bytor2112 Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday.Read if you care..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbrowninwa Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 No surprise there. That was an expensive photo. I hope it turned out nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxel Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wow... Just... wow. Irresponsibility meets a new height, with the President- who should be shouldering the blame instead of claiming "I didn't know, not my fault!"- leading the charge. What I want to know is- why not? Would it be more bad publicity and we see- once again- the administration playing the popularity gambit? I'd trade all the pictures and videos of the First Dog for these photos any day. I want to know who was on that plane, who ordered the photo-op, and the corresponding "why's" to both those questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalShadow Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I think it was a stupid stunt and a waste of money. But in the grand scheme of stupid stunts and wastes of money by political figures, I don't think it particularly stands out or is even noteworthy other than the fact that it scared the crap out of a bunch of New Yorkers thinking it was another attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxel Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I think it was a stupid stunt and a waste of money. But in the grand scheme of stupid stunts and wastes of money by political figures, I don't think it particularly stands out or is even noteworthy other than the fact that it scared the crap out of a bunch of New Yorkers thinking it was another attack.True, it's not as bad as starting a war with nor tangible enemy, or even going on a spending spree that will ruin the economy and country. It's still a bad stunt though. And I think scaring hundreds (thousands?) of U.S. citizens needlessly is pretty bad in its own right. This is a chance for the Administration to own up to a relatively minor mistake- yet we see no one doing that. The buck gets passed around until we don't know who's at fault.The result is no one really has to shoulder the responsibility and America forgets about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalShadow Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 True, it's not as bad as starting a war with nor tangible enemy, or even going on a spending spree that will ruin the economy and country. It's still a bad stunt though. And I think scaring hundreds (thousands?) of U.S. citizens needlessly is pretty bad in its own right. This is a chance for the Administration to own up to a relatively minor mistake- yet we see no one doing that. The buck gets passed around until we don't know who's at fault.The result is no one really has to shoulder the responsibility and America forgets about it.I definitely think that the scaring of citizens was far worse than the spending, but the shifting of blame is just politics and human nature. I see crap like that every day at my workplace. People are out for blood right now and want to jump on any little mistake, it would be political suicide for someone to take full responsibility and no one is willing to fall on their sword. Not that it's an excuse for not doing the right thing, but it's just not surprising to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 They've released what they claim is "the photo".The evidence strongly suggests that they're lying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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