9/11 scare in NY

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

That's funny to me. What a fuck up by the government. fucking retards.

 

[toutlaw25]

Who is blaming Obama? Jesus christ people..... read my post.

I was merely pointing out that if this had happened during Bush's presidency, he would have received personal backlash. I can guarantee it. Yet, because it was during Obama's Presidency, there was no mention of Obama's name other than a brief message that he was not on the plane. It's no more Obama's fault than it would have been Bush's fault. I'm just illustrating a point.

By the look of the responses in this thread, it's obvious your attempt at illustrating a point was very poor. Bush would not have been blamed for this if he didn't FUCKING know about it. I'm an independent, and I consider myself fairly neutral when it comes to Bush. He oversaw Rumsfeld's epic failure after the initial invasion with no specific counterinsurgency strategy to note. When it came to this election I didn't like either candidate and I still don't. Why does it always have to be Bush against Obama? Bush did an "okay" job in my opinion. I haven't liked what I've seen from Obama as of yet. The point of saying how Bush would have been treated had he been in this situation is inaccurate in my opinion.

 

[Paxil]

When I was at the coast I was flipping through the channels and I accidentally stopped on Fox for a second... must have dropped the remote or something... but in the 5 seconds I was there I heard them mocking Obama for flying a jet to an Earth day something... you have got to be fucking kidding me... seriously... wtf

 

[maxiep]

I don't know if he should. It's not like it's his car and he's lending it out to people to drive.

Sorry, I just had this image of President Obama in the WH residence looking under the couch cushions and saying, "Michelle, have you seen the keys to Air Force One? I hope the girls haven't taken it out joyriding again."

 

[Colonel Ronan]

I find it somewhat comical that the writer inserted "supersonic" before talking about the fighter jet.

a) all US military fighters (F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22, F-35) with the exception of the F-117 Stealth Fighter, are supersonic-capable jets.

b) Since the 747 it was following tops out at about Mach .84, the jet wouldn't be going supersonic.

c) In fact, if it did, half of the windows in NYC would've been blown out, and then I'd imagine you have a real panic.

Why do writers do this?

How is that even relevant?

 

[Denny Crane]

When I was at the coast I was flipping through the channels and I accidentally stopped on Fox for a second... must have dropped the remote or something... but in the 5 seconds I was there I heard them mocking Obama for flying a jet to an Earth day something... you have got to be fucking kidding me... seriously... wtf

Regarding flying a jet to an Earth day something... it's irony.

Like Al Gore flying a private jet to a global warming conference, burning more fossil fuel in a few hours than a medium sized town consumes in a year.

 

[Sug]

This is what Bush's pictures look like, nobody killed him. They would of had to find him first, he was too busy hiding.

 

[Shooter]

I don't know if he should. It's not like it's his car and he's lending it out to people to drive.

Actually, it's very much like that. That airplane is reserved exclusively for POTUS, and it exists only to transport him around. If it's going to be "loaned out" for any purpose, I would think the President would need to sign off on it.

 

[julius]

Sorry, I just had this image of President Obama in the WH residence looking under the couch cushions and saying, "Michelle, have you seen the keys to Air Force One? I hope the girls haven't taken it out joyriding again."

Imagine how much fun that'd be to take AF1 on a joy-ride?

 

[julius]

Actually, it's very much like that. That airplane is reserved exclusively for POTUS, and it exists only to transport him around. If it's going to be "loaned out" for any purpose, I would think the President would need to sign off on it.

Interesting note, (iirc). Any plane the president goes on is considered AF1.

 

[Denny Crane]

This is what Bush's pictures look like, nobody killed him. They would of had to find him first, he was too busy hiding.

Oooops!

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/04/piper_alert_obama_relocated_in.html

Piper alert: Obama relocated in caution


Posted April 24, 2009 3:45 PM
by Mark Silva

It happens every once in a while.

A small airplane strays into the restricted air space over Washington, D.C., and the Capitol and White House lock down -- people evacuated from the halls of Congress on Capitol Hill, and automatic weaponry coming out of the bags on White House grounds.

It happened today, and not only was the Capitol alerted, but President Barack Obama also was moved to another location -- "out of an abudance of caution,'' his spokesman said.

 

[MrJayremmie]

God what a stupid fucking thing to do. To say not to tell anyone is just stupid.

While you are correct Barfo, do you not agree that Bush would have somehow been given some of the blame for this, had he been in office?

Absolutely. But Obama is also gettin' heat from the conservative talkshows i've listened to.