Obama's Air Force One Flyover Mess; School Lunches

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WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS GET A PICT. OF THE PLANE?

JESUS of CA 9:15PM May 28, 2009

Please, do not use "training" as an excuse for this incident. That could have been done anywhere over the Atlantic Ocean. Calling it training is in itself a cover-up. Intimidation is more like it.

Billy of CA 12:56AM May 02, 2009

we are being led by certified idiots. who in there right mind would do such a thing. scare thousands. it is bazaar--no excuse works on this one---jeadie patroit

john eadie of FL 6:02PM April 30, 2009

The Air Force One flyover was dumb...but not because it could have been done in Photoshop (any moron ought to know that). It was actually a traning mission, the Photo-op was kind of a second objective. So they were gonna do a traning mission anyway, but decided to do a photo-op at same time near the Statue of Liberty. The dumb thing is they decided NOT TO INFORM THE PUBLIC! They informed police, FAA and other officials, but told them specifically NOT TO INFOR THE PUBLIC. That is just dumb. Whoever decided the keep it secret from the PUBLIC probably will eventually get axed or resign. I mean I can understand keeping the airplane's schedule a secret if the President is on it, but the Pres WAS NOT on the plane that day....so why keep it secret? And did no one think the whole thing might freak people out?
Now about the price...yes, it's a training mission and all...but I'm sure in the private sector, training pilots to fly a similar size plane will cost much much less. Bureaucracy always always makes things more expensive.

Bob of CA 5:26PM April 30, 2009