Code Pink Strikes Again!

[dean_acheson]

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5375026

I, for one, would happily volunteer my town for a Blue Angels show!

[bradclark1]

What on earth does Veterans For Peace have against an air show? In fact what is Veterans For Peace? Never heard of them.

Oh, a pinko commie organization who loves Cindy.
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

[FIREWALL]

Ban the Blue Angels :huh:


BAN CHRIS DALEY :down: He's code PINKO


These's kind of people should be run out of office.

[Chock]

How mean-spirited is this? I personally think they should double the amount of flights they make per week over the city and half the altitude too. And if anyone complains, well, the F-18 can fire the AGM-65 Maverick can't it?

BTW, Veterans for Peace is quite a big organisation, but to me it always seems a bit like the 'Wise after the event' organisation. I mean, if someone actually had to go to war before it occurred to them that war is bad, then they must be pretty slow on the uptake. Most people don't actually need to get shot at before they've figured out war is generally a bad thing.

:D Chock

[fatty]

Sorry to be the devil's advocate, but last September we had the Canadian Snow Birds demonstration team doing low level maneuvers over the city for a few hours each day for a week leading up to an air show. I was pretty frustrated trying to learn the intricacies of constructivist political theory when the goddamn windows were rattling every ten minutes.

I did go to the show and it was awesome. It just might be better if they had have just kept it to the show grounds and not done the 600 knot rooftop runs or whatever the hell they were up to.

[CCIP]

Sorry to be the devil's advocate, but last September we had the Canadian Snow Birds demonstration team doing low level maneuvers over the city for a few hours each day for a week leading up to an air show. I was pretty frustrated trying to learn the intricacies of constructivist political theory when the goddamn windows were rattling every ten minutes.

I did go to the show and it was awesome. It just might be better if they had have just kept it to the show grounds and not done the 600 knot rooftop runs or whatever the hell they were up to.
Yep, saw them doing that over Ottawa before Canada Day as well :hmm:

They scared the crap out of me!

[Heibges]

Chris Daly loves to see himself on tv, although he always accuses our mayor, Gavin Newsom of the exact same thing. I think he generally just needs to shut up.

[Skybird]

Oh, a pinko commie organization who loves Cindy.
(sigh of relief) :
"Thank God there is not more to it."

[robbo180265]

What on earth does Veterans For Peace have against an air show? In fact what is Veterans For Peace? Never heard of them.

Oh, a pinko commie organization who loves Cindy.
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Or maybe a group of servicemen and women who have seen the horrors of war first hand, and are trying to stop other people (who have probably only read about war or played it on their computer) from having to see the same horrors first hand.

Just playing Devils advocate;)

[dean_acheson]

http://www.examiner.com/a-770217~Bill_to_halt_Blue_Angels_flyovers_will_have _to_wait.html

I esp. like the first comment :p :

E Scott Cragg said:
Ok, for those of you out of towners, this is not the mayor, this is not the SF public, this is the one-man walking politically correct tantrum that is Supervisor Chris Daly. His antics are a source of nothing but aggrevation and amusement to anyone outside of the skid-row he calls a district. He is certainly a straw man figure, however- and he does not represent your average SF Citizen... at least not any more than Fred Phelps represents jyour average Bible-Belt type.

Here's Code Pink:

http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?list=type&type=81

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6149

http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/Readarticle.asp?ID=6878

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11186

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=626

[dean_acheson]

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007684.htm

[hoagiedriver]

How mean-spirited is this? I personally think they should double the amount of flights they make per week over the city and half the altitude too. And if anyone complains, well, the F-18 can fire the AGM-65 Maverick can't it?You forgot the most important part: double the speed.

Although a few innocents will have their windows shattered.

[bradclark1]

What on earth does Veterans For Peace have against an air show? In fact what is Veterans For Peace? Never heard of them.

Oh, a pinko commie organization who loves Cindy.
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Or maybe a group of servicemen and women who have seen the horrors of war first hand, and are trying to stop other people (who have probably only read about war or played it on their computer) from having to see the same horrors first hand.

Just playing Devils advocate;)
I'm all for them being able to do that but I don't understand where those feeling buff against an airplane acrobatic team.:hmm:

[Tchocky]

BTW, Veterans for Peace is quite a big organisation, but to me it always seems a bit like the 'Wise after the event' organisation. I mean, if someone actually had to go to war before it occurred to them that war is bad, then they must be pretty slow on the uptake. Most people don't actually need to get shot at before they've figured out war is generally a bad thing.
Well, when you think about the average age that people enlist at, a change of mind isn't so much to expect. A 17-year old who has spent his life in the same town in Iowa may not see war as such a horrible thing. Back in time for tea & medals, and all that guff.

[robbo180265]

What on earth does Veterans For Peace have against an air show? In fact what is Veterans For Peace? Never heard of them.

Oh, a pinko commie organization who loves Cindy.
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Or maybe a group of servicemen and women who have seen the horrors of war first hand, and are trying to stop other people (who have probably only read about war or played it on their computer) from having to see the same horrors first hand.

Just playing Devils advocate;)
I'm all for them being able to do that but I don't understand where those feeling buff against an airplane acrobatic team.:hmm:

I agree actually. For a while it looked like they were going to shut down the Red Arrows and I did everything I could (petitions etc) to try and oppose it. We need things like this, it makes us feel proud of our armed forces and I'm all for them.

So I really don't understand why these guys want to stop the Blue Arrows. After all it's just bad publicity for them which detracts from their otherwise (IMO) worthy stance on the Iraq FU.

I did however object to the way you called them Commie pinko etc(especialy as they've actually served for their country) because they hold a different view from your own, which is why I posted my first post;)

That said, I am with you guys as far as the Blue Arrows.

[dean_acheson]

What on earth does Veterans For Peace have against an air show? In fact what is Veterans For Peace? Never heard of them.

Oh, a pinko commie organization who loves Cindy.
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

they are closely affiliated with these guys http://www.ivaw.org/, also known as "jessie macbeth's buddies."

lol

[bradclark1]

I did however object to the way you called them Commie pinko etc(especialy as they've actually served for their country) because they hold a different view from your own, which is why I posted my first post;)

That said, I am with you guys as far as the Blue Arrows.
I apologize that I offended your sensibilities but they are demonstrating with the pinko's and they do love Cindy. How do you know they're not commies? ;) :)

[robbo180265]

I did however object to the way you called them Commie pinko etc(especialy as they've actually served for their country) because they hold a different view from your own, which is why I posted my first post;)

That said, I am with you guys as far as the Blue Arrows.
I apologize that I offended your sensibilities but they are demonstrating with the pinko's and they do love Cindy. How do you know they're not commies? ;) :)


How do you know they are? It was you that made that statement,not me:D ;)

[Ishmael]

I was working in San Francisco on the 11th floor of 555 Pine St., 1/2 block down from Chinatown during the First Fleet Week in the 1980's when I saw an A-4 Skyhawk fly by the window. We immediately went up to the roof to see the Blue Angels flying between the buildings in the Financial District just prior to making mock bombing runs on the Soviet Consulate on Green St. Hill. That said, San Francisco has always been a leftist town going back to the SF General Strike and the Longshoreman's Union efforts in the 1930's. My father was a young reform-school hoodlum and member of the Young Communist League in those days, as were most of his friends. I won't address Daly, but the SF supervisors have long been known as self-aggrandizers.

As far as Code Pink & Veterans for Peace, they have a constitutional right to believe and demonstrate as they do & the latter have earned that right IMHO. If some don't like thier political stance, that's ok. I, as a liberal, will defend to the death Michelle Malkin's right to be a no-talent neocon political hack and would defend her against the same type of censorship she preaches for on the aforementioned.

Fleet Weeks have always been a recruiting tool for the Navy/Marines. Considering the abysmally incompetent prosecution of this bloody Iraqi Occupation/Oil theft, if I was a young man of military age, I would still join the Navy as the safest alternative to driving a fuel truck between Kuwait & Baghdad or trying to referee a civil war in someone else's country where the only thing the opposing sides have in common is a virulent hatred of...Me.

[bradclark1]

Lets put this ill skewed thread in perspective.
When I was in the army and we were dealing with someone you had a disagreement with you called them commie pinko fags in humor. So everyone can ease up. I'm not going to forbid VFP from demonstrating against an airplane aerobatic show. I'm not going to send the police, MP's or the Secret Service after them. They are free to demonstrate in any way they please.

[dean_acheson]

As far as Code Pink & Veterans for Peace, they have a constitutional right to believe and demonstrate as they do & the latter have earned that right IMHO. If some don't like thier political stance, that's ok. I, as a liberal, will defend to the death Michelle Malkin's right to be a no-talent neocon political hack and would defend her against the same type of censorship she preaches for on the aforementioned.

Well, I guess if it is ok to call MM this, it's sure ok to call Code Pink and the IVAW a bunch of commie symps.

[robbo180265]

Lets put this ill skewed thread in perspective.
When I was in the army and we were dealing with someone you had a disagreement with you called them commie pinko fags in humor. So everyone can ease up. I'm not going to forbid VFP from demonstrating against an airplane aerobatic show. I'm not going to send the police, MP's or the Secret Service after them. They are free to demonstrate in any way they please.

It's ok matey - I was being akward for the sake of it;)

[dean_acheson]

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/11/video-san-fran-vet-for-peace-protests-horrific-wmds-aka-the-blue-angels/


weapons of mass destruction!!!

veterans for peace, chapter 69? I ain't going to go there....:p

[bradclark1]

Well 95% of the people that watched that clip probably think they are a wacko organization now.:hmm:

[The Avon Lady]

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/11/video-san-fran-vet-for-peace-protests-horrific-wmds-aka-the-blue-angels/


weapons of mass destruction!!!

veterans for peace, chapter 69? I ain't going to go there....:p
Some letters to the editor at Examiner.com (http://www.examiner.com/a-770198~Letters__June_8__2007.html) regarding San Fran city supervisor Chris Daly:
I find it interesting and somewhat amusing that Supevisor Chris Daly continues to occupy himself by looking for just one more perceived offense to his sensibilities, now citing the annual Blue Angels air show as “dangerous and unnecessary” (“Daly backs move to ground Angels,” June 7).

However, it’s obvious he uses this event to mask his real motivation of objecting to anything supporting the U.S. military, acknowledging the service of our servicemen and women, or supporting any display of national pride.

It wasn’t enough that the board stood by and indeed encouraged the dismantling of our high school JROTC program, depriving hundreds of young people of a program where they could develop life skills emphasizing teamwork, respect and responsibility. Now that they have teamed up with Code Pink, et. al., to try to cancel the annual air show.

Until San Franciscans wake up to the fact that The City is now firmly controlled by the fringe left, we can expect more of the same. I wonder if they would prefer to invite Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan air force to perform instead.

John Peloquin




Supervisor Chris Daly wants to ban the Blue Angels because he says they are “dangerous and unnecessary.” The crack and smack dealing in Daly’s District 6 is even more dangerous and unnecessary.

After nearly six years of Daly as supervisor, the district is still a drug-infested mess. I suggest Crusading Chris turn his attention to the urine-soaked and trash-strewn sidewalks of his district, rather than looking to the skies to ruin Fleet Week for an entire city.

Paul Kim




Supervisor Chris Daly, along with support from an anti-capitalism, pro-socialist organization such as Code Pink and Global Exchange, wants to end the Fleet Week air show by the Blue Angels.

Of course the initiative is veiled in a concern for public safety and fuel economy, but the real agenda is a classic expression of left-wing disdain for the military and the adolescent belief that somehow John Lennon’s “Imagine” will come true in a world of jihadists, despots and multinational calculation.

It appears that it is OK to express one’s outrage at the military through symbolic gestures protected by our laws and military, yet to demonstrate support for same is not permissible by the elitists of the left.

What is it about murderous dictatorships and failed socialist governments do they not understand?

Matt Mitguard

[dean_acheson]

http://www.cbs47.tv/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=256a9c75-269a-40ca-929c-8868f84736a5

we could rename the thread "the Gavin and Daly Show"

[dean_acheson]

http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=4046

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/13/attack-on-the-blue-angelsagain/


Newsom and Daly are such tools.

[Tchocky]

*wonders if he should post on the possible environmental benefits*

:p

[Sea Demon]

*wonders if he should post on the possible environmental benefits*

:p

There are environmental benefits to you turning off your computer. It uses electricity you know. :smug:

[dean_acheson]

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5675180

Here is a quick update to this story.