http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2958975Oh my.
It must not be the low-calorie primitive's night out with the "girls," bowling.
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 04:57 PM
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Executive jet crashes outside Wiley Post Airport.. irony, anyone?
Naming an airport after someone who died in a plane crash, seems a bit...odd
The skumbag primitive, the magnanimous non-benefactor of the 2006 Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate from Connecticut, the skumbag primitive who devised that really stupid "support the troops" "ribbon":
IanDB1 (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 04:59 PM
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2. This is why Ronald Reagan Airport loses so much luggage.
suston96 (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:02 PM
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4. I think there was somebody famous on the plane with Wiley Post.....Will Rogers?
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:03 PM
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5. Yes.. he died in that crash too
shain from kane (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:04 PM
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6. He has an airport named after him, too.
The primitives are being silly.
IanDB1 (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:04 PM
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7. Is Denver Airport named after Bob Denver?
suston96 (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:05 PM
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9. No, Denver is named after Denver Pyle - famous character actor - father of Gomer Pyle...
melody (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:07 PM
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11. Damn, my money was on John Denver
shain from kane (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:11 PM
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12. Well, it fits. John Denver did die in a plane crash. Did you know that they never found his head?
melody (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:15 PM
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16. I'm sure something found it
shain from kane (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:20 PM
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20. I just checked the reference, and it implied that the seagulls got there before the mortician.
melody (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:28 PM
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23. all the golden boys and girls must someday come to dust
We are all but food for worms ... and seagulls.
suston96 (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:12 PM
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13. John Denver? Respect for the departed. Denver Pyle got around...
spanone (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 06:11 PM
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33. gomer pyle was a television character played by jim nabors
Oh.
catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:25 PM
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22. Actually, at the time, Wiley Post (and other aviators) was (were) as famous...
It was a time when aviators were superstars....Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic in '27 and Earhart disappeared in '37....Post held several aviation records and his crash with Will Rogers in 1935 equalled in impact the "day the music died".
classof56 (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:05 PM
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8. Looks like there's also a Will Rogers World Airport in OK.
Seem to recall they died in the same air crash, if my memory serves. I could google to know for sure, but yes, it is ironic indeed.
Any word about those on board? I know someone who flies executive aircraft around the country, and always get a bit concerned when I hear these things.
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:19 PM
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19. They said no survivors.. it was a 10 passenger plane
some corporation lost some execs...sell sell sell
melody (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-04-08 05:41 PM
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24. That's horrible ... probably a lot of young people striving to make a living
Now, when I started copying-and-pasting this to post it, I hadn't heard the whole bonfire yet; I was copying-and-pasting as I read it, with no idea what was to come.
I kept expecting, as I went down, to bump into a Paul Wellstone or Ron Brown comment, but I got all the way to the end, and alas, no Paul Wellstone or Ron Brown comment.
The primitives are really being non-productive these days.
