Way Beyond Stupid

Here’s a really bone headed one for you. The White House decided it needed a photo or two of Air Force One flying by the Statue of Liberty. Now, while this sounds like a nice idea and would make for an impressive photograph, setting aside the almost $329,000 cost in these dire economic times, or as “The Messiah” calls it, “Economic Crisis”, this was just plain stupid. Never mind the fact that some sophomore in any high school could have “Photoshopped” one for them for free, this goes way beyond stupid.

Unless you have lived in a cave anywhere except Afghanistan, where even they know about it because Al Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in caves in Afghanistan, you would remember the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Well, they are not called terrorist attacks by the Obama administration; they are now called “man caused disasters”. I reckon the terrorists were engaged in their own “Overseas Contingency Operations” that day.

So, on Monday 27 April 2009, someone decided it would be a nice day to terrorize the citizens of Lower Manhattan and New Jersey by flying a 747 jumbo jet, a back up for Air Force One on a training mission, low over the skyline of New York City to take a photograph of Air Force One over the Statue of Liberty. How stupid are these people? Or is it just that they are so arrogant and far removed from what happened on that day in September of 2001?

2,752 people died when terrorists hijacked two commercial airliners and flew them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Remember now, these are no longer considered “Terrorist attacks”, they are “man caused disasters”.

Take a look at these photos. Anybody wonder why tens of thousands of workers in New York City evacuated their work places? Wonder why the 911 switchboards were flooded with calls? Can you even begin to imagine what was going through the minds of those who lived through September 11, 2001?

Air Force One backup on 27 April 2009

9/11 Photo

Here is some of what was said after the flyover:

Jim Peters, an F.A.A. spokesman, said “the photo op coordinated with everyone.” Notification was made in advance to the mayor’s office, “including its 911 and 311 operation centers,” the New York City Police Department, the New Jersey State Police, the United States Park Police and other agencies, he said.

The Police Department confirmed that it had been notified about the event but said it had been barred from alerting the public. (my emphasis)“The flight of a VC-25 aircraft and F-16 fighters this morning was authorized by the F.A.A. for the vicinity of the Statue of Liberty with directives to local authorities not to disclose information about it but to direct any inquiries to the F.A.A. Air Traffic Security Coordinator,” (my emphasis) the Police Department said in a statement.

The mayor criticized the secrecy around the flyover. The e-mail notification “did have the normal language of saying this is sensitive information, should be distributed on a need-to-know basis, that they did not plan to have any publicity about it, which I think is ridiculous and just poor judgment,” Mr. Bloomberg said. (From FOX News Website)

Like I said, this stunt goes way beyond stupid.