And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My dad, a WW2 pilot always said, "If you can walk away, it was a good landing."
ReplyDeletePeruvian Air Force plane. The two pilots walked away with minor injuries.
Delete"And if you can use the airplane again, it was and excellent landing."
Deletenice trap!
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ReplyDeleteA SAC pilot would have put her down on the center line of the street......
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ReplyDeleteMy dad always said if you could walk away from it, it was a good landing.
The guy on the sidewalk with head lice never got what happened...
parallel parked it.
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