kallend 1,679 #1 December 4, 2006 Well? (Apart from demonstrating that he didn't have a clue).... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #2 December 4, 2006 I have not seen it yet, so can you post it? (I agree with most of the "Clue" comment already though) MattAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,679 #3 December 4, 2006 Sorry, I thought all had seen it (it's been all over the news). Pick your preferred spin: news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=DBUS,DBUS:2006-10,DBUS:en&q=rumsfeld+memo... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #4 December 4, 2006 I have been at the DZ and Work for the last 7 days, so I have missed all the news. MattAn Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,471 #5 December 4, 2006 I think there's something liberating about knowing you're going to be fired. You don't have to toe the line any more; you're free to say what you really think. So far it's happened with several administration officials, Powell and Rumsfeld being the most famous examples. Makes you wonder what the rest of the administration would say if they felt free to speak their minds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #6 December 4, 2006 The only thing that could possibly be better than Rumsfeld leaving is Teddy Kennedy leaving.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #7 December 4, 2006 QuoteMakes you wonder what the rest of the administration would say if they felt free to speak their minds. they are free to say what they want they don't because they don't like the consequences if they do now the question is the nature of the consequences and for who's good is the avoidance of those consequences - it would be an interesting discussion but the partisan tangents here are unbearable, so what's the point. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,679 #8 December 4, 2006 QuoteQuoteMakes you wonder what the rest of the administration would say if they felt free to speak their minds. they are free to say what they want they don't because they don't like the consequences if they do Well, THAT could have applied in Stalin's USSR too. "Speak your mind, Free trips to Siberia"... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,471 #9 December 4, 2006 >they don't because they don't like the consequences if they do . . . Of course. Losing one's job is a pretty powerful incentive to not speak one's mind, and I would think most people wouldn't feel free to do so under those circumstances (although they are, literally, free to do it if they so choose, just as they're free to drive drunk.) >now the question is the nature of the consequences . . . Google Lawrence Lindsey for likely consequences. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #10 December 4, 2006 as I said ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,410 #11 December 5, 2006 QuoteI think there's something liberating about knowing you're going to be fired. You don't have to toe the line any more; you're free to say what you really think. So far it's happened with several administration officials, Powell and Rumsfeld being the most famous examples. Makes you wonder what the rest of the administration would say if they felt free to speak their minds. I've often wondered what Condoleezza Rice would say. I get the distinct feeling she is a team player whose puts the party line ahead of her own opinions."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #12 December 5, 2006 QuoteI've often wondered what Condoleezza Rice would say. I get the distinct feeling she is a team player whose puts the party line ahead of her own opinions. Which is why Colin Powell (who as career military certainly understood loyalty and chain of command) liberated himself by resigning - and then spoke his mind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #13 December 6, 2006 Quote Well? (Apart from demonstrating that he didn't have a clue). Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld....oh, wait a minute! Wasn't he the guy who said something like "It could take six days or six weeks, I doubt it would take six months" ? Are we talking about the same guy ? Or maybe you mean the guy who said we shouldn't call it an insurrection anymore because that would just glorify the enemy as some kind of insurrectionists. Nice hat he wore to the Army-Navy game. So uh, what was your question ? Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #14 December 6, 2006 Apart from the media leaking classified info, again? Meh...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,679 #15 December 6, 2006 QuoteApart from the media leaking classified info, again? Meh... The media just reported it. Someone in the Pentagon or the White House leaked it. Blah!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
