WHEN PENGUINS FLEW AND WATER BURNED This is the true memoir of one US Air Force navigator’s journey from the schoolhouses of Air Training Command to the nuclear alerts of the Cold War to combat in a 35-year-old anachronism called the B-52. It is a first-hand account of life during the last days of Strategic Air Command, the early days of Air Combat Command and the ensuing military drawdown of the 1990s. From peacetime training exercises across the globe to combat operations in Desert Storm, Jim Clonts takes the reader inside the cockpit where life and death are seconds apart. Often comical, sometimes heart-pounding, other times tragic, WHEN PENGUINS FLEW AND WATER BURNED takes you into the world of military aviation, a crucible where warriors learn the true nature of character, conscience and mortality.

Friends of Liberty VOL 26
by Jim Clonts, 2009

09/30/2009

Many of you have responded on various subjects over the last few months and likewise many of you have remained silent, preferring to listen...which is a sign of wisdom in itself. This week, however, I'd like everyone who receives my "Friends of Liberty" emails to respond to the following poll questions. Of course your privacy will be protected. Only the raw data will be posted. Please take the time to respond to the following questions with yes or no.

Although I'm not getting "could not deliver" messages,there are several addresses from which I've received no replies of any kind. Some of these email addresses may be inactive...nobody home. If you'd like to keep receiving Friends of Liberty please respond.

If you would like to expound on your answers and share them, feel free. Free speech is what Friends of Liberty is all about.

Questions:

1. Do you believe Iran and North Korea's nuclear weapons programs can be negotiated out of existence?

2. Do you believe in redistribution of wealth to make America more fair?

3. Do you believe the Government would be the best manager of our healthcare system?

4. Do you support the concept of placing caps on fossil fuel usage(oil, natural gas, coal) in an effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and prevent global warming?

5. Do you think corporate bailouts are an appropriate use of the taxpayer's dollars?

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