Comments on: Yes, I KNOW my son is “flying” this plane.

By: [V]ad[V]onk[V]ort

[V]ad[V]onk[V]ort — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:23:26 +0000

Too bad he didn’t serve as Vice-President honorably…Iran-Contra, anyone?

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:28:56 +0000

“He performed Guard duty as an F-102 pilot through April 1972, logging a total of 336 flight hours[1] and was promoted once during his service, to First Lieutenant.[2]”

Fail.

By: morecowbell

morecowbell — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:48:54 +0000

*yawn*

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:51:53 +0000

Sorry, that should have been WWII.. doh!

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:51:14 +0000

Wait a second, GHWB did a hell of a lot more than Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton put together before he became president. Not only is a veteran of WWI, but he served as both an Ambassador and Director of the CIA. You can bag on him for not doing much after he left office, but then I would say he deserves his retirement.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:39:16 +0000

I’m a skydiving instructor with 1400+ jumps, and I can guarantee that once you try, you’re instantly addicted.

Word!

By: wtf

wtf — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:23:16 +0000

… what would that have to do with crashing teh plane though?

By: wtf

wtf — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:21:43 +0000

Is that a synonym for “FAIL”?

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:35:57 +0000

It’s the whole “voluntarily jumping out of a perfectly servicable aeroplane for fun” bit I can’t get my head around. It means missing the second best bit of a flight (the best being the take-off).

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:15:18 +0000

Decelleration Trauma.

By: Hil has eyes

Hil has eyes — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:26:22 +0000

last I checked, three times. all three planes were named Barbara

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:17:18 +0000

You know, Deep Thought, I’m starting to like you. Just don’t try to blow up civilization and we’ll be fine.

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:11:27 +0000

Jimmy Carter leaves White House, spends his retirement spreading democracy.
GHWB leaves White House, spreads his parachute a couple times. *sigh*

Clinton leaves the White House, spreads legs…

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:17:59 +0000

*42*

By: viking gal

viking gal — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:10:09 +0000

I assume they tested him for osteoporosis first? Otherwise, stupidity in the maximum. But yes, cojones, bigtime.

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:08:36 +0000

Especially since so many people were worried that the Iraq war was gonna turn into Vietnam, which it didn’t. It became it’s own entirely different clusterf@ck altogether.

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:06:23 +0000

That whale was his soul brother, you know.

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:06:00 +0000

Suddenly your name makes a lot more sense to me. I can’t believe it took me this long to figure it out. *facepalm*

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:05:02 +0000

Yeah, to skydive at any age takes balls. To skydive at his age takes balls of steel. I don’t like this. I don’t like liking Bush Sr. Make it stop!

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:57:56 +0000

“I’ll tell you what the Pilgrims did bring: smallpox. It killed scores of Native Americans, ravaging their population.

And that was before we got around to shattering their spirit.”

WAH WAH WAHHHHHHHH

By: Anniee451

Anniee451 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:37:22 +0000

Seems to be the only phrase you know. Whatever.

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:22:13 +0000

ANNIEE SMASH!

By: Anniee451

Anniee451 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:18:35 +0000

Also, once the depression hits (and with government literally taking over the private sector by force, it’s gonna hit hard – unemployment is almost double-digit now, but there’s lots more fun to come in every sphere) be prepared not for the correct answer: a trillion in “stimulus” that didn’t go anywhere or do anything except hurt the economy and a multitrillion dollar budget and hostile takeover of the private sector leading to the inevitable depression, but instead for an unending chorus of “Bush did this! BUSH PUT US HERE! This is all BUSH’S DOING!” Because people are economic idiots and they don’t understand cause and effect even if it’s explained to them. Bush-bashing is only gearing up right now; once Obama really brings the country crashing and burning to the ground, the Bush-bashing will begin in earnest.

By: Anniee451

Anniee451 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Considering the number of people and press members who are still angry and butthurt over the 2000 election, I’d say we’re probably stuck with these flashbacks for a long time to come. Can’t make fun of the Teleprompter Jesus yet, so it’s either foreign leaders (who most people don’t know) or the last admin/election. Get used to it.

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:35:48 +0000

His dad, on the other hand, most definitely served honorably.

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:34:53 +0000

I think there’s considerable reason to doubt W flew any planes at all, actually, much less that he actually served in any guard unit.

During 2004 there was a $10,000 prize for anyone who could say they served with W in the guard, and no one could claim the prize.

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:27:16 +0000

If skydiving were safe, the parachute center would not require you to sign a waiver.

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:26:35 +0000

“When the people look like ants-PULL,
When the ants look like people-PRAY.”

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:25:30 +0000

DNA FTW!

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:24:12 +0000

That’s right, it isn’t the fall that will kill you. It’s the sudden stop at the end.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:23:49 +0000

….and the pot of geraniums just thought, “Oh, no…not again.”

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:23:41 +0000

I now know the color of fear. . . . It’s brown.

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:23:08 +0000

Out of 10,000 feet of fall, always remember that the last half inch hurts the most.

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:22:51 +0000

And wow! Hey! What’s this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like… ow… ound… round… ground! That’s it! That’s a good name – ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?

By: Captain Wow

Captain Wow — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:17:10 +0000

My marketing professor decided to go because his room mates were questioning the existence of his manhood because he hadn’t already done it. He’s a navy man and the marines were the ones conducting the jump.
The big ass drill sergeant literally kicked his ass out of the back of the plane and called him a navy p*ssy on their way down.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:16:08 +0000

“Those Who Forget History Are Doomed to Repeat It.” That is probably why you hear so much about war that happened a generation ago. As that particular time in our history is still fresh in the minds of a lot of people (most notably myself), it’s hard to just shelve it because ‘this’ generation wasn’t around when it happened.

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:52:03 +0000

Michelle = gorilla?

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:51:14 +0000

With the past two lols I’ve had bad election flashbacks. Was there really nothing else we could have discussed today besides Sarah Palin’s qualifications and Bush’s flight record?

By: Becca Stareyes

Becca Stareyes — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:40:52 +0000

I thought it was playing off the ‘W spent Vietnam flying a desk stateside’ meme.

(One perk of the ‘08 campaign was that, while we got the McCain-POW repetitions, Obama was too young to have served in Vietnam. After 2004, I was sick of listening to people talk about who did what during a war that happened a generation ago.)

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:15:50 +0000

Yeah, but the caption’s about his son flying the plane, so ….I don’t know.

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:13:49 +0000

Although, HW WAS shot-down in WWII {link}…

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:09:17 +0000

Pretty much what I pointed out above, although it’s certainly been a long time since he’s flown anything, there’s no evidence that he was a bad pilot. So, yawn….

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:07:31 +0000

I can make a mean paper-airplane…

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:02:39 +0000

True dat, Cap.

By: Killer9

Killer9 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:46:40 +0000

Bush is out of office, right? I have no use for the guy (never voted for him), but he flew F-33s and F-102s, and was in line to be an instructional pilot when he left the Guard. I’m sure everyone here can top that with their flight experience, yes?

By: mothergoose

mothergoose — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:46:13 +0000

I bungee jumped off of a 75-ft crane back in the early 90’s… had there not been PLENTY of adult beverages on hand, I’dve never gone through with it.

I do echo the “Complete Badassedness of HW”; however…

By: IndieTarheel

IndieTarheel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:43:15 +0000

I agree, CW. That has got to take some serious stones.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:38 +0000

I want to sky dive so bad!!! I’m afraid I’d chicken out at the last minute though, so I want the instructor to push my ass out the door

By: Meh

Meh — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:52:48 +0000

Wait, I hate Bush 43 like the next Yuppy, but the premise of the joke is just crap. It doesn’t even match the man’s character, its just a cheap swipe for the sake of a cheap swipe.

By: Czernobog

Czernobog — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:50:38 +0000

He’s actually jumping from the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier.