N.Y. Flyover Photo Released; White House Aide, Caldera, Fired Over Incident
Isn’t it convenient how this story breaks late Friday afternoon when people don’t care about news and just want to go home and relax for the weekend or partake in happy hour with friends?
A White House aide has lost his job for his role in Air Force One’s photo-op flyover over New York City. A White House official says Obama has accepted the resignation of military office director Louis Caldera. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Caldera’s departure ahead of a full report on the flight.
Caldera, a former Army secretary, took responsibility for the Air Force flyover that sparked panic in New York on April 27.
The White House conducted a review of the flight near the Statue of Liberty. The full review was set to be released Friday afternoon.
I guess Michelle Malkin’s prediction was correct after all! The White House has been exonerated, somebody else in the administration takes the fall, and this all unravels at the very end of the week… It’s as if this was written for film!
I would like to know who was on board and the real chain of command for taking Air Force One out for a spin. It is my understanding that the president has to approve of any and all usage of Air Force One!
Here’s the released photo:
(Photoshopped or Not? – you be the judge)
White House Flip Flop – Releasing ‘A’ Photo From N.Y. Flyover
They only obtained one photo for all of that? I thought they were in the air for a decent amount of time the other day. This definitely does not suffice as transparency or disclosure, nor does it resolve the questions being raised as to why there is so much secrecy and why this occurred in the first place!
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday that an internal report will probably be completed this week.
“We’ll release its findings and release a photo,” he said.
That was after Gibbs indicated Tuesday that the White House would not release any images.
Various people including Michelle Malkin and others have filed complaints under the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), requesting the full disclosure of all photos taken that day.
Michelle Malkin makes (in my opinion) and accurate prediction:
More: Gibbs says its “review” of the incident will be concluded this week.
Bold prediction: Like all of Obama’s self-initiated reviews, this one will exonerate the White House of any wrongdoing or taxpayer malfeasance.
*Note the CIA “torture” photos are ok to release, Air Force One pictures, not so much. Hmmm… I wonder if Obama has a Kodak gallery account?
Here’s the photo that I have chosen for the flyover. I wonder which one the White House will choose.
New York Fed Chair Has Shady Ties to Goldman Sachs
Who in the Obama cabinet, the Fed or the Senate, doesn’t have ties to Goldman Sachs? That’s what I would like to know!
More corruption is afoot for Wall Street and the Government it seems:
Obama Refuses to Release Pictures of Air Force One Flying Through New York
So instead – I have put together a compilation of photo-ops from the day’s events.
I also would like to add that this is some of the transparency we can continue to expect from the Obama administration. “It’s a new day, it’s a new dawn and I’m feeling goooooood.”
“We have no plans to release them,” an aide to President Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further.
The sole purpose of the secret photo-op, which sent thousands of New Yorkers running for cover, was to take new publicity shots of the presidential jet over the city.
“The photos . . . are classified — that’s ridiculous,” Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., said.
New Yorkers said they could not understand how a president who shares intimate snapshots from the White House could justify classifying these.
“So we’re not gonna see the fruits of this cruel joke?” said Frank Antonelli, 39, one of the Wall Street traders spooked by last week’s flyover.
“I’m not surprised. Obama . . . wouldn’t further all the bad publicity by putting out those pictures.”
Chuck Schumer Reveals It All
I have a question for Chuckie Schumer’s constituents… Are all of you that void of morals and principles that this man actually reflects who you are? For anyone to not be able to see how devoid of character and integrity this man is, is absolutely beyond me! Obama’s idea of “bi-partisanship” is “I won.” That’s not bi-partisan and anything that has been presented by Republicans in the congress has been shot down and certainly has not been taken under consideration. Schumer’s ignorance is quite telling of his constituents, because they must be as ignorant if not more so of what the “Right” actually represents and what various members of the “Right” truly believe. We believe in freedom, liberty, small government and yes, traditional values. I’m not so sure what is so wrong with that?
As noted by Jonah Goldberg, liberal Democrats like Chuck Schumer are now so convinced that 2006 and 2008 have permanently altered the American political landscape that they no longer feel the need to hide their disdain for the things majorities of the American people have supported for decades:
