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Jacob Dickerman

Jacob Dickerman

Posted April 28, 2009 | 10:10 AM (EST)

A Suggestion for Obama: RE: Jets Flying Past NYC Buildings


Okay, Barack. So that whole jet rattling office buildings as it flew right by the site of the World Trade Center thing, that wasn't you. Okay. I'll accept that, because I like you. I'll go along with this not being on your head thing. But here's a little thought you might want to pass along to your staff.

If you guys get around to actually fixing the economy? And you're sort of saying to each other, "You know who's really going to be happy about this? The kids that aren't going to be in debt forever because we fixed the economy." Then you're going to realize, "Oh shit! Kids don't read the paper! We gotta celebrate this, and we gotta bring the celebration to them!" And you'll get your party planning people together and they'll be all, "You know what kids really love? T-shirt canons. They go CRAZY over T-shirt canons." And someone else will say "And those flag guns!" Someone will ask "Flag guns?" "Yeah! Flag guns! You know, those things that look like guns, but when you pull the trigger, a flag pops out and unfurls!"

So when they're done planning and they've figured out that the best way to brings high school and college aged kids onto the "hurray, the economy is fixed!" party boat is to burst into their schools with t-shirt canons and flag guns? Remind your staff to skip Virginia Tech and Columbine.

Because obviously, someone on your planning team is a retarded chimp.

 
 
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greymom
04:49 PM on 04/29/2009
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Obama supporter and in no way do I directly blame him for this stupidity but I will be dissipointed if somebody doesn't get the chop.

It is not the fact that they cruised over the city, but the fact that they spent so much money for a photo opportunity. I thought that the mentality that produced the air carrier photo op with the Mission Accomplished sign had gone with the Dodo.

Get the word out to the military pleeze that we do not need more photos. We don't need them, don't want them, and I am offended that they even thought we needed them.

I live in California and Travis AFB a couple of years ago spent 6 million building a rehearsal hall for the military band. Not a performance venue, mind you but a rehearsal hall while the schools are cutting music programs.
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ESerafina42
Abandoned by wolves, raised by Republicans.
06:00 AM on 04/29/2009
And here we thought Dubya had gone back to Texas. Obviously either he or one of his boneheaded subordinates is still working in the White House.
04:29 PM on 04/28/2009
It was unfortunate and those responsible have apologized. I'm sure there was no intention to harm anyone. Let's move on, okay? People make mistakes. It is done.
03:17 PM on 04/28/2009
I still can't believe this happened at all. Someone needs to be fired - this was really really stupid.
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BlackJAC
It's better to be a black king than a white knight
02:16 PM on 04/28/2009
In all seriousness, CONAD would've sent at least two fighters after the 747 had it been an actual hijacking.
01:11 PM on 04/28/2009
Glad to see someone still has a sense of humor at the huffpo. I thought it went extinct after the Gutman left.
12:02 PM on 04/28/2009
Grammatical note: The author uses the word "canon" three times in the piece above, though the spelling of the word he was clearly intending to use is "cannon."

For anyone who cares, here's the difference:

canon: regulation or dogma decreed by a church council
cannon: a large heavy gun usually mounted on a carriage
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Jacob Dickerman
12:56 PM on 04/28/2009
Oops. Yeah. You're right. I gotta learn to spell.
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Todd Sullivan
02:07 PM on 04/28/2009
it's somewhat ironic that you made a mistake in your blog as you criticized the "retarded chimp" who made the mistake in new york.

though from what i understand, the retarded chimp(s) actually gave the proper authorities a heads up of the training exercise they planned on doing yesterday.

and actually living in new york, i would also like to point out that new yorkers have a tendency of over-reacting. i didn't panic. of course, i'm not originally from new york, i'm from the south, so i tend to be more laid back than these high strung people who live here.

i think a lot is being made of this incident, but then, a lot is made of seemingly everything lately.
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rucognizant
01:34 PM on 04/28/2009
Or a canon color copier.
11:25 AM on 04/28/2009
I'm not sure what I'm angrier about:

1) The idiotic NYC flyby that was done without giving the public a heads up (Here's a tip Obama/Bloomberg: fire/demote some people to show incompetent government employees will be held accountable.)

2) The TAX DOLLARS spent on this flyby. There are millions of unemployed peeps like me, some of whom are losing their unemployment benefits or houses. Surely there is a better use for our tax $.

Issues like the flyover and the Social Security ponzi, validate my low opinion of Fed and state governments.
11:39 AM on 04/28/2009
hey give em a break; I hear they are trying to sell AF1 to save the economy.
07:02 PM on 04/28/2009
It's listed on Ebay , isn't it?
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Agentprovokatur
12:40 PM on 04/28/2009
Angry much?

Try meditation.

Good for your blood pressure and your temper.
01:42 PM on 04/28/2009
To your question, my friends say I smile a lot--I'm generally a laid-back person. Yet I vividly remember my day at my Houston office on 911, including the hasty evacuation. Remember that day? And I agree with Jacob Dickerman's comment: "someone on your [Obama's] planning team is a retarded chimp."

Can you imagine if this happened on Bush's watch? There would be LOTS of people needing meditation. LOL

Good leaders lead by example. If you care about the environment, like I do, you don't burn 9,000+ gallons of fuel in AF1 for an Earth Day speech. You don't scare people by saying the economy may not recover absent a $750 billion bailout. Similarly, you respect the 911 survivors by not giving them a jumbo jet flyover that vividly reminds them of 911. Symbolism matters.

So yeah, I'm teed off because the examples I cited should be common sense, at least for a smart guy like Obama and his talented team. Am I nitpicking?

Have a nice day fellow bloggers. :-)
10:37 AM on 04/28/2009
Doesn't anyone in the government know about Photoshop! Heck of a lot cheaper and everyone would understand why the promo pics were done on Photoshop!! Geez...........think a little!
11:31 AM on 04/28/2009
Exactly my thoughts when I heard about this and a hell of lot cheaper and no jet fuel used.

Someone should be fired with media coverage.
11:41 AM on 04/28/2009
Just who was it that ordered this: some prima-donna photographer, or just some crazed PR flack?
10:13 AM on 04/28/2009
Nero fiddled whist Rome Burned.
10:51 AM on 04/28/2009
whist?
11:43 AM on 04/28/2009
isn't a whist that wire thing for mixing in a kitchen?
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cdiasmd
Honey Badger Don't Care!
01:39 PM on 04/28/2009
whilst

would have been easier if the author had just used "while"
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Ohioan730
09:55 AM on 04/28/2009
I laughed hysterically at this article. It was the disturbing laugh of a person who has seen too much in such a short time of 35 years. Some people call it PTSD. We've been affected as a nation and I think we can all benefit from counseling. The debris and dust from the W T C drifted over to Staten Island and helped to aggravate my father's chronic respiratory problems and he eventually died when his heart gave out a short time later. I howled with laughter at Jon Stewart's segment on the Daily Show last night until I had tears in my eyes. It wasn't that funny, yet it was.
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jcwtts1
Elections have consequences
09:51 AM on 04/28/2009
get around to fixing the economy... because he's just hanging out now right. Planning flyovers and parties.

I understand your panic, but you have to get some perspective.

J