New York Not Amused At Obama’s Photo Op

Somebody should remind the White House that a plane flying low over New York is a touchy subject.  One of President Obama’s planes and an Air Force fighter jet flew low over the Statue of Liberty on Monday for a photo opportunity approved by someone, somwhere; although White House press secretary Robert Gibbs didn’t know anything about the maneuver.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg fumed as many city residents panicked.  Hundreds of calls poured into the 911 emergency response line.  Multiple companies evacuated employees during the tense confusion.  Thousands of scared New Yorkers filled the streets.  Oh by the way, stocks lost a little extra while our tax money paid for this public relations bucket of waste.

What a bunch of clowns.  Great Reagan’s ghost.  How in the name of Sidney Crosby could anybody, let alone high ranking government officials, be so stupid as to fly a jumbo jet and fighter plane so low next to the World Trade Center site?  Oh yeah, they’re high ranking government officials.  Job qualifications consist of having parent’s who pay for SAT prep guides. 

Mayor Bloomberg did not mince words in a heated statement during which he described himself as “furious.”  According to Reuters, the uninformed mayor told reporters that “Had I known, I would have called them right away and asked them not to. …. They should know how sensitive people would be if they had low-flying planes down around the World Trade Center site.”