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To: plain talk

No kidding. This sounds like overzealous hype about things that probably went on in the 60’s and 70’s. Meanwhile, news about sabotage is awfully quiet.

If you’ve ever read Chuck Yeager’s autobiography you’ll get the impression that he and those around him flew experimental aircraft while they were half lit all the time. When he broke the sound barrier he was flying with a broken rib he didn’t tell his superiors about. He had gotten drunk the night before and fell off a horse or something similar.


11 posted on 07/28/2007 9:53:52 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: cripplecreek
"This sounds like overzealous hype about things that probably went on in the 60’s and 70’s."

I went through the museum area NASA has set up in Houston a few years ago. All I can say is that you'd have to get me passing out drunk to get me in one of those cramped capsules. I'm not sure I could stand it for more than a few hours, let alone days. Very small and tight.

21 posted on 07/28/2007 10:41:03 AM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: cripplecreek

yep. So typical of the feminization of the times we live in. How many incidents did they mention - what two? So what? Why is this even a story? Next they will be reporting on sailors in nuke subs that .... shock ... came back to their sub drunk from shore leave. They may even report on Bill Clinton getting a BJ while conducting foreign policy ... on the other hand perhaps not.


23 posted on 07/28/2007 11:07:24 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: cripplecreek
If you’ve ever read Chuck Yeager’s autobiography you’ll get the impression that he and those around him flew experimental aircraft while they were half lit all the time. When he broke the sound barrier he was flying with a broken rib he didn’t tell his superiors about. He had gotten drunk the night before and fell off a horse or something similar.

Times must have changed: I was stationed on two airbases during my tour in Germany, and I spent a fair amount of time at the Officers Clubs there. I never saw a pilot take a sip of adult beverages.

Off, damned sarcasm, off!

27 posted on 07/28/2007 11:29:47 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Chuck Hagel makes Joe Biden look like a statesman!)
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To: cripplecreek
If you’ve ever read Chuck Yeager’s autobiography you’ll get the impression that he and those around him flew experimental aircraft while they were half lit all the time. When he broke the sound barrier he was flying with a broken rib he didn’t tell his superiors about. He had gotten drunk the night before and fell off a horse or something similar.

It is clear that JFK was under the influence of prescription pain killers while he was running the country, no transfer of power during his medical treatments. Additionally there are those who claim to have smoked pot and done LSD with JFK. A woman who made those claims was later killed.

40 posted on 07/28/2007 12:40:16 PM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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