Mooseman — I recall hearing about the oversight by that darling Deval Patrick… not inviting Ogonowski, but inviting Nikki Tsongas. Perhaps it was really because Ogonowski would have dropped him when he uttered his now infamous “9-11 represented a failure for humans to understand one another” pronouncement. What a tool…

D2Boston on October 9, 2007 at 12:52 AM

I won’t bet against you on that one. Even Tommy Taxes was upset over that one. It is sickening that the voters of this state elected a motivational speaker as Governor. No details on anything. I was NH and VT this weekend, and NH is looking better and better. Can we do a recall election on this tool?

way ot: what’s with the pron ads in the sidebar?

at malkins too, is PJM getting desperate for ads?

sunny on October 8, 2007 at 10:47 PM

You’ve probably been infected with adware (Zango most likely). It substitutes regular ads with racy ones.

I had the same problem the other day, I kept seeing Shakira’s (admittedly nice) bikinied bottom and some sweaty movie scene. I followed the instructions on this page and got rid of it. Hope this helps.

As for Tsongas and her ilk, the recent pattern of electing the brainless, talentless wives of former politicians, often to their deceased or jailed or impeached husband’s former position is a third-world sort of political move.

Welcome to the tin pot electorates of Missouri, New York, and Massachussetts.

The only footage of Flight 11 crashing is owned by the Naudet brothers. Maybe they wouldn’t sell it for a political ad?

SWLiP on October 8, 2007 at 10:19 PM

But they’d sell it to the Twoofers??

“stepped up to the bat?”

I think America is completely confused about our idioms. It’s stepped up to the plate, of course. At work I’ve heard:

“That’s the straw in the camel’s back”
“They expect us to jump through buildings”

and my favorite:

“That’s all a bridge under troubled waters”

tlynch001 on October 8, 2007 at 10:21 PM

“That’s dumber than a screen door on a battleship!”

“I bet that idea will go over like Led Zepplin.”

“He pulled a complete 360 on me!”

No where in your narrative or in the YouTube clip tells us of a party affiliation, Democrat or Republican. Some people, myself included, would like this information.

At least, Allah, please don’t be like the Associated Press.

The photo here shows flight 175. Er, why?

The only image of flight 11 hitting the first tower is at an oblique, low angle (I think from the French documentary on NYC firefighters which was being shot that day), so this image is more “understandable”, and was one shown live on 9/11, while the flight 11 footage didn’t appear until later.

“…he thinks the war was a mistake.”

What a daring and original thinker.

at malkins too, is PJM getting desperate for ads?

btw, o/t… but why has Michelle not been on the Factor lately, and in her place we’ve seen Monica Crowley? I like Crowley, but I’m just curious what happened to to “Monday’s with Kirsten and Michelle”?

RightWinged on October 8, 2007 at 9:48 PM

The curiousity is killing me, I gotta know too.

I think America is completely confused about our idioms. It’s stepped up to the plate, of course. At work I’ve heard:

“That’s the straw in the camel’s back”
“They expect us to jump through buildings”

and my favorite:

“That’s all a bridge under troubled waters”

American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center with 92 people on board.

CREW

John Ogonowski, 52, of Dracut, Massachusetts, was the pilot of Flight 11. He lived on a 150-acre farm north of Boston. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and three daughters, Laura, 16; Caroline, 14; and Mary, 11. A lifelong aviation buff, he joined the Air Force after graduating from college and flew planes at the close of the Vietnam War. He joined American Airlines in 1979.

First Officer Thomas McGuinness, 42, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was Flight 11’s co-pilot. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl, and a 14-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter. He was active in Bethany Church in Greenland, New Hampshire, friends and neighbors told The Boston Globe. Rick DeKoven, a church administrator, described him as “a devoted family man.”

I worked with Tom McGuinness’ wife for 10 years in S. Calif., in a field totally unrelated to her current activities. They’d moved back to Boston, their home state, the year before that fateful day. His throat was cut while he went out to help the attendants who were first attacked. Before AA he was a Navy pilot.

Our tool of a Governor didn’t invite Ogonowski for the 6th anniversary of 9-11, and he claims it was an “oversight” but Tsongas was invited. Hmmmm. The event was for family members of those lost on 9-11.

I’m stuck living in Tierney’s district and the foolish voters here didn’t elect a retired Navy pilot in November.