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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: thundley4 on July 31, 2009, 05:20:41 PM
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Updated 4:14 PM EDT, Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Responding to dozens of requests from the public, the Defense Department has released 146 more photos from the infamous Air Force One flyover that struck fear in thousands of unsuspecting New Yorkers in April.
The photos are posted right on the Pentagon's Website, defense officials said today. The Pentagon also released a heavily redacted flight manifest.
The April 27 photo-op caused quite a fright in Lower Manhattan and New Jersey, as many people who had lived through the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks thought the city was again under siege. Workers poured out of office buildings as the planes buzzed the city near the Financial District.
Local officials in New York and New Jersey had not been informed of the photo-op, which cost some $328,000, and the lack of communication and needless worry caused by the incident led to the resignation of Louis Caldera, the Obama official behind the stunt.
NBC New York (http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Pentagon-Releases-New-Photos-from--52204197.html)
Kind of surprised that an NBC affiliate used the word "Blunder" for this.
Pictures Here. (http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/newyorkcityflyover/Air_Force_One_flyover_photos.pdf) PDF file warning.
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I think I figured out what a significant portion of the cost of that mission is... the cost for the film and developing. 146 pictures? most of them looked like there was less than a second delay between them. You could see the landmarks and cloud formations barely moving. This is what our tax money went towards? 146 unimpressive pictures of Air Force One, when $5 worth of time on photoshop would have made one that looked much better?
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I think I figured out what a significant portion of the cost of that mission is... the cost for the film and developing. 146 pictures? most of them looked like there was less than a second delay between them. You could see the landmarks and cloud formations barely moving. This is what our tax money went towards? 146 unimpressive pictures of Air Force One, when $5 worth of time on photoshop would have made one that looked much better?
But then it would have been fake but accurate......which is soooo old fashion.
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Wow. My tax dollars went to that suckage? They look like they were taken with a disposable camera, too.