Posted on 04/27/2009 10:25:47 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee
A photo shoot involving a 747 used as Air Force One and two fighter jets flying at low altitude led to hundreds of frightened calls from residents and workers in Lower Manhattan this morning, triggering memories of 9-11 as many evacuated their offices...
According to officials, the flight -- authorized by the FAA -- came in as low as 1000 feet to 150 feet above the city as it made a large circle over Manhattan, Staten Island, and New Jersey...
Other officials noted that they were led to believe the flight would be limited to the area near the Statue of Liberty, however the flight pattern was above a much larger portion of New York and at an extremely low altitude.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
A few thoughts:
1. Why don’t we call it Air Force Zero, in honor of the messiah?
2. Can we find out who WAS on the plane? Like was Michelle on the plane? We shouldn’t be satisfied to know that Obama wasn’t on the plane, let’s find out who was.
3. Does the POTUS think Ground Zero was named after him?
4. Follow up to #3, should we call the White House Ground Zero, when Obama is there, or will that stir up Homeland Security (thinking this is a right wing plot)?
Amateur Hour in the WH just keeps rolling along.
Why is obama getting blame here?
who authorized or wanted this?
If George Bush were president, who do you think would get the blame? Bush or Cheney. So why don’t we hold Obama to the same standard?
Even more interesting if it had been done with an official battery of Patriot Missiles. I guess some people were informed.
Hillary Clinton addressed a group of delegates at some stupid international convention.
"Climate change is a clear and present danger to our world that demands immediate attention," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates from 16 major economies, the European Union and United Nations.
"The United States is fully engaged and ready to lead and determined to make up for lost time both at home and abroad."
Irnoic, isn't it?
Does that loon think 9/11/2001 was a freaking joke? Words fail.
Hopey Changey is a real funny clown.
Lots of "Gallows humor" to spread around the town.
It is only Air Force One when the President is on board.
This is not a good omen, IMHO.
HF
NYPD said they were instructed (presumably by the WH) NOT to notify anyone.
He thinks it’s all about him. Everything. The entire history of the world. Guys, we have a nutcase in the White House.
That picture is frightening looking at it from the prism of an FR post in the comfort of my computer chair.
It could well have been a hijacked plane chased by a couple of fighter planes getting ready to take out another skyscraper....or get shot down and crash on 42nd Street.
Another dumb move by Odumbo's confused and demoralized underlings.
Leni
Most likely this manuever is illegal and Obama causing mass hysteria should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law...
Or is obama above the law?
If you go to the linked ABC article you will see numerous comments by Obamaniacs claiming that NYCers are being "weenies", that they've been duped by George Bush's fake "War on Terror", that this is no big deal, that military folks in Vietnam and Baghdad have seen worse, etc.
And yet these are the same people that claim that a law enforcement car near a polling booth in a black neighborhood effectively intimidates (choose your own number) of black voters thus disenfranchising them. These morons ALWAYS need to have it any way they want. It is correct to "release the torture memos and prosecute those behind them because no one is above the law" but if someone enters the country illegally somehow they ARE above the law.
I have not read one official rationale for this supposed photo-op, what the photo they were trying to create was, why the timing was what it was, etc. but there is no rational reason to defend this and I guarantee you that there were many NYCers that voted for Obama that are re-thinking their vote and contemplating their future vote.
Have you seen any updates?
On Monday afternoon, the Director of the White House Military Office, Louis Caldera, released a statement saying, "Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused."
Nice call!
The buck sure doesn't stop at Zero's desk.
Seems like they did not follow their original flight plan. The Mayor of New York sure as hell is steamed off. And surely he would have been given all the details before the event.
on whose orders?
Why? And for something that clearly would cause public concern, why the decision to not notify the public? Since it needn’t be announced that the aircraft in question was AF1 and Obama wouldn’t be aboard there were no pressing OPSEC issues.
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