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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone else see these fighter jet "flyovers" as wasteful, meaningless, militaristic [View all]
LisaM
(29,559 posts)96. Well, of course. But you can (presumably) avoid all those things.
They planned flyovers up and down Puget Sound today and if it goes overhead, I can't avoid it. When the Blue Angels practice downtown, I can't avoid them. And I don't go to football games to see a bunch of planes fly over the stadium, either. I go to watch football. Geeze, once I went to the Stratford Shakespeare festival in Canada and when we stepped outside to go to dinner, the freaking Snow Birds were doing some sort of show!!
So it's not just about what I like and what you like. It's the fact that they fly over my apartment or my office building or even me sometimes, and I can't avoid them.
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Does anyone else see these fighter jet "flyovers" as wasteful, meaningless, militaristic [View all]
Atticus
May 2020
OP
They have to maintain flying hours and precision training. No air shows this year? Do this!
SharonAnn
May 2020
#77
Think how many face masks and PPE the nurses could have purchased with the money it cost.
sop
May 2020
#2
I get what your saying but the federal government don't run like a household budget.
ahoysrcsm
May 2020
#98
A lot of people just enjoy them in these trying times.Morale boosting,I guess.
virgogal
May 2020
#10
These particular planes are former front line planes that will never see combat again.
SQUEE
May 2020
#94
I do. In normal times I like airshows, but obviously these aren't normal times
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#14
Last night during the NBC evening news one of the commercials was a pro mf45 and it had
kimbutgar
May 2020
#18
It's damned creepy. No need for them to remind us our military can lay waste to the planet so often.
Judi Lynn
May 2020
#20
Taxpayer funded tRUMP campaign ads. Why would anyone expect anything less??
NoMoreRepugs
May 2020
#58
No, I don't have a problem with it. The idea I think is to do something to raise the spirits
totodeinhere
May 2020
#62
Dude hijacks shipments of PPE from states intended for nurses and first responders
IronLionZion
May 2020
#70
When I was a teen, I was out on a golf course playing golf with a lot of other kids.
Blue_true
May 2020
#102
Now we know how Roman citizens felt when the emperor called for gladiator games.
Pepsidog
May 2020
#75
Well, since the feds are hoarding PPE for themselves, flyovers are all they can offer.
SunSeeker
May 2020
#86
They could ask nurses: "Would you rather have us flyover, or would you like a visit from Mike?"
struggle4progress
May 2020
#87
OK, then they should say that's what they are: pilots keeping up their skills. Instead, they're
Squinch
May 2020
#113
Their flying is already in the budget. Where they fly, and what they do makes the difference
Stinky The Clown
May 2020
#120