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Spin Zone / Re: Doesn’t impeachment ensure re-election?
« on: October 04, 2019, 10:09:51 AM »
Quote from: azure on October 03, 2019, 11:25:58 AM
I disagree to some extent. If they actually draw up articles of impeachment, based on what we know now, it will be an unbelievably stupid move. So far though, it's just an inquiry.
But it’s an inquiry which is one-sided and improper. The democrats think they get to use the term “impeachment” indefinitely, and subpoena witnesses without any defense from the Republicans. They believe they can troll for evidence without restriction, giving witnesses only 2 days notice, and demanding they can’t have their own lawyers present. The GOP is finally pushing back on this.

An “impeachment inquiry” requires a vote in the House of Representatives. Trump called their bluff and demanded they take a vote before they would cooperate further. It is a brilliant strategy, because once a vote is taken, the Republicans can begin to subpoena their own witnesses.  That’s clearly not what Schiff and Pelosi want.

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Spin Zone / Re: B-17 crash in CT
« on: October 04, 2019, 09:10:06 AM »
Quote from: Anthony on October 04, 2019, 07:12:43 AM
Maybe Stan has access to the stats as he is in the Confederate, errrr, I mean the Commemorative Air Force.  Warbird flights are very, very safe.  I can't even remember the last time one crashed with passengers.  No Reno is not indicative as that is air RACING.
I don’t have any stats, but when I attend the Wing Staff Conference in Dallas (designed for officers of the various units to meet and discuss important matters) an annual segment is the incidents or accidents in the past year, what we can learn from them, and of course what does our insurance company say about things. Some years are much better than others. None have involved fatalities in the CAF for a very long time. However, 2017’s C-47 “Bluebonnet Bell” crash in Texas enroute to OSH resulted in a brief safety stand down for the entire CAF fleet. There were no fatalities but there were some serious burn injuries. There were no paid passengers, and all were CAF volunteers.  One guy spoke who was in the back with I think 10-11 people.  All had Nomex flight suits, nicely stowed away in the baggage compartment. When this guy exited the aircraft in the aft section, as soon as he jumped out, the spilled fuel ignited. 3rd degree burns from his sock line to the bottom of his shorts.  Nomex is required for required crew members (in a C-47 I presume pilot and copilot, not sure if they have a flight engineer), but not for pax. The only one wearing Nomex was the co-pilot.  Also, no one used the emergency exists, which would have kept them away from the fire. Lots of changes in procedures came about because of that.

The feeling was that the next serious accident could result in Major FAA intervention.

But in general, yes, Warbird flights are very safe, in large part because of the relationship the CAF has with the FAA, which checks our maintenance procedures and other things on a regular basis.

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Spin Zone / Re: B-17 crash in CT
« on: October 03, 2019, 09:49:07 PM »
Quote from: SkyDog58 on October 03, 2019, 04:56:53 PM
There are enough examples in museums. If the owner wants to fly one and it is airworthy, then they should fly it.
Walk through the Air and Space Museum. Or the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles. What do you hear?  Nothing. What do you smell?  Nothing. What do you see?  Basically 3-D artifacts.

Take a ride in a Warbird.  Smell the oil. Smell the fumes. Smell the history. Hear the sound of a Ranger engine, or the roar of a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 in a T-6, or the R-2800 Double Wasp engine powering a Thunderbolt.

Watch a 90-year old veteran become a 22 year-old warrior again when he steps inside a B-17 once again.

That’s why we have to keep these aircraft flying. 

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Spin Zone / Re: B-17 crash in CT
« on: October 03, 2019, 12:18:31 PM »
I fly a Warbird for the Commemorative Air Force.  I’m also the Wing Leader for the Wisconsin Wing of the CAF.

The Collings Foundation has a similar mission to the Commemorative Air Force, so when one Warbird goes down and especially if there is a loss of life, we all feel the pain.

The CAF’s mission is to Educate, Inspire, and Honor, by exposing current and future generations to the feel, sights and sounds of historical military aircraft, and educate the public about the men and women who flew them. (This is all paraphrased; you’ll find the exact mission at CommemorativeAirForce.org.)

The CAF is the largest flying history museum
In the world, with 170 WWII and later aircraft, with over 155 in flying condition. The Collings Foundation has about 30 flying aircraft.

I’m very certain that the level of training and maintenance is top notch in the CF as it is in the CAF. The thought of hurting a pax, or bending a piece of history, is worse than the idea of just losing my own life.  It is very sobering to take a passenger up in a piece of history.

Most Warbirds operators fly these aircraft under a letter of authorization (LOA) with the FAA. I don’t know about the CF but I think that is how they operate.

My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this accident.

And CT Senator Blumenthal’s call for more “scrutiny and oversight of these planes are going to continue to fly.”?  The opportunistic little prick can kiss my ass.

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Spin Zone / Re: B-17 crash in CT
« on: October 03, 2019, 12:03:59 PM »
Quote from: Bob Noel on October 03, 2019, 08:24:21 AM
Aircraft are meant to fly

If it's airworthy, let it fly.
“A ship in harbor is safe,
But that is not what ships are built for.”

John A. Shedd

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Spin Zone / Re: Democrats Are Now ‘Too Radical To Win A Conventional Election’
« on: October 02, 2019, 10:48:16 PM »
Quote from: bflynn on October 02, 2019, 07:35:07 PM
Unfortunately, it takes hundreds of millions votes to get elected.
Really?  So with about 129 million votes cast in 2016, which candidate got more than 100 million? 

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Spin Zone / Re: Democrats Are Now ‘Too Radical To Win A Conventional Election’
« on: October 02, 2019, 04:38:29 PM »
Quote from: bflynn on September 30, 2019, 07:51:54 AM
When you're starting from the position of people thinking "maybe this guy isn't so bad", it's very difficult to argue that you're presenting the best candidate.  But the trouble now is that many of those people KNOW what the president is like and they don't like it.  The calculation has changed from two unknowns and trying to figure out which one is worse to knowing Trump and trying to figure out if Warren would be worse.  Probably, but this is a really crappy way to determine a president.

Again - there are people that would be better, people who would wipe the floor with Warren.  Trump comes into this election with more baggage then he had last time.  He's nowhere near the best candidate.
I think you are TOTALLY misreading the situation.

Yes, most people started out as “maybe this guy isn’t so bad.”  However, with almost 3 years under our belt, I believe most people know what the president is like and LOVE IT.  This is not just me talking in an echo chamber. This is people who aren’t on a regular diet of CNNMSNBCABCCBS, but are just trying to live their lives without being obsessed by politics.

These people love how this country has turned around, love how unemployment is down to record levels, and yes, love the feistiness of Trump.

When these same people see him relentlessly bullied and badgered, for no good reason, they are standing by Trump’s side.

What is this “more baggage?”  The Russia thing was a big fat zero. This Ukraine thing will be same thing. I would say Trump May be the LEAST corrupt person to sit in the Oval Office in 50 years.

You only get your opinion of baggage if you have a regular diet of the MSM. The rest of America who are like those who attend Trump’s rallies could not care less, and are ready to take out their wrath on these ankle biters.

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Spin Zone / Re: Democrats Are Now ‘Too Radical To Win A Conventional Election’
« on: October 02, 2019, 04:06:43 PM »
Quote from: EppyGA on September 29, 2019, 07:26:49 AM
Trump connects with the people, look at the number of people that go to his rallies, including those that never get into the venue. He is more like them than any politician on either side of the aisle. He was not raised to be a politician. He is, straight up, a business man. He tells it like it is whether you like it or not and does not back down and people in his administration are learning to not back down.  Look at the testimony of the that Ex DNI guy the other day who told the committee chair, " I don't work for you, you work for me because I'm a tax payer". More people need to grow a set.
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/09/27/the-speech-that-got-trump-elected/
Rush, the other Rush  ;D , played this on Friday.
^^^^^^ THIS is why Trump resonates with tens of millions of us. 

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Spin Zone / Re: President Pelosi
« on: October 02, 2019, 11:38:02 AM »
Quote from: Lucifer on September 30, 2019, 10:08:03 AM
The senate must confirm anyone selected to replace the VP if Pence were to resign.  No way they could get any Trump nomination without going the nuclear route.
I hear zero talk about the Republicans retaining the Senate next year, yet I believe the GOP has more seats to defend than the democrats in 2020.

Either there is total confidence the GOP will retain control, or complete ignorance as to the fact that they could easily lose it.

If the GOP loses the senate, the country is done. No, that’s not hyperbole.  Trump will be convicted, 60 million Trump voters will be completely disenfranchised, and those 60 million hold most of the firearms.

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Spin Zone / Re: Schumer wants Trump to help out with Gun Control
« on: October 02, 2019, 11:20:34 AM »
Quote from: Rush on October 02, 2019, 10:27:04 AM
I’m done with Republicans.
I’m done with Republicans too.  But when it comes to a binary choice on Election Day, if we conservatives sit out, we effectively give the keys of the kingdom to far left radicals.

Republicans know that, and take advantage of that.  I hate it, but I won’t sit out just on principle.

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Spin Zone / Re: Is Trump in deep doo doo this time?
« on: September 25, 2019, 05:04:32 AM »
Pelosi just guaranteed a landslide victory for Trump in 2020.

The people are sick and tired at the swamp trying to overturn the results of the 2016 election.

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Spin Zone / Re: Stop the world. We're done.
« on: September 24, 2019, 12:48:06 PM »
Quote from: Bob Noel on September 24, 2019, 03:55:19 AM
and President Trump could be polite and diplomatic with his tweets.
Why? Is he going to get an “atta boy” from the democrats and the MSM if he is congenial in his tweets? 

Not on your life.

I used to want this like you.  I’m over it and love his tweets. 

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Spin Zone / Re: Question for conservatives re: Dem candidates
« on: September 20, 2019, 02:45:20 PM »
Quote from: Lucifer on September 20, 2019, 01:47:02 PM
Bernie is an all out communist, and makes no apologies for it.

Warren is a psycho serial liar.

Biden is losing it, and will be in memory care in a year or two.  Plus, after 5 decades in politics, he has nothing to show for it.

The rest of the group are pure psychotic losers.

Put me down as "none of the above.
Harris:  psycho
Buttigieg:  gay psycho
BETO:  psycho with lots of hand movements
Booker:  racist psycho
Yang:  psycho with freebies
Gabbard:  hot and not yet a psycho
Castro:  Hispanic psycho
Klobuchar:  clueless psycho
Styer:  who?
Williamson:  TOTAL PSYHO WHO NEEDS A STRAIGHT JACKET
Bennet:  who?
Bullock:  who?
Delaney:  who?
Messam:  who?
Sestak:  who?
Tim Ryan:  normal sounding but still psycho



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Spin Zone / Re: Gun Free Zones - can someone articulate the justification?
« on: September 19, 2019, 05:16:33 PM »
Quote from: Rush on September 19, 2019, 03:06:18 PM
It’s true y’all pile on Michael. I do too but try to avoid personal insults. If it were me alone on a forum of liberals I wouldn’t stick it out as long as he has.
Point taken, but I also agree with Anthony. His responses are usually is self-inflicted.

I will say that threatening to take his ball and run home is nothing but being a drama queen.

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Spin Zone / Re: Gun Free Zones - can someone articulate the justification?
« on: September 19, 2019, 12:55:59 PM »
Quote from: Steingar on September 19, 2019, 12:37:30 PM
Once again I do apologize for disrupting your echo chamber.  I will do my best to refrain from doing so in the future.
Drama queen.

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