lying face down while his sailboat was searched by the
Coast Guard as the tide carried them among the rocks and shoals in a very
tricky part of Maine. This was before electronic navigation when everything
depended on dead reckoning pilotage and keeping track of where you are.
When the Coast Guard finally let he and his wife up, the sun had gone down
and they didn't have a clue where they were. They asked for a position and
were told that the Coast Guard couldn't give them one because of the
liability if they subsequently ran aground. It was too deep to anchor. The
Coast Guard could not give them a tow because there was no imminent danger.
They would call a private salvor who would arrive in about six hours at a
cost of several thousand dollars. No, they they couldn't stand by because
they had to hassle more yachtsmen. Good night, have a pleasant evening.

--

Roger Long

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:56:03 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote in ::

No one with the kind of power they have will ever give a flying
f__k.

And from what body of law does their power emanate? Do they truly
have jurisdictional authority in the situation Mr. Honeck experienced?

C J Campbell wrote:

I sincerely hope not. They should have shot the lying, treasonous war
criminal a long time ago. He betrayed his country, he betrayed
everyone who
served in Vietnam, he met with enemy leaders, he deliberately killed
babies
and then justified by claiming in Congressional testimony that
everyone else
was doing it, he left his one of his own men for dead while fleeing
from an
imaginary attack and only turned around when shamed into it, two of
his
Purple Hearts are for self inflicted wounds, he disgraced the medals
that he
is now so proud of, and he plotted to kill United States senators. He
does
not deny any of this; instead he resorts to personal attacks against
those
who are exposing the truth about him. If personal attacks do not
silence his
enemies, he resorts to threats of violence and lawsuits, which shows
what he
thinks of freedom of speech.

Now CJ, be fair. There are good indications that one of those
self-inflicted wounds was NOT intentional.