I didn't agree with him on a lot of things, but he was a good man and could admit when he made a mistake. The world was a better place with him in it.

RIP Bush 41.

 

Hi,

Thanks for posting, i was just about to post something like that myself.

He was an honorable gentleman which is harder to find these days. I was proud to have voted for him back in the late 1980's and of course as everyone knows now, he won. RIP Mr Bush (and also Mrs Bush). Keeping one of your best quotes in my sig line as usual.

 

In the day, I had my differences with some of his approaches. In retrospect, he was one of the last of the good ones. You could disagree with a particular policy of his but still know that the republic was in good hands. He actually knew things, like how the world worked, and tempered his actions for the best outcome he could. It was about country, not himself, and he took a lot of heat doing it.

Personally, I'd trade a hundred of any present day politicians, regardless of party, even the ones I voted for, for one George HW Bush. Going to go the services Thurs. here in town if I can get in.
RIP

 

 

 

That fools' service animal.

 

George H W Bush was well liked in Mexico. I remember one day he came to Monterrey as an ex-president to participate in an event and give a speech at the public central plaza, and he was very surprised at the huge amount of people that came to see him and listen to what he had to say.

 

You may not have agreed with his politics but it was hard not to like him as a person.

 

I wonder what Christopher Hitchens would say about him today.

 

I wonder what Christopher Hitchens would say about him today.

You just made me look him up... quite a colorful, and contradictory, character...

 

 

Those pictures of his dog are moving. Nothing is more loyal. Stories abound.

 

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/04/na...cedented-21-aircraft-flyover-for-bush-funeral

The Navy will honor former naval aviator and 41st president George H.W. Bush on Thursday with a largest-ever 21-aircraft missing man formation as part of his funeral services in Texas.

Thirty F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets departed Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. today ahead of the Dec. 6 internment ceremony at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas.

A naval aviation official told USNI News that a missing man formation of this size is unprecedented and reflects Bush’s legacy as a naval aviator and ongoing relationship with the Navy’s carrier strike group community.

“Being selected to participate in this memorial is one of the highest honors a Naval Aviator can receive,” Rear Adm. Roy Kelley, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, said in a statement.
“In addition to being our president, he was also one of our brothers, flying combat missions off aircraft carriers during World War II. His service to our Navy and nation merits a tribute of this magnitude.”

 

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/04/na...cedented-21-aircraft-flyover-for-bush-funeral

Nice gesture but what on earth is this costing the tax payer?

 

Nice geasture but what on earth is this costing the tax payer?

Just the price of fuel mainly. Everybody is already on the payroll.

 

A couple of cartoons of former president George H. W. Bush and his wife, done in excellent taste.

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Just the price of fuel mainly. Everybody is already on the payroll.

Way more than the cost of fuel. There is maintenance, wear etc. From what I have read the FA-19\8 cost about $24K an hour to operate, Lets say they are only in the air a conservative 2 hours. That is 21*2*$24K or just a tad over $1M for a 2 hour flight.

 

Way more than the cost of fuel. There is maintenance, wear etc. From what I have read the FA-19\8 cost about $24K an hour to operate, Lets say they are only in the air a conservative 2 hours. That is 21*2*$24K or just a tad over $1M for a 2 hour flight.

What if those flights were to be counted as routine training, or practice, for the pilots? It's something that all military organizations have a separate budget for.

 

Way more than the cost of fuel. There is maintenance, wear etc. From what I have read the FA-19\8 cost about $24K an hour to operate, Lets say they are only in the air a conservative 2 hours. That is 21*2*$24K or just a tad over $1M for a 2 hour flight.

It's still mainly fuel over a normal training mission that the pilots need to stay in flight status anyway. He earned it for a lifetime of service.