Top Gun CUNNINGHAM: I broke the law, concealed my conduct and disgraced my office.

"Gordon" wrote

Cunningham's tearful mea culpa reminded me of an earlier, equally
unconvincing speech by disgraced Pastor Jimmy Swaggart, who used that
time worn phrase in front of the tv cameras. Go in front of your
constituents, grab the microphone, cry like a baby and try to convince
the faithful that you really are _sorry_ .... for getting caught!

Ahh, 2 +2 really is equal to 4, in this case! g
--
Jim in NC

Dirty Harry put it this way, "A man's got to know his limitations." I was
always amazed by the capacity for self-delusion suffered by some aviators:
"Great" gun passes with the pipper off target. "Rails" approaches that
weren't. etc.

R / John

PS. IIRC Chuck Nesby wasn't a fighter pilot.

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
k.net...

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
...
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/04/cst.02.html

CAPT. CHARLES NESBY, CUNNINGHAM FRIEND: That's the nature of the beast
in all of us that are fighter pilots. You're naturally aggressive.

Bull Crap Nes; you can be aggressive as hell and still remain honest.
Actually, in a twisted way, although aggressiveness is a must in flying
high performance airplanes; honesty is even more important a trait in a
fighter pilot.
An aggressive fighter pilot who is incapable of assessing his own
performance honestly will soon become a dead fighter pilot!

Dudley Henriques
Past President 1971-1985
International Fighter Pilots Association

On 7 Jul 2006 19:45:45 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in . com::


Just goes to show you that a great fighter pilot doesn't necessarily
make an honest politician, I guess.

Perhaps it is more an alarming illustration of how pervasive the
corruption ethos of US Congress is. It appears that Cunningham was so
comfortable with malfeasance, that he was openly penning bribe demands
on his congressional notepad. He had apparently long ago lost sight
of the gravity of the crime he was committing out of naked avarice.

It makes you wonder how many hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribe
money he had stashed in his freezer*.


* http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5421939

On 7 Jul 2006 20:44:49 -0700, "Gordon" wrote in
. com::

Our system is broken. The
people who benefit from it being broken are the only ones that are in a
position to fix it, so its going to STAY broken.

Are you saying that the corporations who pay the bribes, for surely
they reap the most benefit from them, are the ones that are in a
position to make the US Congress ethical and honest? Perhaps that is
correct; all that has to be proved is that their actually paid for
congressional favors. Once the corporations find that they are at
risk in paying bribes, they might think twice.

On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:27:55 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:


"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
.. .
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/04/cst.02.html

CAPT. CHARLES NESBY, CUNNINGHAM FRIEND: That's the nature of the beast
in all of us that are fighter pilots. You're naturally aggressive.

Bull Crap Nes; you can be aggressive as hell and still remain honest.
Actually, in a twisted way, although aggressiveness is a must in flying high
performance airplanes; honesty is even more important a trait in a fighter
pilot.
An aggressive fighter pilot who is incapable of assessing his own
performance honestly will soon become a dead fighter pilot!

Dudley Henriques
Past President 1971-1985
International Fighter Pilots Association

Twoop!


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

"John Carrier" wrote in message
. ..
Dirty Harry put it this way, "A man's got to know his limitations." I was
always amazed by the capacity for self-delusion suffered by some aviators:
"Great" gun passes with the pipper off target. "Rails" approaches that
weren't. etc.

R / John

"ain't it the truth"

You know, and I'm sure you will know exactly what I'm talking about there;
when its all been said and done for Cunningham, what's really going to hurt
him the most is what has happened to his reputation inside the community he
knew and loved the best. That alone, is a penalty above all the others, and
one that will follow him the rest of his days.
What a shame.......and what a waste!
Dudley

On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:04:32 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote in
et::

when its all been said and done for Cunningham, what's really going to hurt
him the most is what has happened to his reputation inside the community he
knew and loved the best. That alone, is a penalty above all the others, and
one that will follow him the rest of his days.

Personally, I'd feel that justice was significantly better served if
Cunningham were made to make restitution for results of the illegal
acts he committed.

"Dan Luke" wrote in
:

"Duke" Cunningham is living proof that a profoundly stupid man can be a
fighter pilot and get elected to high office.

That's news?

And its equal opportunity stupidity. Look at Buh'wheat McKinney
and Marxine Waters.

IBM

"Gordon" wrote in
oups.com:

Morgans wrote:
"Gordon" wrote

My history with him is negative but most of our former military
pilots on staff were quite stout supporters of him, until his great "I
have sinned against yooooouuuuu!" speech. Now, its impossible to find
someone that isn't disgusted with him.

Care to give us a little insight on what the "I have sinned against
yooooouuuuu!" speech is all about?

Cunningham's tearful mea culpa reminded me of an earlier, equally
unconvincing speech by disgraced Pastor Jimmy Swaggart, who used that
time worn phrase in front of the tv cameras. Go in front of your
constituents, grab the microphone, cry like a baby and try to convince
the faithful that you really are _sorry_ .... for getting caught!

Not to mention Jimmy and Tammy Faye Bakkers bravura performance.
My reaction when they got caught was "THANK YOU, JESUS!" ( so to
speak ). They made my skin crawl. First time I saw Ernest Angeley(sp)
on TV ( circa 1984 ) I had a similar reaction.

IBM

Larry Dighera wrote in
:

On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:04:32 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote in
et::

when its all been said and done for Cunningham, what's really going to
hurt him the most is what has happened to his reputation inside the
community he knew and loved the best. That alone, is a penalty above all
the others, and one that will follow him the rest of his days.

Personally, I'd feel that justice was significantly better served if
Cunningham were made to make restitution for results of the illegal
acts he committed.

Did the bribers actually deliver what they were supposed to?
Out of idle curiosity.
I suppose I could stroll over to their offices and ask

IBM