Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Inhofe Crash

The son of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe was killed in a weekend plane crash in northeast Oklahoma, the U.S. Secretary of Defense confirmed.

Dr. Perry Inhofe, a 52-year-old orthopedic surgeon, died when the small plane he was piloting crashed Sunday near Owasso, a Tulsa suburb. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said Monday that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel "was informed of Sen. Inhofe's son's death."
He was flying a Mu-2.

I don't know why the DoD is taking point on a civilian plane crash.

But beside that, might I suggest that the level of snark on this be dialed down to nil? As much as those of us on the progressive side of the spectrum might detest Sen. Inhofe and everything he stands for, the man did just lose his son.

Can we try to show a level of decency that was once common in this country?*
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* And which I fear that we cannot ever expect to see from the other side. But we can be better than that, and we should be.

4 comments:

bob said...

I was a delivery pilot for Mooney and Mitsi, The MU-2 in certain situations was a real handful. She is fast, but she is also has a real nasty side.

D. said...

Sympathy for the young man's family; may they find peace in his memory.

XR650L_Dave said...

In the department-of-odd-things-department, the MU-2 uses the same engine as the MQ-9 reaper.

XR650L_Dave said...

NTSB prelim is out.
Looks like failure to control after an engine failure.

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20131110X03324&key=1