A long overdue reckoning

[Lois]

You think liberals and intellectuals don't know what the tail of a plane is?  No doubt you also think they don't know the difference between starboard and port. You do know what an intellectual is, don't you?

And I was not aware that sports hate anything.

[MissBarbara]

Redtails is the nickname for the 322nd Fighter Squadron of the US Army Air Force during WWII.So named because they painted their tails red. (That is the back part of the plane for you liberal intellectual types) They were the first Black military pilots for the US. They fought with distinction. Were highly successful. I am white but please don't associate those brave fighting men with a sport that hates this country.

Papa Gulf

322nd Fighter Squadron

This ‘liberal intellectual type’ knew all that as I expect most who post frequently here did too.  But we probably didn’t know the NFL hates the their country?

Your condescension is very unbecoming.

P.S. This "liberal intellectual" knows that the Red Tails were not members of "the 322nd Fighter Squadron." They were the 332d Fighter Group.

[Shiela_M]

Redtails is the nickname for the 322nd Fighter Squadron of the US Army Air Force during WWII.So named because they painted their tails red. (That is the back part of the plane for you liberal intellectual types) They were the first Black military pilots for the US. They fought with distinction. Were highly successful. I am white but please don't associate those brave fighting men with a sport that hates this country.

Papa Gulf

322nd Fighter Squadron

This ‘liberal intellectual type’ knew all that as I expect most who post frequently here did too.  But we probably didn’t know the NFL hates the their country?

Your condescension is very unbecoming.

P.S. This "liberal intellectual" knows that the Red Tails were not members of "the 322nd Fighter Squadron." They were the 332d Fighter Group.

[Jed_]

Nice Miss B.

I expect to hear quite a lot over the next few months about who hates the U.S.A., and none of it will be rational.

[staci]

where is Athos when we need bim?

[Jed_]

“There were a whole group of pregnant moms standing out there linking arms and they got gassed. You hear people like [President] Trump say it’s just a bunch of wacko fringe people in liberal cities who are out there, but no way. We’re all just normal people who think what’s happening is wrong.”
-Chris David

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/20/christopher-david-portland-protest-video/%3foutputType=amp



I’m guessing most have seen this, the guy in the Navy sweatshirt standing like a redwood tree (analogy stolen) while getting whacked with batons and pepper sprayed in the face by Trump’s jackbooted thugs sent deliberately to a ‘liberal’ city to cause trouble.  I saw this a couple days ago, then last night I read the name Christopher David, Chris David.  And my mind clicked, because I knew a Chris David in the early 90s.  Then I remembered Chris was in the Navy, a Lieutenant at the time I knew him.  He was also a Navy Academy grad and an engineer for the Navy stationed near Baltimore, so everything seemed to fit.  I still thought maybe it’s a coincidence, so I looked at more articles and found his pics as a Naval Academy grad and how he looks now.  Yep, it’s my friend.

Thinking about him, it doesn’t surprise me in the least he watched the Feds on TV in his home of Portland and felt he had to go there and ask these guys about their oath to the the Constitution, and that oath is not to one person, but to the country.  It sounds like the Chris I knew.  He was an all around good guy and a gentle giant.  We played many games of pool together and hung out.  The Navy transferred him and he had to leave town, so we threw a party for him, one he showed up late to because he had a girl with him. Apparently, they had been busy before they came (or came before they showed up).  I saw him once more about a year later when he showed up in town.  I was low on money, so he handed me a $20 that I never got a chance to pay back.  It was the last time I saw him until he became a viral meme.

Here’s to you Chris!  Take care of that hand.

[Gunnerman19]

From what I’ve seen and read, your friend went looking for trouble and found it. Crazy how that happens

[Papa Gulf]

Yes. 332nd. I miss typed. Starboard is the side with the green light and port is the side with the red light.
Papa Gulf.

[Lois]

Yes. 332nd. I miss typed. Starboard is the side with the green light and port is the side with the red light.
Papa Gulf.

LOL!  That's funny!  You got a Woo.

[MissBarbara]

Yes. 332nd. I miss typed. Starboard is the side with the green light and port is the side with the red light.
Papa Gulf.

LOL!  That's funny!  You got a Woo.

I agree.

Especially because I don't see lights on either side of their planes:

[Papa Gulf]

Navigation lights on the wing tips. With a white light on the tail. Nice picture though but I don't think they flew B/C models though. This is one that has been restored. They aren't always true to history when painting them. But is is a nice tribute. Tuskegee Airman is an excellent movie. Much better than the more recent one.
Papa Gulf