***Official Obama Screwed the Pooch Thread***

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

White House apologizes for Obama plane's NY flyover

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House apologized Monday after one of Barack Obama's presidential planes flew alarmingly low over New York city, sending residents into a panic and triggering fears of a new 9/11.
"While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption," said Louis Caldera, director of the White House military office.

"I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused," he said in a statement, adding that he approved the mission over New York -- described by other officials as a photo opportunity -- last week.

"I take responsibility for that decision," he added.

The mea culpa could be seen as extraordinary, given the infrequency of public statements by the White House military office and the bluntness of the apology over the bungle.

Caldera described it as an "Air Force One flight over New York," although that designation is strictly used to describe the specific plane on which the US president is flying.

The White House said Obama was not on the flight.

The jumbo, escorted by low-flying fighter jets, roared over southern Manhattan and the Hudson River for about 30 minutes, prompting panicked New Yorkers to evacuate office buildings.

A livid New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he had not been warned and called the lack of notice "ridiculous and poor judgment."

Stunned office workers who failed to spot the presidential markings feared facing a repeat of the September 11, 2001, attacks in which two hijacked airliners smashed into the World Trade Center, killing almost 3,000 people.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

almost seems like he is trying to see how terrified NYC is...

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

Oh lord, I guess "bumping" down Broadway was just not enough.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

Someone needs to make an Obama and Secret Service "posse on Broadway " (sir mix-a-lot) video, if done well that could be funny.

 

[ILLCRACKALUV 10+ year member]

jesus let 9/11 go...****ing deal with it its a low flying plane...cool they are like that around here all the time

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

almost seems like he is trying to see how terrified NYC is...

Next thing you know he is going to tell New Orleans a hurricane is coming

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

or rent 180 Japanese zeros to fly over Hawaii

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_stimulus

...Just how much of an impact Obama's recovery program had on the pace of job losses is up for debate. Obama has claimed as many as 150,000 jobs saved or created by his stimulus plan so far, even as government reports have shown the economy has lost more than 1.6 million jobs since Congress approved funding for the program in February...

150,000 jobs saved or created while we lost 1.6 million jobs at the same time.....economy saved!

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I still haven't figured out how they measure a job saved.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

...

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

So, Obamanation, can you name a single good thing that Obama has done?

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_stimulus


150,000 jobs saved or created while we lost 1.6 million jobs at the same time.....economy saved!

Praise the Lord! The Messiah has saved us!!! We are so ****ed.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Nothing he has done has put people first...just government. Nothing he has done has helped the economy, not the spending not the speeches. What was done/spent was to pass an agenda much like the "New Deal" and the "Great Society:

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/16/obama-accuses-fired-inspector-general-of-americorps-of-being-confused-disoriented/

WASHINGTON - Responding to criticism from a Senate Democratic ally, President Obama for the first time explained why he fired the Inspector General of the AmeriCorps without the 30-day notification required by law, calling Gerald Walpin so "confused" and "disoriented" that there was reason to question "his capacity to serve."
In a letter to the bi-partisan leaders of the Senate Committee that oversees AmeriCorps, Obama listed these alleged defects in Walpin's leadership as an Inspector General.

* Removed after unanimous request from the AmeriCorps board of directors

* At May 20, 2009, board meeting Walpin "was confused, disoriented and unable to answer questions and exhibited behavior that led the board to question his capacity to serve."

* The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California complained about Walpin's conduct to the IG oversight board and alleged he withheld exculpatory evidence.

* Walpin had "been absent from the Corporation's headquarters, insisting upon working from his home in New York over the objection" of the board.

* He "exhibited a lack of candor in providing material information to decision makers."

* He "engaged in other troubling and inappropriate conduct."

* He "had become unduly disruptive to agency operations, impairing his effectiveness."

The letter, authored by Norman Eisen, Special Counsel to the President for ethics, concluded: "It was for these reasons that Mr. Walpin was removed."

Hours before, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, criticized Obama for failing to specify why he fired Walpin.

"The White House has failed to follow the proper procedure in notifying Congress as to the removal of the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service," McCaskill said in a statement. "The legislation which was passed last year requires that the president give a reason for the removal. 'Loss of confidence' is not a sufficient reason. I'm hopeful the White House will provide a more substantive rationale, in writing, as quickly as possible."

Obama voted for the legislation requiring specific notification to Congress of the reasons to dismiss an inspector general. Any move to fire an inspector general requires 30-days notice. Obama voted for the law to strengthen the independence of inspectors general.

Walpin led a 2008 investigation into allegations of misused taxpayer funds distributed by AmeriCorps to the St. HOPE Academy of Sacramento, founded in 1989 by Obama supporter and former NBA player Kevin Johnson. Walpin said Johnson, now mayor of Sacramento, misused roughly $850,000 in AmeriCorps funds. His referral to the U.S. Attorney's Office did not result in the filing of criminal charges. But St. HOPE officials agreed, via a settlement, to repay half of its AmeriCorps grants.

On Tuesday, Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, sought all White House information Walpin's firing. That followed a request from Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, that AmeriCorps provide "any and all records, e-mail, memoranda, documents, communications, or other information" related to Walpin's firing. Issa and Grassley are minority members of congressional oversight panels.

Republicans also have asked what role, if any, First Lady Michelle Obama played in Walpin's firing. The White House denies Mrs. Obama had any voice in Walpin's future with the agency. Republicans began to question Mrs. Obama's role after press reports indicated she was taking a strong interest in AmeriCorps activities and when her former chief of staff, Jackie Norris, became a "senior adviser" to the Corporation for National and Community Service, also known as AmeriCorps.

Cliffs:

-St. Hope, lead by Kevin Johnson, requests funds from Americorps for rebuilding schools, teaching kids, etc. etc.

-Reports come back to Americorps that St. Hope is misusing funds for payroll and personal use

-Gerald Walpin investigates, finds that reports are true

-Gerald Walpin cuts off federal funds from St. Hope

-Kevin Johnson, prez of St. Hope and avid Obama supporter, gets elected mayor of Sacrimento

-Americorps denies federal funds to Sacrimento because of Johnson

-Obama immediately fires Walpin

That's shady as fuq.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/16/obama-accuses-fired-inspector-general-of-americorps-of-being-confused-disoriented/


Cliffs:

-St. Hope, lead by Kevin Johnson, requests funds from Americorps for rebuilding schools, teaching kids, etc. etc.

-Reports come back to Americorps that St. Hope is misusing funds for payroll and personal use

-Gerald Walpin investigates, finds that reports are true

-Gerald Walpin cuts off federal funds from St. Hope

-Kevin Johnson, prez of St. Hope and avid Obama supporter, gets elected mayor of Sacrimento

-Americorps denies federal funds to Sacrimento because of Johnson

-Obama immediately fires Walpin

That's shady as fuq.

Have a feeling there is alot more than just AmeriCorps involved in this..EPA was under investigation in 2001 by Landmark Legal Foundation and destroyed their records...JUST LIKE VISTA did in 1981! Same idiots under new umbrellas and new named orgs.. Waldin has worked from his home for years and has been interviewed several times and does not seem too looney.