Reply With QuoteI say for a first let the Blues drop bombs during their show! Friggin pickle puffers!
Fawk them. Gay butt sex has killed thousandsfrom their fair city, but the Blues are dangerous:devil: ???
San Francisco Lawmaker Wants Blue Angels Grounded During Fleet Week
Tue, 12 Jun '07
Critics Include Anti-War Groups Who Cite Safety, Pro-Military Message
What would San Francisco's annual Fleet Week be, without a performance by the US Navy Blue Angels aerial demonostration team? A city official wants to find out.
The San Francisco Examiner reports Supervisor Chris Daly, with help from such groups as CodePink, Global Exchange and Veterans For Peace, is pushing for a Board of Supervisors resolution to ground the annual performance, calling it "dangerous and unnecessary."
Perhaps not surprisingly, critics of the performances point to the April crash of a Blue Angels performer at an air show in Beaufort, SC as "proof" the shows are dangerous. Paul Cox, a Vietnam veteran and member of Veterans for Peace, says the slightest miscalculation or mechanical problem could cause a plane to "go barreling into the Golden Gate Bridge or a high-rise and cause a significant amount of damage."
Cox, along with other members of the group, is also opposed to the pro-military theme of the show, and the fact the Blue Angels are a recruiting tool for the Navy. He also says the performances cause "noise pollution."
CodePink, a women-for-peace group, has started an online petition calling for city leaders to end the flyovers, citing concerns with public safety, pollution and fuel usage. The Examiner reports as of last week, about 500 people had signed the petition.
Despite those points and protests, the Blue Angels performances are a popular draw at Fleet Week and the 34 other locations the Blues have scheduled throughout the US this year alone. In 2006, more than 15 million spectators watched the team perform, including well over one million in the Bay Area alone.
Edward Leonard, chairman of the San Francisco Fleet Week Committee, notes in 2004 -- when the Blue Angels did not make an appearance -- attendance to the weeklong Fleet Week event dropped by more than 50 percent.
"We think it's safe," said Leonard, on questions about the safety of the Blue Angels performances. Leonard notes the Blues must receive approval from the FAA prior to each performance, and the more complex maneuvers are conducted over Bay waters.
Plus, he adds, "commercial airlines fly over the city all the time."
Daly's resolution calling for an end to Blue Angels performances over The City By The Bay may be introduced this week. The non-binding document wouldn't carry any legal weight, but it would present the Board's view on the issue -- and "We can then take the next steps we have to legally stop them," Daly told the Examiner.
I say for a first let the Blues drop bombs during their show! Friggin pickle puffers!
And butt slamming your buddy at the bus stop is ok.....
I personally think the US Navy should pull the entire fleet week in SF. Plenty of other cities would line up for the chance.
Darrell.
I remember a couple years ago when the navy was looking for a home for the last Iowa class battleship, these same council pukes told them no. "War stuff is so, I don't know...yucky"
I personally think the US Navy should pull the entire fleet week in SF. Plenty of other cities would line up for the chance.
Darrell.
Good call... the last thing they nead From S.F is more seamen... :devil:
Since when does being gay mean you can't be patriotic. What a bunch of idots.
Since when does being gay mean you can't be patriotic. What a bunch of idots.
I resent being associated with The Illinois Department of Transportation Services.
That's a riot. Pollution and fuel usage?
On a related note, we used to have lots of military presence such as soldiers, fighter planes, etc. at football games and other events in the 1950s.
It dwindled in the 70s and 80s, now it appears to be making a resurgence, glorifying the military. Good or bad?
Perhaps the US should pull all Military, Coast Guard included, Homeland Security and FBI presense in SF and grant SF the independent soverenty the city government obviously desires.
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