But I grew up in the Intel community and spent a lot of time on SAC bases and I have a special affinity for B-52 Drivers and their Crews.
I remember those alarms going off and then hearing those engines spoil up as they raced down the runways. You felt it all the way to your bones. Nobody moved as the whole base and surrounding communities waited knowing if the engines did not throttle down and those planes took off that we were going to die. Knowing that those men aboard those planes knew their fates and the fates of the people they would leave on the ground was awe inspiring to me and I took deep offense to someone using that as a punch line.
People on the Texas board know that Joe is a friend but I'm not defending him as a friend, I am defending his service and what I believe Free Republic is all about. I understand full well that this is Jim's site and we are here as his guest, but I am a Freeper and that is something I wear with pride. I came to this place because of it's reputation of being the definition of what Conservatism is. Lately the bullying and the attacks on each other has hurt but I understand that this is an extraordinary election and we all have everything we believe this Country is riding on the outcome so I've ignored it, but I will not ignore attacks against someones service, that is too far from who and what we all claim to be.