And a whole bunch of Iraqi and Afghani civilians dead & tortured & raped because of Bush.

I read on Drudge that daddys boy Bush and draft dodging Cheney went to go see the vets this weekend. When will one of 'em get the cajones to pop 'em one for their stupidity!

I can't believe the Fabulous Moolah was 84.

Veterans Day, H/T to Wickipedia
My Dad, who died in April this year, flew the "hump" in WW2, as a navigator.

The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew from India to China to resupply the Flying Tigers and the Chinese Government of Chiang Kai-shek.

The pilots started flying The Hump in April 1942 when the Japanese blocked the Burma Road, and they continued to do so until 1945 when the Ledo Road opened. Between India, Burma, and China there began to operate an airlift of unimaginable scale. In the west, the Hump began in India from a series of airfields strung out along the Assam section of the north east Indian railways, and passed over the mountains of Yongnan and a series of spines to Sichuan Province. After the opening of the air route, it became for the Chinese a true "road of life." The quantity of cargo transported reached 7000 tons every month. According to the reckoning of the Chinese, from May 1942 to September 1945, a total of 650,000 tons were transported, of which Chinese pilots accounted for 75,000 tons (about 12%). Also, along the air bridge 33,The flights were accompanied by large losses from bad weather, failures of equipment, and the attacks of Japanese fighters. In all, 468 American and 46 Chinese crews perished, totaling over 1500 aviators. Monthly losses reached 50% of aircraft flying at the same time along the route400 people were transported in both directions. The summary reached 1.5 million flight.
The flights were accompanied by large losses from bad weather, failures of equipment, and the attacks of Japanese fighters. In all, 468 American and 46 Chinese crews perished, totaling over 1500 aviators. Monthly losses reached 50% of aircraft flying at the same time along the route.

Obviously, my Dad survived. I miss him.