America has surrendered.

White Flags Over America

   O.K. So we've surrendered, that is the gist of it we are waving the white flag. But to whom?

Look at those flags again. You know the ones I'm talking about, put up early in the morning and taken down just before lunch and all just the other day. The two very large bleached white U.S. flags were found flying over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. All sorts of talk about it. There are some funny things about those flags and how they got there.

   One. They're not just "white" flags. They are BLEACHED American flags. You can tell this in the photos. The stripes and stars and the once blue field are all bleached out but in the sun you can see that they are there, the way the light reflects of the bias of the fabric. Clearly someone had to plan this out, they did not just run up there on a whim. They did not use some other flag. No Fag-Flag "rainbow" (which it isn't) no "Don't Tread on Me" no "Tea Party" flag no communist hammer and sickle no fascist swastika but a faded out soulless colorless American flag a surrender flag a flag of abject fucking capitulation. 

   Two. They picked flags that look new are the same size and they were bleached or even "made" to be the same in nearly every respect. Who ever put them up there had help had a plan and knew what they were doing. They had help. I'd bet it was at least 10 guys, perhaps more, but likely less than 20 all told.

   Three. They used cheap aluminum turkey pans to cover the lights. How did they know what size pan to use? Just a really good guess? They put the pans over the lights quietly, no noisy messy duct tape etc. They knew how many pans they would need. The carried them up there, in packs I'm thinking, along with the flags. These guys and it was probably all or mostly men, young-ish men who pulled this off, these dudes knew exactly what they were doing. They knew how to climb. They were not afraid of heights or of getting caught. They for sure had help in the form of lookouts with binoculars and walki-talkies probably at strategic locations on or about the bridge keeping the climbing teams apprised of the situation as the "assault team" focused on their task. They clearly have great familiarity with the bridge, bridges in general. They probably, if they are as good as they appear, had LAYERS of security.

   These guys knew how to handle ropes, get around obstacles and how to circumvent security measures.

   And the message. Political? Sort of.....or totally. But they were not just mere pranksters (well perhaps). They made a TOTALLY political statement but in a way that is not clearly attributable to any party or group. They again, did not put up a "gay" ie pro-homosexual flag nor did they put up a Tea-party type flag. But it is clear that they think that we've surrendered. Surrendered to whatever but for sure surrendered.