[atlantaprog] "The pilot of Enola Gay, riding out on a shockwave on an August day..."

Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 bomber "Enola Gay" that dropped the atomic bomb 
on Hiroshima, has died at age 92.
   
   
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_re_us/obit_tibbets
   
   
  Just thought I would mention the Rush song "Manhattan Project" (Power Windows 
album) popped into my head shortly after reading the obituary online.  Being 
both a fan of Rush and a fan of (military) history as well, I thought that it 
was a poignant moment.
   
  Let's hope that good men like Tibbets will never have be called upon to 
perform such duties (i.e. deploy a nuclear weapon, a.k.a. "drop a nuke") ever 
again.
   
   
  Regards,
   
  Bill


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"The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet 
sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit 
are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be 
trusted." -- spoken by Lorenzo in 'The Merchant of Venice'; Act V, Scene 1, by 
William Shakespeare 
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Bill Kargel 

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