Whoever decided to keep secret an 747 flyover is this weeks "America's Biggest Dumbfuck"

[Stinky The Clown]

Turn the lights on, you shithead!

[tekisui]

1. This one takes the cake. A monumental dumbfuck.

Or worse...

[CTyankee]

5. i can imagine Obama on the phone asking wtf happened!

I can hear the excuses now "Well, Mr. President, we didn't want people to get upset so we thought we'd better not say anything." As our president puts his face in his hands...

[lame54]

2. ?

[Stinky The Clown]

4. They did a low altitude "photo op" with two AF fighter jets and The Plane That Becomes AF 1 over NYC

It scared the bejeezus out of Lower Manhattan and saw whole buildings evacuated.

They never told anyone they intended to do this.

[jobycom]

3. If they kept it secret, how do you know about it?

[Stinky The Clown]

6. You're joking, right?

You just forgot that smiley face .... right?

[jobycom]

8. Depends... should I be?

And last I looked, there's a smilie in my sig line. I'm always smiling.

[Hoopla Phil]

7. It may not have been "secret" but it sure was not announced. Dumb thing to do!

[jobycom]

9. Even if they had announced it, would it have been that much smarter?

Who thought it would be a good publicity photo to show a 747 over NYC? Guess next they'll fly WW II bombers over Nagasaki to promote American-Japanese relations.

[Hoopla Phil]

23. Good point.

[Tim01]

10. Holy shit!

People could have died in the panic. This should never happen again.

Unbelievable.

[Captain Hilts]

11. I'm suspending rude comments about the Air Force until I hear the facts. nt

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

12. The fact is a 747 flew really low and scared the shit out of people

The air force fucked up, and some people ought to get in trouble for it.

[Captain Hilts]

13. It's not the act, it's the notification about it that's the problem. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

14. You're correct

The OP says that the person who decided to keep it secret was the dumbfuck.

No one else.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. The notification is definitely a problem, but I think the act was pretty stupid too

They could have just CGIed it and not scared anybody.

[Captain Hilts]

17. If there had been advance notice, 1000s of folks would have been there with cameras...

It's cool seeing the presidential plane.

It used to do touch and go's out of the Norfolk Navy Base.

[hileeopnyn8d]

21. The Air Force

is calling it an "aerial photo mission", that's different than the "photo-op" the media is calling it.

To me, aerial photo mission, means they weren't taking photos of the planes, they were taking them of the city.

To be honest, I don't believe any of those explanations. I think it was something else entirely, I think there's a whole lot more to this story.

I agree it was a pretty stupid thing to do.

[TahitiNut]

27. I wonder if it's for Hollywood ... some upcoming movie.

That would be interesting.

[hileeopnyn8d]

28. That would really piss people off!

and it wouldn't explain not notifying everyone.

Very little of the story makes sense to me.

[BattyDem]

16. Not just a secret 747 flyover ...

a secret 747 flyover OVER NEW YORK CITY!!!

:wtf: :banghead: :wtf: :banghead: :wtf:

[Bragi]

18. It was just a test run

Obama will come next week for real TO TAKE AWAY GUNS FROM NEW YORKERS!!!!

I knew this would happen. Fuck.

- B

[HereSince1628]

19. Please tell me that person wasn't older than 45.

I've had 8 years of daily lunacy dealing with baby-boomer GW Bush. Please let this be some stupid x-generationist.

[Turbineguy]

20. America's Biggest Dumbfuck

Finally a reality show I can watch. Or is it just a slide show of republicans?

[Politicalboi]

22. It was a stupid thing to do

But if they announced it maybe someone with a rocket launcher would have taken it out. But they never should have done it to begin with.

[Stinky The Clown]

24. News: President to visit

Loony person with rocket launcher decides to greet the flight

Seems to me there is no more or less greater security threat than saying where the president is visiting.

[TahitiNut]

25. Over seven years of fear-mongering has taken its toll.

The IMMEDIATE reaction was FEAR ... PANIC. That reaction was followed quickly with ANGER.

Cheney/Bush did their work well. We're programmed.

[EFerrari]

26. They owe NYC an apology. Inexcusable. n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

29. America's Biggest Dumbfuck identified: the White House's Louis Caldera

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