Passengers aboard plane salute fallen 'hero'

Boston Globe ^ | 9/26/2005 | Adrienne Samuels

[RAY]

Something happened to my computer screen. It just started getting all blurry.

Mine too!

[CedarDave]

This pilot is an A-grade American.

Pukin Dog?

[CedarDave]

Early morning fog...correcting tagline...

[Republic]

Pukin Dog is also an A-grade American on the 'republic scale', :^)

[TNCMAXQ]

If there had been some anti American, Cindy Sheehan-loving people on that plane I suppose they would have booed, and harassed the mother.

[Bahbah]

Goebbels says: "the important thjing is not to subvert or insult the people, but to make them lose faith in their leader... That is the most efficient way to conquer the peoples' beliefs, their fundamental ideologies..."

That is very interesting.

[CharlesMiller]

Phantom, same thing happened to my screen too.

[billhilly]

"I love how the Boston Globe feels it necessary to put hero in quotation marks. Classy."

The heros of teh Globe must pass the test of being Democrat politicians, or their hangers on, thus John Kerry, Swift Boat Hero.

[lightingguy]

We can only hope we will continue to see this recognition more and more.

[WV Mountain Mama]

Mine had that problem too. RIP soldier.

[johnny7]

Thanks for the book tip.

One of the things I remember reading very young was Hitler's fascination with “ ...the power of the spoken word”.

[kitkat]

***The last few times I flew the pilots recognized active duty troops on board coming home and the cabin filled with applause.***

The PEOPLE know.

email your President today to tell him you've got his back. He's going through hell right now with all the attacks from the left:

messages@whitehouse.gov

A few words will do the trick. Just tell him you back him up. And, YES, his people will tell him how many Americans are behind him.

[Republic]

Thanks for that link!

I am going to make my T-Shirt today...

I loved the T-shirt at the anti-cindi, pro-troop mission in Crawford worn by a mom of a soldier that said on the back "My son has your back" and on the front it said something like " Sleep well tonight, America"

I am going to put on the front " President Bush has had our backs for five hard years" and on the back " Now I have your back, Mr. President, rest well."

Need to sharpen up the back message. Will work on it.

I truly love our President and his administration-top to bottom.

[Skooz]

I sent her this email (not that it will do any good):

Ms Samuels,

I find it absolutely disgusting, and quite telling, that you chose to put the word "hero" in quotation marks in this story.

You may as well have included the word "alleged," as well, as that was obviously your intent.

That is example number 356,876,433 of the liberal bias of your "newspaper."

Sincerely,

[blu]

I emailed the author and asked her about it.Haven't heard back yet (well, it IS Monday!) but I suspect the answer about the punctuation will have to do with the pilot being quoted. A single quotation mark (') is used to enclose a quotation within a quotation. What the larger quote was is obscure and takes too much of this reader's time to discern, so the headline writer gets a bad mark in my book.

It was a good story.

How often do other freepers actually click on the link and read the whole story? I usually do...sometimes it saves me from removing my foot from my keyboard!

[blu]

One fascinating fact from Hitler's Germany was how well he controlled the masses. He confiscated all the radios, and then *gave* everyone radios....that were only set to *his* frequencies.
And that explains why Hogan and Co always used a coffee pot!

[doberville]

DECENCY always makes me weep. . .