How many taxpayers does it take to fly Air Force One on a photo op mission to the Statue of Liberty? I wish I could offer a punchline here, but I only have a number: $328,835. That's the cost to the taxpayer of the White House's idiotic decision to send Air Force One, minus The One, on a low-flying jaunt to New York City accompanied by F-16s. In a memo, the Federal Aviation Administration's James Johnston conceded "the possibility of public concern regarding DOD (Department of Defense) aircraft flying at low altitudes" over New York, but inexplicably ordered the NYPD and Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office to keep it secret. The feds even threatened punishment against various agencies should the secret get out. Well, the secret got out when New Yorkers caught what appeared to be a horrific replay of 9/11 and appropriately responded by evacuating buildings. Obama's White House lackeys may have forgotten 9/11. But they shouldn't have expected New Yorkers to have forgotten.

This is an example of a guy who doesn’t think or give a crap, or both. Unlike a majority of the population of our country who are now apparently more concerned about the alleged “torture” techniques used on perpetrators of terrorist acts rather than those terrorist acts themselves, the folks in New York haven’t forgotten what happened to them and our country in 01’. And actions allowed by the incompetent rookie who now sits in the White House scared the excrement out of them!

Over $300 grand to record something that could have been done in a photo shop for $20 bucks. And after this stunt and burning up 9,000 gallons of jet and other fuels to attend Earth Day events, do we need a Cap and Trade on the President? Or will he be having to go to Honest Al Gore's Carbon Credit store to buy some?

Hypocritical farce.

Huh??

"Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public.

In a memo obtained by CBS 2 HD the Federal Aviation Administration's James Johnston said the agency was aware of "the possibility of public concern regarding DOD (Department of Defense) aircraft flying at low altitudes" in an around New York City. But they demanded total secrecy from the NYPD, the Secret Service, the FBI and even the mayor's office and threatened federal sanctions if the secret got out."

For what purpose I might ask?