Posted on Tuesday, 28th April 2009 by Bruce
I’ve visited the former World Trade Center area three times since September 11, 2001. I’ve stood at the base of many of the buildings visible in this video. It’s a compact and remarkably populated area.
Which is why I’m left wondering why doing dives and sharply banked turns over the area with an airplane bearing the same markings as Air Force One would ever make sense to anyone.
I don’t think the issue is whether President Obama authorized this, or even knew about it. I think the question is how anything this stupid, reckless and insensitive toward New Yorkers could be executed by our government. And to hear that apparently no one at the White House bothered to personally inform Mayor Bloomberg about this “photo shoot?” Pure insanity.
Perhaps someday we’ll see the end-result of this ridiculous stunt, and we’ll understand why it was so important. Call me a cynic, but until then, I’ll be left wondering what this was really all about.
Whatever it was, I hope it was worth it.
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April 28th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Gee…maybe now people will actually remember what happened on 911. They sure forgot on election day.
The inmates are running the asylum!
April 28th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
This is just another in a long list of examples of arrogance/immaturity coming out of gumby’s administration, but you can bet the blame will be placed squarely on some 9 to 5er, holding a position just above the trash man, who “should have called someone”. The people in charge are never held responsible. Does anybody think this was well thought out to begin with? Even if anyone does, how can anyone justify the top dog authorizing this not speaking directly to Mayor Bloomberg about it? There are some things you simply DO NOT delegate! Someone on another blog nailed it when he said it’s as if this administration is made up of frat boys. New Yorkers should be having a serious case of buyer’s remorse, but they are largely made up of Democrat zombies who will continue to vote liberal even if the little Iranian nut job drops the bomb on Israel and gumby says, “Not my problem.”
April 28th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Mayor Bloomberg’s response:
I heard an audio snippet on a radio news broadcast where Bloomberg sounded rather dejected at his realization that “it’s the federal government…and they can do what they want.” Kinda symbolizes Uncle Sam’s modus operandi nowadays, eh? Don’t think so? Read the arrogant initial response by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in this Associated Press report:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it doesn’t have any information about the Boeing 747′s flying photo op over lower Manhattan that sent Manhattan into a panic. The plane is a version of the 747 that’s called Air Force One when the president is aboard.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday that he doesn’t have time to keep track of the planes used as Air Force One. He says he didn’t have any information about why the presidential aircraft and its Air Force fighter jet escort were flying near the Statue of Liberty.
Notice that Mr. Gibbs is incapable of offering a simple apology:
At one point, this idiot actually refers a reporter to the White House for comment. This guy is the White House Press Secretary!!
April 28th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Try to spin this one, folks:
Source: Associated Press
April 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Have these people never heard of Photoshop? They could have gotten whatever picture it was they were after, it would have cost a LOT less money, and they wouldn’t have caused a panic in New York City.
April 28th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I can’t wait til they blame George W. Bush for this.
Or Scott Walker.
April 28th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
a) at least they waited until after Earth Day to waste the fuel on this
b) When will Barry & Co realize that he needs to stop campaigning? Or has he already filed his papers for re-election?
April 28th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Source: NJ.COM
Link: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/air_force_one_photo_op_over_ny.html
April 28th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Couldn’t find the Hudson?
April 28th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Bruce these HACKS think all of us are utterly stupid. How hard is it to find out who had the authority to USE Air Force 1, and who made the phone call to Andrews. As you know, one of my brothers was a USAF fighter pilot until 4 years ago. You DO NOT order USAF aircraft into the skies without ABJECT AUTHORITY. Who has it who used it. 5 minutes problem solved. Obama and his band of Merry dimwits KNOWS EXACTLY who did this. It’s coverup time, it’s scapegoat time.
A question that the FAKE MEDIA is too in the tank to ask is. “CAN WE SEE THE PASSENGER MANIFEST”.
It is public info.
Who was this JOY RIDE for?
April 28th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Ahhh, I figured it out. Remember Sheriff Joe the Gaffe Machine Biden? He was going to scrutinize wasteful spending, kick some ass and take some names?? Is he going to get to the bottom of this caper??? Was George Soros on board in the Presidential Suite?? Maybe Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn were checking out their BLOWED UP Greenwich Village Brownstown from 1200 ft.??
Charlie Rangel doing a campaign TV spot??
Clearly, there is a bigger story here.
Opie Von Obamenstein is going to step on his Johnson at some point. He can’t help himself. He thinks he’s Mussolini. Liberals really thought that George W. Bush was a tyrrant. Opie is so far out there that it’s hard to even take liberals seriously anymore.
This story is revolting on several levels.
1) Just to do this is arrogant beyond belief.
2) The insensitivity and obvious lack of any ability to relate to what happened to us and specically New York is scary.
3) Then the HAM HANDED attempt to cover it up and pretend no one knew is sickening.
I wonder when Rodham will be asked about this and it’s affect on her “hometown”?
April 28th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Mickey, as an answer to your question, my guess would be George Soros.
As for the “fake media” asking the “tough” questions, these are the same people who will accept “we have no one trained to estimate crowd numbers” from a top state DOA official with no (further) questions asked. (“You have no one trained to estimate crowd numbers? But you are trained to call out the National Guard? My, that’s reassuring.”)
Mickey, democracy is dead, and our side lost. Deal with it. These miscreants are in total control of this country now, dive-bombing 747′s over Manhattan with no accountability and all, and our inferior limbic brains are just along for the ride.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I don’t know, Mickey. ‘Ol Chuck Schumer hasn’t minced any words. He seems truly pissed, and rightfully so.
Ms. Rodham-Clinton? Not so much, yet.
I hark back to those early days of this administration, when they were sending letters to previous world leaders, instead of their successors, in a seeming attempt to thumb their noses at legitimate leaders and just plain piss people off for fun.
That plan was seemingly such a hoot, perhaps they thought they’d try it on the whole of the City of New York, just to see how things played out. Or perhaps they wanted to see just how quickly those buildings could get evacuated with a big ‘ol specially modified 747 doing airshow moves around Battery Park.
Anyway you slice it, it’s some pretty messed up shit.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Ah yes Bruce! Therein lies the “rub”.
Chuckie the Schmuck Schumer is still “beholding” to the good people of New York. Rodham has used them like a twice dipped….errrrrrrr….TEA BAG….and she is off to bigger and better ego trips. I’ll have the inside scoop on those ego trips soon.
Schumer has to be angered. He still needs the votes. Rodham does not.
Bruce I have some interesting stuff to e-mail you.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
OMG I can’t believe Obama did this. With Jorg Sorros in the plain, I bet! We all knew he’d place all his buddies in cushy gummit jobs in the FAA and USAF, and now look what they’ve done! All the good ones that Bush put in place, they’re all gone!
Who’s Mickey?
April 28th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Nice spin, Foust. Go back to Huffington Post.
Here, watch this video of terrified humans running for their lives, and make some more jokes.
Then, humor aside, why not just admit that this was some twisted shit, and demand that someone be held accountable?
Hope and Change, John Foust. Hope and Change.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Kudo’s Bruce.
Foust is beyond CLOWNISH. But I guess I’ve made that pretty clear here.
What has always made me sad, is that OTHERS have seemed to have done the MORAL RELATIVISM dance, VIS A VIS….Obvious CLOWNS…such as FOUST.
I may NEVER post here again. I believe that we FIGHT or we DON’T FIGHT. Glenn hss been very good to me. Bruce. You have been MORE than good to me. Bruce. I consider you a dear friend. You are a very very good man. And I must say TONIGHT, that PATRICK DORWIN, has been a friend, and I believe Patrick may finally understand what I’ve been about. I don’t think that Patrick realizes what a FRIGGIN AWESOME BLOG he has CREATED!!! But in fairness to Patrick, he did and does realize OTHERS that he could “HIRE” to make his BLOG….go foreward. Patrick is a very very good guy. A “Community organizer or Social worker!” …if you will!!! Patrick cares. Patrick is…as they say…”good people”.
Clearly, I’ve pissed Patrick off VERY VERY VERY MUCH over the last 3 years. I never meant to harm or hurt Patrick. I’ve been wrong. I’ve been very very wrong in my tenor and my tactics.
But I’ve also been RIGHT. MOSTLY RIGHT.
My standards, values and morals surpass those of the TRASH, that have MANIPULATED and ATTEMPTED to MANIPULATE Patrick over the last 3 years.
Patrick had/has a BLOG to ENDURE. My HARSH CRAP is not PATRICKS concern. I’ve made Patricks job more difficult many many times.
But I’ve ALWAYS been RIGHT. I “get it”.
Bruce “get’s it”. Glenn “get’s it”.
Bruce, Glenn, Patrick and Roland, have all e-mailed me and I think all 4 of you are wonderful guys.
Glenn. You are a man. A man’s man. You are not a MACHO fake. I am better for knowing you.
Bruce. You are a STRONG MAN, you have PERSERVERED in LIfe and you have asked for no PITY nor QUARTER. Bruce, I think you are GREAT.
Bruce, I thank you for sharing PERSONAL stuff with me. We will forever be pals.
Patrick. I think we’ve become friends. Patrick, I do not think you realize what a SUCCESS you have made of yourself!! Maybe you do, BUT, Patrick, you are AN ADMINISTATOR, and not a lib pussy. You pick COMPETENT STAFF without fear of being overshadowed. God bless Patrick and Godspeed to your arm. Patrick, you KNOW..that I sincerely CARE. Don’t you?
I’m no longer interested in playing games with PHONIES whose only interest is destructive to my COUNTRY and whose interests are SELFISH non productive garbage.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:16 am
I wholeheartedly welcome any investigation. Of course this was a clueless and insensitive photo op.
Yes, it should’ve been PhotoShopped, but I’d also bet a doughnut that the PhotoShop’d photo would’ve been detected by someone on the Internets and then touted as more evidence that Obama is all about the fake. Investigate, investigate, investigate. Don’t jump to premature conclusions. Of course it’ll be blamed on a middle manager and/or subordinate. I’ve seen it a million times. Oh, I’m not supposed to admit that dumb PR and marketing happens in private industry, too.
I’m quite impressed by the tendency to pin everything on Obama, no matter how small. It’s like you guys were watching and learning from the left over the past eight years! And here I thought you were watching Fox.
And you guyses are the beshtest frens a guy could evah have!!!! Beertenda, ‘nuther roun for my buddehs!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Foust, please, crawl back into whatever hole you came from.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Foust - people wouldnt be so quick to jump on BO if he wasn’t such a narcissistic micro manager.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
It’s like he’s a dessert topping *and* a floor wax. He’s a micro-manager, yet he’s clueless! He’s a spineless wimp, yet he’s a fascist dictator! He’s a sly manipulator of public opinion and won the election, yet everyone hates him!
April 29th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Exactly John
He is a clueless micromanager
He is a spineless wimp - He is apologizing and begging for forgiveness from everyone not a US citizen - yet is a dictator. Dicktaters don’t have to have a spine… Dicktaters only need power regardless of whether they were given it, are propped, or take it from force.
People don’t hate him - In order for that to happen they media would have to start barraging him like the did GWB. But people are starting to dislike the way that he is governing because he - as stated in other threads - made promises based on his audience and not his beliefs.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I agree to a point with John. This was probably a mid to high level government official, probably wanting to suck up to Obama, who ordered this. I also believe the person is probably an Obama appointee because a person in government or military long enough would have realized this was a stupid idea. Further, since the people in the know wanted it be kept a secret, that only makes me more convinced it was someone with the Obama administration who ordered it.
John is also correct is saying that if they photoshopped it, someone on the Internet probably would have said FAKE!! But here’s the difference- that would be a non-story for 99% of the people and most people would have realized that flying over NYC would have been a bad idea. The Obama administration didn’t have faith in the people to make that distiniction.
and yes, John is right, bad PR happens in the private industry but if that happens, the PR company is at fault but when the government screws up, it is us tax payers who get the bill.