4/27 Panic Attack

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A jet normally used as Air Force One rattled windows and workers Monday morning. President Obama, who was not aboard, was reported to be furious.
Jim Brown

How does One cap off One’s first 100 Days? By causing a NYC panic attack in an Air Force One photo-op gone bad:

It was supposed to be a photo opportunity, a showcase of Air Force One alongside the sweep of New York City skyline.

But as the low-flying Boeing 747 speeded in the shadows of skyscrapers, trailed by two fighter jets, the sight instead awakened barely dormant fears of a terrorist attack, causing a momentary panic that sent workers pouring out of buildings on both sides of the Hudson River.

“I thought there was some kind of an attack,” said Paul Nadler, who sprinted down more than 20 flights of stairs after watching the plane from his office in Jersey City shortly after 10 a.m. “We ran like hell.”

In fact, the blue and white plane with “The United States of America” emblazoned on its side was one of two regularly used by the president. It was soaring above Lower Manhattan, Staten Island and Jersey City so government photographers could take pictures near the Statue of Liberty for publicity purposes.

Aides to President Obama, who was not on board, said he was incensed when he learned of the event Monday afternoon. The White House later issued a formal apology.

Witnesses described the engine roar as the planes swooped by office towers close enough to rattle the windows and prompt evacuations at scores of buildings. Some sobbed as they made their way to the street.

“As soon as someone saw how close it got to the buildings, people literally ran out,” said Carlina Rivera, 25, who works at an educational services company on the 22nd floor of 1 Liberty Plaza, adjacent to the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack. “Probably about 80 percent of my office left within two minutes of seeing how close it got to our building.”

Apparently, over 90 911 calls came in.

I hope the White House got their photos…I’m sure the one I published in this post won’t make the cut for the WH website; but it’s the One this photo-op will be remembered for.

You can all draw your own symbolic meaning from this.

Check out the video of the panick which ensues.

Lefty blogger says the President was merely showing Wall Street bankers who wears the pants in this country:

They — and you — just got a wakeup call: a friendly reminder who wears the pants around here, and who HOPES they can find a CHANGE of pants right about now.

Yeah, I saw those golf pants….scary, scary stuff.

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“Aides to President Obama, who was not on board, said he was incensed when he learned of the event Monday afternoon. “

Yeah, sure he was. I wonder if they did a poll to see how incensed he should be? Did someone have to post “frown” on his teleprompter?

As one of the many who witnessed the events of 9/11/2001 first hand, I’m infuriated by this. I don’t understand why it had to be kept a secret. While many New Yorkers may have been disturbed by the presence of a low flying plane downtown, we wouldn’t have panicked had we known what was going on. Hell, our Mayor didn’t even know! As much as I love our President, he owes us a public apology. There was no excuse for this.

I’ve posted about my 9/11 experience before so I will not rehash what is easy enough for most people with a brain to comprehend. But, this event is just “further” evidence of how out of touch these morons are (and have been) and why they cannot grasp the concept of how to keep this nation safe.

You’d have be out of your mind to assume that any one who would do this (or authorize this) had even the first clue about what 9/11 was and what it meant nor what it takes to keep us safe.

I hope the White House got their photos

Even if this were not something that caused panic to thousands, I think we should point out that this particular kind of photo is trivial to put together artificially (photoshop). What a waste of money.

Photoshop….BINGO!!!!

just a rumor here BUT a good rumor…

check out who were the recent celebutards paying big bux to spend the night in the WH the same way the Clintons so tackily and shamefully did. seems that Obama might have “kicked it up a notch” and now they are pimping rides on AF One and Marine One – for a price. but again, this is JUST a rumor (for now).

by the way, the callsigns “AF One” and “Marine One” are not used until the POTUS is actually onboard. and HMX-1 is the unit for the Marine helos at Quantico, and 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews for the 747s.

Personally, I think BO knew about the plane, and is lying when he says he “just found out about it when we did”. I know he thinks we’re stupid, but please. And, he didn’t forget what effect it would have on New Yorkers going into panic mode post 9/11. He just didn’t care. And, the reason being a photo op sounds questionable to me. Reeko might be on to something with the selling of rides theory, though. Just call them DNC donations.

And, if he’s telling the truth (not) and didn’t know about it? We’re supposed to feel warm and fuzzy that the CIC doesn’t know what his airplanes are doing?

We are supposed to believe that his military liaison (who has an office in the W/H) did this without ANYONE ELSE IN THE STAFF knowing about it. Yet he will take the sword.

Narcissistic son of a bitch, surrounded by enabling butt-biters.

….I need to stop right now or I’ll go freakin ballistic…

-On the otherhand, about a million New Yorkers just got a well-needed reminder on who they recently voted into office, and many of them just came to the sudden realization that The One doesn’t give a damn about what they felt on 9-11.

Sadly Patvann in a week or two the news services will NEVER mention this incident again. If it had been Bush in office they would have clung to this like a dog on a frisbee. But since Obama said he didn’t know about it all the liberal newscasters will go, “Oh, ok” and return to the fold.