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Kerry 'Nicked Himself' With M-79, Vietnam Veteran Tells Robert Novak

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Posted by ed 2004-08-27 9:39:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Full story here: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20040827.shtml

Posted by ed 2004-08-27 12:28:39 PM|| 2004-08-27 12:28:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Kerry and Sadr seem to be under the same fading star. Only the frothing lunatics are willing to stand with them now

Posted by B 2004-08-27 12:30:59 PM|| 2004-08-27 12:30:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Washington lawyer Lanny Davis has contended that Schachte was not aboard the Boston whaler, and the statement in "Unfit for Command" that he was aboard undermines that critical book's credibility.

Lanny Davis SHOULD know. In his past life, he was VC the flying dog!

Posted by BigEd 2004-08-27 1:06:59 PM|| 2004-08-27 1:06:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Woof
I wasn't there.

Posted by Valerie Curine 2004-08-27 6:49:17 PM|| 2004-08-27 6:49:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 âWeâre going through!â The Commanderâs voice was like thin ice breaking. He wore his full-dress uniform, with the heavily braided white cap pulled down rakishly over one cold gray eye. âWe canât make it, sir. Itâs spoiling for a hurricane, if you ask me.â âIâm not asking you, Lieutenant Berg,â said the Commander. âThrow on the power lights! Rev her up to 8,500! Weâre going through!â The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. The Commander stared at the ice forming on the pilot window. He walked over and twisted a row of complicated dials. âSwitch on No. 8 auxiliary!â he shouted. âSwitch on No. 8 auxiliary!â repeated Lieutenant Berg. âFull strength in No. 3 turret!â shouted the Commander. âFull strength in No. 3 turret!â The crew, bending to their various tasks in the huge, hurtling eight-engined Navy hydroplane, looked at each other and grinned. âThe old man will get us through,â they said to one another. âThe Old Man ainât afraid of Hell!â...

Excerpt
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
by James Thurber

Posted by BigEd 2004-08-27 7:48:14 PM|| 2004-08-27 7:48:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.

Geez, I've been there.

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-27 7:51:13 PM|| 2004-08-27 7:51:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 My question of course is:
Where was Rex on the Night the Bed Fell In?

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-27 7:52:16 PM|| 2004-08-27 7:52:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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