Parrothead Jeff

Tailhook Daily Briefing: Mr. Daly… Can you keep it down! I’m Trying to Hear the Blue Angles!

The Tailhook Daily Briefing is one of my subscriptions in Google Reader for good reason - great writing by guys who’ve been there and who have a clue . They get it right again. You see, Supervisor Daly up in San Francisco just can’t seem to get it through his head that the reason the annual Fleet Week and airshow over the bay and the city of San Francisco brings in so much money is that PEOPLE *&^%ing LOVE IT !

Instead, all Mr. Daly can think about is how “…the jets ‘terrorize small children, seniors, pets, local wildlife’ and war veterans who may suffer from post traumatic stress disorder.”

I think there are two different ways I could react to this. One would raise my blood pressure and result in a three hour effort at tearing down arguements bit by bit. The other response is to merely say that the kids I know love airshows and jets, the seniors see the jets and think back on war years but aren’t frightened as they have a larger measure of intelligence than Mr. Daly, and the war veterans I know are proud of their heritage and love the Blues and T-Birds.

Of course, there’s one other option as well. Just smile, point, and laugh at Mr. Daly and his flailings . After I quit laughing, I do have some advice for Mr. Daly - move somewhere with more people who think like you do. I hear Canada is lovely in the summertime .