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To: Sonny McWilliams who wrote (25100)	1/5/2000 6:38:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27012

He was much wilder in his Youth than Mr. Bush and somehow his plane crashed flaming into a Navy carrier not long before he was shot down over Hanoi. His plane didn't crash and the accident wasn't his fault: home.akos.net In 1967, McCain would have his first taste of Vietnam, as a pilot in an A-4 Skyhawk squadron aboard the USS. Forrestal, a carrier stationed in the South China Sea. On July 29th, 1967, disaster struck. McCain was sitting in his A-4 Skyhawk, waiting to fly another mission over North Vietnam as his escort aircraft, F-4 Phantoms, were being prepped for launch. Timberg describes the scene like this: "Across the way, an F-4 had just hooked up to an external power generator that would jump-start its engine. Unknown to the pilot, a small wire called a pigtail was attached to one of his Zuni rockets. For safety reasons, the pigtails, which carry the electrical charge that fire the rockets, were not supposed to be plugged in until just before launch. His engine started, the pilot pressed the button that switched his aircraft from external to internal power, a routine procedure. This time, though, the switch-over sent a bolt of stray voltage through the errant pigtail, igniting the Zuni." The rocket streaked across the flight deck and penetrated the exterior fuel tank of McCain's Skyhawk. Within seconds, McCain's aircraft was awash in fire, and flaming fuel began to pour out over the flight deck of the Forrestal. Amazingly, McCain managed to get out of his aircraft and escape the flames relatively unharmed. Unfortunately, several pilots and members of the flight crew were not as lucky. The fire spread to other aircraft, engulfing them and the ordnance carried under their wings. Timberg writes that "Bomb after bomb ignited, rocking the ship, tearing ragged holes in the three-and-a-half-inch thick reinforced steel flight deck. Burning fuel spilled through the openings onto the hangar deck below. The fire roared on, angry, vengeful, drowning out the cries for help, the shrieks of the pain, the final prayers." The disaster on the Forrestal cost the lives of 134 men, and did $72 million dollars worth of damage to the ship itself, in addition to the dozens of aircraft lost. For the US Navy, the Forrestal disaster remains the most damage and lives lost in any single incident since World War II.

To: Sonny McWilliams who wrote (25100)	1/6/2000 5:28:00 AM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27012

No, in the absenence of any more qulaified men, Bush is still number one on the list, in the both Camps, Democrats and Republicans! I have nothing to say agaisnt a Bush-Dole ticket, since Bush will run the show and Dole will stay home making tea for her man! gg I did three trades, IBM, Intc, and MSFT. You see, there are almsot 300 trading days, and I have figuered with 2 dollars margins even if I make one trade a day out of 30 daily limits, still I have made money. Last year I made on the average 8 trades per day. Now, I keep my own capital in long term portfoglio, invested in Bonds and stocks. I take a line of credit equal to 5o% of the protfolgio from the bank, and use that for daily trading. I have an areement that for the first 48 hours I don't pay passive interests. So when I sell and buy, in one day no interests are paid. On the average, year after year, out of 2 dollars margin I have neted 1.35 including the passive interests, and commissions. This is free from capital tax. Sonny, if you need some more info let me know by PM and I will be glad show they direction from Shaufhaussen, southward! ggg