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Old September 24th 04, 03:21 PM
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Peter wrote:
(Note for the humor impaired: This is not intended in any way to
denigrate the job of the Load Warriors, or to make light of their
jobs.


Snippage:

flown. But that said, other than the slight but non-zero chance of
being attacked by a ravenous mob of cannibals (It happened in the
Congo in 1965), there wasn't much of a chance to get hurt. )

It is obvious that you have never had a flight lunch from the services at Wake
Island...Can be terminal

It is obvious that you never spent the night in Panama and left the hotel for
sight seeing..Can be really dangerous

It is painfully obvious that you have never had an encounter with the customs
people at Hawaii..Can be expensive

It is embarrassingly apparent that you have never had the loadmaster discover
400 miles off Florida that the avacados on board can't cross the coast...look
out fishing boats..avacados awayyyy!

But your assessment is pretty much on target.

Rick Clark

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Old September 24th 04, 05:35 PM
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Steven wrote concerning Hillary:
Will she be a viable
presidential candidate in 2008 if she's defeated in 2006?


That broad is extremely lucky. She can fall into a septic tank, come up with a
bunch of roses and convince the world that some Republican pushed her in and
that Slick Wille sent her the roses.

Rick
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Old September 24th 04, 06:12 PM
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Joe Mamma wrote in message . ..

Nobody had to go to court to get Bush's records. He released them.

Then this sure was a waste of time:

http://www.theunionleader.com/articl...?article=44097

Why did that happen?


Because some people think the DoD is withholding docs despite
being order by the President to release. Given the DoD can't
even keep "secret" things secret, it seems extremely unlikely
that they would conspire with parties unknown to deliberately
withhold documents that Bush had ordered released.

The scenario they're (liberal kooks in this case) imaging
is this: The President, their boss, the big kahuna, orders
them to locate and release all relevant documents pertaining
to his military service. But, via some occult side-channel,
they're told not to look too hard etc. Well, alas to the person in
the middle! In real life, all sorts of alarm bells would sound
and red lights would flash, and there'd be leaking to the press
galore etc.

What really happens is stuff like this: that the official
retention period for some records passed long ago.
They're not found under Bush or any other likely heading.
They're presumed destroyed in accordance with policy.
Later, when rearranging things or cleaning, some drips and
drabs of said files are located under Tree or Shrub etc. etc.

But to the conspiratorial-minded this is implausible, of
course! There must be a conspiracy. ;-) So in addition to
the President ordering the docs to be released, we'll get
some judge to order the DoD to look again.

It's kind of amusing, actually.

Speaking of documents, tho, why can't Kerry release all his
military records? I know he's an honest and honorable person.
I'm sure he doesn't have anything he wants to hide. He's
a war hero after all. So what's the big idea not releasing
all his service records? He is running for President.
Seems relevant, especially since he's made an issue of
his heroism and capscity to lead .... I'm surprised CBS
hasn't looked into this.

wd
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Old September 24th 04, 10:01 PM
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In article ,
(OXMORON1) writes:
Peter wrote:
(Note for the humor impaired: This is not intended in any way to
denigrate the job of the Load Warriors, or to make light of their
jobs.


Snippage:

flown. But that said, other than the slight but non-zero chance of
being attacked by a ravenous mob of cannibals (It happened in the
Congo in 1965), there wasn't much of a chance to get hurt. )

It is obvious that you have never had a flight lunch from the services at Wake
Island...Can be terminal


Not Wake, no...
Those were flight lunches? I thought they were bait, and yo were
supposed to use it to lure your lunch up from the bilges.

It is obvious that you never spent the night in Panama and left the hotel for
sight seeing..Can be really dangerous


Nope. Nor have I decided to explore the suburbs of Angeles City, back
before Mt. Pinatubo chipped in its contribution to the destruction of
the Ozone Layer. There was a night in Bahrein, though, adn another in
Cameroon.

It is painfully obvious that you have never had an encounter with the customs
people at Hawaii..Can be expensive


That's Custom's Job, after all.

It is embarrassingly apparent that you have never had the loadmaster discover
400 miles off Florida that the avacados on board can't cross the coast...look
out fishing boats..avacados awayyyy!


Nope. But I have heard about the Soviets that tried to smaggle a cow
into Cuba. (It seems that fresh milk's hard to get, there). The
critter broke loose in thehold of their An-12, and even the Best
Soviet Ironmongery wasn't holding up too good. So, the Loadmasterski
managed to get the ramp open, and the Cattle Drivers up at the head
end managed to get the critter to stampede in an aftward direction.
A cow, btw, Is Not a Creature of the Air - they don't so much fly as
plummet.

But your assessment is pretty much on target.

Note that most of the Dangers of Air Transport stories come from
either the Cargo or the Destinations, and not the airplane itself.

It's not that it wasn't an important job. but it's a much more
comfortable ride pushing a Stratofreighter (generally referred to as a
Cadillac by the many-motor types) with more room in the hold than my
first 3 apartments, and its own coffee pots, than it is to get
strapped into a Weber ejection seat in a way that some folks in San
Francisco pay extra for, in order to get your flight pay.

(Note that National Guard transport drivers could end up in the most
unlikely places - Many of the relief/refugee flights by the Red Cross
and other NGOs into Biafra and other African Garden Spots was by
leased ANG airplanes (Notably C-97s) and crews that were allowed to
"volunteer to be hired". That's tough, grinding work, with a non-zero
probability of getting shot at, with the added fun of "The Secretary
will disavow all knowledge...")

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster
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Old September 26th 04, 05:38 PM
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Ian MacLure wrote:

Not technically AWOL but there is a question ( a real
one not some fraud manufactured by a lunatic ) regarding
whether he actually completed his Reserve obligation.


You seem obsessed, for some reason, with that acronym.



Wonder if he knows what the term means.


As we would say in Texas:
AWOL: "And W wOn 'Lection"
 




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