Why This Blog?

Gathering of Eagles (GOE) first caught my attention in March 2007. I think I first read about them on Sadly, No! I saw photos of them on Flickr. I laughed and laughed. Then it got funnier. The bird brains claimed after the protest that they had 30,000 'eagles' defending the memorial.

And then it got even funnier. Someone named "Betty", supposedly from the National Park Service, congratulated the group for their victory. Victory over what? Over the truth, I guess.

Another large anti-war protest was planned for September and GOE planned to be there to defend the Vietnam War Memorial again. So I kept an eye open for GOE antics.

Before the rally, the bird brains were foaming at the mouth about an oily substance which had been splashed on the Memorial and concrete curb in front of it. They wrote comments such as, "Whatever did this is not human and has now forfeited thier [sic] right to breathe."* Dozens of them assembled to defend the Memorial against further 'attack'.

They were in their usual fine form. I posted some comments on Flickr, especially for photos by someone named skye820 .

UPDATE 09/25/07: skye820 has deleted all comments from anyone other than her. She has also blocked all the users who were commenting on her photos. It's funny, because the Bird Brains say they respect the right of people to disagree. It's also funny because it now looks as if she is talking to herself. *** I'll show screenshots of the comments as they originally were in another post.

But in doing so, I realized that a handful of hateful idiots was funny, a group of hateful idiots was not. I recalled TV coverage of the 'patriotic' construction workers beating up 'hippies' and 'commies' outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. I recalled images of Hell's Angels beating up 'hippies' and 'commies' at Altamont -- and killing that black teenager, Meredith Hunter (Hunter is the one in green; this photo shows his last moments).

I didn't see much of a difference between those Hell's Angels then and the GOE now. So, since satire and mocking are effective tools against sociopaths, I decided to start this blog.

Well, and because Facebook has such crummy blogging tools! You may wish to visit my sister group, "Gathering of Eagles" Means "Gathering of Bird Brains"**** there.


* Well, no. Vandalism, even of a War Memorial, isn't a capital offense. UPDATE: it now looks like the substance was sunscreen and was most likely squirted on the memorial by some small child walking along -- perhaps behind his or her parents who had no idea their kid got his hands on it. Has the kid now "forfeited the right to live"? Stay tuned!
** I think 'she' might be that troll shoelimpy. 'She' writes just like 'him'! But I digress.
*** If you don't see any comments, it may mean she finally caught on to how silly it looks... or has closed comments altogether in the name of free speech. If she hasn't closed comments, drop her a line and get banned! It's easy and fun!
**** You will need to log in to Facebook to see the group. Sorry.