Saw President Bush's plane (response to "Saw J.T.'s Plane")

Jay Honeck writes:

Really? Tell that to the folks who attacked us, we taxpayers who are
footing the enormous bill, and to the mothers of our dead.

The smart ones already know, and the stupid ones refuse to listen.

The United States routinely gets involved in military actions at the whim of
whoever is President at the time, and only rarely is war actually declared
(which requires an act of Congress, literally).

The folks who attacked the U.S. were terrorists. If they had the means to
wage an actual war, rest assured, they would have done so. Terrorism is the
last resort of those who don't have a standing military at their disposal.

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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Yep, Dole should've been elected president. Our country would have
benefited greatly from his wisdom and experience, IMHO.

Dole, had he been elected (and given his opponent, that could not have
been bad), would have been another Dwight Eisenhower.

Fascinating. Ike was before my time, so I'm curious what you mean by that.

-c

"Dave S" wrote in message
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Marine One is ususally the call sign of the helicopter carrying the
president, since that is the service brance detailed with carrying the
president, both home and away, by helicopter.

Trivia: The next-generation HMX-1 (Marine One) helicopter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:U...082007-002.jpg

I used to see HMX-1 helicopters at Quantico. There's a wall there so you
couldn't see exactly what was going on when they were on the ground, but you
could see when it departed.

-c

cjcampbell wrote:
Funny you should mention that. President Bush's recent visit to
Seattle delayed me over an hour while I was on my way to the
pharmacist. What if it had been an emergency and I had died? There
were no alternative routes due to the constrictions of lots of water
and narrow bits of land in the Seattle area.

The Southcenter Mall was virtually shut down for hours. The entire
mall! Because the police had blocked off *every* road that led to it.
You probably could have fired a cannon through there and not hit
anyone. Bush was not anywhere near the mall except for two periods of
less than five minutes as he traveled the freeway nearby.

I was recently blocked from driving out of my home building for six
hours, as was pretty much everyone else in the row of buildings around
me, because they had "sterilized" that street in advance of Shrub's
arrival. Same thing - he was nowhere near us except for the brief time
it took the motorcade to race in and out. At least it gave me the
opportunity to stand in the driveway and flip him off as they drove by...

Bob Moore wrote:

Technically, the US hasn't been at war since WWII.

In my Webster's, the word war can have several meanings
besides a conflict between nations.

Price war
War on Poverty
War on Drugs
Trade war
War of words
etc

Bob Moore

Yeah, right.

Feed the troll.

--
Jim Pennino

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"Gattman" wrote in message ...

"Dave S" wrote in message ...


Marine One is ususally the call sign of the helicopter carrying the president, since that is the service brance
detailed with carrying the president, both home and away, by helicopter.

Trivia: The next-generation HMX-1 (Marine One) helicopter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:U...082007-002.jpg

I used to see HMX-1 helicopters at Quantico. There's a wall there so you couldn't see exactly what was going on when
they were on the ground, but you could see when it departed.

-c

Yup, not even an American made 'copter. Is the new AirForce 1 going to be an Airbus?

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...pes-mix-02044/
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...Concept_lg.jpg

"Blueskies" wrote in message
et...

"Gattman" wrote in message
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"Dave S" wrote in message
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Marine One is ususally the call sign of the helicopter carrying the
president, since that is the service brance detailed with carrying the
president, both home and away, by helicopter.

Trivia: The next-generation HMX-1 (Marine One) helicopter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:U...082007-002.jpg

I used to see HMX-1 helicopters at Quantico. There's a wall there so you
couldn't see exactly what was going on when they were on the ground, but
you could see when it departed.

-c

Yup, not even an American made 'copter.

Thank Hillary for putting the New Yorkers to work.

Is the new AirForce 1 going to be an Airbus?

Sukhoi.

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Yep, Dole should've been elected president.

....in 2000.

Our country would have
benefited greatly from his wisdom and experience, IMHO.

Yep.

--
Dan

"Sanity is not to be without fantasy, but to know reality, and remember the
difference."
- Clive James

"Really-Old-Fart" wrote:

I have to say that I would definitely celebrate her
being assasinated -- especially if Bill managed to be taken out with her.

Incredible.

Ya know, I don't much care for Hillary, but it will be fun watching talk radio
remoras like you fume and sputter if she gets elected.

--
Dan

"Almost all the matter that came out of the Big Bang was two specific sorts;
hydrogen, and stupidity."

-Robert Carnegie in talk.origins

Ya know, I don't much care for Hillary, but it will be fun watching talk radio
remoras like you fume and sputter if she gets elected.

I think it's hilarious, and more than a little weird, that in an
election year where the Democrats could almost literally run ANYONE
(up to an including Josef Stalin or Adolph Hitler) and win the White
House, their two current front-runners are virtually unelectable.

If the "Republicans" (whatever *they* are anymore) retain the White
House because of this, it will be truly a shame.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"