Posted by
B.N. Sharpe on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:54:57 PM
They would lose too many supporters and advocates. While it is acceptable in San Franfreako to have such events as the Folsom Street Fair, it is not allowable for The Blue Angels to ceremoniously fly over the city, or for the USS Iowa to be docked in the harbor as a Naval museum, or for the USMC Silent Drill Team to film on California Street.
There is no real problem with the display of debauchery that this "fair" sounds to be. Despite how distasteful, disgusting or degenerate this affair might be, it doesn't seem to be something that would cause demonstrable loss or harm to others through force or fraud. The problem is that these people and the parochial politicians who happily dispense whatever appropriate paperwork makes such an event permissible have no realization of whom and what makes their fun and games possible.
As dismaying as it is to them in their denial, it is the U.S. military that makes possible their liberties to participate in and permit such public perversity. So why does the city of San Fransicko not allow the USS Iowa to dock in the harbor as a Naval museum? Why are the Blue Angels banned from performing a ceremonial flyover above the city? Why is the USMC Silent Drill Team not permitted to film on California Street?
The real question, however, is why is permission from some slimy little ill liberal, left coast , putrid, partisan, parochial politico required? Why weren't phone calls made that went something like this: "Hello? Who's this? Doesn't matter. You're a meaningless little municipal myrmidon. I am the Secretary of the Navy letting you know that we'll be docking the USS Iowa in your harbor and opening it up and operating it as a Naval museum. Our Blue Angels will also be performing a flyover above the city as part of a ceremony. Also, the USMC Silent Drill Team will video a recruitment ad on California Street. Make whatever arrangements you need to make, to facilitate these activities and events. Thank you. Good bye."
Why is the most powerful, yet benevolent military in the history of the planet begging permission, with their caps in their hands, from a smattering of smarmy socialistic shysters and charlatans? Could it be just another example of that proliferating political correctness, which is infecting even our military, so that it no longer knows when to portray power and when to effect benevolence?