Military: Precision flying teams are worth the risk, cost

[PatrickforO]

1. Nice post. I am surprised to be the first reply.

Every time the Blue Angels or the Thunderbirds overfly a football game or some event, it sucks up enough tax money to subsidize childcare for hundreds of single mothers that could then join the labor force and contribute to our economy.

I was recently at an event where General Hayden spoke. If you don't know, Hayden was the head of the CIA and NSA back in W's day, and he is an unrepentant neocon hawk. His theme: it is normal for Americans to live in fear, and espionage, kill lists, domestic spying and forever war all PROMOTE democracy and are as 'American as apple pie.'

Seriously. I wanted to puke.

BUT, we've got to remember that this guy and millions of others really believe this shit.

In that sense the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds are only worthy 'targets' because they are most visible. The real things that are destroying us are in the Patriot Act and in the unprecedented war powers Congress has given unconstitutionally to the Executive branch.