Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Who Was on Airforce One During the Overflight?



Who is on the manifest for the "training" mission that scared the hell out of New York? I would like to know, campaign donors, connections, loyal supporters, no one? As of now the cost is a cool 329,000 for the debacle.

In other news here is the latest info:

"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 fact that Ray Kelly has essentially declared he would not follow a Federal directive should tell you how stupid the the secrecy was in the first place.

4 comments:

  1. ...just goes to show the lingering logic
    still leftover for Obama & Biden to have to deal with. Inept self serving attitude's are bound to stand out....Perfect example!

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  2. Who was on that plane?????

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  3. History will judge Obama very harshly. This episode is a small taste of what is to come.

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