Fly Over Country

That's the political phrase for states, cities, peoples who really don't matter in an election. Politicos spend time in St. Louis and Kansas City, but the rest of Missouri is "fly over country".

For President Obama's White House- all of America is fly over country. Not just figuratively, but literally.

I was voluntering on Monday morning when a Priest friend got a frantic call on his cell. A passenger jet was flying low over NYC being chased by fighters. Her building was evacuted.

Then the Priest got another call. Then another. What was going on?

A photo-op.

That's what the Obama White House thinks of America. America is a backdrop. America is a prop. No matter the cost ($385,000 is some cost) and without care for the impact on the environment (what's the "carbon footprint" on that photo?) and where is green-Hollywood to decry this wasteful contribution to global warming?) and without any sensitivity for millions of New Yorkers, someone ordered a photo of Air Obama over flyover country.

I don't have close friends who died on 9-11, but like most New Yorkers I know several people who were killed that awful day. Low flying planes over Manhattan isn't just "reminiscient" of that day. It is that day.

I can't imagine what would have happened should Winston Churchill have wanted to make a documentary in 1948 and, to create the necessary effect, turned on the air raid sirens throught London one night. Imagine the panic as our English friends sitting at home hear those chilling alarms which had been silent for years. Imagine the ANGER when they learn that it was planned, and not as an unannounced drill, but as part of an ad campaign.

This photo shoot is indicative of what Rush Limbaugh called a 9-10 mentality- and should evoke tremendous concern among all Americans. What kind of people go forward with such a plan without even considering the general public?

But worse, not in terms of national security but because of human character, is the utter belief that Americans, their fears, their concerns, their issues, are ancillary to Obama's needs and promotion. Americans are secondary. Americans are expendable.

Monday's photo shoot over New York City is a dangerous window into the Obama White House. If this is what they think of Americans, and the way they plan on using their power and piggy banks to promote themselves, we have much to fear.