Inexcusable

We interrupt this blog for a moment in extreme cruelty and douchebaggery...


(source: NY Times)

Loud planes... flying really low... too low... circling NYC... A 747? What? AIRFORCE ONE! F-16 CHASING IT??

NO. OH GOD. PLEASE, NOT AGAIN!!

NAUSEA

PANIC

QUICK GATHER THOUGHTS

EXACUATE BUILDING

CALL LOVED ONES

PRAY

"I approved a mission over New York, I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused."
-Louis Caldera Director of the White House military office

(source: NY Times)

“First thing is, I’m annoyed – furious is a better word – that I wasn’t told. Why the Defense Department wanted to do a photo-op right around the site of the World Trade Center catastrophe defies imagination. Poor judgment would be a nice ways to phrase it, but they did. I also think that once they had told us, we should have done a better job. Had I known about it, I would have called them right away and asked them not to. It is the federal government and they can do in the end what they please, but I would have tried to stop it. I don’t know there’s a lot else to say other than they shouldn’t have done it.”

- NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg who said he was not apprised of the flyover until his BlackBerry started buzzing this morning (4/27/09) with messages from people asking if he knew what was going on.

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