Originally Posted By friendofdd Air Force One had to make an emergency landing yesterday, when an engine on the left side of the plane exploded! While a terrorist attack was originally suspected, NASA confirmed that the cause was an impact from a meteorite, thrown from an asteroid they had been tracking in the constellation Libra. Fox News reported this story with the headline, "President Attacked by Libral Left-Wing Meteor".
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Interesting story about Air Force One. It was here in Ft Lauderdale a month or so ago and I took my son to the aiport to see it. He loves planes and I told him it was the President's plane. (Youth is so nice. He is impressed with being in the President of the United States no matter who he is or what his political affiliation. Too bad he, too, will become as jaded with politics as the rest of us.) In any event, we went to a park near the airport to see it. I found it interesting that there were NO security forces to be seen. I could have stood there with a shoulder mounted weapon and fired it and no one would have been the wiser. Aren't we supposed to protect or symbols of America? So, we were pretty far away and I decided to drive on to the airport property and see how close I could really get. After weaving my way through many backroads...all unprotected...I got to within 20 yards of the plane. It was on the tarmac behind a bob-wired fence but I could have lobbed a rock at it. Two police cars were parked under the wings of the plane but I stood there with my son for 15 minutes and took pictures and no one approached me to ask what I was doing. Good thing our security is heightened.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<(Youth is so nice. He is impressed with being in the President of the United States no matter who he is or what his political affiliation. Too bad he, too, will become as jaded with politics as the rest of us.)>>> I am jaded too I admit, but I am still impressed with whomever is the President. They certainly all have faults and half of us "hate" whoever is in office at the time. BUT, I never lose sight of the fact that the office itself is a place of great distingushed position. Ours is the greatest government the world has ever seen. Yes, scary I know...but Freedom is worth it.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda wahooskipper, I wouldn't have been surprised if a sniper's rifle was following you the whole time.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper ^I did think of that. I didn't see anyone on top of nearby buildings and could see anyone on top of the control tower...but that isn't to say they weren't there. I probably didn't look too threatening standing there with my 3 year old but it just surprised me that there wasn't more of a visible (deterrent) force.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Its flies better when the Clintonistas aren't trashing it! << That never happened. It was yet another lie spun by rove for the benefit of people who will believe whatever they say.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Its flies better when the Clintonistas aren't trashing it! << That never happened. It was yet another lie spun by rove for the benefit of people who will believe whatever they say.
Originally Posted By alexbook I remember touring the Capitol building and the Library of Congress some years back (White House tours were canceled due to Desert Storm), and even as a wacko radical who disagrees with just about everything the government does, I have to admit I got a little teary-eyed. I've been listening to the audiobook of "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich," and it's really got me thinking about how lucky we are to live in a country that prizes liberty and the rule of law. Think about the fact that when the Supreme Court orders the President to do somthing, the command-in-chief of our armed forces follows the court's order instead of just having the judges arrested. In how many countries would that actually happen?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 If none of you have read this, it's a good read about Air Force One and our modern Presidents. Air Force One : A History of the Presidents and Their Planes <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401300049/103-6047230-5722220?v=glance&n=283155" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ ct/1401300049/103-6047230-5722220?v=glance&n=283155</a>
Originally Posted By Ursula I feel just horrible, but everyone someone mentions Air Force One, all i can think of is Mr. Ford saying, "Get off my plane!" Is that bad?
Originally Posted By gadzuux No - "bad" is believing stupid partisan lies about clinton spitting on the walls.
Originally Posted By Ursula I am a fan of Clinton. I liked him so much as president!!! It doesn't seem like him to spit on the wall of Harrison's plane.
Originally Posted By Labuda When I hear "Air Force One" I think of that Harrison Ford movie... at least, I think it was Harrison Ford...
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I read someplace that when Lyndon Johnson left office he took everything out of Air Force One that wasn't nailed down and some things that were. Getting back to the on topic. I do think that you were being watched and watched pretty closely. I'm sure you didn't fit any of the profile that they were watching for but any accidental venture into one of them probably would have had the world decending upon you. You must look non-threatening.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper If non-threatening is another word for dashing then, yup...that's me.
