I wonder if Chris Thomas is a real pilot? Anybody know?

This was emailed to me. I don't doubt the authenticity of it's
intent, I just wonder if it's for real? Anybody know?

BWB
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Subject: Fw: Observations by an Air Force Pilot

I'm confident that in approximately 15 minutes this article will be in
the inboxes of every resident of the free world and maybe even a few
people in France.

Chris Thomas, Air Force Pilot:

I would like to add my two cents about my John Kerry experience.

During my career as an Air Force pilot, I spent two years flying a
small twin engine prop plane around the Pacific from my base in
Okinawa, Japan. On one trip we had to fly Senator Kerry, his
congressional aide, and a Navy Captain (Vietnam, A-4 fighter pilot)

who was also in Kerry's party to various locations in Vietnam and
Cambodia as part of the MIA/POW talks.

When I met him, he was wearing a shirt with a picture of his sailboat
on it. I told him I had a 27' sailboat in Okinawa, he remarked "Oh I
never sail on anything less than 135 feet."

Thanks, Senator, "I feel even better about the meager salary I get
paid for flying you around the Pacific."

When we first flew him into Phnom Penh, he went to the back of the
airplane and grabbed the pizza that was put aside for the crew and
passed it around to his staff. He was never offered any pizza because
they were supposed to have lunch with the Cambodian government when we
landed. The pizza was the crew's only meal for that day and he ate
it.

Then when we picked him up in Cambodia, he was an hour late getting to
the airport. Because fuel was an issue, we could not start the engines
and therefore the air conditioning until he arrived. Phnom Penh at
that time was over 100 degrees with 95% humidity and we were basically
sitting in a greenhouse behind the cockpit windows.

When he finally did arrive, we were wringing out our clothes from the
perspiration. He walks out of the air conditioned car, into the
airplane and asks us "Could you guys get the air-conditioning running,
I'm a little warm?" The other pilot had to physically restrain me from
going back there and picking a fight.

Then we took him into Noi Bai airfield in Hanoi. After we picked him
up the next day (he stayed the night in Vietnam, we stayed in Bangkok)
we taxied out, ran up the engines for take off and noticed that our
prop rpm was vibrating all over the place. We taxied off to the side
to look at it, but there was a good possibility that there was an
engine malfunction and the engine may fail if we took off with it.

Well, Mr. Senator sticks his head up in the cockpit and says "This
plane WILL take off, I have a press conference in Bangkok in three
hours!"

(Maybe this is an indication of how he will run the FAA).

American service members lives be damned, we had our Senatorial
orders. We ran the engines again, and did not have the problem, so we
took off and made it back. During the flight, he told everyone how he
had taken a Cessna (a small General aviation plane)up with a fighter
pilot, and the fighter pilot remarked that Kerry was one of the best
pilots he had ever seen.

I don't know about other pilots out there, but it's hard to imagine a
little, single-engine prop plane pilot being able to show the "right
stuff."

After Kerry left the plane, the Navy Captain came up to us, apologized
and said basically that "he knows Kerry is a jerk" and that we should
be glad we don't have to deal with him every day.

Your choice folks.

Elections in November.

You want a mega-millionaire ego-maniac it's-all-about-me
crew-eating-pizza-ite like Kerry or maybe a Green Party candidate like
Ralph Nader?

Or George Bush, a nice God fearing Christian bent on protecting us
from terrorist attacks on US soil?

Hmmm, let's see?

Continued freedom under President Bush or bombs in our backyard under
Kerry (who will be sailing on his "minimum 135' yacht").

As Fox would say, "we report. You decide."

"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
...
This was emailed to me.

Put it in your bitbasket. Most every newsgroup that I frequent is filled
up with that political crap; "crap" meaning OT political spam from both sides of
the fence. We don't need it here.

Vaughn

Badwater Bill wrote:

This was emailed to me. I don't doubt the authenticity of it's
intent, I just wonder if it's for real? Anybody know?

Bill I got that 6 months ago, you need to get a faster internet
connection... ;-)

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/pizza.asp

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=118479

"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
...
This was emailed to me. I don't doubt the authenticity of it's
intent, I just wonder if it's for real? Anybody know?


OK. Here we have a guy who received two of his Purple Hearts for self
inflicted wounds, left one of his buddies for dead while fleeing an
imaginary attack and only went back for him when another boat turned back,
by his own admission killed a baby and committed other war crimes, went home
and disgraced the medals he is now so proud of, betrayed everyone else who
served in Vietnam by appearing before the Fulbright Commission and claiming
that everyone who served there was a war criminal and baby killer (speak for
yourself, John!), met with enemy leaders, attempted to raise funds to
assassinate United States senators, and who was largely responsible for the
hatred of Vietnam vets that exists to this very day. And you are worried
about whether this man is rude?

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:13:32 -0700, "C J Campbell"
wrote:


"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
.. .
This was emailed to me. I don't doubt the authenticity of it's
intent, I just wonder if it's for real? Anybody know?


OK. Here we have a guy who received two of his Purple Hearts for self
inflicted wounds, left one of his buddies for dead while fleeing an
imaginary attack and only went back for him when another boat turned back,
by his own admission killed a baby and committed other war crimes, went home
and disgraced the medals he is now so proud of, betrayed everyone else who
served in Vietnam by appearing before the Fulbright Commission and claiming
that everyone who served there was a war criminal and baby killer (speak for
yourself, John!), met with enemy leaders, attempted to raise funds to
assassinate United States senators, and who was largely responsible for the
hatred of Vietnam vets that exists to this very day. And you are worried
about whether this man is rude?



No, I'm not worried about him being rude. I assume the rich *******
is rude to everyone. But.... I got this about six months ago too and
just wondered if anyone here knows this pilot. I figure Kerry is a
self centered prick and would do just what he did.

I agree with everything you just wrote about this son of a bitch too.
They should have shot him for treason along with that bitch,
Jane Fonda, back in the 60's. In fact they should have never allowed
her to return to this country after her treasonous actions.

I assume that Kerry is nothing but a lying, cheating opportunist who
would lie and misrepresent the integrity of his mother to get the
Presidency. But, I wonder about Bush sometimes too. This current
administration lies when the truth would serve it better in many
cases.

I find it appalling that we Americans are not given a real choice in
most of these presidential elections. From peanut farmers to actors
and people who "Didn't inhale" is the gambit we are given. I'm so
frustrated with these idiots, I almost feel that the act of voting
itself indicates tacit approval of the system and that I will be
counted with all of those who really think they have a choice. I'm
beginning to think that avoiding the election all together is the only
protest I have so I am not counted as one who really thinks he has a
choice.

I enjoyed reading Ron Reagan's (the President's son) article last
week. I think he hit the nail on the head.

BWB

To BWB: Even tho this is way off the subject of homebuilt aircraft, I have
to not only agree with your last paragraph, but rate your writing as
excellent. If you were to show up at the El Mirage Dry Lake fly-in (the
last week end in Sept) there will be cold beers available for your
pleasure. Editor/Publisher of Experimental Helicopter magazine.
"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:13:32 -0700, "C J Campbell"
wrote:


"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
.. .
This was emailed to me. I don't doubt the authenticity of it's
intent, I just wonder if it's for real? Anybody know?


OK. Here we have a guy who received two of his Purple Hearts for self
inflicted wounds, left one of his buddies for dead while fleeing an
imaginary attack and only went back for him when another boat turned
back,
by his own admission killed a baby and committed other war crimes, went
home
and disgraced the medals he is now so proud of, betrayed everyone else
who
served in Vietnam by appearing before the Fulbright Commission and
claiming
that everyone who served there was a war criminal and baby killer (speak
for
yourself, John!), met with enemy leaders, attempted to raise funds to
assassinate United States senators, and who was largely responsible for
the
hatred of Vietnam vets that exists to this very day. And you are worried
about whether this man is rude?



No, I'm not worried about him being rude. I assume the rich *******
is rude to everyone. But.... I got this about six months ago too and
just wondered if anyone here knows this pilot. I figure Kerry is a
self centered prick and would do just what he did.

I agree with everything you just wrote about this son of a bitch too.
They should have shot him for treason along with that bitch,
Jane Fonda, back in the 60's. In fact they should have never allowed
her to return to this country after her treasonous actions.

I assume that Kerry is nothing but a lying, cheating opportunist who
would lie and misrepresent the integrity of his mother to get the
Presidency. But, I wonder about Bush sometimes too. This current
administration lies when the truth would serve it better in many
cases.

I find it appalling that we Americans are not given a real choice in
most of these presidential elections. From peanut farmers to actors
and people who "Didn't inhale" is the gambit we are given. I'm so
frustrated with these idiots, I almost feel that the act of voting
itself indicates tacit approval of the system and that I will be
counted with all of those who really think they have a choice. I'm
beginning to think that avoiding the election all together is the only
protest I have so I am not counted as one who really thinks he has a
choice.

I enjoyed reading Ron Reagan's (the President's son) article last
week. I think he hit the nail on the head.

BWB

"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
...

I find it appalling that we Americans are not given a real choice in
most of these presidential elections. From peanut farmers to actors
and people who "Didn't inhale" is the gambit we are given. I'm so
frustrated with these idiots, I almost feel that the act of voting
itself indicates tacit approval of the system and that I will be
counted with all of those who really think they have a choice. I'm
beginning to think that avoiding the election all together is the only
protest I have so I am not counted as one who really thinks he has a
choice.

To quote a sixties antiwar slogan "Suppose they gave a war and nobody came".

A more appropriate slogan nowadays might be "Suppose they gave an election
and nobody came".

"John Kunkel" wrote in message
news:I75Wc.22848$9d6.15462@attbi_s54...



"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
...

I find it appalling that we Americans are not given a real choice in
most of these presidential elections. From peanut farmers to actors
and people who "Didn't inhale" is the gambit we are given. I'm so
frustrated with these idiots, I almost feel that the act of voting
itself indicates tacit approval of the system and that I will be
counted with all of those who really think they have a choice. I'm
beginning to think that avoiding the election all together is the only
protest I have so I am not counted as one who really thinks he has a
choice.

To quote a sixties antiwar slogan "Suppose they gave a war and nobody
came".

A more appropriate slogan nowadays might be "Suppose they gave an election
and nobody came".

Unfortunately, we got to this point because the voters who decide any
election are those who care the least.

I find it appalling that we Americans are not given a real choice in
most of these presidential elections. From peanut farmers to actors
and people who "Didn't inhale" is the gambit we are given. I'm so
frustrated with these idiots, I almost feel that the act of voting
itself indicates tacit approval of the system and that I will be
counted with all of those who really think they have a choice. I'm
beginning to think that avoiding the election all together is the only
protest I have so I am not counted as one who really thinks he has a
choice.

To quote a sixties antiwar slogan "Suppose they gave a war and nobody came".

A more appropriate slogan nowadays might be "Suppose they gave an election
and nobody came".


The really sad part of it all is that we have the representation that we
deserve. Its bad enough that the majority of people do not even bother to vote
for the available candidates but the real problem is that we sit idle and let
an even smaller minority of the people control the choices of who we can vote
for.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

Maybe we don't have a very good choice, but I think it is a real choice, and
I for one will do everything in my power to prevent a Kerry presidency.