The Blue Angels are back in town for their annual airshow at Seafair.
The Navy F/A-18 performers will be practicing today and tomorrow before their official shows this weekend.
Here is the I-90 closure information for those heading to/from the Eastside or if you’d like to head down to see the Blue Angels up close.
Where is your favorite place to watch the Blue Angels?
Yeah!
Now watch all the whiners run around with their tails between their legs wetting themselves.
So, readers must know, do the Blue Angles support the trail and can you wear spandex at 600mph?
Boring!!! Who cares? I wish they’d go away.
Seems like a great way for our country to become carbon neutral. The hydros are a good step two.
Yeah well they scare my dog and waste gas so i think we should ban them and while we’re at it hand the key to the city to militant islamists and poo on the graves of our armed service men and women.
i like to watch them at the little boat rental center behind husky stadium. can’t see all the action but it’s on the water and you get a decent amount of fly-bys, and there is zero parking hassle. great to take my kids down there for a little peek at what’s making all the noise, they seem to like it. usually after that we’ll drive down to fort lewis and deface any sort of memorial to those brave servicemen who fought and died for the right to keep us free.
JizzBall, it’s “too”, not “two”. But after reading your stupid carbon neutral comment I have to admit I wasn’t suprised at your poor grammar.
“Seems like a great way for our country to become carbon neutral”
Yes, run a modern industrial economy on fairy dust. Good luck with that.
The fact that the Blue Angels makes looney leftists wet themselves and curl up in fright under their beds, gives me no end of pleasure.
Or maybe we could honor veterans with well funded hospitals. Or not fight unnecessary wars in the first place.
Nab, true conservatives would rather just flash their loud blue cock and call it a day.
Blue Angels remind me of Russian or Chinese military parades.
Keep in mind that it took many years to convince the majority of americans that WWII was a “necessary” war. I think all but the most polyanna-ish of us would agree that maintaining a military force is an unfortunate requirement for comfortable survival on this planet, at least at this stage of humanities collective development. And so long as i’m paying out the ass for this stuff, I do appreciate them trotting out the hardware every once in a while. I mean those are OUR planes up there, even yours Kelly. A real nice pretty blue too!
What Bark more said. I love watching the Blue Angels. Best place: Madison Park Cafe, with a tall frosty beverage.
“Blue Angels remind me of Russian or Chinese military parades.”
Brilliant comparison except for one minor, tiny weeny difference….you’d be arrested and jailed in those countries for saying that (well, in Russia these days, you’d just get whacked).
See the difference? Understand why the Blue Angels are not authoritarian?
Bark is a moderate Democrat btw, big Obama fan for his centrist policies.
Kelly – who is currently leading the war efforts? Democrats only complain about unnessecary wars when the other party is in power. When they are in power they continue down the same path with the same policies, yet Dems like you still call out conservatives. If the wars are illegal and unneccesary, I expected the new administration to pull out immediately.
No one has the moral high ground anymore
“Blue Angels remind me of Russian or Chinese military parades.”
Also in China, or the old USSR you far lefties used to defend all the time, you’d need an invite from the party to come watch a military parade, you couldn’t protest it and having a BBQ, getting hammered and ogling bikini-clad UW undergrads would probably get you 10 years hard labor.
See the difference yet between a free society or a non-free society yet?
BS#277. . . Step One, Step Too?
Ah, I love when these guys come to town. When I had a scooter I used to zip down to Madison Park or just south of there — no parking or traffic problems getting in/out.
One year I took a sailboat out. A good idea until the show ended. The swarm of power boats all headed to the marina kicked up some serious waves. Sea sickness isn’t fun and shouldn’t be a part of the lake. :)
If you do not enjoy the blue angels, you should be removed from this great country. The blue angels are America. And America kicks a$$
It’s just a big loud expensive recruiting poster. A fun one to look at, but don’t kid yourself that it’s anything more than that. If you think cheering on a formation of airplanes is patriotic then you have no idea what patriotism really is.
“f you think cheering on a formation of airplanes is patriotic then you have no idea what patriotism really is.”
Actually SPG, you’re wrong again…
Patriotism is doing what ever you think shows your love of the country, whether it’s cheering on the Blue Angels OR getting your knickers in twist and waving a ‘Peace Now’ flag.
Both, in my mind, are patriotic.
I, however, find the latter in Seattle a lot easier to ridicule and would rather spend the day in the company of some of our fine serviceman than some neurotic.
Every year I pray a few “angels” collide mid air and then incinerate a couple houses full of the idiots cheering them on.
Maybe then we can put a stop to this idiotic waste of money and pathetic reminder of our failed and very costly war policies.
Enjoy the show! Wow, loud airplanes!! AMAZING!
Service men OR service women…we have some damn fine female combat pilots and soldiers now.
First class people.
“reminder of our failed and very costly war policies.”
Maybe you’d prefer the Taliban in power. Luckily our president doesn’t.
Unnecessary +1
Of course military “accidents” only happen over innocent Afghan village weddings or the occasional Italian ski resort gondola…. clip a cable and send a hundred people to die? No problem just erase the recording before you land.
Oh and the planes are BLUE. How special.
Thumbsucker, maybe we can send the Blue Angels to find bin Laden and Saddams WMDs.
Or maybe they’d rather waste military dollars making cute little hearts in the sky for you with their exhaust.
Well Kelly, why don’t you slip under your bed like a nervous shi-tzu for three days while the rest of us enjoy this great Seattle carbon belching tradition.
Something tells me the UW coeds in bikinis down by Lake Washington are what really upset you about this event.
“maybe we can send the Blue Angels to find bin Laden and Saddams WMDs.”
Well, you’re confused, emotional and irrational again, as many hippies are. Like our current president, I supported the Afghan invasion, not the Iraq invasion. But I don’t hold that against the Blue Angels or the military, they do what they are told.
Now, if you think it would have been best to leave Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan alone, I’ve got a lovely burqa for you (and I’m serious, I do have one). You can wear it and go down and wave a Peace Now sign along Lake Washington. It’s your right, in a free country.
Barfly, um except there are no female pilots on the squad.
Sexist to the core. Homophobic, too.
I was wondering what it could possibly be about this country that Kelly hates so much…
I think Bark More just nailed it.
“Sexist to the core. Homophobic, too.”
Something tells me, you hate the idea of women as combat pilots.
BTW the Blue Angels don’t make military policy. It is possible to support the rights of gays in the military, who have fought and died for this country and continue to do so with honor, and still support the military despite bad government policy.
I look forward to the day gays can openly fly in the Blue Angels and in combat.
Do you?
Isn’t Kelly simply exercising her freedom of speech?
Asking the very questions all you jingoists are bragging can be asked here and not at a military parade China? And while presumably not wearing a burqa?
So let me get this straight – you are berating her for proving your own points.
Newsflash: Overwhelming majorities of this country no longer supports EITHER war, not to mention wasteful government spending.
Questioning the priorities of using an expensive fleet of $30 million dollar jets for “carbon belching entertainment” hardly qualifies somebody as a “hippie” or worthy of such derisive and xenophobic comments.
She must “hate this country so much?” Are you really that obstinate? Are those the values you teach your children about people with legitimate, mainstream, but opposing views? Christ!
BTW, women are not barred from flying for the Blue Angels. Unfortunately women have only been flying combat fighter jets for less than a decade, so the pool of candidates is small. Women also have physical limitations for them in combat flight that limits the number of potential candidates.
But no doubt, you and I can both celebrate and rejoice the day there’s a woman Blue Angel pilot; I can’t think of a better role model for my daughter than a woman serving her country, in such a challenging and dangerous job.
how could cheering on our fighta jets not be patriotic mpg?
“Isn’t Kelly simply exercising her freedom of speech?”
Sure, and no one’s stopping her. Ridicule is not denial of freedom of speech.
Am I not expressing my freedom of speech as well by suggesting she put on a burqa, weave through bikini-clad UW coeds along Lake Washington waving her ‘Peace Now’ flag? In fact, I’m so pro-free speech, I’ll pay her to do it
Maybe you can take her on the back of your bike Taxpayer?
BTW Kelly, there’s a chance Lt. Amy Tomlinson, whom has flown the F18 and has 33 combat missions, may be the first female Blue Angel. She’s already in the squad, has been training but has not joined the final 6.
I’m sure you join me in wishing her luck! What a great role model for young women.
Bark you said, “The fact that the Blue Angels makes looney leftists wet themselves and curl up in fright under their beds, gives me no end of pleasure.”
What a truly idiotic comment. It’s hard to take your opinions seriously.
“It’s hard to take your opinions seriously.”
Do you think I care if you take my opinions seriously? It’s hard to take the lunatic fringe on either the left or right seriously. I wouldn’t want you to take my opinions seriously, that would suggest you’re not unhinged.
Instead, I’m going to go out this weekend and support these amazing men and women of the US Navy who serve their country with such dedication and sacrifice.
You? You’ll be under the bed with your shi-tzu no doubt. Take some wet wipes with you.
I’m still waiting to hear whether Kelly, Taxpayer et all are looking forward to the day when gays can openly serve in the US military and can serve as combat pilots?
Taxpayer, spot on for everything you said, and the point about freedom of speech goes for everyone commenting here, right, left or center.
So on a public forum, if a request for comments about where to watch an event turns into a debate about a flashpoint issue, *why* must comments devolve into insults?
If we have to debate politics here, can we keep it civilized and to the point? Any statement that could include “all of you X…are Y or think Z”is usually inflammatory and insulting. It takes away attention from your actual point. Save it for other places.
Examples:
Kelly expressed a strong opinion without putting down anyone with a different view. Bark’s last comment was perfectly well expressed. Had he or she left off the first sentence attributing a view to Kelly, more of us would agree with the message! Taxpayer’s comment was perfect — far better without the disgusted “Christ!” at the end.
Just asking: can public forum debate leave off the insults? Read the message before clicking and take out comments about the poster, and leave only those about the post?
And give insults that are posted the attention they deserve — ignore them!
Oops. While I was writing more insults and ridicule were flying. Of course it’s anyone’s RIGHT to do this, I’m just saying why should this be the place? It better suits a forum not attached to a news site, one where people go specifically to debate this way.
Is calling someone a neurotic shi-tzu an insult?
My apologies.
My apologies to shi-tsus that is. I’m sure they can handle the beauty of the sacrifices the men and women, gay and straight (hello sailor!) of the US Navy make every day while we sit around sipping coffee, enjoying our freedom here on myballard.
Just heard the roar of the engines! Love it! Come fly over Ballard!
Does anyone have any good suggestions for a Ballard family to go to watch the show? With a 1 year old (and a 3.5 year old) driving is probably a must.
well gollllleeeee geez! them air-a-planes is LOUD and wow, exciting! ah ain’t hardlee sen no air-a-planes before! yeeeee- haaaaaw! ah say!
“well gollllleeeee geez! them air-a-planes is LOUD and wow, exciting! ah ain’t hardlee sen no air-a-planes before! yeeeee- haaaaaw! ah say!”
Well you’ve obviously never spent time with a Navy fighter pilot. I have and they make you look like the one dumber than a bag of hammers.
They are some of the smartest, bravest, most dedicated and most competent people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Standing on Lake Washington in awe of what they are doing shows how much respect I have for that level of human intelligence, talent and dedication.
Obviously, for you tough, ‘talent’ is someone who can hit the toilet bowl and ‘dedication’ means seeing how many more Facebook friends you have every day. Sorry I don’t stand around in awe of that.
Seriously, any suggestions?
OHHHH does my family love this event. It is our favorite. We wait for it every year. We like to see the airplanes up in the sky. They are really fast. They are really loud. They are all the I proof I need that our country is the greatest ever and blowing up all them towelheads over there I don’t know much about that. But I do like blue airplanes. Loud ones. Anybody know a good spot to go watch because I am too dumb to use Google and find out much of anything by myself. Our family goes every year. We love airplanes. The rest of you probably go pee pee under you bed like little scared dogs because you have no balls and you do not love America as much as me. Seriously, where is a good place to watch? Are the planes going to be blue again this year? I hope the rest of you can hit the toilet bowl. AIRPLANES YIPEEEEEEEE!!!!
Ballard Family, unintentionally helping to demonstrate how wonderful our servicemen and women are and what schmucks the haters are.
Tell me genius, how does Google maps help families find the least crowded vantage points to see these talented pilots? If you can answer that I’ll bow to you brilliance.
i heart blue angels!
How do the Blue Angels demonstrate how “wonderful” servicemen and women are?
Closing the I-90 for hours at a time just so you can get a hard-on from airplanes flying around makes no sense to me.
Count me with wet my pants under the bed crowd if you want. I don’t understand your sorry sense of patriotism.
They are just some planes flying, and essentially 80s-era technology at that. Big deal. Make them silent and I’ll be impressed.
” the Blue Angels demonstrate how “wonderful” servicemen and women are?”
How? Well, in my experience, losers and morons don’t have the skills, intelligence, or fearlessness to fly a 30 million dollar fighter at 600 mph upside down into the path of another jet.
“essentially 80s-era technology at that. Big deal.”
Well I’m glad you’ve mastered 80s flight avionics and can land a jet on a rolling aircraft carrier at night in a storm… now go back to your Flight Simulator and set it to ‘advanced level’ before your dad needs the computer back.
Actually it’s a computer doing the flying.
Pilots punch a few buttons. The maneuvers are either pre-programmed or guided or both.
Give it a couple years and there won’t even be combat pilots.
It’s not hard to land on an aircraft carrier. Computers. George Bush did it, remember?
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
yeeeehaww! if’n ah lahks the planes, ahm an uhmericun! and if’n ah ikes the planes, ahm smart lahk th guys flyin’ em!
seriously, Little Doggie, the skill needed to fly the planes has nothing to do with my point. my point is that drooling mouth breathers find this sort of thing entertaining. in my opinion of course.
yeeeehew! shut ’em down! I-5 should oughta close fer the tanks!
“Actually it’s a computer doing the flying.”
Actually, you’re talking out of your a**. I know Navy pilots, I’ve spent time on aircraft carriers (not in the service). I’ve seen and talked to pilots about their landings. Sorry, they don’t just sit their like some bored bicycle activist at a keyboard.
” George Bush did it, remember?”
Actually, he didn’t, he was in the copilot’s seat and never claimed to be piloting the plane, plus he wasn’t in the Navy when he ducked out of Vietnam, he was in the AIr Force…..which, btw, if where the pu**y pilots go. As a moderate Democrat, I’m happy you didn’t vote for Bush, but you’re an idiot for not knowing simple facts about him.
Windy, are you using your lousy grammar and syntax to argue for more education spending?
” sit their”
“sit there”
According to Bark, anybody who questions the necessity of military propaganda-style airshows will be under their bed, wetting their pants, while not working as a barista, being a far leftist, or hanging out on Facebook?
What the… ?
I guess hanging out with all those wonderful, super intelligent servicemen didn’t really have much effect.
You missed one more Taxpayer, you won’t be by Lake Washington enjoying all the UW coeds in bikinis, you’ll be at a peace rally enjoying all the angry women there.
Right. I am not sure I even understand that, but ok.
Don’t you guys get tired of hating everything?
Seafood Fest, Seafair, 4th of July fireworks (“but what about money for the homeless…sniff?”). Christmas is too commercial and what about the Indians on Thanksgiving?
Seriously, enjoy life a little more, put your politics away for a few hours and enjoy the wonder of human flight.
There is a depth and richness to my life I’m not sure you would understand, Bark.
You’ve been on this thread since 8am hurling insults and showing all sorts of prejudices spanning everything to bed-wetting and burqas to shi-tzus, baristas, Facebook, and angry women at peace rallies.
Put your politics away? Take your own advice.
And yes, what about the homeless. Some of us do care about homelessness. We got over the wonder of flight in elementary school.
Let’s put all the rabid Republican idiots on these jets and fly them to someplace special, like Somalia. What a nicer place the USA would be!
“Some of us do care about homelessness. We got over the wonder of flight in elementary school.”
What about flying bums? Plenty of flying high down at Ballard Commons, who I’m can tell you about the miracles of human achievement….or not.
“who I’m sure can tell you..”
“who I’m can tell you..” Figures. Can’t even put together a correct sentence. I think I saw you on T.V. at a “Tea Party”.
” on this thread since 8am hurling insults”
It’s called multi-tasking, like when you ride your bicycle and chew gum at the same time.
Go Angels, give Ballard and Taxpayer and extra low fly by so he can shake his fist at you!
” Can’t even put together a correct sentence.”
Actually, using an iPhone so hard to fix mistakes although I did that time.
““Tea Party”.
Actually, ifelong moderate Democrat, 10 yr party activist in the 90s, member of the DLC for 8 yrs, and big fan of Obama and his centrist policies.
Sorry I don’t fit a stereotype the way you do.
Ahem, anyone have a suggestion for where to go to see the show?
No, I really don’t care if you don’t like the show, I’m just looking for a nice family-friendly place to sit.
Magnuson Park tends to be less crowded, easier parking.
Ground the Blue Angles. They suck and they are a huge waste of my money. End of story.
Hey “wag less”…you, a Dem.? Nice try. Somehow I smell a stinky fish here, and it’s you.
“Ground the Blue Angles. They suck and they are a huge waste of my money. End of story.”
Well at least my dreams are achievable. Have fun chasing those windmills.
” a Dem.? Nice try”
Yep, lifelong, member of the DLC:
Like Obama I support the surge in Afghanistan and withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
Like Obama, I don’t believe in a single payer, state run health care system, but a well regulated private system, with a small public role to fill in the gaps.
Like Obama I believe in financial regulation, but not so much that it stifles Wall Street and role of financial markets in creating wealth.
So you tell me, what are those losers Ralph Nader and Denis Kucinich up to these days?
Oh, and like Obama, I salute our men and women serving our country.
Yup, all we need here in Seattle are a few more Liberal policies so we can achieve the same status as that utopia Detroit.
Seafair brings money to the community. It’s our summer fesitval and a time to enjoy. The airshow is one of the highlights of the festival and celebrates this regions connection to the aerospace industry. Some of you people are pretty sad and pathetic. You should just move to an isolated area and be hermits.
+1 Joe Ballard. Before there was Amazon and Microsoft and Starbucks people outside out Pugetopolis knew that they made planes in Seattle and that’s about it. The Blue Angels are part of that heritage, yes its loud and disruptive but its one wekend a year.
I have always enjoyed watching them practice from the lawn at the Seattle Tennis Club.
I will now put on my flame proof suit and let prolitariats have at it because admitting I know a member of a club is a sure sign that I’m the man that they are trying to stick it to.
Love the Blue Angels. What does the sign entering Oak Harbor say “Sound Of Freedom”
We just went down to the Museum of Flight (where they are parked) and watched them take off and land. It was completely awesome. They even did a fairly low fly-by over Boeing Field before landing. The pilots come out and sign autographs for kids afterward. I highly recommend it.