Bay Area kooks (with nothing better to do) target the Blue Angels

Recently Michelle Malkin noted that a group of kooks is trying to end the 25-year tradition of Fleet Week in San Francisco, which features the Navy's Blue Angels flying team.  The Blues perform a week of shows over San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge that draws nearly one million spectators and pumps millions into San Francisco's economy.

My father-in-law is a retired Naval aviator (A-3 Sky Warrior) and with the help of a friend he got VIP passes for my son and I to see the Blues with him last weekend at Tinker AFB here in Oklahoma City.  If you've never seen a Blues show, here is a little of what you are missing:

It's the cynic in me, I know, but I just can't help but think that one of the major reasons behind the kook's hatred of the Blues is simply jealousy.  Who wouldn't be envious of guys with the skill to do what the Blues do?

But I suppose that if you are chronically unhappy, you would be offended that the Blues are all male.  You would be angered by the fact that they fly the FA-18 Hornet, one of the most versatile warplanes in the US air fleet.  And you would be livid about the fact that millions of average Americans watch the Blues and are thrilled by what they see.

I disagree with those who equate military strength with divine favoritism and who seek to use our military to do the "will of God."  But at the same time, I awe at the technological power and superiority and the teamwork required to pull off a show like the one performed by the Blues.

If there is one critical difference between us and terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah, it is the fact that we are able to use our power to build and innovate and even to entertain, while our enemies can only envision power as a tool of domination and death.

Whenever al-Qaeda puts on a show like the Blues, let me know.

Comments

[Bill]

What a waste of money and jet fuel. A day's expenses for the "Blues" would feed thousands of hungry people.

And even the knee-jerk 'conservatives' like you will wish they had some of that fuel back in just a few short years.

[Flu-Bird]

Better the BLUE ANGLES or THUNDERBIRDS the the PINK CHICKENS for san francisco i mean liberals are the most intorent bunch of spycos around