Comments on: The unforgiving minute http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MaxDamage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-92900 MaxDamage Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:28:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/#comment-92900 Funny, isn't it, how Hollywood made a movie about getting shot down in Bosnia, but won't lift a finger to OK a movie about this. You know, I hear tell they used to make movies where there were bad guys, heroes, and such like that. I also hear tell about the days when newspapers reported facts and television had actual journalists on the news desk. But then, those old folks, they sure can spin a yarn... - Max Funny, isn’t it, how Hollywood made a movie about getting shot down in Bosnia, but won’t lift a finger to OK a movie about this. You know, I hear tell they used to make movies where there were bad guys, heroes, and such like that.

I also hear tell about the days when newspapers reported facts and television had actual journalists on the news desk.

But then, those old folks, they sure can spin a yarn…

– Max

]]> By: HomefrontSix http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-410546 HomefrontSix Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:14:32 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/#comment-410546 <strong>Perception...</strong> ... Perception…

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]]> By: Chapomatic » I’m Up To My Neck In What? And I’m Flying Strapped How? http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-92772 Chapomatic » I’m Up To My Neck In What? And I’m Flying Strapped How? Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:51:19 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/#comment-92772 [...] Lex has the story, while the Dawn Patrol has some impressive video: Apache pilots escaping and evading and being rescued with some courageous derring-do. [...] [...] Lex has the story, while the Dawn Patrol has some impressive video: Apache pilots escaping and evading and being rescued with some courageous derring-do. [...]

]]> By: Marianne Matthews http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-92768 Marianne Matthews Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:36:21 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/#comment-92768 STEVEC ... about that 'failure to communicate' you mention in your post above. As an "old bold" journalist myself I have become increasingly disgusted with the supposedly hard news stories presented to us by most of the MSM in the world news sections of our daily newspapers. Where did these supposedly 'trained journalists' come from? No journalists trained by my college [Columbia University, 1951] would ever have gotten a passing grade from a professor if they didn't give the classic Who-What-Where-When-Why in the first para of a hard news story. Now they're so busy spinning the facts, that most of the facts never do turn up until the run-over. Which is why so many of us have cancelled our subscriptions. Marianne Matthews STEVEC … about that ‘failure to communicate’ you mention in your post above. As an “old bold” journalist myself I have become increasingly disgusted with the supposedly hard news stories presented to us by most of the MSM in the world news sections of our daily newspapers. Where did these supposedly ‘trained journalists’ come from? No journalists trained by my college [Columbia University, 1951] would ever have gotten a passing grade from a professor if they didn’t give the classic Who-What-Where-When-Why in the first para of a hard news story. Now they’re so busy spinning the facts, that most of the facts never do turn up until the run-over. Which is why so many of us have cancelled our subscriptions.
Marianne Matthews

]]> By: STEVEC http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-92760 STEVEC Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:59:48 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/#comment-92760 I particularly like the part about the bad guys getting greased when they went to inspect the damaged chopper and it was destroyed by 2 500# bombs. Brings to mind a question: How come we don't get to hear about the numbers of baddies that assume room temperature very often? For me at least, this lacking detail makes it seem that our guys are the only ones paying a price. I particularly like the part about the bad guys getting greased when they went to inspect the damaged chopper and it was destroyed by 2 500# bombs. Brings to mind a question: How come we don’t get to hear about the numbers of baddies that assume room temperature very often? For me at least, this lacking detail makes it seem that our guys are the only ones paying a price.

]]> By: SeniorD http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-410547 SeniorD Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:02:03 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/05/the-unforgiving-minute/#comment-410547 Cap'n, Strapping one's self onto the skids of an attack copter and flying at 120 mph sounds almost as scary as waiting in that ditch. Yikes! Cap’n,

Strapping one’s self onto the skids of an attack copter and flying at 120 mph sounds almost as scary as waiting in that ditch.

Yikes!

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