Way To Go, DoD
The mayor of New York is “furious” after Barack Obama’s plane (minus Obama, of course) came screeching across the skies of Lower Manhattan this morning, scaring the ever-living sh*t out of thousands of New Yorkers and prompting the evacuation of dozens of buildings.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the Department of Defense-approved flyover – which evoked painful memories of the September 11 terrorist attacks – was “ill-conceived” and “a waste of taxpayers’ money.”
Apparently, though, somebody in the Obama administration wanted a picture of the preeminent symbol of American power soaring over the Statue of Liberty – which is pretty ironic considering America doesn’t give much of a rat’s ass about liberty anymore.
Or the taxpayers.
Which brings us to our main point – what the hell are we doing fueling up Air Force One for a friggin’ propaganda flight?
As “Shorty” likes to say, “is that necessary?”
Our government is borrowing trillions on top of trillions to bail out a bunch of recklessly irresponsible banks and wastefully unsustainable bureaucracies but the president’s plane can go joy-riding across the skies of Lower Manhattan for a photo op?
It’s like Goose told Maverick in Top Gun – “we’ve got no fuel for this!“
Comments
By Mab on April 27th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Surely there is something not being reported about this.
“Pretty Ironic” indeed, if President Pantywaist had anything to do with it.
God Save Us From This Idiot!
By cerius on April 27th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Was this another one of Barack Hussein Obama’s salute to Earth Day, a little late?
(ya know he burned 9,000 + gallons last week to celebrate our precious, precious Mother Earth!)
By Snead on April 27th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Do you copy and paste directly from Michelle Malkin or do you use a thesaurus to change the words first?
By roofus on April 27th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
It’s not Obama’s fault, guys. Lay off! The Teleprompter ordered the photo-op! Obama had nothing, I mean absolutely nothing to do with it!
Dont worry–our kids and grandkids will pay for the fuel.
By seth on April 27th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Okay, Bush had the carrier photo-op, so Obama tried to use Air Force One and some F-16’s and the big apple. Let’s see, one was a macho stunt that was really cool. The other was a moronic stunt which caused panic and reopened old wounds. Way to go Mr. Sensitive, ummm, President.
By lou on April 28th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Does anyone else notice that planes fly extremely low over Forest Acres too? We are 10 miles from the Columbia Airport but planes are frequently seen flying right above the treetops over here.
A couple of years ago, low flying white unmarked planes graced our skies for weeks on end. I believed a flight school had been set up over my downtown neighborhood.
The FAA denied knowledge of low flying planes and I felt GREAT.
Planes should not fly over homes and downtown areas so low.
Someone has a responsibility to stop it.
By JoeAmerica on April 28th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Call sign = One Delta Ten Tango
By Justwondern on April 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
JoeAmerica…Well said!
By Mab on April 28th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Is anybody following the P & C article comments on the swine flu story today? One poster recommends this article @ WorldNetDaily which poses the question of whether this is an act of biological terrorism. I had to search the site for “Klayman” to find the article.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96299
By teho on April 28th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
An obnoxious, offensive, and expensive propaganda stunt! Unto what purpose?
By Pat Hendrix on April 28th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Hee, all I had to was wait. Thanks for pulling through, Mab, I knew somebody would insinuate that this was tied to swine flu. And a source as solid as the worlddailynet. Got to love it.
As for the stunt itself, pure stupidity. Agreed.
By Mab on April 28th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Pat – I wasn’t linking these two things together. This is just where I planted my comment, knowing if this was a credible possibility Sic/Benevolent Dictator would issue some precautionary advice.
It was Fred Sanford Thinking — this may be the ‘big one’ — take cover — .
By cerius on April 28th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
It’s been reported that Team Obama’s propaganda stunt cost our children over $328,000.00. Think of how that money could more effectively been used to improve our schools in Dillon, SC, for instance. What a waste of precious resources!
By Wolf25 on October 22nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Anyone who owns a computer knows it’s not a science. ,