I went to http://www.quakeradio.com/cc-common/bformmail.cgi and told them: Fleet Week and the Blue Angels are a giant ad for militarism. Many of us in San Francisco, of all places, hold hope that people can, eventually, learn to deal with their differences in a more enlightened way than warfare. Humans should seek the capacity to move past "survival of the fittest", "might makes right", and other "stinkin' thinkin'. But, first, we need to stop glorifying war, especially to our young. Daly's legislation is well-meaning, but, if anything, it does not go far enough. Blue Angels are all the things Daly says they are, and more. When some of us see them, together with the whole Fleet Week pageantry, we are reminded of the newsreel scenes from earlier days of swastika-laden tanks or nuclear missiles with hammer and sickles streaming along before the review stand, and can only hang our head at what we have become. Don Eichelberger At 01:58 PM 7/31/2007, Richard A. Knee wrote:
A friend sent me the following:
------- Forwarded message ------- To: rak0408@earthlink.net Subject: Blue Angels Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:31:31 -0700
Rick-Yesterday on KQKE's "Progressive News Hour," just before 6 p.m., I heard a part of a vicious attack on Chris Daly for proposing to stop the Blue Angels' buzzing of SF. Not entirely sure who the speaker was, as I tuned in partway through, but I'm guessing it was John Scott, who hosts the show. He basically accused Daly of being unpatriotic, of attacking our troops and our military, and of implying that the city doesn't need or want the protection of the U.S. military. Also said Daly's assertions that he was concerned about noise and safety were pretexts to cover his anti-military position. The speaker, whoever he was, said he was antiwar but that Daly and his proposal were over the edge or off the charts. Sounds like they might need a little educating.