Flight Pundit

Cross posted @ ARS—

Blog sister R’Cat brings to the front burner a soldier in need of encouragement and support. Kevin Downs has been through a lot- all the therapy and treatments and rehab can be overwhelming to the human spirit. It’s very easy for people in these situations to become depressed and THAT effects recovery.

SO…send a card or 10 to this address:
SGT Kevin Downs
Brooke Army Medical Center
3851 Roger Brooke Dr.
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234

And keep him in your prayers.

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In the mail…a new book about Democrats.

Donkey Cons

Shameless bribery. Illicit sex. Sweeping corruption.

“The Democratic Party is like the Gambino mob, but with matching federal funds.”

In this raucous, head-spinning look at the follies and felonies of today’s most famous and infamous liberals, journalists Lynn Vincent and Robert Stacy McCain chronicle for the first time the rampant crime, sex, and corruption of the Democratic Party. Donkey Cons reveals:

* How corrupt Democrats in Congress outnumber corrupt Republicans by as much as three to one.
* How Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy were elected with the help of the Mob.
* What two eyewitnesses said about JFK’s obsession with hookers.
* How union operatives take from working families to deliver millions of dollars to Democrats.
* How Democrats in the 1990’s covered up a conspiracy one expert called “the largest incidence of obstruction of justice in American history.”
* Why Democrats ignore crime victims and take the side of rapists, robbers, and cop-killers-then stump for the right of felons to vote!

From bribery, kickbacks, and sex scandals to espionage, terrorism, and rape, what was once the “Party of the People” has become a party with an appallingly long rap sheet. And this hard-hitting, sad-but-funny expose of the crimes of the Democratic Party finally puts all their misdeeds into perspective. Thoroughly researched, using outrageous anecdotes and intimate details, Donkey Cons shows that the serial corruption of the Clinton presidency wasn’t an anomaly but a developing, unnerving pattern in the modern Democratic ethos. These are the stories the Democrats don’t want you to read!

AND I have pre-ordered THIS book.

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Massachusetts Govenor Mitt Romney signed the near universal healthcare bill we have all been hearing about. But he vetoed certain parts of it and this has pissed off the business people. And this will be the MODEL program for all states…just wait.

BOSTON –Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law Wednesday a landmark health care bill designed to insure nearly all Massachusetts residents and set a national standard for other states to follow.

Even as he signed the bill, surrounded by state and congressional leaders at a ceremony steeped in fanfare at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, Romney faced criticism for his decision to veto a key portion of the bill requiring all businesses that do not provide health insurance to pay a $295 annual fee.

The law, intended to require coverage for nearly all of Massachusetts’ estimated 550,000 uninsured, has thrust the state to the forefront of the national debate about how to provide near-universal health care coverage without creating a single government-controlled system.

“The reason this is so landmark is that we have found a way, collectively, to get all of our citizens insurance without some new government-mandated takeover or a huge new tax program,” he said. “Instead the money we’re spending on uncompensated care is going to be able to help people get insured and get the subsidy they need to buy that insurance they can afford.”

The many speakers at the ticket-only event attended by more than 300 people were quick to congratulate each other on the bipartisan effort. Romney, a Republican mulling a 2008 presidential run, and Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy shared the same Faneuil Hall stage for the first time since Romney’s failed effort to unseat him in 1994.

“With the signing of this landmark health reform bill, after so many years of false starts, our actions have finally matched our words and we have lived up to our ideals,” Kennedy said. “You have given Massachusetts just what the doctor ordered.”

Ugghh. If Kennedy thinks this is a good deal than we know it’s a socialist deal. Time will tell whether this works or not. I have my doubts.

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The war on terror really did begin on Flight 93 on September 11 2001. The passengers who revolted against the Islamafreakoid terrorists appearently managed to break into the cockpit caused the plane to roll upside down and crash.

The plane began to descend steadily, and the voice recorder continued to pick up the sounds of someone apparently being struck or stabbed, along with groaning, from the cockpit.

The passenger revolt apparently started around 9:57 a.m. One of the hijackers said in Arabic, “A fight?” And the answer came, “Yeah.”

A minute later, the plane started banking wildly to the left and right, as the hijacker pilot apparently tried to throw the rebelling passengers off balance. Sounds of struggle then were heard in or just outside the cockpit.

“They want to get in there,” a hijacker said in Arabic. “Hold, hold from the inside.”

As the struggle continued, one of the hijackers asked, “Shall we finish it off?” Another replied, “No, not yet. When they all come, we finish it off.”

“I’m injured,” someone said in English. Then, seconds later: “In the cockpit. If we don’t, we’ll die.” A person, apparently one of the passengers, said, “Roll it!”

Just after 10 a.m., a hijacker shouted in Arabic, “Allah is greatest!” Then, “Is that it? I mean, shall we put it down?” The reply came, “Yes, put it in it, and pull it down.”

Sounds of the final struggle in the cockpit ensued, with passengers and hijackers shouting as they fought for control of the plane.

“Cut off the oxygen!” a hijacker yelled in Arabic repeatedly before what sounded like a last desperate tussle over the controls.

They knew what was going on- the passengers. They knew about NY and Washington. They knew the plane they were on was going to crash somewhere. They took fate into their own hands and controlled it. May God bless them all.

The transcript (PDF)

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