Today, a low-flying 747 accompanied by an F-16 military fighter jet terrified thousands of people in downtown New York and neighboring New Jersey, as it flew alarmingly close to the Statue of Liberty and downtown office buildings. According to MSNBC, the FAA, New York State Police, and New Jersey State Police were all aware that this was going to happen, as they had been notified by the government. However, they were not allowed to notify the general public. Why not???
It was a photo opportunity.
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Be serious.
Sadly, I am being serious.
Imagine sitting in your office at work (in New York City no less), and looking out the window to see a huge jet flying towards you... What would you do? I don't know about you, but I'd get the hell out of there. Which is what roughly a thousand or so people did, until they were notified down on the street that it was all just a photo opportunity...
Apparently they thought it would be a great photo opportunity to have a jet resembling Air Force One in a picture with the Statue of Liberty. In order to make this happen they needed to fly incredibly low to the ground and the general public was not allowed to be notified of this.
Ladies and gentlemen, your tax dollars at work.
If we're not bailing out huge banks because of greedy, irresponsible investors looking to make 3 billion instead of just 2, we're taking the Air Force One jet out for a little joy ride next to the Statue of Liberty. You've gotta be kidding me.
I just hope they've got a nice frame in mind. That would really be a shame if it weren't displayed properly in the Oval Office.
For more on this story go to: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30435336/
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