tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post6327366688291043372..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: Death Comes For the BloggerAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-56394966903525526522018-04-20T14:00:30.920-04:002018-04-20T14:00:30.920-04:00Sorry you have been sick, glad the reaper did not ...Sorry you have been sick, glad the reaper did not "get" you. I heard about a op-ed written by a woman whose point was to ask "why refer to her as a female pilot rather than merely a pilot? My first thought was "for the same reason once noted Chet Huntley, while covering a senate vote, refer to a southern Republican as the conservative from (pick a state) yet Ted Kennedy was the venerable senator from Massachusetts. And while I suppose one could make an argument that labels like first half black president or first woman to be a major party's nominee, of first female to pilot a commercial passenger jet in distress can be appropriate, more likely it is a continued desire to make women identify as women rather than as Americans, or simply peopleTennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-30779953900515554302018-04-19T22:44:13.229-04:002018-04-19T22:44:13.229-04:00So according to Pope Comey, Trump said that Putin ...So according to Pope Comey, Trump said that Putin told him that Russia "has some of the most beautiful hookers in the world."<br /><br />Harumph! Well, that may be true, but nobody beats the US for good quality midget trannies!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-25248819001150967212018-04-19T20:46:45.755-04:002018-04-19T20:46:45.755-04:00Critch, Exactly. Boeing makes these planes to fly...Critch, Exactly. Boeing makes these planes to fly with one engine left. No engines or one wing would be different.<br /><br />And don't get me wrong. I think she's an excellent pilot who showed tremendous composure and skill. But the uncontrolled, over-the-top praise diminishes the value of praise.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-85523764460833948682018-04-19T20:44:25.562-04:002018-04-19T20:44:25.562-04:00Bev, They're out to get me! The little people....Bev, They're out to get me! The little people... run for your lives! 8-/ Just kidding, but seriously, how do they produce these monster diseases? Forget the weapons labs, just go swab a middle school!<br /><br />I'm really sick of the first ___ to do what other people have already done. I also think it's highly destructive. It separates people. It destroys the sense that we are one people. It also diminishes the idea of achievement, and that's always bad.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-4606463174023945232018-04-19T18:36:33.619-04:002018-04-19T18:36:33.619-04:00Everyone on that plane was lucky, no doubt her tra...Everyone on that plane was lucky, no doubt her training paid off, however, she had one engine left,,something Captain Sully's plane didn't. It could have been a lot worse and no amount of training would have brought in a one-winged airplane.Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-85059142214663858312018-04-19T10:34:40.164-04:002018-04-19T10:34:40.164-04:00See Andrew, it hardly pays to go away for vacation...See Andrew, it hardly pays to go away for vacation at an exotic location. Because then your children try to kill you with their germs just to get back at you for...oh, they don't even need a reason! I hope you are feeling better though.<br /><br />Anyhoo, I get the heroine worship of this female pilot. Mostly we need SOME good-ish/positive news like instead of a 100 people dying in a horrible firey death; only 1 person died. And it is pretty unique that the pilot/former military is a woman! That is new. But most of all, no pets were murdered or lost in the process. Btw, did you know that this is the 1st crash for Southwest Airline ever? That's pretty newsworthy for over 40+ year history of an airline.<br /><br />But all that being said, I am getting really bored with the "1st [fill in the blank] to do something that they could have done years ago if they had just tried harder" things. Like this tweet from the Star Wars Episode 9 yesterday "Victoria Mahoney Joins 'Star Wars Episode 9' as First Black Female Second Unit Director". Seriously, was she hired because she knows what she's doing or that she fits neatly into several grievance groups? Enough!!!!BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-81466837052171851832018-04-19T01:08:44.431-04:002018-04-19T01:08:44.431-04:00tryanmax, I think what finally killed me today was...tryanmax, I think what finally killed me today was seeing the coverage on Fox News. I've avoided Fox for some time now, but I saw it today in a waiting room. They were dishing out hyperbole to an incredible degree about this story (and others). Never in the history of man has anyone done anything more heroic against greater odds and all without the benefit of a penis... which keeps you level in flight.<br /><br />Then they lamented a series of outrages which brought the Fox team to their knees as they squeezed out tears of lamentation to the Gods, followed by aborted suicide attempts. Then it was back to the glory of the penis-free landing.<br /><br />Somebody shoot me.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-67190989238697603992018-04-19T00:58:53.195-04:002018-04-19T00:58:53.195-04:00I’m willing to call landing a broke down plane her...I’m willing to call landing a broke down plane heroic. We call firefighters and police heroes for doing things that are much more central to their training. Certain professions have the opportunity for heroism built in. But I agree that the insinuation that her gender somehow makes it more heroic or is the reason it’s heroic cheapens the whole affair. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.com