Dangerous Cessna evacuates govt again

"Tom Fleischman" k wrote in
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On 2005-05-11 19:37:12 -0400, (Jay Masino) said:

Human beings make mistakes from time to time,
and we're not living in the Soviet Union.



I think you'd better look again.


C'mon Tom,

Did you have to stand in line for 12 hours today to get bread and a couple
of tins of month old sardines? Did you have to walk to work because there
was no gas to be had for your car? Are you wearing multiple layers of
clothing right now because you have no heat? Are you sharing your bed with
6 other people?

Notice anyone at work stopping and taking notes while you talked to a
co-worker? Any strange clicks or beeps when you used your phone? Did you
feel as if you were being followed as you came home? Did you notice that
the left turn lane had cops standing there so that only large black limos
could use those lanes?

Are there armed men kicking in your door right now? Are they confiscating
everything you own and getting ready to give you a 9mm labotomy or worse?

Are they hearding your family into a truck and taking them away so that
you'll never see them again? This is, of course, after they make a couple
of other stops to collect your parents, your brothers and sisters and that
maiden aunt you love so much.

You used 6 words...I used 4 paragraphs but hyperbole is hyperbole.

We ain't the Soviet Union ... not by a damn sight.

Jay Beckman
Chandler, AZ

Jay Beckman wrote:

C'mon Tom,

Did you have to stand in line for 12 hours today to get bread and a couple
of tins of month old sardines? Did you have to walk to work because there
was no gas to be had for your car? Are you wearing multiple layers of
clothing right now because you have no heat? Are you sharing your bed with
6 other people?

Notice anyone at work stopping and taking notes while you talked to a
co-worker? Any strange clicks or beeps when you used your phone? Did you
feel as if you were being followed as you came home? Did you notice that
the left turn lane had cops standing there so that only large black limos
could use those lanes?

Are there armed men kicking in your door right now? Are they confiscating
everything you own and getting ready to give you a 9mm labotomy or worse?

Are they hearding your family into a truck and taking them away so that
you'll never see them again? This is, of course, after they make a couple
of other stops to collect your parents, your brothers and sisters and that
maiden aunt you love so much.

You used 6 words...I used 4 paragraphs but hyperbole is hyperbole.

We ain't the Soviet Union ... not by a damn sight.

Jay Beckman
Chandler, AZ



You mean the old Soviet Union, right?

Jay Beckman wrote:

We ain't the Soviet Union ... not by a damn sight.


You young guys don't have the perspective to appreciate just
how different this country is today compared to 40 years ago.

I think you've got it exactly right, the younger folks don't realize how
much the country has changed in the last 40 years and I'm sad to say not for
the better. 40 years ago, you, as an american, could walk safely anywhere in
the world because, as an american, you were respected. That is not the case
today.

"kontiki" wrote in message
...
Jay Beckman wrote:

We ain't the Soviet Union ... not by a damn sight.


You young guys don't have the perspective to appreciate just
how different this country is today compared to 40 years ago.

Well guys, I have to caveat that. I grew up in Alabama and although I
wasn't here 40 years ago my parents and grandparents were. And there
were certainly places within this country where they couldn't walk
safely at will. Ask Condi's family how free they were to move around
Birmingham at will. Now that I have that out of the way I agree that
things improved in many ways in this country, but that we're currently
regressing at an alarming rate.

Dave

I think you've got it exactly right, the younger folks don't realize how
much the country has changed in the last 40 years and I'm sad to say not
for
the better. 40 years ago, you, as an american, could walk safely anywhere
in
the world because, as an american, you were respected. That is not the
case
today.

Oh, wait -- you think? Hey, that must be that "worldwide war on terrorism"
they've been talking about on CNN every night!

How soon everyone forgets...THEY attacked US, not the other way around.
Sheesh, wake up, guys. The U.S. hasn't changed -- but the world cultures
around it sure have.

Oh, and BTW: I *was* there 40 years ago, and the U.S. was in a world of
****. We were entrenched in Viet Nam, at the height of the Cold War, and
were entangled in a zillion other little conflicts all over the world, in
our fight against Communism. Our own people were rioting in the streets,
cities were burning -- and this was "better than today"?

NOT.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" writes:

How soon everyone forgets...THEY attacked US, not the other way around.
Sheesh, wake up, guys. The U.S. hasn't changed -- but the world cultures
around it sure have.

Two questions:

1. Who are THEY and US? As a Canadian who is currently living in the
United States, I wonder what side of this line I fall upon.

2. What does this have to do with aviation?

Chris
--
Chris Colohan Email: PGP: finger
Web: www.colohan.com Phone: (412)268-4751

How soon everyone forgets...THEY attacked US, not the other way around.
Sheesh, wake up, guys. The U.S. hasn't changed -- but the world cultures
around it sure have.

Two questions:

1. Who are THEY and US? As a Canadian who is currently living in the
United States, I wonder what side of this line I fall upon.

2. What does this have to do with aviation?

Well, Chris, pretty much everything in this thread comes back to this one,
salient point.

Or do you think the ADIZ around D.C. is unrelated to 9/11?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Franklin Newton" wrote in message
et...

I think you've got it exactly right, the younger folks don't realize how
much the country has changed in the last 40 years and I'm sad to say not
for
the better. 40 years ago, you, as an american, could walk safely anywhere
in
the world because, as an american, you were respected. That is not the
case
today.

What country are you from? What you describe is certainly NOT the U.S.of A.
40 years ago.

kontiki wrote:

You young guys don't have the perspective to appreciate just
how different this country is today compared to 40 years ago.

Yep. I haven't seen a sign that says "******, don't let the sun go down on you
in this town" since 1965.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.