I am a retired captain with United Airlines. I, also, served in the Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve for 26 years as a fighter pilot. I have created a site in which I intend to post items of interest to me. I hope they are interesting to you, too. Please feel free to view my topics as well as my links. Afterward, I would be happy for you to post any comments you like. When doing so, kindly identify yourself as the author. A pen name or pseudonym is acceptable.
I'm sure this is not true, but it is so clever I thought I'd post it for your entertainment.
The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners at the airports. It's an armored booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person. Israel sees this as a win-win situation for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It will also eliminate the costs of a long and expensive trial.
Imagine, you're in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter, an announcement: "Attention to all standby passengers, we now have a seat available on flight 670 to London. Shalom!"
A middle school football coach and the parent of one of his students wrote a lively country western song satirizing the President and posted it on YouTube. Afterward he was fired. I have included, below, the story which appeared in the Fox New Radio Blog and the YouTube video of the song. Check them out.
COACH FIRED OVER ANTI-OBAMA SONG?
by Todd Starns
A Tennessee middle school football coach said he got fired after he wrote a song that criticized President Obama.
Bryan Glover, an assistant coach at Grassland Middle School near Nashville, co-wrote the country music song, “When You’re Holding a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail.”
It was co-written by a parent who has a child on the team. Glover, 26, said he emailed a copy of the song to friends, family members and player’s parents through his personal email account.
And that’s when all the trouble started for the self-described independent conservative.
“The coach called me and said parents were upset – that I was being politically incorrect and the song had racial overtones,” Glover told FOX News Radio. “An hour and a half later I was told I was being terminated.”
“I was informed that I was being let go because of the song,” he said, denying claims there were any racial overtones in the song.
Williamson County School Superintendent Mike Looney disputed Glover’s account and said his dismissal had nothing to do with the song.
“Absolutely not,” he told FOX News Radio. “That’s a false claim.”
Looney said he was not allowed to go into specifics but acknowledged he spoke with the school’s principal and was satisfied with their handling of the matter.
“They presented me with logical, legally defensible reasons for doing so,” Looney said. “As far as I’m concerned they’ve handled the matter appropriately.”
Glover said he’s angry over what happened and believes he lost his job because his song was critical of President Obama. And he’s not the only one.
“It was a disgrace and we have to stand up for the guy,” said Michael Katsaitis, who has a son on the football team. He said he met with the principal of the school after Glover’s firing and is convinced his dismissal was a result of the song.”
“The first thing she told me was that Bryan’s song was derogatory to our president,” he said. “He shouldn’t have fired over that song.”
Glover said he is seeking legal counsel and may consider a lawsuit against the school.
“First and foremost I’m a conservative,” he said. “I do support what the tea party movement is all about but I’m more Republican than Democrat. I’m an independent conservative who thinks the government tries to have their hand in way too many things.”
“I’m pretty heated,” he said. “I’m just a blue-collar guy, trying to make a living, trying to chase a dream.”
Sunday marks 10 years since the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. I want to take a few moments to remember the men, women and children who lost their lives on that day. The entire crew and passengers of four airliners, thousands of innocent men, women and children in the World Trade Center and Pentagon, as well as dozens of firemen, policemen and other first responders lost their lives that day. Additionally, those that rallied during the days and weeks after the attacks to help their fellow citizens continue to suffer from injuries and health issues they sustained. A huge memorial to the event is being constructed at Ground Zero and will be dedicated on Sunday.
In addition to the lives lost at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, lives were also lost that day at a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania. As we, now, know, heroes on that flight took destiny into their own hands when they prevented their aircraft from being used as a weapon on another national target, very likely the White House or the U.S. Capitol Building. The actions of these heroes led to their certain death as the aircraft they were on crashed in that field.
A memorial to honor the men, women and children of Flight 93 has been conceived and will be constructed on that hallowed ground near Shanksville. This memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, as well.
Unlike the memorial at Ground Zero, this memorial has not received the funds needed for its completion. The planners need an additional $10 million to complete the project. I am certain this shortfall is not because we Americans forgot about Flight 93, but because there is so much more funding available in the huge New York metropolitan area. I know that, once Americans are aware of this need, they will rise to the occasion and contribute the necessary funds. It won't take large donations if enough of us contribute. I have included a link, below, if you are interested in contributing.
Ben Stein is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues. A couple of years ago Mr. Stein wrote an article for The American Spectator exposing the "real" Barack Obama. As we approach the next presidential election which will determine whether or not Mr. Obama wins a second term in office, I believe it worth a few minutes to review Mr. Stein's words. I have included his article, below.
We've Figured Him Out
By Ben Stein on 7.24.09 @ 9:45AM
Why is President Barack Obama in such a hurry to get his socialized medicine bill passed?
Because he and his cunning circle realize some basic truths:
The American people in their unimaginable kindness and trust voted for a pig in a poke in 2008. They wanted so much to believe Barack Obama was somehow better and different from other ultra-leftists that they simply took him on faith.
They ignored his anti-white writings in his books. They ignored his quiet acceptance of hysterical anti-American diatribes by his minister, Jeremiah Wright.
They ignored his refusal to explain years at a time of his life as a student. They ignored his ultra-left record as a "community organizer," Illinois state legislator, and Senator.
The American people ignored his total zero of an academic record as a student and teacher, his complete lack of scholarship when he was being touted as a scholar.
Now, the American people are starting to wake up to the truth. Barack Obama is a super likeable super leftist, not a fan of this country, way, way too cozy with the terrorist leaders in the Middle East, way beyond naïveté, all the way into active destruction of our interests and our allies and our future.
The American people have already awakened to the truth that the stimulus bill -- a great idea in theory -- was really an immense bribe to Democrat interest groups, and in no way an effort to help all Americans.
Now, Americans are waking up to the truth that ObamaCare basically means that every time you are sick or injured, you will have a clerk from the Department of Motor Vehicles telling your doctor what he can and cannot do.
The American people already know that Mr. Obama's plan to lower health costs while expanding coverage and bureaucracy is a myth, a promise of something that never was and never will be -- a bureaucracy lowering costs in a free society. Either the costs go up or the free society goes away.
These are perilous times. Mrs. Hillary Clinton, our Secretary of State, has given Iran the go-ahead to have nuclear weapons, an unqualified betrayal of the nation. Now, we face a devastating loss of freedom at home in health care. It will be joined by controls on our lives to "protect us" from global warming, itself largely a fraud if believed to be caused by man.
Mr. Obama knows Americans are getting wise and will stop him if he delays at all in taking away our freedoms.
There is his urgency and our opportunity. Once freedom is lost, America is lost. Wake up, beloved America.
[My thanks to Bonnie Feldman for forwarding this article]
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