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07/24/2003 Archived Entry: "As if I need another reason to be pissed today."
As if I need another reason to be pissed today.
Something jumped out at me reading this:
A man piloting a small plane that veered too close to President Bush's motorcade on Thursday was detained by federal agents after F-16 fighters and a police helicopter forced him to land, officials said.The pilot, who was patrolling oil pipelines in a single-engine Cessna at altitudes too low to be sighted by radar, entered a 30-mile no-fly zone and flew along Bush's motorcade route as the president was traveling from a speaking event in Philadelphia, officials said.
The pilot was identified only as an employee of Underwood Aerial Patrol of Ohio.
Geez, those F-16s sure scrambled damn quick today. So why couldn't they scamble that quickly on September 11, 2001?
Replies: 4 people speak up
That's an excellent fucking question! On 9/11 Knucklehead was too busy trying to pronounce the big words in a children's book.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/24/2003 08:05 PM NY
I have yet to see a satisfactory explanation. You don't suppose there's one in the 9/11 Commission report just released, do you? Me, neither...
Posted by DaveH. @ 07/24/2003 09:24 PM NY
Geez, those F-16s sure scrambled damn quick today. So why couldn't they scamble that quickly on September 11, 2001?
Because this time it wasn't scripted...
Posted by (: Tom :) @ 07/25/2003 01:38 PM NY
Fighters followed all three jets, but without the CiC's explicit order, had no authority to act.
So...have to rejigger the (NORAD) timeline to keep the jets off their tails after all, so they say.
Bx hangs out with our children, while giving the country the shaft of a lifetime. Isn't that some kind of sex crime?
Posted by Paul Iannone @ 07/26/2003 03:48 PM NY
