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New York Times Retracts 12 Years Of Calling McCain 'Fighter Pilot'
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Posted on 08/12/2008 6:37:19 PM PDT by lieutenant columbo
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To: lieutenant columbo
Pettiness, thy name is the New York Times.
To: lieutenant columbo
IIRC th A4 Skyhawk was used as an agressor aircraft in the 80s at Top Gun. That would go a long way toward making it a fighter.
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:40:46 PM PDT
by
xkaydet65
(Freedom is purchased not with gold, but with steel.)
To: lieutenant columbo
“Attack” sounds much more theatening than “fighter”. Morons.
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:41:00 PM PDT
by
Doohickey
(Wingnut: A small, dense object that spins easily (See: Obama, Barack))
To: lieutenant columbo
Scooters were fun toys....
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:41:33 PM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: lieutenant columbo
At what point will the NYT correct their use of the word “newspaper” when they apply it to what it is they do?
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:41:39 PM PDT
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: lieutenant columbo
And nobommer wasn’t even in long pants yet.
To: lieutenant columbo
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:42:00 PM PDT
by
dbacks
(Should we really elect a man that would not be allowed to be an airport baggage screener?)
To: lieutenant columbo; Doohickey
I suppose the NYT could also make an argument that “assault weapon” would be an appropriate description for this aircraft.
To: TheWasteLand
I always thought that the correct term for any Navy flyer
was...”Aviator”
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:45:17 PM PDT
by
Ramzi Al Kaboom
("An opinion can be argued with...a conviction is best shot"..T. E. Lawrence)
To: xkaydet65
The IAF still flys them, dont they?
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:45:56 PM PDT
by
Yorlik803
(Running isnt a plan:Running is what you do when a plan fails.)
To: lieutenant columbo
Once again the NYT prompts me to say, “READ MY TAGLINE”. Do these people really think we can’t see through them?
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:46:07 PM PDT
by
CaptainAmiigaf
(NY Times: We print the news as it fits our views)
To: lieutenant columbo
To: TheWasteLand
To: xkaydet65
To: Jim Robinson; Jarhead2844; USMCWriter; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; ...
We can safely assume a correction on their coverage of the Haditha Marines is on the to-do list. We just don’t know what year.
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:48:41 PM PDT
by
freema
(MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
To: xkaydet65
Except that the A-4 doesn’t go supersonic and was nevere intended to be a fighter. But it is a great little jet. If I were ultra rich, I would get an A-4 as one of my toys.
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:48:41 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: lieutenant columbo
Funny coming from the MSM, which has always called all military aircraft “fighters”, all tracked vehicles or wheeled vehicles with be guns “tanks”, and all naval vessels “battle ships”.
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:49:05 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
To: Doohickey
"“Attack” sounds much more theatening than “fighter”. Morons."
that is the point. To libs "Attack" does sound threatening.
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posted on
08/12/2008 6:49:42 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: Doohickey
“Attack” sounds much more theatening than “fighter”. Morons.
Fighter pilots make movies. Attack pilots make history.
A great scene out of "Flight of the Intruder" (the book, not the movie) is where Callie's dad completely flips out when he discovers that Grafton flys A-6s ("bombers") and not fighters. Line is something like "but, but, but, you KILL people!!!".
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