Sesquicentennial Flyby #2
Faster planes this time, but still pretty anticlimactic…
In the video, a flight of four F-16s from the Minnesota Air National Guard overflies the Capitol Building during Diana Pierce’s keynote address at the Minnesota Sesquicentennial. It’s not very impressive to watch, I know, but you try taking footage of jets going 350 miles per hour with a $250 digital camera. I did what I could.
It was actually a weirdly cathartic moment, given the budget agreement announced just a few hours earlier between the governor and the Legislature. Pawlenty himself was seated in the front row, and a lot of the House members were mulling about the steps. (The Senate was still in session.) I think the mood of the whole Sesquicentennial would’ve been dampened if the governor and state lawmakers hadn’t finished their work on time. The fact that they did lent the whole celebration an air of… I don’t know. Credibility?
Hooray, I say! Hooray for Minnesota! Hooray for F-16s and budget agreements! Hooray for no more late nights for me at the Capitol until January!
I need a vacation.
(More pics and video here.)
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
