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2006-11-23 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I can't help noticing Kennedy's name is missing from this roster of Presidents. No, not the fat, drunken one with the poor driving record. I mean JFK. You know - Cuban Missile Crisis, "Ich bin ein Berliner". Yeah, I know it means "I am a doughnut", but his heart was in the right place when it came to standing up to commie tyrants. He was a Democrat. Boy, have times changed.

Posted by SteveS 2006-11-23 01:42|| 2006-11-23 01:42|| Front Page Top

#2 ". He also gave idiotic orders that prevented ship-board Marine guards from having ammunition in their weapons with the pretense of avoiding an incident, thus leaving the U.S. Navy war ship Cole vulnerable to attack by the terrorists."

We had similar orders in Germany when on guard duty back in the 80's, guarding an ammunition bunker. Thats where the "What are we supposed to do, use harsh language?" line in Aliens came from.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-11-23 01:52|| 2006-11-23 01:52|| Front Page Top

#3 That poster kinda looks like this odd bird...

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-23 05:49|| 2006-11-23 05:49|| Front Page Top

#4 His efforts on behalf of those oppressed by ~~Islamist~~ Communist regimes resulted in an unending series of useless inquests and congressional hearings aimed a discrediting his administrations staff.

History does repeat itself, doesn't it?

Posted by Raj 2006-11-23 08:57|| 2006-11-23 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 OS, interesting point on the origin of that line from Aliens. Thanks!

Posted by Raj 2006-11-23 08:58|| 2006-11-23 08:58|| Front Page Top

#6 During World War II, presidents Roosevelt and Truman were encumbered by the constraint imposed when Churchill demanded unconditional surrender to totally end the conflict.

Just plain wrong. Roosevelt announced the goal of unconditional surrender in a presser at Casablanca without even warning Churchill. Winnie was aghast because it removed hope of cutting a deal with the German military to overthrow Hitler in exchange for leniency. As a result of Roosevelt's unconsidered statement, all Germans were thrown into the same tub as Hitler; and he didn't let them forget it.

The author would have been better served to go back farther in history to the Spanish American War, the Indian Wars and the Civil War. Roosevelt is the exception in a Democrat streak of yellow that goes back 150 years. And that was in spite of one party donk rule of the south most of that time.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-11-23 09:18|| 2006-11-23 09:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Ship-
That's the Douglas B-19, a contemporary of the B-17. It was a one-off heavy bomber prototype that stayed in service through most of the war as a transport - my Dad remembers seeing it in Cleveland after a heavy landing that kept it at the old Cleveland Airport for a couple months until it could get repaired.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-11-23 11:58|| 2006-11-23 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Thanks Mike; I knew it ws a Douglas bird by the cockpit profile, but couldn't remember the designation......

Posted by USN,Ret 2006-11-23 14:44|| 2006-11-23 14:44|| Front Page Top

#9 The bird on the poster is an early version of the B-17. It saw many alterations before it actually went into combat.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-11-23 17:44|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-23 17:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Respectfully disagree OS: from the attached link: a Douglas bird. The B-17 did indeed have many iterations before it flew, but this wasn't one of them.
http://www.military.cz/usa/air/war/bomber/b19/b19_en.htm

Posted by USN,Ret 2006-11-23 22:26|| 2006-11-23 22:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Also, Kennedy pulled the air cover from the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Talk about a donk war fuckup. People died and were imprisoned. Without air cover, they had no chance.
Honorable mention to Janet Reno though. She attacked and annihilated those Branch Davidians with few loses.

Posted by wxjames 2006-11-23 23:50|| 2006-11-23 23:50|| Front Page Top

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