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Stevie
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Navy Chief and Tom,
thanks for the clip and the site addr.; I'll be able to try to go to town again maybe next week.... when it gets down to JUST 100 degees or so out here.... it was 108 yesterday and I don't have a/c in car... 'town' is about a 40 min. drive 1 way!
thanks again!
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J. Toy
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Chief,
Thorsen? Coerced with post election perks?
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Stevie
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so, do we know which crewman? anyone see that email?
sorry, about the sidetracking.... I just got excited seeing that Meehan even said that! I don't remember seeing it in print from a Kerry spinhead.
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MikeM
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Sorry, this is another side track...but I found this quote from Thorson interesting. Could be nothing!
[quote]However, he joked that he wouldn't mind installing a phone in his garage with a direct link to the Oval Office.
"If Kerry wins, I might get an extra phone so If I ever need anything, I can call upon a favor from the president."[/quote] |
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Tom Poole
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Another non sequitur: I believe the sailors who support this guy are unsavorily involved up to their medals. It looks like our subject not only received a medal for his silence but may plan to cash in November 3.
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NavyChief
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zinfella
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| Tom Poole wrote: | | Another non sequitur: I believe the sailors who support this guy are unsavorily involved up to their medals. It looks like our subject not only received a medal for his silence but may plan to cash in November 3. |
And what happens to them when our hero loses? How do they get paid off then? AND, what good will it do them if they all get outed? Finally, how can anyone be so stupid as to back this puke to begin with?
All rhetorical questions, that may be answered soon. 
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Tom Poole
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| zinfella wrote: | | And what happens to them when our hero loses?... |
I dunno. It's my own personal speculation based on little hard information. I believe it's possible that verbal promises could have been offered and they could have been contingent on winning or they could be win or lose. Certainly, the truth about what happened will be greatly reduced in value if our hero loses.
Either way, we should be greatly interested in this little bit of human nature. Depending on the type of promise, those who support our hero may be more willing to tell the truth if in about a month, if it looks like our hero will lose.
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NavyChief
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Tom Poole
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OK, Chief, regarding thumper, someone in another part of this site suggested that Kerry must've been asleep during M-79 training. I replied in my usual suspicious way that it's possible that he learned it better than the Navy wanted him to. He may have learned very early that thumper "shrapnel" (or whatever it is) was not life-threatening and not even too painful, AND it always results in a PH. What better way to game the system, become a hero and "bug out."
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MikeM
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Damn Chief, that one had me spitting my beer on my monitor!  |
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zinfella
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Cheif, Sherlock holmes had nothing on you! Utterly amazing. 
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Moving this topic to R&R.
Thanks |
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Wing Wiper
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| Quote: | | "shrapnel" (or whatever it is) |
If I remember correctly, it was serrated wire, a roll of coiled wire that was cut almost through, around the bursting charge. Why an illumination round would produce shrapnel, instead of just ejecting the flare/parachute is beyond me, though. I never fired those, so somebody with experience should post here and fill us in on how likely that would be. I'm thinking if the ejection charge created shrapnel, you would end up with a shredded parachute, so right now I'm dubious on that part. |
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Tom Poole
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Har, har, har.
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