Air Force One Stunt freaks out New Yorkers
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Stumble ThisThe very low flying Air Force One backup plane circled the Manhattan financial district three times for an air force photo shoot.
Authorities were not allowed to inform the public beforehand.
Panic ensued.
Other footage of this here and here
Full story on NYTimes
Authorities were not allowed to inform the public beforehand.
Panic ensued.
Other footage of this here and here
Full story on NYTimes
There is no reason whatsoever why they couldn't have notified the press ahead of time of this. It's not like a president was on board so there was no security concerns.
Widespread panic, Another way the government uses fear to sell their ideals. Keep reminding the people and keep them scared. More like "US government continues to inflict fear and terrorize it's own people...."
I'm getting pissed off now, so I'll quit!
...WHY??
So you could compare how similar it would look from other air crafts that have whizzed through New York City's Skyline at dangerously low altitudes?
Jesus what the hell were they thinking???
"You can't fly there!"
Avg cost of what, 20 man-hours of pro-Photoshopping?
Roughly $3000 (it's a single plane against cloudy background, c'mon).
Avg cost of several hours' VC-25 fuel + crew salary + scaring millions of people to death?
Priceless.
A big group of people, actually thought it would be a good idea, to fly a 747 in a low flight over New York.
And alerting the public beforehand would have been some kind of treason, a risk to national security.
Seriously, you can't make this stuff up.
maybe they were taking footage for the historical archives... of how the air force, under bush, chased off the new york planes.... and that osama obama bombed the buildings himself later!
(points of you get that reference)
I'd say this was truly in BAD TASTE!
There is no reason whatsoever why they couldn't have notified the press ahead of time of this. It's not like a president was on board so there was no security concerns.
I agree, what a *terrible idea.
-Find a Vice President capable of amusing gaffes that rival even Ford and Quayle-Buzz Jimmy from the Bronx in Air Force One-Try my best to fix some of this mess
Not shown in the video: hordes of 9/11 nutjobs searching every skyscraper in Manhattan for hidden explosives at the same time.
Not shown in the video: dozens of right-wing fuckwits hopping up and down and hoping the jet hits the Chrysler Building so they can preach to us more about the benefits of torture.
Considering the point of terrorist attacks is to disrupt daily life and cause "terror", I would have to say that they definitely accomplished their goal.
Good thing we're involved in two wars so we can all feel so safe that we still flee in terror when a plane flys overhead.
If they took it at high enough resolution you can probably even make out people being trampled!
I understand from the article that this was the spare plane. So what is this or the first choice plane called when Obama is elsewhere?
AirForce None.
Now I want a remix with Godzilla in the background.
but New Yorkers do have very good reason for their paranoia
NYTimes:
This is the 4th unannounced flyover in NY since 9/11.
If it had been a real attack, it would have been an extremely sad fact, but since it was a photo op, I'll allow myself to laugh(I wanted to say 'chuckle' but that's really only for level 36 mages).
Where were those people running to?
Anywhere but where the plane is moving too. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them were tunneled with PTSD.
Expand deficit from 1 to 3 trillion dollarsBow to Saudi King
Socialize medicine
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Take over banks
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Kiss Castro's ass
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Why do we need photos of Air Force One over NY in the first place?
Can't wait to see them, they should make for wicked desktop wallpaper.