[Islander7]

"I pondered for a few days on how to get these airmen to D.C.," said Saulny, a Los Angeles-based opthamologist who works one day a week in Hattiesburg at McMahan's Southern Eye Center.

Saulny said he thought of McMahan because he knew he owned a jet.

"Within one minute, he said, 'Great, I'll do it,'" Saulny said of McMahan's response. "There was no hesitation in agreeing to do this."

[autumnraine]

I despise Obama.

But I think this is really kinda cool!

[Psycho_Bunny]

Good lord, I’m going to choke on my own vomit before the 21st.

[billorites]

Hmmm...

Flashy dressers.

[Carley]

The airmen were invited by O and then told to find their own way to D.C. and make their own arrangements to get around.

These are old men treated with total disrespect by the O team.

[Volunteer]

I admire the airmen, who served and returned to a nation that did not give them the rights they had just protected.

But I have to ask, will they only be staying for 1/2 the ceremony? I mean, 0 is half white.

[Arkinsaw]

The Tuskeegee airmen are awesome. If they want to go, transport should be provided. I would suggest using a tiny, tiny, portion of the TARP monopoly money to actually do something useful, like take these guys wherever they want to go.

[VOA]

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[SuziQ]

I KNEW I recognized Dr. McMahan’s name! I read about him in the USM Alumni magazine, “The Talon”, last year. He and his wife made a sizeable donation to the Dubard School for Language Disorders at USM. I remembered it, because one of our best friends is the Director of the School.

[Mike Darancette]

The Tuskegee airmen are true heroes and deserving of the trip.