True Heroes

America has lost a hero.
Neil Armstrong (82) passed away today.

A Navy pilot, Korean War Vet, and test pilot, Armstrong was best known for being the first man to step foot on the moon. His contributions to our space program were much more.
He was the Command Pilot for Gemini 8 which had the first rendezvous and first ever successful docking between two spacecraft in orbit.
He was the backup Command Pilot for Gemini 11 and Apollo 8.


Incredible accomplishments for someone prone to motion sickness as a child.


On July 21, 1969 he transmitted these words, "I'm going to step off the LEM now.....That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Yes, A man. The 'a' was obscured by static.

In a letter, signed by Apollo veterans Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan, he said, "For The United States, the leading space faring nation for nearly half a century, to be without carriage to low Earth orbit and with no human exploration capability to go beyond Earth orbit for an indeterminate time into the future, destines our nation to become one of second or even third rate stature".

As my friend Stephen wrote, "Twelve men walked on the moon, and there are now eight men still living who have walked on the moon.

Apollo 11: 20 Jul 1969 — Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Apollo 12: 19 Nov 1969 — Charles (Pete) Conrad, Alan Bean
Apollo 14: 05 Feb 1971 — Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell
Apollo 15: 30 Jul 1971 — James Irwin, David Scott
Apollo 16: 21-23 Apr 1972 — Charles Duke, John Young
Apollo 17: 11-13 Dec 1972 — Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan

Three others have passed away:

Pete Conrad died 07/08/1999
Alan Shepard died 07/21/1998
James Irwin died 08/08/1991
Neil Armstrong died 08/25/2012

Of the living, Buzz Aldrin is the oldest at 82. The youngest Charles Duke, 76."


Armstrong underwent surgery on August 7, 2012, for blocked coronary arteries. He died at 2:45pm on August 25, 2012, at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, from complications.

Dan Emplit WBFD
USN 1986 - 1992

Michelle Obama's "All this for a damn flag" shown at three different speeds

'Yes, folks, that is what she said, according to an instructor at a School for the Deaf and Blind who watched the video. The video is shown at normal speed, 3/4 speed, and 1/2 speed with no banners obstructing her lips.'

I'm not real good at reading lips but that does seem to be what she is saying.

Dan Emplit WBFD
USN 1986 - 1992

Remember

Remember when McGroarty was getting, well deserved, crap about buying crap just to buy it? Specifically the storm sewer junctions? Leighton is wasting money the same way.

But the dictator is doing it even bigger.

I wonder how much this MESS cost us?

All this is under the cross valley, by Brookside.

Since Leighton hasn't had an original thought since 1996 (the intermodel, theater, Coal St, Ice rink, and others were all McGroarty's ideas), I guess it's only natural to overdo with the sewer junctions as well.


Dan Emplit WBFD
AKA Don Quixote

No to Obama

Dan Emplit WBFD
USN 1986 - 1992

I HATE political attacks

Of course the Obama clan claims to have nothing to do with this.... RIGHT.


Edit: Mark Cour posted this (and two other videos) before I did.


Dan Emplit WBFD
USN 1986 - 1992

Shooter who aided officer gives his account of Peach House RV Park incident

Here is what appears to have happened.
After an arguement over a neighbor's dogs, the criminal killed the owner of the dogs, the dogs and the owner's wife and then grabbed a lever action .30-30 rifle to set up an ambush for police. A 66 year old citizen saw the Bad Guy (BG) attempting to ambush the police officer and made a 165 yard shot with a .357 Magnum 5" revolver which connected to the leg. The murderer turned to fire at the citizen  and the officer was able to grab his rifle and take cover behind his vehicle. The BG then fired at the good samaritan, but missed. The citizen then returned fire with 4 more hits allowing the officer to close and end the firefight.

Now some points (Yep another list)
1. HOLY SHARPSHOOTING BATMAN!! 165 yards (later lasered to be 167 yards) with a 5" .357!!!! And hit 5 out of 5 times!!!!! While under fire!!!! As my firend Jack Leuba said, "To do that in real life, when it really matters, is awesome. Somebody name a range after that guy." And when a Bronze star recipient (who also helped train some of our nations plus some of our closest allies best) is impressed, You listen.
For those of you who aren't gun people, this is Sergeant York good. You know the guy they made that old film about. Olympians should learn from this guy. It is THAT IMPRESSIVE.

2. Kudos to the police,
Sheriff Grubbs commended the assisting resident for his actions. Law enforcement has determined that the resident acted valiantly and perhaps saved the lives of Sgt. Means and responding deputies, Grubbs said. “His actions may have also saved the lives of other citizens who could have innocently walked into the situation. Under fire, the resident shooter returned fire at precisely the right moment. One of the rounds struck Conner in the thigh and staggered Conner as he turned fire on Sgt. Means,” said Grubbs. “This staggered Conner from having an effective aim as Conner fired upon Sgt. Means. This also enabled Sgt. Means to accurately return fire on Conner.”
And
“Had this citizen not had a gun, this could have been a whole lot worse,” said Grubbs.


3. I want to thank this 66 year old man, who risked his life for a stranger, when most people would just say,"It's what the police get paid for". Even had he missed (and boy he did NOT) His shots would have warned the officer of the immediate danger.

4. Most ballistics vest will NOT stop a rifle round.

This is what gun control should mean.

Dan Emplit WBFD

USN 1986 - 1992

Thoughts

Just a quick thought. Leighton claims that, "He said he sought mileage reimbursement because he would often use his wife’s car for out-of-town trips because he has his vehicle through a lease, meaning he has to watch mileage carefully."
Obviously he didn't 'think' THAT response out very well.
It means that while he was driving his wife's car around on trips, his wife was driving his car around....... ON CITY GAS!

“You are always going to have skeptics out there, and that’s unfortunate. It’s something I deal with every day,” Leighton said. “I would hope you would take my word because I’m telling you exactly what I did.”
Obviously (again) the dictator wants us to forget that HE LIED TO US ABOUT THE MILLION DOLLAR DONATION, SEVERAL TIMES!!!

Oh and the lies to the county commissioners so Leo could get the Old River Road Bakery tax free.

Or that he TRIED to lie to the feds to get the Sterling demolished.


Dan Emplit WBFD
AKA Don Quixote