THE PROBLEM WITH AUTOPILOTS
In both cases the diagnosis for the tragedy could be summarized this way:
The crew was still in there seat when they became unconscious and froze to death in the unpressurized cabin while the plane's autopilot continued to climb after takeoff.
Nice programming eh??? Now lets see how this works within the processing of John McCain's brain so we can peek into what he would be like as a President.
On Oct. 26, McCain would fly his 23rd run over North Vietnam, joining a 20-plane mission to bomb a power plant in the capital city of Hanoi, which had been off-limits to U.S. attacks.
An officer warned McCain to be careful, that some of the pilots might not return.
"Don't worry about me," McCain said.
Hanoi was well-defended against air attacks. As McCain approached his target, Russian-made surface-to-air missiles the size of telephone poles filled the sky. Suddenly, his instrument panel lit up. A missile had locked on to his plane.
McCain dropped his bombs and began to pull up. Then, a missile sheared off his right wing, sending his plane spinning toward earth, out of control.
"I pulled the ejection handle and was knocked unconscious by the force of the ejection - the air speed was about 500 knots," McCain would write in 1973 for U.S. News & World Report. "I didn't realize it at the moment, but I had broken my right leg around the knee, my right arm in three places, and my left arm. I regained consciousness just before I landed by parachute in a lake right in the center of Hanoi, one they called the Western Lake. My helmet and my oxygen mask had been blown off."
Here we see that John McCain's arrogance froze his brain just as solid as any fudgesicle. Confident and determined he dropped his bombs before engaging in evasive maneuvers possibly costing him partial use of his limbs and yet another military aircraft. The story above is at odds with this CIA transcript:
Did you never think of the possibility of being captured?
"No, I was traveling at a high altitude. I felt completely safe in the plane…I am considered one of the best pilots..."
The arrogance in his little fifth from the bottom of his class fudgesicle brain is the same in both accounts. John convinced himself he was justified in his action and was determined to carry out his dubious plan. He was on autopilot so to speak.
Is he on autopilot now? Let's check the settings:
GWB vote alignment: 95% efficiency.
Women's right protections: Disengaged
Torture setting: Flip
Regressive Taxation: Flopped
Lobbyist tether: Solid
Conclusion: John McCain is on autopilot, the crew is frozen and his campaign is flying cross country unaware of incoming threats. Wall Street is collapsing but all he can think of dropping bombs.
WASHINGTON — - A Republican revolt stalled urgent efforts Thursday to lash together a national economic rescue plan, marking a chaotic turnaround on a day that had seemed headed for a success that President Bush, both political parties and their presidential nominees could celebrate at an extraordinary White House meeting.
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Late Thursday, McCain's campaign issued a statement saying, "The plan that has been put forth by the administration does not enjoy the confidence of the American people as it will not protect the taxpayers and will sacrifice Main Street in favor of Wall Street."
Senate Democrats and Republicans as well as House Democrats back the current plan. House Republicans are reluctant to own their failure and are pushing a plan that Hank Paulson said would not work. Neither Payne Stewart nor Greece Flt 522 ended their doomed flights over a populated area. Where will John McCain's plane crash next?
