Ground Zero Foolish Airplane Stunt

[bhaktajan]

Stupid is as Stupid does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Keep your friends close and your dopey-Stranger-Executive-Chief Closer . . . to the telepromopter lest he 'jumps the gun' [missed his que].

 

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Numerous people have called newsrooms worried after seeing the low-flying plane on the North Shore and several lower <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<st1:place w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:City> buildings were evacuated as a precaution.

"An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over Manhattan on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures," the New York Times reported.

"It was pre-planned, pre-coordinated with everyone involved," said FAA spokesman Jim Peters.

Peters also said city officials as well as state government agencies in <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State> were briefed on the flight in advance. Too bad they didn't bother to tell anyone.

The incident invoked memories of Sept. 11, 2001 when two hijacked commercial airliners flew into the <st1:place w:st="on"><ST1:PWorld </ST1:PTrade </ST1:PCenter </st1:place>towers.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

A number of buildings in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> were evacuated Monday morning after a trio of low-flying planes flew near the Statue of Liberty.

“An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over Manhattan on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures,” the New York Times reports.

 

“But a lack of awareness about the flyover led to the evacuation of several buildings in Lower Manhattan and <st1:City w:st="on">Jersey City</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.J.</st1:State>, and perplexed officials at the Port Authority of New York and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State> and other authorities were inundated with calls from anxious ferry passengers, office workers and residents in the area.”

“It is pre-planned, pre-coordinated with everyone involved,” FAA spokesman Jim Peters said. “It’s a military flight over <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> to take photos.”

Peters added, “We’ve gotten reports several buildings in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jersey City</st1:place></st1:City> were evacuated.”

One eyewitness told the New York Times,

“People came pouring out of the buildings, the <st1:place w:st="on"><ST1:PAmerican Express Building</st1:place>, all the buildings in the Financial District by the water. And even the construction guys over by <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">100 North End Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> area, they all got out of their buildings. Nobody knew about it.

 

Finally some guy showed up with a little megaphone to tell everyone it was a test, but the people were not happy. The people who were here 9/11 were not happy. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> police were standing right there and they had no knowledge of it. The evacuations were spontaneous. Guys from the floor came out, and one guy I talked to was just shaking.”

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“Photo Op” flyover frightens New Yorkers, outrages many

 

NEW YORK CITY – A low-flying 747 buzzing New York City, trailed by two F-16 jet fighters. What sounds like the setup for an outrageous and tasteless reminder of 9/11, was nothing more than a pre-arranged ‘photo op’ involving the backup plane for Air Force One.

 

Few knew in advance it was to happen Monday morning.

 

New York City Police had been told about it, but also told to tell no one.

People, working in lower <st1:City w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:City> office buildings, and even some <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State></st1:place> offices, quickly evacuated to the streets.

 

New York City Mayor Michael Blumberg and New York State Senator Charles Schumer were among the officials who found the incident incredulous.

 

Blumberg is described as “furious” he was not told.

 

"There was no need to scare thousands of New Yorkers who still have the vivid memory of 9/11", Schumer was quoted as saying.

 

Late Monday, Louis Caldera, director of the White House Military Office, who authorized the flyover, issued an apology “…for any distress that flight caused”.

[bhaktajan]

Obama Flubs Teleprompter

April 28, 2009

President Obama had a little mix-up with his teleprompter at a speech Monday.

In an address to the National Academy of Sciences, Obama announced the formation of a President’ Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

But shortly after specifying who will be on the new council, he started to introduce the names again. His teleprompter was at the wrong place.

Obama looked at his machine and asked for help. Here’s what he said:

“In addition to John – sorry, the – I just noticed I jumped the gun here,” Obama said and then paused several seconds, looking at the teleprompter.

“Go ahead. Move it up. I had already introduced all you guys,” he said, apparently to the prompter’s operator.

The audience reacted with a quiet laugh.

 

See for yourself:

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[AncientMariner]

I don't think the airplane stunt was an accident, the elite are rubbing it in our face. Could be wrong but I think they are going to try to use this bird flu thing to lockdown America and try to force people to take vaccinations that will make things worse. The hardcore eugenics are just starting in my opinion and as usual they package the eugenics as a solution to a problem. Ultimately they are hoping to turn America into an indentured servitude military police state and people will be microchipped and given a weekly allowance of credits that they must use or lose. Noone will be allowed to own property and everyone will be assigned where to live and what tasks to perform from the government. That is for the people that they let live. The rest of the surplus people will be eliminated through eugenics.

[suchandra]

...we need to ask who is really controlling the U.S. military?

 

Alex: President Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg both claimed they had not been told of the operation in advance. In a press release, White House officials said Obama was “furious” but called the operation a “mistake.”

 

At a press conference, Bloomberg said: “I’m annoyed—furious is a better word—that I wasn’t told. Why the Defense Department wanted to do a photo-op right around the site of the World Trade Center defies the imagination.”

 

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates also told the press that they had not been made aware of the flight.

 

This official version of events is not credible.

 

How could one of two specially-designed presidential jets be requisitioned for a flight over New York City, where nearly 3,000 were killed in the 9/11 attacks, without the knowledge of the president, the mayor or high-ranking US military officials such as the defense secretary and the joint chiefs of staff? If the official story is indeed true, it raises the question of who is in control of the US military.

 

Certain details of the incident raise further questions. No explanation has been given for the obsessive secrecy of the operation. By its very nature, such an undertaking—flying a presidential jet in broad daylight and at low altitude over the US’ largest city, miles from normal air traffic routes—could not remain hidden.

 

The claim that the flight was needed to obtain photos of Air Force One strains credulity. In minutes, a designer using software like Photoshop could produce a convincing image, superimposing a shot of Air Force One over a picture of the Statue of Liberty. This would have saved a great deal of effort and money. Flying Air Force One cost $56,518 per hour in 2006, according to ABC News.

The security preparations outlined in the FAA email are provocative and sinister. FAA officials anticipated that the unannounced appearance of a low-flying passenger jet over New York City would create panic. The logical conclusion is that they set out to provoke public fear in some kind of test run of the response by the state, involving numerous police agencies.

 

This incident is only the latest in a series of odd and disquieting events involving the US military. In 2006, US nuclear missile parts were sent to Taiwan, reportedly by accident. In September 2007, a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber was discovered to have flown over the US without authorization. Last year, the European press leaked a US military report claiming that over 1,000 nuclear missile parts had somehow gone missing.

 

Louis Caldera, the chief of the White House Military Office—the official in charge of Obama’s personal security—is being held responsible for this bizarre incident. There have been calls in the media for his removal.

 

Yesterday evening, the Obama administration announced it was planning an investigation into the overflight. While many details about the incident have yet to emerge, the official story already reeks of a cover-up.