Quick, Erica, offer them internships! Secure your legacy!

Bygones.

Looking forward to the Fake Fur exhibit at the soon-to-be-torn-down ST station on Capitol Hill.

I find myself strangely neutral on the Blue Angels this year. Maybe I'm just so tired of the inevitable griping and infighting that results everytime they take flight that I just don't want to care because taking either side will lead nowhere.

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#7- spot on

#9- fuckin funny

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... oh yea... and no Free Mumia sign = I ignore you.

I'm sure there are a lot of people here who wish they were.

kids say the darndest things.

Lovely.

@27, that's not really the case - the Blue Angels fly over lots of neighborhoods (and quite low!), and do maneuvers that bring their wingtips within 2 feet of each other at close to 600 MPH. That's a whole different kettle of fish than a jetliner on a slow steady path toward SeaTac or Boeing Field (though there is certainly some level of risk in that, as well - just orders of magnitude less).

I like watching the Blue Angels, though, and would prefer they not die while flying over Seattle.

And to get back on topic, that's some nice parenting, there. Even if the sign was the kids' idea, mom really ought to let them know that wishing death on people is not appropriate behavior.

Anyway, I'd have to say from the hand-eye coordination evident in these photos that these children are between 4 and 8. If you let your 8 year old walk the streets holding these signs, you are an asshole, and you should be widely blogged.

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Is it time to register usernames yet?

But, isn't that exactly what an F-18 is designed for?

Nice way to make a point on user registration, halfwit.

And no, I don't support user registration, even for loathsome racist morons like you.

Ziggity @9 made me spit out pork chop laughing.

And those little brats with the sign would sing a different tune if they saw those pilots naked in the locker room at Washington Athletic Club. Holy. Fucking. Shit. My ass started to gulp air when I saw that...

That said, as I type this, the next office over has a small kid brought in by his scientist mom to watch the awesome view of the Blue Angels from our windows ... and he's thinking he hears them when there's nothing to hear yet ...

But, isn't that [wish death upon people they don't like, @5] exactly what an F-18 is designed for?

Seen it. I agree. 100%.
(It seems we go to the same gym...)

Maybe they'll serve instead of swerve ... nah.

personally i love it when the show hits us each year. awesome flying.

Are you attempting to imply the people who designed and built the F-18 DIDN'T understand it's intended use?

Now, THAT would indeed be pretty "shallow and unthinking" on their part.

Maybe you meant it in jest and I overreacted.  I admit I'm jaded enough by the shrillest gripers that it's hard to tell.

*(The quote is referenced by COMTE @52 but originated with Bud Dickman @5.)

a) Freedom isn't free

b) That's the sound of freedom

c) U-S-A! U-S-A!

d) This is our country.

Come on people, it's like you're not even *practicing* for the Olympics!

http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/off_15.htm

Or, perhaps, Lt. Commander Lambert?

http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/off_13.htm

Sorry, momentarily distracted, didn't mean to interrupt the debate, carry on...

;-)

I don't want them to die. I want them to go away. It's a waste--of everything. The inconvenience factor is also a waste. The pet trauma factor is sad.

So--kids, wishing death is bad. Find an awesome kid way to make your point that doesn't undermine it.

Not that they aren't super duper expensive killing machines or anything, but I do think the F-18 was actually conceived way back when the Soviets were still our nominal threat (albeit at a time when the U.S.A and the U.S.S.R. were duking it out indirectly by killing each other's brown allies).

;-)

However, if y'all were interested in my take on the Ble Angels, here's my blog post: Terrorism Season

Fuck you ridiculous flag-waver types who are criticizing their simple, yet spot on message. The Blue Devils are a blight,and an obscene waste of resources.

You live under it for awhile and see if you enjoy all the redneck bullshit trash it attracts to your neighborhood, not to mention the noise, air, and mind pollution it creates. You have no idea what you're talking about.