You have to understand the language conman style, Skywatcher. You see “military salute” and think “honoring/respecting/appreciating the military”. Tan the Conman thinks it means “the military saluting him”.
They should fly it anyway, right when they know they can get it into a camera shot while Trump is speaking. If that’s an issue for timing or placement, overcome it. But Dems won’t do it. “Oh we can’t break the law; we can’t violate the permit! Or else…” and that’s where it trails off into vapid stupidity.
It’d be worth the deposit on the balloon, worth the court trips, etc. to basically fart all over his big moment, IMO.
So I’ll have my fingers crossed all day tomorrow, even tho I’m 99.9999% sure it won’t happen.
ABC, CBS, and NBC announce they will snub President Trump’s ‘Salute to America’ celebration.
Best news I’ve heard all day.
Even the M1s are not new. The last new one one was produced a few years ago - only 77 new M1A2s were built, with the rest all rebuilt upgrades of earlier versions.
“Hey hey HEY! Get a load of Fancy McPantsy there with the fancy ‘facts’! Like anyone needs *those *anymore! Ha!”
So all we need is a way to inflate a blimp-size object quickly and stealthily.
“Got it! In place, secret helium source, pressurized…put the input nozzle in place, Fred, you hold the rope, and bingo! Fully inflated in two seconds flat! Fred, hold on to the…Jesus! FRED! Hold on! Hold on, Fred!..”
My kind of people. Brilliant concepts, a bit thin on detailed foresight…
Agreed
Not a blimp-sized object; about a thousand bowling-ball-sized objects.
Seriously, didn’t anyone here ever see “Up”?
Maddow mentioned tonight they’re having trouble giving those tickets away. And apparently, White House officials are concerned there will be an executive meltdown as a result.
Crowd size, you know.
By the way, I’d been avoiding this thread because I am so sick and disgusted with the evil poseur currently defiling our White House. But it’s the funniest thing I’ve read today. Thanks to all who’ve contributed. 
That’d be great. Bunch of empty chairs in front of him, with thousands of protestors outside the VIP area.
Make it ten foot long, with a copper wire attached to the end of the baton and the other end tucked inside his pants.
Gotta make that balloon fly high. Chemistry folks, is there any other gas (besides hydrogen) that they could use?
The orange minion are programmed to receive only Trump State TV anyway.
They’re only not allowed to fill the blimp with helium, right? Anything stopping them from filling it with air then attaching it to a lot of small balloons that are filled with helium?
An aerial photo of that would make for an image on par with the Obama/Trump inauguration crowd size comparison photos.
Can they use some sort of umbilical hose to pump in hot air with a vent valve at the attachment (or maybe at the balloon’s mouth)? Highs in DC today are probably around 90 F, so I imagine that still could work. Plus, it makes the balloon even more baby-like.
Man I hope it rains on that scumbag’s obscene parade.
The parade should be well in by now. I keep checking the AP to see if they have any pictures or a story that they update every 20 minutes or whatever but I haven’t seen any press coverage.
How’s the weather? How is the crowd? Enquiring minds want to know!
What’s wrong with hydrogen? It lifts well and could provide a rousing climax!
snerk You said ‘climax’.
91° with heavy rain/possible thunder expected later (according to WUSA 9’s noon news). Crowd won’t matter until six, when the “salute” starts.