Maybe we could replace them with the Black Hellions: a formation of drones flying with the "pilots" on a stage would be a more relevant display of our military prowess.
They could also visually track members of the audience and put them on a jumbotron while going through their manoeuvres.
Not to worry, one of our new drone carriers will launch a flyby instead.
Cheaper, faster, not as many scared dogs.
(not sure if you realized we have drone carriers in the fleet, but we do, nifty little things with drone racks and signals repeaters and a few local ops people, and some cool net things)
Until now I didn't believe in the power of Jesus. This could make be believe.
So you Christians out there; if you want to save this athiest cock sucking fag...tell them to drop the Blue Angles from Seafair and I'll join one of your churches. That's the ONLY way you can prove your God is real.
I'm not anti- but uneasy-about-military, as it seems mostly to be used as rich peoples plaything/security force. I am sad that the blue angels won't be at my wedding....
I'd rather see my tax dollars fix the roof of a school than finance Militarism On Parade. It's time the death cultists learn what it's like to hold a bake sale to make ends meet.
You feebs have 364 day from the day the Blue Angels leave to figure out how to be somewhere else when they come the following year. If you don't do that, that's on you. And if you don't or can't you should shut up, grit your teeth and tolerate it just like the rest of us dumbshits.
P.S. Your dogs suck you maladjusted, friendless, poop-touchers.
@7- I don't participate in Sea Fair at all, but the Blue Angels are an unafuckingvoidable tax-payer financed blight on the Seattle sound-scape. The pleasure they give the gawping hordes isn't worth the millions of dollars it takes to keep them around.
Perhaps some enterprising writer of day-to-day information, a "maker of journals," if you will, could pick up a telephone and find out how much a Blue Angels show costs?
@3 On stage? No, they'll just have a video feed of the pilots slouching around a cubicle farm in Bakersfield. Much cheaper then flying them up here for the show.
@17 Bread? More free stuff??!? You takers never quit!
We have two Dachshunds and a Pomerainian, plus a cat. (We used to have three Daschunds, but our dear Shadow was called home to Jesus on New Years Day) We live on North Beacon, right in the flight path. We, including the dogs, love the Blue Angels. In fact, I will take a moment to call my representatives about this.
I would trade the blue angels and the 4th of july fireworks for one air to surface missle or bomb blowing up a derelict barge or ship on lake union.
What ever happened to that mig from the museum of flight that used to buzz downtown on the 4th of July shooting fireworks out the ass end? Last time I remember seeing it was '99. That was way cooler than the angels. But still, nothing like being on a boat by 90 when the angels go vert right above you and the afterburners rattle your eyeballs. It's one of the best vicarious highs available.
@7 - I would gladly go out of town to avoid the Blue Angels air show, but I've never been able to go out of town for an entire week while they practice their damn fly bys during working hours. It's like being under attack for days on end while they swoop around at the lowest possible level, sounding like they're about to bomb the shit out of my office. Meanwhile, they're discharging enormous amounts of air pollutants and using hundreds of gallons of jet fuel, which I hope no one thinks is furnished to the government at no charge. Air shows may have been interesting when it was a question of bi-planes running on kerosene and there were only a couple of crop dusters in an entire six-county area, but these days, with planes as thick in the air as they are -- not so much.
Right on, @13. Speaking as a mere touron in your fair city, I always roll my eyes when I see that my obligatory Seattle conference has been scheduled during Blue Angels week.
If I wanted my fillings rattled that way, it's a lot cheaper to go up to Dayton or over to Annapolis where there's tons of equivalent--superior?--"entertainment".
We like being a Boeing union town. We like the prosperity that comes with having a huge military presence in the area. But PLEASE, PLEASE, don't make us face up to the fact that the military is actually here. Because we're too fucking lame to celebrate once a year the achievements of the warriors that built and continue to sustain the economy here.
What a bunch of chickenshits. You'd think SLOG commenters were all Republican politicians.
Oh my god I fucking hate the blue angels. Such wasteful, noisy, and inconvenient non sense year after fucking year. I have to assume birds believe the world is coming to an end. Would be awesome if they really get dropped
Maybe they should replace the Blue Angels with a floating Pride parade. Would that be better for the birdies?
BTW #18 (Midwaypete), its in the "Support the General Welfare" clause of the Declaration of Independance. Same one they used to jam Obamacare down our throats (or run it up our ass)...
It's typical military thinking: cut $20 million on an airshow and ignore the trillions spent on bombing and killing overseas. Then again, maybe that logic can work for Seattle: if the Blue Angels offer to strafe Medina and Hunt's Point, maybe we pass the hat for them? Just suggesting...
If they're not up for some creative destruction here at home, where it counts, let the Naval-Aviators-in-F18-Strollers take a hike. The summers are short enough that suffering a few days' inconvenience does matter.
Ya know, I hate the million or so gallons of jet fuel The Blue Angels waste every year as much as the next guy, but just like I forget how horribly little baby calves are treated after that 1st succulent bite of Veal Parmigiana, so do I immediately forget how incredibly wasteful and useless The Blue Angels are as I can see the various pilots' rank insignias on their lapels as they buzz the building.
I truly hate how awesome they are...and I love it.
They could also visually track members of the audience and put them on a jumbotron while going through their manoeuvres.
Cheaper, faster, not as many scared dogs.
(not sure if you realized we have drone carriers in the fleet, but we do, nifty little things with drone racks and signals repeaters and a few local ops people, and some cool net things)
If for some reason you are not entertained by the Blue Angels during Seafair, DON"T WATCH THEM. Duh...
Many people do the same thing during the "Gay Pride Parade." Just ignore them, they will eventually go away.
So you Christians out there; if you want to save this athiest cock sucking fag...tell them to drop the Blue Angles from Seafair and I'll join one of your churches. That's the ONLY way you can prove your God is real.
P.S. Your dogs suck you maladjusted, friendless, poop-touchers.
Some of us like the Blue Angels.
@17 Bread? More free stuff??!? You takers never quit!
What ever happened to that mig from the museum of flight that used to buzz downtown on the 4th of July shooting fireworks out the ass end? Last time I remember seeing it was '99. That was way cooler than the angels. But still, nothing like being on a boat by 90 when the angels go vert right above you and the afterburners rattle your eyeballs. It's one of the best vicarious highs available.
I would love to be able to simple ignore the Blue Angels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xllOkMpXa…
If I wanted my fillings rattled that way, it's a lot cheaper to go up to Dayton or over to Annapolis where there's tons of equivalent--superior?--"entertainment".
What a bunch of chickenshits. You'd think SLOG commenters were all Republican politicians.
Maybe they should replace the Blue Angels with a floating Pride parade. Would that be better for the birdies?
BTW #18 (Midwaypete), its in the "Support the General Welfare" clause of the Declaration of Independance. Same one they used to jam Obamacare down our throats (or run it up our ass)...
If they're not up for some creative destruction here at home, where it counts, let the Naval-Aviators-in-F18-Strollers take a hike. The summers are short enough that suffering a few days' inconvenience does matter.
I truly hate how awesome they are...and I love it.