here's the short version: increasing jet noise by the airport over the years has made a great number of homes uninhabitable. the F-35 will exacerbate the problem greatly.
i'm against the F-35 because it's a troubled and wildly expensive technology that's already obsolete and the promised jobs, i think, are or limited benefit in the face of the huge costs.
but i understand that people in my community like to eat. they want the jobs and believe the jets are a good thing.
i am telling you this so that you will understand a little of what this post is really about: hatwipes who drive around with "I HEART JET NOISE" bumperstickers.
not "i want the F-35 jobs", or "i believe the F-35 is a good thing for our community" or even "i really love planes".
no. these asshats want to tell us that they love the thing that brings the most PAIN to the people most aggrieved by the jets: the insane amount of noise that makes their lives miserable if they stay in their homes, and their homes valueless if they try to move.
it's a nice way to say "hey, neighbor. i just want you to know that i LOVE your personal misery."
i compare it kind of to that time the nuclear plant announced it was closing down and even though many of us have called for that thing to be shut down for years, the governor went out of his way to remind us all that we should not be too hasty to rejoice in a loss of jobs for our neighbors.
I LOVE A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT is very, very different than I LOVE YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT.
i'm going to propose that each end every person sporting an I HEART JET NOISE sticker be held under house arrest in a home directly beneath the flight path for an indefinite and lengthy period of time. i am furthermore going to suggest that their personal wealth be pegged to the value of the property directly under the flight path.
i have one weirdo friend who really likes planes THAT much. but most of these assholes are just privileged people who don't have to live with the consequences of it.
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This reminds me of when I lived in Arizona and there was a lot of controversy over the spotted owl, which is an endangered species that inhabits the forests used for logging in the northern part of the state. So of course, conservationists wanted to stop the logging that was destroying the owls' habitat, and the proponents of logging said that would endanger the economy supported by logging. The logging proponents had bumper stickers that read, "I love spotted owls--they taste good."
Classy. And intelligent.
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