***World's Largest USA Flag displayed today...Pictures from Syncro***

My Adventure 9-11-2002 ^ | September 11, 2002 | SYNCRO and DR. ZOO

[Syncro]

KSFO sponsered the unfurling of the largest United States Flag today in Alameda.

There were over a thousand patriots here and it took over a thousand to keep the flag flying for over an hour.After this grate Patriotic Event I ventured over to San Francisco and encountered the communist terrorist supporters.

[Syncro]

Thank you sir...

[Syncro]

YW nutmeg.

:>)

[Jim Robinson]

Grate shots! And that's a grate flag up in your number 1 post!

[Syncro]

This is what it looked like just before the flag was unfurled:

[Jim Robinson]

Oh yeah. Nice picture.

[Syncro]

Har...LOL

[billybudd]

Hoover Dam:

Cleveland Stadium:

[abner]

Let me know if you would like more information. I can be reached via the website: www.usflagballoon.com I would love to get it out there for the Ca FReepers to see...

Notpoliticallycorewrecked- FYI

[Diver Dave]

Way to go there Syncro. Ya dun good!

Billie, Wake up call! Come take a look at this.

Fleet Week sounds like a good idea. :^)

[Syncro]

This guy has your hat...

Do you wrestle?

[Cultural Jihad]

Way cool!

[Syncro]

WOW! That is cool, thanks billybudd.

[WSGilcrest]

Shore hate to see that thing tangle with an Angel. I would imagine there's gonna be some pretty restricted airspace.

[American Preservative]

WS, I believe you are correct on the dates of October 7-13.

This info was at sfvisitor.org -

AT&T Fleet Week 10/11/02-10/14/02
Embarcadero and Fisherman's Wharf
Information: 415-487-6453

Pay tribute to the men and women of our nation's marine services. View dynamic aerial performances by the Blue Angels on October 12-13.

[Syncro]

This Sixteen year old young lady did a GRATE job singing the National Anthem...The Star Spangled Banner...and there it was rite out in front of her...

And the flag was also over her head...flying in all its (old) Glory...

[abner]

My guess is that we would have to tether being so close to such a large body of water.

It is a spectacular sight even on the ground.

[Japedo]

OUTSTANDING Pictures Sync!!! Thanks so much for sharing them! :)

[abner]

I'll show all of this to victim of circumstance in the morning.

If we don't make it to CA this year, it does look like we will be in Missouri for Veteran's Day...

[Syncro]

What ever works, just let me know what I can do to make this happen...it would be fantastic.

SF is quite windy lots of the time, but teathering would work.

There are lots of venues in the Sonoma/Napa area also, lots of Balloon action in the Wine Country...also we could do some tasting...LOL

[Syncro]

Thanks Jappy...

They just showed it on Channel 5 here ...I could see my car! LOL

Texaggie, they showed an ariel view here...didn't get it recorded though...dern.

[Syncro]

Thanks Slippie...what a fantastic opportunity it was to walk under the giant stars and stripes...

Melanie Morgan's son C.J.

[Syncro]

This guy had a simple message for anyone who dares to mess with out country again...

...

[bootless]

YIKES! I was there today! Syncro, was that you in the Steve Austin T-shirt? If so, I'm a zoo-head! That's what I get for getting five hours of sleep!

I was in the stars & stripes Converse hi-tops, walking around with a camera reflector.

What an AWESOME day! BTW, Ch 5 did the feature at the end (they sent a copter from Sussman's own station last) ... pretty good coverage EXCEPT they said it was "sponsored by a Bay Area radio station." Bias, anyone?

[Syncro]

KSFO honored the Firemen and Policemen that were there today, many of them such as this man and his children passed over the stage and gave their names.

Our thanks go out to them and to our armed forces too.

[Howlin]

Great pictures!

[Syncro]

LOL @ Zoo head...I will have to tell Dr. Zoo about that comment...heheh.

Yes tht was me in that shirt...my new profession, whresteling...NOT.

Sorry to have missed you, American Preservative was there too you should have recognized me, but I didn't have the lab coat on..lol

Glad you were there, wasn't it Fantaztik???

[bootless]

Roger that! I talked to a bunch of firemen and a few policemen - they were seriously into this - what a wonderful, wonderful thing to see. A more un-PC bunch I haven't seen since our last Freeper gig. And what a group of gentlemen.

[Syncro]

Thanks, stay tuned, we went into enemy territory later...

And ran into some clueless people like this, a spaced out woman, a guy inspecting his fingernails, and another guy that probably didn't even know what his sign said...LOL

[bootless]

Syncro, I looked right at you! I only fired on one cylinder today. I had the baseball/flag Tshirt on with my tan Aluminum Overcast ballcap. So sorry ... I KNEW you looked familiar!!! Cheese and rice!

We got some good videotape of the whole event - the airlines passing by were awesome. The last one did a very gentle waggle of its wings to salute the flag. Wish I could have heard the PA announcements.

More about the firemen: they were so excited, scrambling up and down the aerial ladder to take their own pictures. It was truly awesome.

[bootless]

P.S. Glad you liked my funny. Give my regards to Dr. Zoo, eh? Sorry I missed you, AP!

[bootless]

By the way, Heather, who was manning the main KSFO booth, asked me if I was a Freeper when Mel told flyboy and me, "We LOVE Freepers!". She said she has a friend who is on FR, but only knew her real name... LOL!

[Syncro]

With AP as my guide, we went into the Belly of The Beast, Justin Hermit...or is that Herman? Plaza where the Communist Terrorist Supporters were having a "peace" rally...

The speaker when we arrived was this Muzlim woman who was such the "victim" of 9-11...

I had to control my anger to be able to merge with the traitors to take pictures...grrrrrr

[Dr. Zoo]

I know a lot of peoples's real fake names...

[Syncro]

The peaceniks had the Boodust Munks doing the universal Ommmmm and it zonked out most of the people there.Just what the terrorist types ordered...

Nice boots, huh?

thought you would like the boot reference bootless...LOL

[WSGilcrest]

ping! Sorry I forgot your handle. Nice meeting you fellas!

[Syncro]

If we would only get this, we would have peace...

Don't panic, just keep it organic...LOLOLOL

BTW, I looked that person over carefully, still couldn't figure out the gender...

[Syncro]

Sorry to have missed you folks, maybe next time we need to wear signs...LOL

[bootless]

It's Pat!

[ladyinred]

Wowser! I was hoping to see some pictures of this! Very impressive, and it appears YOU WERE THERE?

[American Preservative]

Here's another link with info - AIRSHOWNETWORK.com

FYI, October is usually pretty warm in S.F., but, there are places to tether, if need be. (Even Piers 30-32, maybe, or, the ABC parking lot on Sunday.) I just thought Fleet Week would be a great venue for the usaballoon since the military would be out here, and it would be very patriotic, and educational if abner is still handing out the pocket-size Constitutions.

Oh, my idea was since KSFO is "Hot Talk" radio and the usaballoon is a hot air balloon in the unique shape of the U.S. flag, they both have "fired-up" qualities that impassion people. (Something like that.)

If you all can make it happen, that'd be really grate, imo. : )

[ladyinred]

UH OH! Even measuring on the screen, this one is bigger! :)

[Syncro]

Remember this guy?

He was so happy to have his picture taken, but he didn't like what I said.

I tried to get him to admit he liked America, but he just didn't get it. I suggested he find a better country, but he couldn't think of one.

I had to stop talking to him, so I smiled and said goodbye, but he was still upset. I hope he didn't have a heart attack...

[Syncro]

LOL ....yes Pat....heheh!

[Syncro]

No it was Dr. Zoo...I stayed home...JK yes I hope you enjoyed the pictures...they just showed an ariel view on Chanell 5 here in the Bay Area at 11:25, I wish I had a tape in, but anyway it is neat it made the mainstream media...Melanie Morgan didn't thing it would. They were on the groung and in a helicopter, so that is Grate!

[Syncro]

Well doesn't that depend on what size monitor you have??? LOL

[WSGilcrest]

AND, it would make a grate landmark to rendezvous with my fellow FReepers!

[ladyinred]

No, silly, it depends on what size fingers you have!
Think about it, you will get it, maybe not until about 3 am, but you will get it! :)

[Mo1]

WOW .. Great Pictures!!

[Syncro]

If I get to bed before 3, I will set my alarm...lol

In the mean time, if you think there are tinfoilers at FR, this guy made more sense than any of the terrorist supporting commies at Justin Herman Plaza:

He was ranting about President Bush, so I asked him about Clinton and he said Clinton owed him money for being a movie star...if you can figure out his sign, let me know...LOL

I thanked him for being there cause he made much more sense than the peacnics...

[American Preservative]

I know, sorry, I missed you too, bootless! I was thinking of having a sign, "Looking for a few good FReepers!" (but, I felt shy about doing that) or, asking Melanie to make an announcement to see if there were any other FReepers out there (but, wasn't sure that would be appropriate) so....at least it's grate to know, you and other FReepers were there, too! It was a wonderful atmosphere! : )