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Article #719Re: GW Bush's acid test on recent trip to Triangle, NC. Too bad it could not match the purple koolaid
From: copolo
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:12
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:12
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Everybody seems to be an expert on George W. Bush, But no one can us what John "Fuck'um" Kerry has achieived in his life ? The only thing John "Fuck'um" Kerry did is to married rich ugly women...... A fuckin' GIGOLO. Dweezil Dwarftosser wrote: > Somebody wrote: > > > > > PS - since this post relates to Jim Jones and since it was also posted > > to alt.military (and I don't have a clue why the OP did so), here is > > a tidbit of interesting info that is not exactly commonly known. Does > > anybody out there realize that Jim Jones and his followers actually > > managed to cause a military cargo aircraft to become haunted? > > It is true... according to USAF flight crew members back in the > > early1980s, C-141 tail number 50220 is the plane that carried > > all the dead bodies out of Guiana after Jim Jones' death party. > > Before that time this aircraft, based at Charleston AFB, SC was > > a smooth running plane, but afterwards it began to break down > > so frequently that it almost became legendary. I was a witness to > > this fact because at the time I worked on Ascension Island, South > > Atlantic some 6000 odd miles from Charleston where most of our > > supply aircraft runs originated. The guys at Charleston would work > > on the plane until they thought they had it fixed, then send it out > > on the long flight down to Ascension to test it out. More than half > > of the time, this plane would end up breaking down on Ascension > > or along the way and would have to go back to Charleston for yet > > another round of repairs. Most of the time, all of the other 141's > > ran smoothly and only occasionally had breakdowns, but not this > > plane. Anytime that one of us was due to go on vacation and saw > > that plane sitting on the tarmac, somebody would end up saying, > > "Oh no... your plane is '220... you will never get there on time"!!! > > You are aware that no one in the Air Force ever uses the > term "tarmac" to indicate any portion of the flightline, > ramp, parking pad, taxiway, runway, or anything else? > > Bozo reporters, on the other hand, evidently love to use the > word, thinking it sounds as though it were airfield-related > jargon. > > It is possible that there might have been some military > folks using the term during the early days of World War I. > That's about the time that the (British-invented) "tarmac" > (short for "Tar Maccadam") paving method was eclipsed by > more modern types. Tarmac was mostly a mixture of tar, coal > cinders, and ash, providing a very rough-grained but > reasonably weatherproof surface - more lasting than the > plain gravel roadways it repaved. > > Bottom line: this is NOT a first-hand account... though it > is widely known that the Jim Jones mortuary flights made the > aircraft used for purpose STINK for years afterward. > > No one who uses the term "tarmac" has ever spent any real time > on a flightline. > > DD - former Msgt, USAF
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