Posted on 04/05/2015 6:10:34 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
The pilot was locked out of the cockpit.
That phrase finally revealed the full horror of the crash of Germanwings flight 9525. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz waited for the pilot to leave the cockpit, then locked the door to prevent his re-entry. After which Lubitz, for reasons unknown and perhaps unknowable, deliberately steered the jet into a harrowing 8-minute plunge ending in an explosive 434 mph impact with a rocky mountainside. One hundred fifty men, women and children met an immediate, unthinkably violent death.
Lubitz, in his single-minded madness, couldn't be stopped because anyone who could change the jet's disastrous course was locked out.
It's hard to imagine the growing feelings of fear and helplessness that the passengers felt as the unforgiving landscape rushed up to meet them.
Hard ... but not impossible.
Because America is in trouble. We feel the descent in the pits of our stomachs. We hear the shake and rattle of structures stressed beyond their limits. We don't know where we're going anymore, but do know it isn't good. And above all, we feel helpless because Barack Obama has locked us out.
He locked the American people out of his decision to seize the national healthcare system. Locked us out when we wanted to know why the IRS was attacking conservatives. He locked us out of having a say in his decision to tear up our immigration laws, and to give over a trillion dollars in benefits to those who broke those laws.
Obama locked out those who advised against premature troop withdrawals. Locked out the intelligence agencies who issued warnings about the growing threat of ISIS. He locked out anyone who could have interfered with his release of five Taliban terror chiefs in return for one U.S. military deserter.
And, of course, Barack Obama has now locked out Congress, the American people, and our allies as he strikes a secret deal with Iran to determine the timeline (not prevention) of their acquisition of nuclear weapons.
Was Andreas Lubitz depressed, insane, or abysmally evil when he decided to lock that cockpit door and listen to no voices other than those in his head? Did he somehow believe himself to be doing the right thing?
The voice recordings from the doomed aircraft reveal that as the jet began its rapid descent, the passengers were quiet. There was probably some nervous laughter, confusion, a bit of comforting chatter with seatmates, followed by a brief period in which anxiety had not yet metastasized into terror.
It was only near the end of the 8-minute plunge that everyone finally understood what was really happening. Only near the end when they began to scream.
Like those passengers, a growing number of Americans feel a helpless dread as they come to the inescapable conclusion that our nation's decline is an act of choice rather than of chance. The choice of one man who is in full control of our 8-year plunge.
A man who has locked everyone out.
I think it's a safe bet it's not just one man.
Getting cataracts removed to see peep sights better and fuzzy target are a no no.
He could be stopped by the bare majority of a 9-person team. But at least 5 of them, including 3 New York City women, are blocking the door.
The GOP leadership is not even so much as banging on the cockpit doors demanding Obama open up after handing him the controls and letting themselves out.
Instead they are threatening to silence and shut up We Passengers for screaming about the plunge of the state into the up rushing mountains ahead.
The GOP leadership is complicit, having fundamentally transformed us into We The Passengers from We the People.
They won’t even acknowledge Cruz’ declaration for POTUS.
Traitorobama is to blame, along with 66 million fellow traitors who voted for him... and the traitorous members of Congress who have the key to reopen the door, but refuse to use it.
Amen!
True enough analogy.
Time to take back control of the aircraft.
The big difference is that on the plane the pilot realized immediately what was going on and tried to reverse the plane’s course.
However in our country, nobody will admit what is going on; our leaders will do nothing. It’s almost like the Republican Congress is remaining in their seats and not even trying to break the door down.
That is exactly what’s happening. Some courage is needed, someone to yell “Let’s ROLL!” - and a group of real men to retake the cockpit (there MAY still be time but it’s running out fast) - yet all we can hear is the engines accelerating. Repubs are chickensh*ts - or in on the crime for personal gain.
The 17th Amendment rendered the senate institutionally incapable of doing its duty.
Three term congressmen, aka senators, respond to public pressure like their single term brethren. They avoid public controversy in general, and anything in particular that might threaten their reelection.
It is up to us, through our state legislatures to reclaim the republic.
Article V. There is no alternative.
I lost heart in 2007 with George Bush’s vile and determined push for illegal immigration, and other decisions he made subsequently.......so yes, he gave Obama keys to lock that door.
....we must remember George and B. Clinton are very close......brother type close, just ask Mom Bush....
It’s all in the family....Bill handed the keys to George.....and George handed the keys to Obama.
Very true.
That needs to have that Obama pic where he’s driving the bumper car with the kid.
That goofyazz grin would be much more accurate...
That’ll do, pig... ;)
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