Egad.
It’s time we killed the air show
It’s time we killed the air show.
Canada has no need of American fighter jets, nor do we need to thump our chests on a holiday weekend best suited to the quiet appreciation of the corn dog.
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Let me remind you that the Indy races, held on the grounds of the Ex, are also a thing of the past; performance car races serve no useful purpose unless it is to wreck machinery, ruin eardrums and waste fossil fuel.
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I say we replace the air show — and the Indy race — with the biggest, fastest, most technologically advanced electric car race in the world, with huge prizes and glorious honour for the winners.
I don’t know who this “Joe Fiorito” is, but he sounds like… well, this being a family-friendly sorta blog, I can’t really seem to drum up a term to describe the guy that wouldn’t be considered NSFW. I guess I’ll just leave it with “Parents, if you raise your sons to be like this guy, you’ve failed.”
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Let’s not be too harsh on him. His ego may be so delicate that the idea of others doing things he cannot do may lead him directly to this. )I’ve suspected this to be impetus for gun control.) maybe he has delicate eardrums.
When the future no longer holds the promise of attack by religious nuts, political failures, and groups of psychopaths, I’ll surrender my belief in rattling the sabers. Until then, I want to see my heavy iron in the sky above me.
Overcompensating for not being a girl is tough thing to do in public. He’s doing it well. I suppose.
Two words: Toronto Star.
Jim
Doesn’t it just hurt when you really want to say something so badly , but yet you know it would just be too offensive?
“Jet noise: the sound of Freedom” (a disclaimer in a very popular Italian sticker of the ’70s with the silouette of the beloved Lockheed F-104S in it).
I miss the good old days when you could get rides in aircraft at airshows. That is VERY limited now, used to be you could ride in USANG, AFR, and Naval Reserve choppers at airshows, for free! Thats long gone.
Hey Fiorito! – If saving fuel is what you’re about – then call for the cancellation of Football, Baseball, Hockey, or Soccer games – The fuel wasted by all the fans attending such events far exceeds the fuel ‘wasted’ on performance car races.
Aren’t air shows primarily a recruiting tool anyway? So are you planning to do away with the military too? – ’cause that will leave more fuel for the Iranians and Chinese when they take over your country.
iIt sounds like he’s never been to an air race. The first time I went to Reno and saw the first race it was by far the coolest vehicle show I’ve been to. unless you’ve seen one ypu don’t know what they’re like.
And Dan is right, it’s a great recruiting tool.