Posted on 09/11/2010 2:08:08 PM PDT by george76
MISSING PRES. BUSH EVEN MORE TODAY!
“John Leitner, a floor trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange Building, said workers received no official prior announcement about the exercise. He said everyone panicked when they saw the low-flying planes and began running out of the building, mere blocks from the former World Trade Center site, around 10 a.m.”
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/report_says_plane_flys_low_pas.html
Video of the incident at link.
So true!!! Narcissists evoke that repsonse from everyone around them, once they show their true colors!
The overfly of Manhattan by Air Force 1 with the military escort made three passes. One of the comments from the article at the link of my prior post: “I, too, was outside on the JC waterfront, just below Exchange Place, when I heard a loud screech. It almost sounded like a missile or rocket (but was probably just the fighter plane, on further relection). Out on the pier, you always see helicopters flying up and down the river, and the occasional small plane a little higher, but this was different. A few seconds later, we look up to see a very low flying jumbo jet with a fighter in what appeared to be a chase position (BTW, there are no markings or insignia on the BOTTOM of that plane). We looked down the street to see it banking south over Jersey City before disappearing behind the buildings. Emergency landing at Newark Airport, maybe, I thought? Then a minute or two later, it comes around again, from the south, down around the Verazano Bridge. We didn’t see it coming in until it was almost right on top of us and started banking right around the Goldman building. It was damn close! People had come out of the buildings and started running north along the pier, thinking it was going to crash, and I can’t say I blame them for thinking so. It was somewhat chaotic, to say the least!”
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/report_says_plane_flys_low_pas.html
The date of the overfly was April 27, 2009.
April 27, 2009, was 204 years to the 1st day of the battle of Derna (or Derne). The Battle of Derna is considered the turning point of the First Barbary War, which we have immortalized in these words: “...to the shores of Tripoli.”
Those words are from the Marines’ Hymn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Derna
The battle began at approximately 2:45 pm local time.
The victory (in May, after repulsing efforts to retake the city) marked the first time the US flag flew over a foreign battlefield.
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1800s/p/derne.htm
Louis Caldera took responsibility for the Manhattan flyover of AF1 and resigned. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/08/air-force-one-flyover-aide-resigns
Louis Caldera was Director of the White House Military Office from January 20, 2009 until May 22, 2009 and served as the 17th United States Secretary of the Army from July 2, 1998 until January 20, 2001.
Michelle Obama has an open letter on the White House site reminding us all that September 11th is ‘Nationl Day Of Service’ day.
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No, Moe, it’s not and it never will be. 9/11/01 is a day of infamy and history. See Pearl Harbor for reference to being an American.
Certainly not in his heart, and maybe not legally either.
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