Any old Oregonians remember Art Lacey's Bomber station?

My uncle took me there as a third-grader in the late 40's. For a fill-up, I got to climb up into the bomber and go all the way forward. The pilot's area was covered in pencil graffiti (not gang graffiti back then) and was a mess, but what a thrill for a small boy who recalled the years of World War 2. Even today, certain prop plane noises seem so familiar and take me back to those days. The Tunnel Dweller.

Shortly after WWII a guy named Art Lacey went to Kansas to buy a

surplus B-17. His idea was to fly it back to Oregon , jack it up in the air

and make a gas station out of it. He paid $15,000 for it. He asked which

one was his and they said take whichever you want because there were

miles of them. He didn't know how to fly a 4-engine airplane so he read

the manual while he taxied around by himself. They said he couldn't take

off alone so he put a mannequin in the co-pilot's seat and off he went.
Read the rest of the account here.

These pictures and more were sent to me by Rick Clyne, my former lead man at the Atlas launch site, Vandenberg, AFB, and a former helicopter rescue man/ door gunner from Vietnam.

More at RoadsideAmerica. Then here.  It is still around, but in a different form.   Badly in need of restoration,     Efforts to restore the old bomber.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ; all models:  12,700 planes produced, entered service 1939, B-17F specs: top speed 295 MPH, 17,600 lb. bombload, twelve .50 caliber machine guns

Photos of all US WW2 bombers.

Below: Gunner's positions in a B-17 Flying Fortress. The poor ball turret gunner had a bad time of  it if he couldn't get out and the plane had to make a belly landing.

Poem; The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

The Fantasy House of Barack Obama

Victor Davis Hanson  This excellent article ends with these words: 
"Remember that the grandees of the universities, the foundations, the arts, the unions, and the government employees are all heavily invested in Obama — the class warrior who assures those of the upper classes that class and racial resentment will be turned against others. Remember the powers of presidential incumbency. Remember that millions are still mesmerized by teleprompted eloquence. Remember that each month thousands more go on food stamps, receive disability insurance, obtain unemployment insurance extensions, and are excused from the federal income tax rolls — and are loyal to those who enable them and hostile to those who might not. Remember that to criticize Obama still almost immediately earns the charge of “racist.”

"It is not easy to overcome all that.

"This is an election of smiley fantasies versus a harsh wakeup call to prevent looming financial and overseas catastrophes in the next year or so. And fantasies, not reality, are what half the population may now live for. That Romney is close is a miracle; that he still can win is beyond a miracle. (Emphasis added)

Obama at the UN, standing up for America's principles just the way our Founders did

Obama Tells UN: “The Future Does Not Belong To Those Who Slander The Prophet Of Islam”… but I do give him credit for the other comments he makes in this video.

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Obama: Attacks on America an Assault on U.N. Ideals  

President Obama's remarks at the U.N. General Assembly

Obama Denounces “Crude And Disgusting” Mohammed Movie During Speech To U.N. General Assembly…  “I have made it clear that the United States government had nothing to do with this video, and I believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity."

Obama Condemns ‘Crude’ Video at UN, Tells World Body to Respect Free Speech  “We need real leadership from the president on these issues, and he’s not providing it. He’s absent or stalling from the situations in Iran and Syria, doing his best to downplay the threats to U.S interests across the Middle East,  hiding from our allies, and silent on the recently deteriorating situation in Afghanistan,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said this morning."

U.S. Imams Call for Restricting Free Speech;  ... And “love,” in his mind, meant that “they should put a law not to insult a spiritual leader.”
 Islamic understanding "is that the “straight path” is Islam, while the path of those who have earned Allah’s anger are the Jews, and those who have gone astray are the Christians. Thus al-Husainy was condemning Judaism and Christianity right under the bowed heads of the assembled Democrats." 

My Address To the United Nations on Behalf of Americans

Kira Davis  "Despots, traitors, authoritarians, totalitarians, thieves, war criminals, genocidal maniacs, dictators and the precious few rest of you who actually carry the mantel of freedom, welcome to the United States and New York City, where you’ll remember over 3000 of our innocent citizens between here and Washington DC were murdered 11 years ago as many of you danced in your elaborate golden palaces, many of which are lined with the tears and blood of your own people. We are so privileged to have you here. My fellow citizens and I find no small measure of entertainment in watching you eat and drink the bounty of our land and enjoy the privileges of comfortable luxury appointments, all of which are provided to you by the very freedom you pledge to murder wherever and wherever possible."

Here is the video, the poor quality of which she apologizes for. That is why she adds the transcript of her speech.

A Letterman writer once said Obama was too competent to make jokes about!

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The American Spectator; Heading for Disaster -- Without a Care in the World
"The smiling, self-assured Barack Obama who appeared on the Letterman show last Tuesday night plainly did not see anything to be alarmed about in what is happening in the Middle East, or anywhere else for that matter -- with the possible exception on the ongoing "war on women" (meaning the American version thereof, not the Muslim or Middle Eastern variant, which includes stoning, virtual enslavement, and other real-world atrocities)." Via Lucianne.

Reporters Press WH: Why Isn’t Obama Meeting With Foreign Leaders in NY?

Greg Buckley's Agony  "The 21 year old Buckley (Greg Jr.) was working out in a gym when the Afghan officer walked in with an AK-47 and discharged the weapon into the unarmed Marine's chest.  
"Earlier in the year, Buckley was told by a superior officer to apologize to the Afghan trainee after the pair had a dispute over the American presence in Afghanistan.....
.... "What's worse", says Buckley's father, Greg Sr. to Obama, "is that despite the senseless, agonizing loss of life and even more senseless Pentagon reaction to the murders, it's disheartening "when I see the laughter on your face on talk shows or at fundraisers, or even playing basketball on the streets of New York."

Andrew McCarthy; A Duplicitous Administration  "The Obama administration is the witness whose testimony a jury would discount out of hand. We trust jurors to decide important questions because they bring to the task the common sense of the community. After Libya, the sensible person says, “Never again.” The sensible person does not even see the point of asking Obama officials for information."

Not the media, though.

Our corrupt media

REPLACEMENT REFS CALL THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST  I made this cartoon as large as possible because Mike Ramirez' work must be studied closely for its subtleties, not merely glanced at.

"Over the years, I have gotten pretty philosophical about our corrupt news media. Obviously, they are trying to elect Barack Obama. Equally obviously, they have some impact on voters. Probably a lot of impact: I don’t think we can really imagine what a United States with neutral news media would look like. Still, popular distrust of reporters and editors is at an all-time high; appropriately so. If a majority of voters–not all, of course–can’t see through the media smoke screen to the reality of the past four years, they are dumber than I think they are."

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Speaking of Emmys and Oscars: The MRC@25: The Worst Media Bias of 2011  
"NewsBusters is showcasing the most egregious bias the Media Research Center has uncovered over the years — four quotes for each of the 25 years of the MRC, 100 quotes total — all leading up to our big 25th Anniversary Gala on Thursday evening."  (Videos)

Because twenty years from now, we’re going to look back on this time as a glorious idyll in American politics, with a confident, intelligent, fascinating president riding the surge of his prodigious talents from triumph to triumph....’I am large, I contain multitudes,’ Walt Whitman wrote, and Obama lives that lyrical prophecy....Barack Obama is developing into what Hegel called a ‘world-historical soul,’ an embodiment of the spirit of the times. He is what we hope we can be.”  — Esquire’s Stephen Marche, who tells us to bask in Obama's light. 

Boortz: Distrust of ObamaMedia at Record High   "This bias has become incredibly blatant because the ObamaMedia feels the need to defend itself, because it is largely responsible for the election of Barack Obama in 2008.  His failure is their failure, so they will do what they can to make sure that he does not fail in November.  
"This bias comes in many forms.  Here are just a few examples from the last few days …"

Heritage; FACT CHECK: Obama Misleads on Medicare, Taxes, and Regulations

Obama: “You can’t ask me to…ask seniors to pay more for their Medicare.”  Fact: Obamacare’s cuts to Medicare will raise Medicare costs for many seniors.

Obama: “I haven’t raised taxes.  I’ve cut taxes for middle class families by an average of $3,600 per typical family.”Fact: Obamacare will raise taxes on millions of Americans, including many below the poverty line.

Even MSM Beginning to Notice Obama’s Middle East Failures   "The press has been kind to the Obama administration during its travails in the Middle East, kinder than it might have been if the president were a Republican. That may finally be changing—and it only took a fiasco of epic proportions to do it. "
...".It is sufficient for us to note here that Iraq hasn’t turned out as well as the president’s campaign speeches would lead one to believe. Increasingly, even the liberal press is taking note." Via Lucianne.

How Ignorant are Obama Supporters?

Godfather Politics   "We know that Obama supporters are as ignorant about economic issues as the president. They don’t care about economics as long as their college education is being paid for by other people.

"In 2008, there was a large turnout of youth voters, most of whom were college students. To get into college, a certain amount of academic acumen is necessary. We’re talking about at least C+ students.

"Then there are blacks who turn a blind eye to Obama’s harmful social and economic policies because the president is black. Race trumps policy.

"The fine folks at Howard Stern’s operation went into Harlem and asked people who are supporting President Obama this time around some simple questions about Mitt Romney and the President. The results are depressing.

"It seems that our educational system and so-called black leadership have done a good job in keeping people ignorant. An ignorant populace is an easily led populace."

Trust me; there are plenty of nincompoops in other races. Last night we watched House Hunters International where a young American lady was searching in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. Her guide said of a bridge they were on, "This is the bridge where World War One began when the Archduke was assassinated here."
Her reply: "Oh, Cool", followed by silence.

Obama offers himself up as 'eye candy' on 'The View'

 

Madonna strips for Obama, offers profanity-laced endorsement    "....which involved the singer stripping down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body. 
“You all better vote for f---ing Obama okay,” she told the crowd at Washington's Verizon center.

Rioting, Murdering & Terrorizing People is Totally un-Islamic! But strikes fear into Democrats in Hollywood and government.

We the People  " In the video below, Pat Condell in his usual intelligently hysterically funny manner ground pounds the cult of death.

"He has had it, with Islam is sees no place for it on the planet.  With more people in his camp we just may check mate these inbred fools far sooner than anticipated."

Highly recommended reading:  

We The People quotes from the Gatestone Institute; How Much For A Piece Of The First Amendment?  "One of the hard lessons from the pre-school sandbox is that bullies thrive on weakness. Yet Obama hopes to escape this truth as his administration desperately pressures Youtube to ban the video, and spends $70,000 of taxpayers' money to run public service disclaimers in Urdu.".... 

"Patrick Henry did not say, "Give me liberty, or . . , ahh . . , uhm . . , I will apologize for even asking." Our examples, our founding leaders, spoke in clear and certain terms."

(Left) A photo from last Friday’s ‘Day of Love‘  in Pakistan.

… Now at least one fearful studio has asked an Islamic cleric to “vet” its script. Senior executives at another have entered into intense briefing sessions with Department of State officials to minimise(sic) or expunge any content that could be deemed offensive. …   More fear and dhimmitude  here.

Meanwhile, courageous Hollywood trashes Republicans   The movie, Game Change "was a partisan hatchet job, a broadly comic retelling of actual events that wasn't actually funny or factual. Why wouldn't far-left Hollywood toast it on the biggest night of the television year?"

YOO-HOO, ANTIQUE MEDIA: You figured out yet that everything the White House told you about Benghazi was a lie?

Doug Ross Journal   Stephen Hayes does the rundown, (Posted elsewhere in the Tunnel Wall today)  which can be summarized as follows:

• Ambassador Susan Rice lied on five Sunday talk shows last week, saying that the attack that killed Ambassador Stevens wasnot "premeditated or preplanned".

• Ambassador Susan Rice also lied about Stevens' security, stating that " two of the four Americans who were killed were there providing 
• White House Press Secretary Jay Carney lied that the attacks had nothing to do with the anniversary of 9/11.

• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied as well, indicating that an anti-Islamic film was the cause of the non-existent protests in Benghazi

• Hillary's State Department lied; first downplaying the possibility of 9/11 terror attacks and then scrubbing its website to remove its horrific mistake

• Clinton also lied to Senate Republicans, claiming they did not have details of the terror attacks when they were instead revealing those details to The New York Times

• President Barack Obama also lied, echoing the same falsehoods for days on end

The facts: There was no protest in Benghazi. There was only a planned, premeditated terror attack on the U.S. consulate. The attack was initiated on the anniversary of 9/11. And two heroic ex-Navy SEALs -- who were not part of Ambassador Stevens' security team -- jumped into the fray and died protecting him.

This is a scandal. And even Sixties media is going to have to cover it.

A Question for Leftist Jews: Why Do Munich’s Failures Trouble You More Than Benghazi’s?

PJ Media   Make the connection: Like West Germany did, Obama and Hillary Clinton risk your lives for their fantasies.
"Perhaps the cruelty of an attack during what is otherwise an earnest event is why it still aches, and so much deeper than similar horrors. But the 1972 Munich Olympics slaughter, the planned, political murder of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation, deserves mention as an apt parallel to the Benghazi embassy lynching. The two events were facilitated by the same incompetence unique to politically correct, Progressive motivations of this and last century, and intellectual honesty demands that the same derision you harbor for the West German organizers should be directed towards Barack Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy and national security failure."
...."Hilary(sic) Clinton called Bashar Assad a “reformer.” Admiral James Clapper said the Muslim Brotherhood was “secular.” The massacre at Fort Hood was recorded as “workplace violence.” A ruthless KGB-trained dictator was trusted with a “reset.”

"Candidate Obama wanted to chat with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with “no preconditions,” and Obama refused to side with the anti-Ahmadinejad protesters following a sham election. Obama and Clinton then put real reformers and moderates in danger by shepherding al-Qaeda operatives to power in Libya and the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt."

Release the Khalidi Tape Now

PJ Media  "This tape, known as the Khalidi Tape, records a going-away party held in Chicago in 2003. Here’s what I wrote back in April 2010:

Khalidi

Rashid Khalidi — a Palestinian-American historian known for his strong pro-Palestinian opinions — is currently the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia and director of that university’s Middle East Institute. After Khalidi received this Columbia appointment in 2003, a farewell dinner party was held in his honor in Chicago. A videotape was made of that party where many good things were said about the Palestinian cause and many bad things about Israel. Then Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama was in attendance, as were, some say, William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn.

That tape, as Leon DeWinter reminded us, was given at some point by an unknown person to Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times. Wallsten then reported on some of its contents in a brief LAT article of April 10, 2008 titled “Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Obama.”  ....

 Another Questionable Barack Obama Friendship

Andrew McCarthy wrote this back in 2008; The L.A. Times Suppresses Obama’s Khalidi Bash Tape    "Let’s try a thought experiment. Say John McCain attended a party at which known racists and terror mongers were in attendance. Say testimonials were given, including a glowing one by McCain for the benefit of the guest of honor … who happened to be a top apologist for terrorists. Say McCain not only gave a speech but stood by, in tacit approval and solidarity, while other racists and terror mongers gave speeches that reeked of hatred for an American ally and rationalizations of terror attacks."

From 2010; Obama's Pal, Rashid Khalidi and The "Peace Flotilla"   "President Obama's good friend, former PLO mouthpiece Rashid Khalidi, is back in the news. He has signed an appeal for funds to outfit another ship that, like the "peace flotilla," would try to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, the territory controlled by Hamas.
"The ship would be called — wait for it — The Audacity of Hope." 

Photo, left, from Sodahead's post: OBAMA PARTY CRASHERS LINKED TO ISRAEL-HATER RASHID KHALIDI

Today's look at our media; The Khalidi tape vs. the Romney tape

The Dumbest Anchormen  ..."What’s the difference between Chris Matthews and Ron Burgundy? Answer: One is a pompous, self-absorbed, often-in-error-but-never-in-doubt blowhard impervious to facts and logic. The other has a really bushy mustache."

...."The Post can’t even identify Obama by name as the politician deserving of the dreaded four scarlet “P”s. He’s merely the former Illinois senator who deserves to be called a liar about his support for infanticide — but we’re too sleepy to bother.

What makes media bias so infuriating is not its existence but the stubborn refusal of the guilty parties to admit it."

Debate moderators will spell the difference  " The Romney-Obama debates beginning October 3^rd will be moderated by what might be, probably will be, a "journalist" with an agenda.  It will be subtle and clever but the predetermined directional forces will be there."

Remember Brian Williams and his "how do you sleep at night?" question?

CBS Doesn't Air Obama Admitting Mistakes in Campaign Ads  "But curiously enough, the news magazine show did not air a clip of Obama admitting to interviewer Steve Kroft that some of his campaign ads contain mistakes and that some even "go overboard.""

Stephen Hayes; Permanent Spin  "On the one hand, as the final elements of the administration’s story began to unravel in the middle of last week, the New York Times did not find those facts fit to print. On Thursday morning, the same day White House spokesman Jay Carney would finally admit that the Benghazi assault was “a terrorist attack,” the Times did not publish a story about Libya." 

KHALIDI TAPE COVER UP: MEDIA 'SELECTIVELY EDITS' ITS ETHICAL STANDARDS

"In an article written by Peter Wallsten during the 2008 election titled, "Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Obama," we learned of the event, that there was video of the event, and that some of the night's speakers accused Israel of terrorism and compared Jewish settlers to terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.  

"There's also speculation Obama lavished praise on the terror-apologist Khalidi and that Bill Ayers was in attendance. You know, the domestic terrorist Obama says was "just a guy in the neighborhood."

"....And yet, the same media, that as I write this is replaying the illegally obtained and selectively edited '47 percent' video of Mitt Romney for the gajillionth time, refuses to release the full Khalidi tape or provide a full description of what the tape shows."  (Emphasis added)