Wednesday 29 April 2009

”Sorry Goose, but it's time to buzz a tower.”

A Boeing 747 used as a back-up to Air Force One by President Barack Obama flew low over New York City on Monday morning accompanied by two fighter jets, briefly raising fears among workers in skyscrapers of a terrorist attack.
Oh, can you imagine the howls and rending of garments had this happened on Bush’s watch, instead of His Magnificence, Barack Hussein Obama...?

And it appears I owe the Aussies an apology!
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, criticised the government and his own administration for failing to warn the public.

"The good news is it was nothing more than an inconsiderate, badly conceived and insensitive photo op with the taxpayers' money," Mr Bloomberg said.
Indeed!

But compared to the enormous bank bailout BHO pushed through Congress, quite a cheap one. So, there’s that...

2 comments:

North Northwester said...

Blair America-style - the private convenience of the Royal entourage is way, way more important than the mere plebs who put The One up there.

Dr Melvin T Gray said...

Nail and head, Julia.