Air Force Memorial Dedication Part II

A funny thing I heard during the President's speech --

President Bush: "Having flown an F-102, I know the exhilaration of flight; and as a son of an aviator who was shot down in combat, I am keenly aware of its dangers. I have spent a lot of time with the aviators, and one thing about them that has always struck me, aviators, by their nature, are optimistic people. It takes an optimist to climb into a steel tube, race to the sky at 1,500 miles an hour heading toward danger, and expect to return home safely."

An old man in the crowd standing next to us: "I think it takes a damned fool to do that."