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Offline Xasthur

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2009, 10:59:15 AM »
Nice job being dicks about it y'all.  Hey, let's all point and laugh at the people who are scared!  :aok 

Honestly, what do you expect from a bunch of guys on the internet?

Compassion? Understanding? Unadulterated affection?

No one got hurt, go ahead and laugh.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #46 on: April 29, 2009, 02:01:37 PM »
:rofl they were taking pictures that were prolly gonna be used for PR, but instead they had a PR disaster  :aok good job guys
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #47 on: April 29, 2009, 02:08:09 PM »
Nice job being dicks about it y'all.  Hey, let's all point and laugh at the people who are scared!  :aok 

I'm not being a dick, I refuse to live in fear, unlike the majority of this Country.   Also, when you see a 747 escorted by two 16's, reality should set in.   
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #48 on: April 29, 2009, 02:30:04 PM »
Also, when you see a 747 escorted by two 16's, reality should set in.   

Not to be confrontational, but what reality is that?  That the fighters are going to shoot down a terrorist controlled airliner above your head? That the airliner is gonna smash into a building above your head?  That the airliner is heading towards buildings that you have relatives working or living in?

I doubt it has anything about living in fear, but it is totally a 'oh S*#T, not again!' moment, because at that moment in time, if your walking down the street and see that, you have NO idea what's going to happen.

It was a really REALLY dumb idea to pick that flight path.   
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #49 on: April 29, 2009, 02:57:17 PM »



Ok people, move along.  There's nothing to see here.

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« Reply #50 on: April 29, 2009, 03:02:34 PM »
Not to be confrontational, but what reality is that?  That the fighters are going to shoot down a terrorist controlled airliner above your head? That the airliner is gonna smash into a building above your head?  That the airliner is heading towards buildings that you have relatives working or living in?

I doubt it has anything about living in fear, but it is totally a 'oh S*#T, not again!' moment, because at that moment in time, if your walking down the street and see that, you have NO idea what's going to happen.

It was a really REALLY dumb idea to pick that flight path.

There are a lot of "what if's?" in the above quote.   
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #51 on: April 29, 2009, 03:12:24 PM »
That's kinda how i meant it to be.   You, or I or anyone else without prior knowledge would have no idea what the hell was going on.

So for the people making fun of the people in the video that were running, i mean yeah, maybe you can laugh because you weren't there but, if you were, you really have no idea how you would react.  I'm sure some of those men and women were terrified,  while others were trying to stay rational and see what unfolds.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #52 on: May 05, 2009, 08:53:41 PM »
Here's the latest on the Scare Force One boondoggle:
$328,000 photo shoot and we don't even get to see the pictures!  :huh

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Top Secret $328,000 Photo: NYC Air Force Shot Won't Be Released

White House Says No Need to Release Controversial Image; Review to Come This Week

The White House is keeping a tight grip on photos from last week's botched Air Force One promotional photo op over Lower Manhattan.
At a press briefing Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dodged reporters' questions about last week's photo-op, which cost over $328,000 in taxpayer dollars and frightened a broad swath of lower Manhattan, site of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center towers.

"I've watched CNN. . . I didn't notice a lack of archival material from that flight," Gibbs cracked, an apparent reference to the prevalence of shaky video shot last week by witnesses on the ground.

Gibbs said the White House anticipates completing a review of the incident this week, but did not answer questions about why it would not release the pictures or when it might do so.

A White House spokesman said this is not a new decision and the plan not to release the photo has remained the same since news of the incident broke last week. ....
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #53 on: May 05, 2009, 08:59:44 PM »
Just one questions:

What was escorting it?


I see a small fighter-like plane, but the quality is to low to identify.
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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #54 on: May 05, 2009, 11:40:26 PM »
Just one questions:

What was escorting it?


I see a small fighter-like plane, but the quality is to low to identify.

F-5s. ;)

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #55 on: May 06, 2009, 12:05:48 AM »
If by F-5 you mean F-16 then yes.

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #56 on: May 06, 2009, 12:32:47 AM »
If by F-5 you mean F-16 then yes.

This thread and the media say F-16 numerous times. One fish caught. ;)

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #57 on: May 06, 2009, 07:06:41 AM »
Riiiight...

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Re: Air Force One Traumatizes New York
« Reply #58 on: May 06, 2009, 01:08:29 PM »
Oh, he so got you