Air Force One Photo Opp Triggers Panic in Manhattan

As for the flyover what f'ing stupid thing to do. People aught to be fired over this...no excuse for not thinking.

Read the article people...

It was a breakdown in communication at the NYC City Hall:

"On Monday afternoon, the Director of the White House Military Office, Louis Caldera, released a statement saying, "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...Although the shoot was authorized, the normal system of public notification broke down, multiple officials said...A New York City employee has been disciplined for failing to pass on the FAA fly over information when it arrived on the employee's desk at City Hall. "

Obama didn't approve the mission, and it wasn't a "selfish celebrity shoot":

"A White House official told ABC News that President Obama was "furious" to hear about the plane incident. Caldera was called into a meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina. It didn't sound like a fun meeting, the White House official said."

Anyways, dumb idea.

This teleprompter thing is getting old, clearly you're still bitter about having voted in a guy into office for 8 years who could barely speak or read English. Obama gives a speech almost every day it seems and if you're expecting him to remember 20+ min of speech you're absolutely retarded. Sigh, thinking is probably not your forte Buster, perhaps it's time to quite life?

It's really laughable that all they have to hang on to right now is a mess up with a teleprompter or who he is shaking hands with this week. Laughable and sad at the same time.

Incredibly stupid move. A selfish photo shoot by a "celebrity" President who has bigger things to deal with than sending NYC into a panic. From giving the British PM a gift of 25 classic American movies in the wrong DVD format and returning a Churchill statue that was a gift after 09/11 to his teleprompter mishap and this idiotic move, he's making the Office of the Presidency a joke.

I knew he had no real executive experience, but c'mon, have a little common sense, Mr. President.

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You're really reaching here. The DVD gift was a dumb mistake, the teleprompter gaffe isn't going to happen more often than not (maybe the teleprompter operator screwed up? but that's besides the point). But those errors are pretty trivial in the grand scheme and they have nothing to do with this.

^^ Just a cheap shot. No big surprise.

The feds knew it would cause a panic, and not only did they not inform the public, they threatened federal sanctions on the NYPD, and the Mayor's office if news of the photo shoot was leaked. WTF???

Great use of $328,835 (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHJlkHaApn4o&refer=home) in taxpayer money. :doh:


FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic - wcbstv.com (http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html)

It's really laughable that all they have to hang on to right now is a mess up with a teleprompter or who he is shaking hands with this week. Laughable and sad at the same time.
Ok. Auto Bail outs not working
Banks still not lending money
Banks sending the money over seas
The plan to save homeowners not working
Breaking of campaign promises
I'll leave some for other people.
I also don't believe that Obama knew nothing about the flight.
How about the AIG stuff

Ok. Auto Bail outs not working
Banks still not lending money
Banks sending the money over seas
The plan to save homeowners not working
Breaking of campaign promises
I'll leave some for other people.
I also don't believe that Obama knew nothing about the flight.
How about the AIG stuff

Congrats...you keep out doing yourself. Love your work, real good stuff man.

Congrats...you keep out doing yourself. Love your work, real good stuff man.
Yea, I know.

Ok. Auto Bail outs not working
Banks still not lending money
Banks sending the money over seas
The plan to save homeowners not working
Breaking of campaign promises
I'll leave some for other people.
I also don't believe that Obama knew nothing about the flight.
How about the AIG stuff

Here firstdown, I'll lend you a hand:

100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES FOR BARACK OBAMA - New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/seven/04252009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/100_days__100_mistakes_166177.htm)