{"id":9229,"date":"2026-04-04T03:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:56:34","slug":"the-challenger-disaster-and-what-needs-to-happen-warm-up-the-woodchippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/the-challenger-disaster-and-what-needs-to-happen-warm-up-the-woodchippers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenger Disaster and What NEEDS to Happen.  Warm Up The Woodchippers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Greetings and Salutations!<br>Looks like I&#8217;m under attack for &#8216;badthink&#8217; <br>It took me until NOW to get into the site.<br>Go figure.<br><br>Ok a busy day. First off, Comments.<br>1986<br>My Sophomore year in High School.<br>When the Challenger went UP and became scattered pieces-parts. The reason I&#8217;m so intimately aware of it was I was from New Hampshire. It was a <strong>really big deal<\/strong> that Christa McAuliffe was the &#8220;Teacher in Space&#8221;. To the point that for back then, there were TVs broadcasting the entirety of the launch from start to ignominious finish alllll over good ole Winnacunnet High School&#8230; (be me: Class of 1988, same as that lesbian thundercunt current People&#8217;s Socialist Republic of Taxachusetts &#8216;Governor&#8217; Maura Healy, but you won&#8217;t find THAT in her &#8216;of-fish-al&#8217; biography). &#8220;Fish&#8221; being the key part of that last bit&#8230; mean girl extraordinaire. I wouldn&#8217;t piss on her to put her out if she was writhing around on fire at my feet&#8230;<br><br>Anyways&#8230;<br><br>So it was like a holiday when Christa went up. Little known nor spoken of fact was her husband was a BIG contributor\/contractor in the FedGov, and the &#8216;fix&#8217; was in&#8230; I learned that from MomUnit who&#8217;d ALSO put in for it at the time as she too was a 6rth grade teacher from NH. We found out later that the fix was in, and essentially McAuliffe&#8217;s husband sent her to her death unknowingly&#8230; gotta sorta hate it for the guy airight?<br><br>So yeah&#8230; It was like a holiday in school&#8230; all classes wandering around, watching and such whatnot&#8230; all the way up until the grand Ka-Boomy-BOOM!<br><br>I look back now at MY reaction versus my classmates.<br>THEY reacted like the future NPCs and drones that they were.<br>Stunned.<br>Speechless.<br>Horrified.<br>All the &#8216;normal&#8217; reactions (in theory).<br><br>My reaction?<br>Hysterical Laughter.<br>Even back then, I had an <em>extreme<\/em> sense of absurdity. Meaning that to me? The entire concept was just <em><strong>perfect<\/strong><\/em> for such a disaster to unfold. <br>All the hype. <br>All the expectations. <br>All the <strong>hope.<\/strong> <br><br>Only to see it dashed on the &#8216;rocks of reality&#8217; if you will.<br><br>To be honest, maybe I was cracked&#8230; leastways when they hustled me off to the guidance counselors who tried to square peg me into a round hole&#8230; I couldn&#8217;t stop laughing though at the utter hilarity of the absurdity of the time&#8230;<br><br>I mean what the fuck did they expect?<br><br>They sent me home with a note to the parental units that I might need professional &#8216;trauma care&#8217;. <br><br>Pfffft&#8230; <br><br>I just saw reality through the gimlet eye that I&#8217;d developed due to the insincerity and callousness of the school when it came to the utter shitty treatment and bullying I had suffered under for OH so long.<br><br>NOW you care?<br>LMFAO!!!<br>Get bent you assholes.<br><br>So anyways, that&#8217;s MY personal &#8220;Challenger&#8221; story, as grim as it is&#8230; I DO feel bad for them poor fuckers who were on board&#8230; little known fact: the folks on the upper decks unfortunately <strong>lived<\/strong> thru the explosion. My Best Fren at the time, a southern dude named Dirk had a cousin who was a Coastie Rescue Swimmer&#8230; who happened to be one of the guys who was on call that day&#8230;<br><br>He visited about 6 months after the fact, and I got to meet him.<br><br>Haunted is a term&#8230;<br>This was 1986<br>PTSD wasn&#8217;t a &#8216;thing&#8217; then.<br><br>Seem he and another guy were the ones to dive on the cockpit section. There were two levels&#8230; the bottom? Everyone was smooshed to paste by the fuel tank detonating&#8230; pushed the floor of the orbitor into the roof, squishing everyone&#8230;<br><br>The top floor?<br>Well it seems that they lived&#8230; just long enough to die on impact at 200mph plus, or from drowning. Dirk&#8217;s cousin didn&#8217;t go into details. Poor bastard&#8217;s face told me all I needed to know&#8230;<br><br>Gruesome enough right?<br><br>So anyways<br>On to more interesting news.<br>So&#8230; we lost 3 F-15s in the first week of this shitshow due to a traitorous Iranian Sympathizing Major who shot down those 3 aforementioned aircraft. Now what I find <strong>fascinating<\/strong> is that the aircrew photos and videos show <strong>after<\/strong> the shoot down in the recovery phase?<br><br>No one was wearing US Flags.<br>In fact NONE of them had any identifying nationality.<br>EXCEPT<br>The uniforms themselves?<br>They were Israeli air crew uniforms.<br><br>Got me a hunch that the Kuwaiti Major decided it was <strong>one thing<\/strong> for the US to launch strikes on Iran out of Kuwait, but was ANOTHER entirely different kettle of gevelt fish to allow Izzies to fly out of Kuwait&#8230;.<br><br>Then today?<br>We lost an F-15, one crewmember recovered<br>We also lost an A-10&#8230; how the fuck <strong>that happened<\/strong> is a mindscrambler as an A-10? I mean Jesus Christo!!! Those things are unkillable. I mean on April 7, 2003, Capt. Kim &#8220;Killer Chick&#8221; (great callsign BTW!!!) Campbell took a direct hit from an Iraqi ADA missile&#8230; She landed the A-10 after what should have been a catastrophic incident:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camp-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camp-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camp-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camp-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camp-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camp-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camp.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bitch got bigger balls than most.<br>She went to &#8216;manual&#8217; on the plane to bring it home, because her Hydraulics were blown the fuck out.  She literally <strong>muscled<\/strong> that pig back to base, and landed.  The damage got totaled after: &#8220;After landing, ground crews discovered that her A-10 had sustained damage to one engine and to the redundant hydraulic systems, disabling the flight controls, landing gear and brakes, and horizontal stabilizer. A detailed inspection revealed hundreds of holes from extensive&nbsp;flak&nbsp;damage to the airframe, and that large sections of the stabilizer and hydraulic controls were missing.&#8221;<br><br>&lt;Slow Golf Clap&gt;<br>Good on ya Killer Chick!!!<br>We need more like her.<br><br>So it seems we lost an A-10. <br>Like I said and evidenced, those things are like flying &#8220;Tonka Trucks&#8221; if you will like all us Gen X kids had&#8230;<br><br>In-deeeee-structable.<br><br>Currently, there&#8217;s no word on the pilot dammit&#8230;<br><br>Then, there&#8217;s footage out there of what&#8217;s <strong>obviously<\/strong> a Blackhawk in -some- configuration <strong>falling from the sky on fire somewhere in Iraq.<\/strong>  No so good&#8230;  If that was a recovery bird, it had a crew of 5 plus depending on mission&#8230; meaning it <em>probably had<\/em> a Pilot, Copilot, Crew Chief, Door Gunner and Medic\/Air Rescue Recovery\/Pararescue dude&#8230;  Possibly 5+ KIA &#8216;cos a Blackhawk on fire, falling from the sky?<br><br>It used to be my worst nightmare to get hit, at height on a &#8220;Crash-Hawk&#8221;  There ain&#8217;t no walking away from that sort of shit&#8230; <br><br>So prayers for them<br>As our DotGov keeps up the Krainian Kasualty Koverup Kounting&#8230;.  <br><br>Which by the way THAT right there?<br><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MAJOR RANT INBOUND:<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Failing to acknowledge our dead and wounded in a proper time and place, and cover it up due to blatant politics, renders ANY AND ALL COVENANTS WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED GOVERNMENT (I.E. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE &#8220;UNITED STATES&#8221;) NULL AND VOID FROM HERE ON OUT.<br><br>WE REJECT YOU AS IS OUR RIGHT.<br><br>PER OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENT(S), THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;When a government becomes destructive to the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, people have&nbsp;the right to alter or abolish it and institute a new government. This includes the right to resist tyranny, revolution, and self-defense.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Well guess what fuckers<br>As a retired Infantryman, all I can say id IF the numbers come out (as I suspect they will)  Then well&#8230; it&#8217;s time for this place to close it&#8217;s door, &#8216;cos it&#8217;s time to go <strong>hunting.<\/strong><br><br><strong>I will not accept some bureaucratic bullshit diplo-dip-dunk <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BULLSHIT<\/span> to cover up the sacrifices our warriors have made. <\/strong><br><br><strong>Our Oath of Service to this country, as fucked up and shitty as it is right now, is still maintained DESPITE the career communist profiteering pieces of shit who &#8220;supposedly&#8221; &#8216;represent&#8217; us.<br><br>The only thing they represent is their own feces flaked corrupted asses.  We&#8217;re FAR BEYOND THE TIME OF THE GUILLOTINE!!!  <br><br>IF IN FACT IT COMES OUT THAT THEY <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ARE<\/span> IN FACT COVERING UP THE DEATHS OF OUR NOBLE WARRIORS, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I SAY IT&#8217;S TIME TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Let them sweat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Fuck. Them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Let <strong>THEM<\/strong> fear <strong>US<\/strong> for the first time in their <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bloated, disgusting jew-worshipping dual citizen mammon worshipping lives<\/span><\/strong>.<br><strong><br>This isn&#8217;t about Democrats or Republicans&#8230; this is about two sides of the<\/strong> <strong>same fucking coin.<\/strong>  <strong>This is about the &#8220;Epstein Elite&#8221;&#8230; the fucking baby-eaters and rapists that have openly admitted to being as such in the emails and Epstein documentation, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YET NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED NOR FED INTO A WOODCHIPPER YET!!!<\/span><\/strong><br><br>It&#8217;s far past time to put the fucking &#8216;skeer&#8217; into them as the much mis-maligned Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest said&#8230;<br><br><strong>Scare them Retarded.<\/strong><br><br>I&#8217;m so fucking pissed off right now, I can&#8217;t even think.<br>Let them &#8216;come at me&#8217;<br>Let them <strong>understand<\/strong> that &#8220;<strong>WE THE PEOPLE<\/strong>&#8221; are <strong>DONE<\/strong> with their bullshit, and that treason has a price that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will be paid<\/span><\/strong>.<br>Make of it what you will<br><br>So More Later<br>Big &#8220;Pissed Off&#8221; Country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1864771561542651904.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1864771561542651904.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1864771561542651904-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1864771561542651904-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1864771561542651904-768x762.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations!Looks like I&#8217;m under attack for &#8216;badthink&#8217; It took me until NOW to get into the site.Go figure. Ok a busy day. First off, Comments.1986My Sophomore year in High School.When the Challenger went UP and became scattered pieces-parts. The reason I&#8217;m so intimately aware of it was I was from New Hampshire. It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/the-challenger-disaster-and-what-needs-to-happen-warm-up-the-woodchippers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Challenger Disaster and What NEEDS to Happen.  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