Joy-Riding in Air Force One

[USRufnex]

Well, considering the date on this story, evidently a few folks immediately pounced on the class-action lawsuit bandwagon...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/27/low.flying.plane/

Linda Garcia-Rose, a social worker who counsels post-traumatic stress disorder patients in an office just three blocks from where the World Trade Center towers once stood, called the flight an "absolute travesty."

"There was no warning. It looked like the plane was about to come into us," she said. "I'm a therapist, and I actually had a panic attack."

Garcia-Rose, who works with nearly two dozen post-traumatic stress disorder patients ages 15 to 47, said she was inundated with phone calls from patients Monday morning.

"They're traumatized. They're asking 'How could this happen?' They're nervous. Their anxiety levels are high," she said.

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FWIW, I had a family member who worked for the VA Hospital in Norman who had to shutoff all the TVs and do a "lockdown"--- all because of the initial media coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing-- caused alot of flashbacks/trauma...

[guido911]

FWIW, I had a family member who worked for the VA Hospital in Norman who had to shutoff all the TVs and do a "lockdown"--- all because of the initial media coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing-- caused alot of flashbacks/trauma...

But did they haul off and sue somebody is my question. As I said, I empathized with these folks at first because there could have been genuine fear is seeing a large plane flying low and being trailed by a military plane. But trying to now profit from that at what would be taxpayer expense? Empathy gone.

[Hawkins]

I just want to see somebody get fired over this.

Have they fired anybody yet?

I'm tired of seeing our government make bad decisions over and over, and no one ever gets removed. Its a vicious cycle, and the citizens get stepped on every time.

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[Hoss]

I just want to see somebody get fired over this.

Have they fired anybody yet?

I'm tired of seeing our government make bad decisions over and over, and no one ever gets removed. Its a vicious cycle, and the citizens get stepped on every time.

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Amen.

Just look at the last administration for the same example of what you're complaining about.

[custosnox]

Amen.

Just look at the last administration for the same example of what you're complaining about.

and the administration before, and the one before, and the one before...

[Townsend]

and the administration before, and the one before, and the one before...

Well some were removed the one before the one before the one before the one before the one before the one before the one before this one.

[Conan71]

I just want to see somebody get fired over this.

Have they fired anybody yet?

I'm tired of seeing our government make bad decisions over and over, and no one ever gets removed. Its a vicious cycle, and the citizens get stepped on every time.

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Government is usually the last chance of employment for idiots.  Where would they go if they got fired?  Gold Man Sacks?

[Gaspar]

Government is usually the last chance of employment for idiots.  Where would they go if they got fired?  Gold Man Sacks?

Fanny May or Freddy Mac

[USRufnex]

But did they haul off and sue somebody is my question. As I said, I empathized with these folks at first because there could have been genuine fear is seeing a large plane flying low and being trailed by a military plane. But trying to now profit from that at what would be taxpayer expense? Empathy gone.

They didn't sue.  Because this was a terrorist act and the perpetrators were brought to justice.

At the time, my relative was really incensed by some of the initial  "over-the-top" media coverage and as far as I know, still hates Linda Cavanaugh and KFOR, the NBC affiliate there in Okie City... that station in particular showed some of the most gruesome footage...

"Empathy gone" ?

Why?  

Just because one bad apple liberal social worker saw how this needless, irresponsible, reckless act affected her and some of her clients?.... most of the folks who live/work in Manhattan are not really "New Yorkers" anyway-- they moved from places like... wait for it... Tulsa...... and I seriously doubt many of them will participate in a class action over the flyover.

Although I'm sure if the social worker contacts a right wing  conservative think tank... they'll be more than happy to file the class action for her just to give the administration a black eye... and they'll tell us they're not doing it for the money...

Some of this crap never changes.


 

[Hoss]

They didn't sue.  Because this was a terrorist act and the perpetrators were brought to justice.

At the time, my relative was really incensed by some of the initial  "over-the-top" media coverage and as far as I know, still hates Linda Cavanaugh and KFOR, the NBC affiliate there in Okie City... that station in particular showed some of the most gruesome footage...

"Empathy gone" ?

Why?  

Just because one bad apple liberal social worker saw how this needless, irresponsible, reckless act affected her and some of her clients?.... most of the folks who live/work in Manhattan are not really "New Yorkers" anyway-- they moved from places like... wait for it... Tulsa...... and I seriously doubt many of them will participate in a class action over the flyover.

Although I'm sure if the social worker contacts a right wing  conservative think tank... they'll be more than happy to file the class action for her just to give the administration a black eye... and they'll tell us they're not doing it for the money...

Some of this crap never changes.


 

I bet Gweed's phone is ringing off the hook.....

[guido911]

They didn't sue.  Because this was a terrorist act and the perpetrators were brought to justice.

At the time, my relative was really incensed by some of the initial  "over-the-top" media coverage and as far as I know, still hates Linda Cavanaugh and KFOR, the NBC affiliate there in Okie City... that station in particular showed some of the most gruesome footage...

"Empathy gone" ?

Why?  

Just because one bad apple liberal social worker saw how this needless, irresponsible, reckless act affected her and some of her clients?.... most of the folks who live/work in Manhattan are not really "New Yorkers" anyway-- they moved from places like... wait for it... Tulsa...... and I seriously doubt many of them will participate in a class action over the flyover.

Although I'm sure if the social worker contacts a right wing  conservative think tank... they'll be more than happy to file the class action for her just to give the administration a black eye... and they'll tell us they're not doing it for the money...

Some of this crap never changes.
 

How did this become a right wing thing? I cannot stand the "sue sue sue" culture.

[Breadburner]

[Townsend]

I just want to see somebody get fired over this.

Have they fired anybody yet?

I'm tired of seeing our government make bad decisions over and over, and no one ever gets removed. Its a vicious cycle, and the citizens get stepped on every time.

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NEW YORK - An Air Force flyover that caused panic on the streets of New York last month cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $357,000 and has left one White House employee without a job.

On Friday, President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera, director of the White House Military Office.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30643376/

[guido911]

Louis Caldera says "oops my bad."

Title: White House Military Office Director

There are things that you can do at your job that will get you fired.  Taking a bath in the sink at McDonnalds, exposing yourself to co-workers, or perhaps driving your bosses car with the company logo on it into a crowd of people while giving them the finger.  I guess Caldera is another one we have to watch.  

Make that "Former" White House Military Office Director

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/05/08/2009-05-08_white_house_aide_loses_job_over_manhattan_flyover_fiasco.html

[Chicken Little]

Make that "Former" White House Military Office Director

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/05/08/2009-05-08_white_house_aide_loses_job_over_manhattan_flyover_fiasco.html

That's what accountability looks like.  "Heckuva job, Brownie!"...not so much.