Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Air Farce One


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New Yorkers ran in panic when the 747 (chased by an F-16 fighter jet) buzzed the Statue of Liberty then flew frighteningly close to skyscrapers. Buildings were evacuated. People shot cellphone videos while praying. A nightmare seemed to be coming to life again...

But noOOooo. The whole stunt had been arranged - and kept secret - because the Whitehouse "wanted to update its file photo of the president's plane near the Statue of Liberty." The old picture needed to be updated because it showed a couple of tall buildings that aren't there anymore...

4 comments:

Suzy said...

Isn't there a comment somewhere around here about Obama doing stupid, idiotic things just because he CAN???

I guess he's not finished yet.

Stilton Jarlsberg said...

In fairness, it wasn't Obama who set up the photo shoot - but it was orchestrated by Whitehouse officials, solely to create an impressive picture of the President's jet and the Statue of Liberty - in other words, to create a publicity picture which would symbolize the President's patriotism.

I think the symbolism went farther than they intended: a picture of Air Force One apparently out of control...with no president inside.

Gabriel Girl said...

And they didn't even inform the mayor?!?!? What were they thinking?!?!?

Suzy said...

I didn't know thinking was part of their job description...