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Old 04-28-2009, 10:44 AM   #1
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Or so, some apparently thought...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/firs...ecriminations/
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Old 04-28-2009, 10:56 AM   #2
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Well done US government.

This could have been done by photoshop easily.
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Old 04-28-2009, 10:59 AM   #3
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Or a model of a 747, a painting of the statue of liberty some string and a $7.00 disposable camera.
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Old 04-28-2009, 11:01 AM   #4
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Well done US government.

This could have been done by photoshop easily.
Jeez, no kidding. That is a massive waste of money.
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Old 04-28-2009, 11:02 AM   #5
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I love how the GOP representative is saying Obama should resign over it. Like it's the worst thing a recent president has done...
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Old 04-28-2009, 11:04 AM   #6
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So they didn't think alerting anybody of this would be a good idea?

edit: To be fair, GOP guy is calling for the resignation of White House Military Office Director Louis Caldera
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Old 04-28-2009, 11:32 AM   #7
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I love how the GOP representative is saying Obama should resign over it. Like it's the worst thing a recent president has done...

Caldera not Obama


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Old 04-28-2009, 11:41 AM   #8
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Pretty sad the amount of waste just to update some stock photos of Airforce One.

This whole operation probably cost U.S. taxpayers a few million easily...not to mention the lost millions in worker productivity as workers streamed out of buildings in the middle of the morning workday in panicked droves.
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Old 04-28-2009, 12:29 PM   #9
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Pretty sad the amount of waste just to update some stock photos of Airforce One.

This whole operation probably cost U.S. taxpayers a few million easily...not to mention the lost millions in worker productivity as workers streamed out of buildings in the middle of the morning workday in panicked droves.
A few million? The fighters are already on patrol over New York and those Air Force pilots need to put in their flight hours either way. Air Force One costs about $70k per hour per hour to run.

That said it was pretty dumb move.
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Old 04-28-2009, 01:08 PM   #10
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Was President Harrison Ford ok?
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Where are the Green Peace Nazzis on this. Flying a 742 that low increases the amount of jet fuel spent vs the normal 35k+FL. What was his carbon footprint for that stunt. I assume he will be making the necessary restiution to the environment like planting some trees somewhere or donating money to some BS UN organization?
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Where are the Green Peace Nazzis on this. Flying a 742 that low increases the amount of jet fuel spent vs the normal 35k+FL. What was his carbon footprint for that stunt. I assume he will be making the necessary restiution to the environment like planting some trees somewhere or donating money to some BS UN organization?
Luckily Air Force One now runs on Hope and Yes We Can's.
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Was President Harrison Ford ok?
I thought it was President Starkey...of the newly reformed congress based in Minneapolis......

Thats what the Postman said......
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This is, in public relations terms, a major fiasco. From what I've read, Obama is supremely POed about it, but this could well be the first huge screw-up of his administration. What a disaster.
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Old 04-28-2009, 05:56 PM   #16
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Where are the Green Peace Nazzis on this. Flying a 742 that low increases the amount of jet fuel spent vs the normal 35k+FL. What was his carbon footprint for that stunt. I assume he will be making the necessary restiution to the environment like planting some trees somewhere or donating money to some BS UN organization?
Why? Did he promise he would?
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Old 04-28-2009, 05:58 PM   #17
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Where are the Green Peace Nazzis on this. Flying a 742 that low increases the amount of jet fuel spent vs the normal 35k+FL. What was his carbon footprint for that stunt. I assume he will be making the necessary restiution to the environment like planting some trees somewhere or donating money to some BS UN organization?

He...who?

If you mean Obama he didnt even know it was happening.
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This is, in public relations terms, a major fiasco. From what I've read, Obama is supremely POed about it, but this could well be the first huge screw-up of his administration. What a disaster.
Will we be talking about this 'disaster' in 2 weeks? Pretty strong language... I'd say 'minor mistake' or even 'insensitive' might fit a bit better.
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Get off of my plane
Harrision Ford is a bad ass. I stop and watch The Fugitive everytime it's on TV, and it's on TV all the time.
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Will we be talking about this 'disaster' in 2 weeks? Pretty strong language... I'd say 'minor mistake' or even 'insensitive' might fit a bit better.
Bit more than minor mistake, bit less than HUGE mistake.

Somewhere in the middle, as usual.

People should be canned for making it happen though. How stupid can you possibly get?
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