so, the knew it would cause panic, and they did it anyway...for souvenirs for the WH gift shop? Sam- tell me again, why are you defending this? [rquoter]A furious President Barack Obama ordered an internal review of Monday's low-flying photo op over the Statue of Liberty. CBS 2 HD has discovered the feds will have plenty to question. Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public. In a memo obtained by CBS 2 HD the Federal Aviation Administration's James Johnston said the agency was aware of "the possibility of public concern regarding DOD (Department of Defense) aircraft flying at low altitudes" in an around New York City. But they demanded total secrecy from the NYPD, the Secret Service, the FBI and even the mayor's office and threatened federal sanctions if the secret got out. "To say that it should not be made public knowing that it might scare people it's just confounding," Sen. Charles Schumer said. "It's what gives Washington and government a bad name. It's sheer stupidity." The flyover -- apparently ordered by the White House Office of Military Affairs so it would have souvenir photos of Air Force One with the Statue of Liberty in the background -- had President Obama seeing red. He ordered a probe and apologized. "It was a mistake. It will never happen again," President Obama said. The NYPD was so upset about the demand for secrecy that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly vowed never to follow such a directive again and he accused the feds of inciting fears of a 9/11 replay. "Did it show any insensitivity to the psychic wounds New York City has after 9/11? Absolutely. No questions about it. It was quite insensitive." The cost of the frivolous flight was about $60,000 an hour and that was just for Air Force One. That doesn't include the cost of the two F-16s that came along. The mayoral aide who neglected to tell Mayor Michael Bloomberg about it was reprimanded.[/rquoter]
I don't even know what I'm defending - I'm pretty much attacking you as the total ass-clown that you work so hard to be here on a daily basis. The fact that this is a nine-page thread replete with nazi references and your silly rantings about a conspiracy theory going to the highest levels of the white house cinches that. What are you attacking/defending? Aside from the brave airmen of the 89th Air Lift Wing, 1st Squadron and your ultiimate sacrifice on 9/11.
Dude, you know obama wanted to scare manhattan because he secretly hates america and is a manchurian candidate sent here to destroy us all.
I agree with this. Everyone - on both sides - who makes this a pro-/anti- Obama thing is acting like a fool.
yea, I know. About as f'd up as flying a 747 over Manhattan for a friggen picture....it's "not a big deal" though....... <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jn0tMMYEkQU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jn0tMMYEkQU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
and yet you engage with Basso every single day, on every single thread that you find so repulsing. Basso might be a twit, he might be a douche, but he's got you hook, line, and sinker. Keep fighting the good fight.....Sam FISHer.
The administration F'd this one up big time. $328,000 of taxpayer money for SOUVENIER PHOTOS? Give me a break. And then they didn't bother to tell the people of NYC about what was going on? Clueless.
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After speaking to many people who had to evacuate and were truly freaked out, I now think this was an idiotic thing to do. But it's not a political thing, it's just someone in the chain who made a very stupid decision.
