URBAN LEGEND? (President Bush)

Neal Boortz ^ | 5/13/03 | Neal Boortz

[CFW]

URBAN LEGEND?

I am led to understand that George Bush was making some of the radio calls when his Navy SB3 approached the USS Abraham Lincoln almost two weeks ago.

When an aircraft approaches the carrier for landing the pilot is, as I understand it, supposed to line up some brightly lit balls in a display off to the side of the landing deck. As Navy One was on final approach for trap aboard to the Abraham Lincoln Bush is said to have keyed the mic and say “Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, I have the balls."

The crowd, as they say, went wild.

[CFW]

Urban legend or not...this is hilarious!

[rintense]

It's not an urban legend.

[rintense]

Read article then see post#3.

[CFW]

Hmmm. I see what you mean! LOL

[Seeking the truth]

Brass ones or not, he got em!

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[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I thinks it was probably intentionally mistated to add some punch to the statement by adding the plural to the object of the sentence.

Unless I'm mistaken, the normal call from the pilot is, "I have the ball".

[usmcobra]

Actually I think it was....

"This is Navy One.......12000 pounds.....I have the Boss....

[Hillary's Folly]

President Bush LAnds Jet on Henry Waxman's Nose

[CFW]

From today's AJC vent column:

"As a Vietnam vet, I can only fantasize what the longest war in our history would have been like if Bush had been president."

[NYFriend]

Do they still use the "meatball" visual signal for carrier landings, or has there been an instrument replacement?

[ReaganRevolution]

If true, this should send the dems into a further tailspin.

[Wphile]

ROFLOL!

I'm not touching this one! I'll just let the picture speak for itself ;o).

[capt. norm]

"If true, this should send the dems into a further tailspin."

Senator Byrd is writing the speech at this very moment

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Hillary could say the same thing. Of course you couldn't land a C-5A ( the only plane large enough to haul her extra large butt ) on a carrier.

[CFW]

If true, this should send the dems into a further tailspin.

How true.

I can just hear them now saying: "It's not fair. We don't have any balls so President Bush is taking an unfair advantage of the situation."

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Still in use.

[Lysander]

"As a Vietnam vet, I can only fantasize what the longest war in our history would have been like if Bush had been president."

Or if he had not gone AWOL...

[LurkerNoMore!]

Wow. You need better news sources.

Try this thread, from a now defunct liberal mag:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39ea05224b3e.htm

[ohioWfan]

I certainly hope you weren't serious about that post......

Cause if you were, you'd better check out the actual facts on that little rumor. It got squelched a long time ago as bunk.