Freedom of BLEEP

Yesterday your tax dollars were hard at work.

Air Force One roared directly over New York City, followed closely by an F-16 fighter jet. Apparently Obama needed some new pictures for his website. The photo op caused widespread panic because the low-flying planes looked like a terrorist attack. The planes made several passes right by 9/11 Ground Zero.

The photo shoot wasn’t announced in advance and many office buildings in NYC were evacuated. Mayor Bloomberg said he is “furious,” citing that the event was ill-conceived and insensitive, and a waste of taxpayer money.

What was the carbon footprint of this photo shoot? Well the 747 gets almost 0.2 miles to the gallon while the F-16 uses more than 25 gallons a minute. I’d estimate about 5,000 gallons of fuel consumed just for these two crafts alone during the shoot. Obama’s rock star mentality is getting old.

Why didn’t the White House issue a press release in advance? We may never know. Incompetent press secretary Robert Gibbs couldn’t answer any questions. He said he doesn’t have time to keep track of stuff like this.

Why did it have to occur over ground zero? Well they wanted a shot of Air Force One by the Statue of Liberty. And apparently they haven’t heard of this new technology called Photoshop. It’s pretty cool.

Update: Apparently the Feds actually thought this would cause a panic and proceeded anyway.

Nearly 60 people have died in Kentucky due to the recent ice storm, and most of them slowly froze to death while trapped in their own homes. Hundreds more could be dead; the local governments simply don’t have the man power or the equipment to cover the widespread disaster area.

Despite Obama’s campaign promise, there has been a shocking lack of support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Kentucky’s Emergency Management Director Randell Smith said the 25 local National Guardsmen who have responded “have no chain saws to clear fallen trees.”

“Some areas we haven’t even visited yet,” Smith said. “We don’t even know that they’re alive.”

Where has Obama been during this emergency? Well, Monday he took off work to read to second graders. “We were just tired of being in the White House,” he explained. He hadn’t even been there for two weeks yet! And still nothing has been done about this emergency.

Of course the media won’t question him, but people are dying while Obama’s busy with publicity stunts. Without showing signs of remorse, he loosens his tie and cranks up the heat in the White House.

Obama Cranks Up the Heat