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New Yorkers Frightened By Air Force One Fly-Over Considering Class Action Lawsuit
KMC.com ^ | May 6 2009

Posted on 05/06/2009 7:23:24 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776

Because of damages caused by post traumatic stress, I guess.

On Tuesday, Obama told reporters, ?It was a mistake. It was something we found out about along with all of you. And it will not happen again.?

Caldera quickly apologized for the operation.

?Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision,? Caldera said to CNN. ?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.?

But the apology was not enough for some people in the area. Linda Garcia-Rose, a social worker who counsels post-traumatic stress disorder patients in an office three blocks from where the World Trade Center stood, told CNN that she is considering a class-action lawsuit against the government for the unannounced flight.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: af1; bho44; bhoairforceone; georgelucas; lawsuit; redtails; tuskegeeairmen
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To: Eaker

No, I would not feel different if my wife was scared.

Stuff happens.

We have to really get over ourselves and get back to doing our jobs, and taking stuff as it happens. This was unfortunate, and perhaps even stupid. No, really, it WAS stupid.

But that doesn’t mean that they should be sued. This crap has got to stop.


61 posted on 05/06/2009 8:29:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ein Volk, Ein Riech, Ein Ein.)
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To: AmericanMade1776
Can somebody tell me how this "Community Organizing" is any different from the community organizing that Barack Obama or Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton would have done to someone else's administration?

-PJ

62 posted on 05/06/2009 8:30:35 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
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To: Vermont Lt
This crap has got to stop.

Why would you presume that this is your decision? Further there are legitimate lawsuits or do you want to stop them all?

Oh, and personally I would be pissed if this happened to my wife. I guess we are just very different in how we try to care for and protect our family.

63 posted on 05/06/2009 8:38:43 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
I have yet to see anyone consider that this might well be a gesture to some Hollywood producer for film footage for a future movie project. There were a lot of political contributions from the Hollywood interests. Maybe I have missed someone else making that suggestion.
64 posted on 05/06/2009 8:47:46 PM PDT by morgan22 (Morgan22)
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To: Vermont Lt

“Stuff happens”...I would agree. If someone hit a sprinkler head; or started a small fire in an office kitchen...and people were injured evacuating the building...I would sum that up to random, chance occurence. Stuff like that happens.

But Air Force One just doesn’t ‘happen’ to be in the air. There are long planned logistical decisions; timing issues; staff on the ground in MD; the White House; the Air Force; Air Traffic Control; ie., hundreds involved...in a planned flight. Huge difference.


65 posted on 05/06/2009 8:48:30 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (M. Thatcher, "The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: Lady Jag

Why do I think cocaine was involved?


66 posted on 05/06/2009 8:50:46 PM PDT by Palladin (Waterboard Nancy Pelosi!)
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To: pandoraou812

I have asthma...if I had to run down 40 flights of stairs; in fear; I would wind up in the ER. I would guess there are alot of asthmatics; angina sufferers; migraines; not to mention twisted ankles; sprains; falls. This isn’t a game...people lost wages; business lost productivity; and (again) I would guess people had medical issues from the stress.


67 posted on 05/06/2009 8:51:07 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (M. Thatcher, "The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: AmericanMade1776

68 posted on 05/06/2009 8:53:52 PM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: morgan22

Well, the George Lucas ‘Redtail’ movie has been mentioned a bunch. It is about the Tuskegee Airmen (an all black unit)...and how ‘symbolic’ if they were ‘shown’ escorting AF1 over Ground Zero, NYC? I would guess, that with all of the outrage...and I can’t imagine that they didn’t think that thru...that the scenes ‘shot’ in the flyover are just worthless now. I mean if the use the footage, well...the secret it ‘out.’

You would think though that someone would break ranks and spill what they know. So maybe a big, class action suit would help bring the truth to the public...during discovery?


69 posted on 05/06/2009 8:54:35 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (M. Thatcher, "The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

In the shape I am presently in if I had been in NYC & gone through this bs I would be suing....Had you been in or near the towers on 9/11 then all that would come back to you. Years that you spent trying to get over it would now be wasted. I feel badly for these people. What on earth are our elected officials on ?


70 posted on 05/06/2009 8:57:53 PM PDT by pandoraou812 (elected officials should be required to pass drug, alcohol & dementia testing)
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To: sergeantdave

I think a bunch of staff members thought it would be fun to fly low over Manhatten and use their cell phones to call their wall street buds to find out how their September short America orders were doing.

Cell phones do work on airplanes, now, right?


71 posted on 05/06/2009 9:00:25 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman (Luke 23:31)
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To: AmericanMade1776
OOPS
72 posted on 05/06/2009 9:02:13 PM PDT by odin2008 (EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
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To: AmericanMade1776

While I an not a law suit kind of guy, think what would have happened if New Yorkers flew a Jet close to the pentagon with a fighter jet behind it?


74 posted on 05/06/2009 9:22:59 PM PDT by GrouchoTex (...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
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To: F15Eagle
Imagine if they could prove that Obozo had been on board.

I'm picturing Saudi Royals.

75 posted on 05/06/2009 10:32:01 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: imahawk
They deserve it.After all,they voted for this nightmare.

The defense rests.

76 posted on 05/06/2009 10:37:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: pandoraou812
What on earth are our elected officials on ?

I haven't done them, but I know a number of people who have, so my guess is Rx psychotropics. Probably multiple scrips in some cases.

77 posted on 05/06/2009 11:24:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: AmericanMade1776
Who are they going to sue, Boeing?

They voted Obama and they got what they deserved. I have no sympathy for any of those Libtards in New York.

And just to be clear, I was born in New York and lived there as a child.

78 posted on 05/06/2009 11:31:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (One Man's ACORN is another Man's Brown Shirt...)
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To: Eaker

And how is filing a lawsuit weeks after the incident caring for your family? Its trying to get revenge. Or greed. Neither of which are very healthy. Is it caring for your wife to make her relive her pain through depositions and courtroom trials to get your pound of flesh?

Its funny how the folks on FR bitch about trial lawyers and this lawsuit happy culture. And then, when they feel slighted, they run to the courts.

I am not uncaring. I would be pissed if it happened to my wife too. But I dont think a lawsuit against the taxpayers is a reasonable reaction.

And yes, I would accept the position as Overseer, and this would be my decision. So let it be written...... and all that.


79 posted on 05/07/2009 4:53:03 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ein Volk, Ein Riech, Ein Ein.)
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To: Vermont Lt
And how is filing a lawsuit weeks after the incident caring for your family? Its trying to get revenge. Or greed.

You are projecting what your reasoning would be not an adults. Often the only way to punish a wrongdoer and prevent a repeat of the action is civil prosecution as I don't think the S.S. will allow those wronged to whip Odinga's ass.

Its funny how the folks on FR bitch about trial lawyers and this lawsuit happy culture. And then, when they feel slighted, they run to the courts.

These people didn't "feel slighted"; further proof that you don't understand the situation and are simply babbling. They were truely frightened and some traumatized and deserve redress.

I would accept the position as Overseer, and this would be my decision.

You have a lifetime of growing up to do first since you cannot get your head around the problems here.

80 posted on 05/07/2009 6:53:12 AM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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