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Low level flight panics NY

Catman said:
I think it would be a good thing for Obama to at least visit the mayor, get tv coverage and make sure he gives an honest apology to the people of NYC.
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WHAT???
Ombama needs to make this go away. Just lay low and let it die down. Not show up trying to kiss up to people.:spin:
 
kaya'08 said:
BBC NEWS | Americas | Low-level flight panics New York (small clip on this link worth watching)

The president was not on board the flight, which was organised to take photographs of Air Force One against the New York skyline.
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You cannot fabricate the stunning level of rabid incompetence it would take to do this. By the way, is this a good way to spend over $328,000 of the tax payer’s money in such HARD times?

Democrats treat their political positions as if it is a Kingdom and continue to recklessly spend the taxpayer’s money without any responsible debate on how we will be taxed to pay for all the largess.

:roll:
 
Triad said:
Count on the BBC to post one of the most benign videos of the "event"

Here's one-

Breitbart.tv Raw: Startled New Yorkers Run Through Streets as Obama Plane Photo Op Goes Awry

Gives you a much better perspective. Shows you how low it really was as well as how "scary" it was.

That shows even if the Obama Administration doesn't believe in Terrorist or that we are at War..Americans in the real world do.
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Not to mention that they didn't have the BRAINS to contact the Mayor of New York and give him an FYI of the event.

It’s tantamount to the stupidity and lack of brains currently infesting the White House and Congress; and yet, the American people see HOPE and still like the morons and think Republicans are bad. :rofl
 
Triad said:
Instead of apologizing for his administrations actions he ran out found someone to blame and made them apologize.
Once again showing Obama is not President material.

Whenever he can use a stituation to aggrandize himself he does..whenever it hurts him he drops it on someone else. Whenever he is unsure how it will play out he authorizes(not orders) someone else to make the decisions.

With Obama-
"The Buck Stops Somewhere Else."
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This is pretty much hitting the proverbial nail on the head; much like his suggestion that he INHERITED the trillion dollar deficit and excused himself from Chavez's criticisms by suggesting he wasn't born at the time AmeriKa did all those bad things to South America.

You cannot fabricate this level of gross incompetence.

This is what you get when you elect a Community Organizer who is nothing more than a "post turtle." Again, a "post turtle" is a turtle you find on top of a fence post; he doesn't know how he got there, doesn't know how to get down, and now that he is on the post, doesn't know what to do.

:2wave:
 
Maxientius said:
this shows just how disorganized, lazy, and arrogant the Obama administration has become.
This is just one in long series of slips and mistakes by The White House.
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....with so many more to come. I am wondering when the Democrats in control of the Congress and the White House will show some of that transparency and tell the American people how they are going to pay for their $3.5 trillion budget of which $1.8 trillion is in deficit. :roll:
 
Maxientius said:
this shows just how disorganized, lazy, and arrogant the Obama administration has become.
This is just one in long series of slips and mistakes by The White House.
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Are you calling a black man lazy? :doh
 
Truth Detector said:
This is pretty much hitting the proverbial nail on the head; much like his suggestion that he INHERITED the trillion dollar deficit and excused himself from Chavez's criticisms by suggesting he wasn't born at the time AmeriKa did all those bad things to South America.

You cannot fabricate this level of gross incompetence.

This is what you get when you elect a Community Organizer who is nothing more than a "post turtle." Again, a "post turtle" is a turtle you find on top of a fence post; he doesn't know how he got there, doesn't know how to get down, and now that he is on the post, doesn't know what to do.

:2wave:
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How did Obama NOT inherit the deficit? I can't wait to hear this.
 
American said:
I think NYers are a bunch of ******s. :rofl:
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For real.

If an airplane flew that close to me, I wouldn't pee myself... I would be too busy crying.


If I saw one of those planes flying low in my University's airspace, i wouldn't be too frightened. The University was built so that from the air it will look like clouds. ASU is actually one of the places the President has an option of going if D.C. were to be attacked.

Get some. We're relevant.
 
WillRockwell said:
How did Obama NOT inherit the deficit? I can't wait to hear this.
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Well, considering that Obama voted for Bush's $700 billion bailout and then put together a $3 trillion bailout plan once he became President I'd say it's a bit disingenuous to say that he "inherited" the deficit.
 
Arch Enemy said:
For real.

If an airplane flew that close to me, I wouldn't pee myself... I would be too busy crying.
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You and American should STFU, because you have absolutely no idea what New Yorkers went through on 9/11. Lower Manhattan is a very small place, and the events of that day were every bit as traumatizing as combat. We don't complain about it, but we also don't put up with ignorant yahoos who call New Yorkers ******s. If you don't understand, just keep quiet about it.
 
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dclxvinoise said:
Well, considering that Obama voted for Bush's $700 billion bailout and then put together a $3 trillion bailout plan once he became President I'd say it's a bit disingenuous to say that he "inherited" the deficit.
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I thought you were referring to the deficit, not the bailout....
Considering the economy lost over 4 trillion dollars, the cost of the bailout, which will hopefully prevent further loss, seems a reasonable response.
 
WillRockwell said:
I thought you were referring to the deficit, not the bailout....
Considering the economy lost over 4 trillion dollars, the cost of the bailout, which will hopefully prevent further loss, seems a reasonable response.
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Yeah, it is always a good idea to keep digging when you are in a hole. :roll:

Do you think the US can dig deep enough to come out the other side.


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Arch Enemy said:
White House Apologizes for Air Force FlyOver

Good thing you didn't have to hold your breath. You might've been in debt to me, of all people.
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So let me understand this story, the smartest man on the planet, the man we are expecting to change the world's opinion, the man we are expecting to manage the entire economy and make all the poor in America safe and prosperous, the man who has the incredible ability to bring us together, did NOT know about this flight NOR authorize it?

You mean that Obama's staff can take Air force ONE on a joyride over Manhattan without his knowledge?

At 4:39 p.m. Monday, the White House issued an apology for the flyover. Louis E. Caldera, director of the White House Military Office, who served in the Clinton administration as secretary of the Army, said in a statement:
Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it’s clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.

When President Obama learned of the episode on Monday afternoon, aides said, he, too, was furious. Senior administration officials conveyed the president’s anger in a meeting with Mr. Caldera on Monday afternoon.

This looks more like pointing the finger of BLAME than any form of apology or taking responsibility to me dude. But then, I don't wallow in denial either trying to defend this Community Organizers gross incompetence.

Carry on; it is comforting to know that the smartest man on the planet, our dear leader, is so well informed by his OWN staff and has such good control over his OWN aircraft.

You just cannot fabricate the level of denial and spin we are now getting from the same Liberal Bush Bashers who spent every waking moment impugning Bush for everything from Natural Disasters to terrorist attacks planned during Clinton's Presidency.

:rofl
 
WillRockwell said:
How did Obama NOT inherit the deficit? I can't wait to hear this.
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Because he was IN the Senate and VOTED for and SUPPORTED every spending Bill that placed us in this deficit.

I know when you are a rabid hyper partisan who wallows in denial and spends every waking moment avoiding reality; it would be difficult to comprehend simple FACTS like these.

Democrats, since taking over the Congress, have taken this nation from a deficit of less than $200 billion to a deficit now suggested to be around $1.8 trillion.

I think we can put the notion that Democrats are fiscally responsible to rest.

Carry on; it is amusing watching hyper partisans like you attempt to carry the water for such gross incompetence. :rofl
 
americanwoman said:
Come on now Td, they are coming up with new ideas for saving money, like the genius idea of buying office supplies in bulk. :rofl



Obama to cut staggering deficit by purchasing office supplies in bulk
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LMFAO....oh yes, I forgot about how much this is going to save us. But alas, they just spent all those potential savings in supplies taking Air Force ONE on a joyride over Manhattan.

Reality is certainly not a friend of the Democrats these days is it? :rofl
 
WillRockwell said:
I thought you were referring to the deficit, not the bailout....
Considering the economy lost over 4 trillion dollars, the cost of the bailout, which will hopefully prevent further loss, seems a reasonable response.
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It only makes sense or appears "reasonable" is you are clueless about the economic impact of Government spending itself into a $1.8 trillion deficit and the costs of adding this to the National Debt and the inflationary effects it will have when the Government is forced to PRINT money in order to pay their bills.

I cannot imagine how some educated economists can even argue the case for what this Government is doing without chuckling or laughing out loud.

NOTHING good can come of such spending when they won't even be transparent and honest enough to have an HONEST public debate about HOW they are going to pay for it all.

Doesn't it strike you as suspect that we have yet to talk about who is going to pay for this stuff? Do you realize that if you taxed the richest 2% of people in the USA 100% it would still be insufficient?

Do you still believe that carbon taxes on polluting industries, taxes on businesses and increasing the costs of manufacturing will have no impact on YOU personally?

Do you think that businesses do not pass those costs and taxes onto YOU the consumer?

Do you honestly think that the few hundred dollars Obama is giving to those who earn less than $250,000K AGI will make a dent on the economy?

Do you honestly think that State Governments, typically in Liberal States, are increasing the taxes on their citizens to cover for their own lost revenue and Liberal programs?

Where in all these denials have you even asked who pays for all these wonderful Government green programs and vast expansion of the Federal Bureaucracy and Federal Debt; which will soon surpass 25% of the Federal budget?

It is obvious that the fawning supporters of the Community Organizer, much like him, wallow in blissful denial thinking that there will not be a BILL at the end of the day to pay for all these wonderful programs and vast expansion of Government intrusion into every aspect of our lives.

It is almost as laughable as the notion the poorer among us have that there will be no cost for Government managed healthcare and that somehow, OTHERS will be paying for it.

Consider this a REALITY check and hardly anything remotely partisan because if Republicans were doing this I would have the exact same response.

:2wave:
 
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Felicity said:
There is no apology there from Obama--just a claim of ignorance. The buck stops at the prez.


http://www.debatepolitics.com/1058005207-post17.html





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Obama acknowledged the incident and pledged it would not happen again. Do you need an apology from him because he is CinC of the armed forces and it was a military error, or because he is president and it happened on his watch, or just because you enjoy demanding apologies? Because he had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
 
WillRockwell said:
Obama acknowledged the incident and pledged it would not happen again. Do you need an apology from him because he is CinC of the armed forces and it was a military error, or because he is president and it happened on his watch, or just because you enjoy demanding apologies? Because he had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
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It doesn't change the fact that the buck stops at him. I think an apology is warranted considering that it was a stupid stunt that caused a lot of unnecessary panic. I imagine your views would probably be quite different if this had happened when Bush was President.
 
WillRockwell said:
Obama acknowledged the incident and pledged it would not happen again. Do you need an apology from him because he is CinC of the armed forces and it was a military error, or because he is president and it happened on his watch, or just because you enjoy demanding apologies? Because he had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
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This is fascinating coming from a rabid hyper partisan who demanded apologies from Bush if he even sneezed, and even THEN, wouldn't accept them as good enough.

Do you not see the blatant hypocrisy it takes to make the arguments you do?

You are beyond irrelevant. I just like pointing it out from time to time when I am bored. :rofl
 
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