On a Special Whips Edition of MTV Cribs

I really wanted to keep this blog fun, but I can't help commenting on the news. Monday morning, New Yorkers evacuated their office buildings and panicked in the streets. One can't help but think of the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001. Looking into the air, an unbelievable sight... a Boeing 747 flying uncomfortably close to the city without warning. It didn't pass overhead just once, no...three times!!



Well, nothing happened. A plane didn't crash, we weren't attacked. A few people were injured due to the panic while trying to flee. What is the explanation? Would you believe it was a
government-sponsored photo op. That's right, a freaking photo op!

There are so many things wrong with this it is hard to know where to beg
in, but lets start with how terribly insensitive it is to do this in New
York. New York was the target of a terrible attack. I bet you probably remember where you were when it happened. The images of those two planes are tattooed in my mind. Why do it, for a picture of the President's plane. Have you ever searched Air Force One at Google Images? How many hits were there? Go ahead and click on the link...I'll wait. That's right, about 23,000,000 hits. That is
million...now, lets just take into account the lovely shoes by the same name, and say they account for half of the pics, that still leaves over 10 million pictures of the stupid airplane. Why would they need another picture of the same plane?

Secondly, I am glad to see that my tax dollars are being put to work to benefit this wonderful country of ours in the most effective way possible. I did a bit of research and found Air Force One costs approximately $68,000 per hour to operate. That doesn't include the cost to operate the two F-16's that were escorting.

Here's a thought...could someone please remind our President of the seriousness of his job and that he is not on an episode of MTV Cribs? Maybe the federal government should focus on this whole swine flu thing rather than taking pretty pictures of his plane over the Statue of Liberty.

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