Here are my observations and opinions from my select news of the day.
INDEPENDENT SUPPORT FOR TRUMP is higher than at any other point in his presidency, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. He received a 43 percent approval from political independents, nearly matching the 49 percent total voters rating. He has 93 percent Republican approval.
(Courtesy of Gary Varvel)
In a recent Monmouth University poll, approximately two thirds of its respondents believe that Trump will win reelection this year.
A Quinnipiac survey of registered voters Thursday reveals that Trump beats all of the Democrat contenders in the key state of Wisconsin by 7 and 11 percentage points.
A FARMER interviewed about Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s insult of farmers and farming, said the billionaire buffoon thinks food comes from supermarkets.
OBAMA TERRIFIED? – “Now that (Rod) Blagojevich is a free man, slighted by Obama but ingratiated by Trump, it could mean that he’ll be willing to talk more freely about Obama’s illegal actions in the Senate-seat-for-sale scandal,” wrote Matt Margolis in PJ Media.
Obama’s unwillingness to pardon Blago may still be stuck in Blago’s craw.
It was Blagojevich’s task, as Illinois governor, to appoint someone to fill Barack Obama’s senate seat after he was elected president. Obama confidant Valerie Jarrett was at the top of the list, but Blago wasn’t about to give it away … he wanted something in return.
Obama advisor David Axelrod accidentally revealed that Obama spoke with Blago about the senate seat, but later said that he had misspoke.
JIMMY STEWART, center, and his B-52 “Arc Light” crew. (USAF Photo)
A BELATED REMEMBRANCE – During my eight years of service with the Strategic Air Command, including a stint as a Wing Historian, I was familiar with its many milestone events, but I just learned of one that I was unaware that took place on February 20, 1966.
It was on that day that Brig. Gen. James M. “Jimmy” Stewart, as a member of the United States Air Force Reserve, flew the last combat mission of his military career; a 12-hour, 50-minute bombing mission – “Arc Light”- over Vietnam aboard a B-52 Stratofortress of the 736 Bomb Squadron of the 454th Bomb Wing. His aircraft was the number two aircraft in a 30-plane bomb strike force flying out of Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.
Stewart flew B-17 and B-24 bombers during World War II. As the group operations officer of the 453rd bomb Wing at RAF Old Buckenham, then Major Stewart assigned himself to fly the lead B-24 in the group’s missions against Germany. During his war service he received the Distinguished Flying Cross and France’s Croix de Guerre avec Palme.
ONE OF 30 “ARC LIGHT” B-52’s over Vietnam. (USAF photo)
Over the years, during his active duty assignments, Stewart remained current as a pilot of the B-36, B-47 and B-52. As an actor, Stewart starred in a number of aviation films, one of which was “Strategic Air Command.” Of course, he is also remembered for playing Charles Lindbergh in “The Spirit of St. Louis.”
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
