Comments on: Smart power: White House freaks out New York with low altitude fly-by; Video: Panicked NYers run in the streets; Update: Obama “furious” http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:29:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Time for another alarming unannounced flyby of a U.S. city by Air Obama http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2236580 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Time for another alarming unannounced flyby of a U.S. city by Air Obama Fri, 22 May 2009 21:25:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2236580 [...] too serious this time. Instead of sending people screaming through the streets for fear of an impending terrorist attack, this one had passersby pointing with concern at what [...] [...] too serious this time. Instead of sending people screaming through the streets for fear of an impending terrorist attack, this one had passersby pointing with concern at what [...]

]]> By: Obama’s Ship of Fools Will Need Immunity, Pardons Before Serving - elronaldo’s Diary - RedState http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2164632 Obama’s Ship of Fools Will Need Immunity, Pardons Before Serving - elronaldo’s Diary - RedState Fri, 01 May 2009 20:55:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2164632 [...] that will deliver exactly what he desires without serious examination of the issues or consequences, and without the benefit of sound but dissenting [...] [...] that will deliver exactly what he desires without serious examination of the issues or consequences, and without the benefit of sound but dissenting [...]

]]> By: BizzyBlog » Lucid Links (043009, Morning) http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2159749 BizzyBlog » Lucid Links (043009, Morning) Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:11:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2159749 [...] the Bush administration had done the incredibly stupid Manhattan fly-by (which, because they had common sense, they would never have even considered), it would have [...] [...] the Bush administration had done the incredibly stupid Manhattan fly-by (which, because they had common sense, they would never have even considered), it would have [...]

]]> By: noblejones http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2156265 noblejones Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:22:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2156265 I see an opportunity to create a Tea Party follow on with this incident. Those of us with old copies of Photoshop could all mail the boxes to the White House. Anybody with me? I see an opportunity to create a Tea Party follow on with this incident.

Those of us with old copies of Photoshop could all mail the boxes to the White House.

Anybody with me?

]]> By: The 100 Day Buzz on Obama « The Lioness http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2156101 The 100 Day Buzz on Obama « The Lioness Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:41:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2156101 [...] buzz on Obama’s first 100 Days.  Ace of Spades HQ captures the drama here and Allah Pundit here. Nice Deb photo [...] [...] buzz on Obama’s first 100 Days.  Ace of Spades HQ captures the drama here and Allah Pundit here. Nice Deb photo [...]

]]> By: BobAnthony http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2154754 BobAnthony Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:43:52 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2154754 Seems to me Obama wanted to follow in Bush's footsteps and create a second 9/11...OBAMA KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON! ALL HE IS DOING IS FEIGNING OUTRAGE! Seems to me Obama wanted to follow in Bush’s footsteps and create a second 9/11…OBAMA KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON! ALL HE IS DOING IS FEIGNING OUTRAGE!

]]> By: Obama Gang Freaks Out New York City With 9/11 Plane Stunt « BUUUUURRRRNING HOT http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2154185 Obama Gang Freaks Out New York City With 9/11 Plane Stunt « BUUUUURRRRNING HOT Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:34:02 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2154185 [...] Hot Air.com: Washington [...] [...] Hot Air.com: Washington [...]

]]> By: workingforpigs http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2154168 workingforpigs Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:30:35 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2154168 Just another example of how little respect this man has for those that have lost their lives on 9/11 and since. there is no shame felt with these folks, get all the democrats out of office as soon as possible before we completely lose our respect in the world and become another target for those that hate us all. Just another example of how little respect this man has for those that have lost their lives on 9/11 and since. there is no shame felt with these folks, get all the democrats out of office as soon as possible before we completely lose our respect in the world and become another target for those that hate us all.

]]> By: Chaz706 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2153558 Chaz706 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:48:33 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2153558 Ohblahblah has no right to be outraged. NYC deserves an apology from him at the very least. Ohblahblah has no right to be outraged.

NYC deserves an apology from him at the very least.

]]> By: Huckabye-Romney http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2153410 Huckabye-Romney Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:07:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2153410 cjk on April 28, 2009 at 6:58 PM Right on! This incident so exposes the intellectual dishonesty of the left. More than the fiegned outrage had Bush pulled a similar stunt, they cannot possibly bring themself to criticize President Front-Runner about anything, anytime. Had Bush done similar, conservatives would have been out front howling in protest about the abject stupidity of such a move - this is where we differ from the left. We have principles, they have celebrity. Oh, and how bout standing up and taking some blame, TOTUS? Stop with the "dog-ate-my-homework" stuff. You're the boss - the buck (deflated though it will soon be) stops with you, big guy. cjk on April 28, 2009 at 6:58 PM

Right on! This incident so exposes the intellectual dishonesty of the left. More than the fiegned outrage had Bush pulled a similar stunt, they cannot possibly bring themself to criticize President Front-Runner about anything, anytime.

Had Bush done similar, conservatives would have been out front howling in protest about the abject stupidity of such a move – this is where we differ from the left. We have principles, they have celebrity.

Oh, and how bout standing up and taking some blame, TOTUS? Stop with the “dog-ate-my-homework” stuff. You’re the boss – the buck (deflated though it will soon be) stops with you, big guy.

]]> By: Huckabye-Romney http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2153376 Huckabye-Romney Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:00:18 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2153376 This is not the Air Force One that I thought I knew... This is not the Air Force One that I thought I knew…

]]> By: cjk http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2153363 cjk Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:58:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2153363 I know someone must have already said this, but once again: Imagine the media outrage and indignation if something like this had occurred under G. Bush?......What we are witnessing in this country is the ascension of the media into the place of supreme power due to the ignorance, greed, and immorality of the public. They don't even need the fairness doctrine; the doped up dumbed down pubelick isn't even paying attention. I know someone must have already said this, but once again: Imagine the media outrage and indignation if something like this had occurred under G. Bush?……What we are witnessing in this country is the ascension of the media into the place of supreme power due to the ignorance, greed, and immorality of the public. They don’t even need the fairness doctrine; the doped up dumbed down pubelick isn’t even paying attention.

]]> By: sven10077 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2153049 sven10077 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:58:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2153049 <blockquote>anuts on April 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM</blockquote> Democrats, weeping rivers of tears for Terrorists' "civil liberties" and absolutely ruthless against the GOP.

anuts on April 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM

Democrats, weeping rivers of tears for Terrorists’ “civil liberties” and absolutely ruthless against the GOP.

]]> By: Smart Power http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2152797 Smart Power Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:18:34 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2152797 [...] myth of Obama’s competence took another wallop yesterday as a White House photo-op eerily reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks sent shocked New Yorkers running [...] [...] myth of Obama’s competence took another wallop yesterday as a White House photo-op eerily reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks sent shocked New Yorkers running [...]

]]> By: The Photo-Op From Hell « Around The Sphere http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2152322 The Photo-Op From Hell « Around The Sphere Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:52:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2152322 [...] http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly... [...] [...] http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly... [...]

]]> By: Change Barack! http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2152173 Change Barack! Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:25:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2152173 <strong>Obama Terrorizes Lower Manhattan With Air Force One...</strong> I wonder how many New Yorkers were thinking, \"Remind me again, why did I vote for this guy?\"... Obama Terrorizes Lower Manhattan With Air Force One…

I wonder how many New Yorkers were thinking, \”Remind me again, why did I vote for this guy?\”…

]]> By: anuts http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2152095 anuts Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:08:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2152095 You know, this reminds me of something a good patriotic poster of these boards, Hawkdriver, writes. Not verbatim mind you, but along the lines of, 'never support a Party who will use every dirty trick to smear the other Party while giving our true enemies abroad a sporting chance.' We have supporters of this administration casually writing off this amazing gratuitous act of indifference, idiocy, and insensitivity to our fellow countrymen (inhabitants of lower Manhattan/Jersey) and yet have the gall to muster <em>outrage</em> over the sprinkling of water on the faces of a few sworn enemies of this republic. You know, this reminds me of something a good patriotic poster of these boards, Hawkdriver, writes. Not verbatim mind you, but along the lines of, ‘never support a Party who will use every dirty trick to smear the other Party while giving our true enemies abroad a sporting chance.’

We have supporters of this administration casually writing off this amazing gratuitous act of indifference, idiocy, and insensitivity to our fellow countrymen (inhabitants of lower Manhattan/Jersey) and yet have the gall to muster outrage over the sprinkling of water on the faces of a few sworn enemies of this republic.

]]> By: Fly Over of Ground Zero | Veer Right http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151766 Fly Over of Ground Zero | Veer Right Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:19:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151766 [...] HotAir: linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = [...] [...] HotAir: linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = [...]

]]> By: CynicalOptimist http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151733 CynicalOptimist Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:14:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151733 Just seeing this again sent chills up my spine. I can understand why those who poured out of the buildings did so. Thank you, Jesus, that it was only the stupidity of the feux-messiah, instead of a terrorist plot. Just seeing this again sent chills up my spine. I can understand why those who poured out of the buildings did so. Thank you, Jesus, that it was only the stupidity of the feux-messiah, instead of a terrorist plot.

]]> By: Chaz706 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151656 Chaz706 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:01:19 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151656 This is more than a gaffe, but I didn't think anything this stupid was humanly possible. I was wrong! This is more than a gaffe, but I didn’t think anything this stupid was humanly possible.

I was wrong!

]]> By: capejasmine http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151626 capejasmine Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:57:22 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151626 The FAA didn't authorize this. They mereley gave airspace for it to be done. They work within perameters...unlike the current administration, whose motto seems to be....we'll do what we want, so na na na na na to you, taxpayers, and citizens of New York! This was definitely approved, and authorized, and given the go ahead from someone in the White House, and you'll never convince me that a president, be they Republican, or Democrat, wouldn't know about it. The FAA didn’t authorize this. They mereley gave airspace for it to be done. They work within perameters…unlike the current administration, whose motto seems to be….we’ll do what we want, so na na na na na to you, taxpayers, and citizens of New York!

This was definitely approved, and authorized, and given the go ahead from someone in the White House, and you’ll never convince me that a president, be they Republican, or Democrat, wouldn’t know about it.

]]> By: Urban Infidel http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151620 Urban Infidel Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:56:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151620 Many New Yorkers, like myself did NOT vote for this tool. Many New Yorkers, like myself did NOT vote for this tool.

]]> By: hawksruleva http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151414 hawksruleva Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:28:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151414 <blockquote>New Yorkers voted for this tool. They should feel honored to play their small parts in Obama’s photo op. james23 on April 28, 2009 at 1:11 PM</blockquote> Yeah, I wonder how many of them thought about Obama's stance on waterboarding while standing outside their skyscrapers? To the average New Yorker, was the "dark period in our history" the interrogation of KSM? Or was it 9/11? But it couldn't have been a terrorist attack. Those don't exist. At worst, it would've been an "overseas contingency operation" or a man-caused disaster. I forget which is which.

New Yorkers voted for this tool. They should feel honored to play their small parts in Obama’s photo op.

james23 on April 28, 2009 at 1:11 PM

Yeah, I wonder how many of them thought about Obama’s stance on waterboarding while standing outside their skyscrapers?

To the average New Yorker, was the “dark period in our history” the interrogation of KSM? Or was it 9/11?

But it couldn’t have been a terrorist attack. Those don’t exist. At worst, it would’ve been an “overseas contingency operation” or a man-caused disaster. I forget which is which.

]]> By: 100 days: What Obama does not want you to read | Federal Jack http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151407 100 days: What Obama does not want you to read | Federal Jack Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:27:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151407 [...] misplaced — anger on the issue. Obama’s reputation may also cast doubt on the claim that he was “furious” after an Air Force One lookalike and two F-16s buzzed the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor [...] [...] misplaced — anger on the issue. Obama’s reputation may also cast doubt on the claim that he was “furious” after an Air Force One lookalike and two F-16s buzzed the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor [...]

]]> By: TheUnrepentantGeek http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/27/smart-power-pentagon-freaks-out-new-york-with-low-altitude-fly-by/comment-page-9/#comment-2151396 TheUnrepentantGeek Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:24:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=51315#comment-2151396 <blockquote>Oh it is indeed ridiculous how much money your government has spent to get footage of Air Force 1. Perhaps the voters should make their problem with this known to their elected officials. Dave Rywall on April 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM</blockquote> They can complain to the elected officials all they want, but the rampant growth in federal government as created a particular breed of mid level bureaucrat that just isn't accountable to the voters. I'd be willing to bet that's where a lot of the more impolitic calls originated even if guys higher up bear the responsibility. Which is the point Doc made, and you still haven't addressed. But hey, it's easier to dodge, evade, and spin than discuss real problems. I get that.

Oh it is indeed ridiculous how much money your government has spent to get footage of Air Force 1. Perhaps the voters should make their problem with this known to their elected officials.

Dave Rywall on April 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM

They can complain to the elected officials all they want, but the rampant growth in federal government as created a particular breed of mid level bureaucrat that just isn’t accountable to the voters. I’d be willing to bet that’s where a lot of the more impolitic calls originated even if guys higher up bear the responsibility.

Which is the point Doc made, and you still haven’t addressed. But hey, it’s easier to dodge, evade, and spin than discuss real problems. I get that.

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