Before everyone gets all wound up over the Capitol 'attack' story...

[WilliamPitt]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/capital

"A communications breakdown led federal officials to believe the plane might be targeting the Capitol, but it turned out to be carrying Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who had been cleared to fly into the area."

DC is a high air-traffic area...and clearing out the Capitol when there is a mistake like this is just prudence. Unless Kentucky is attacking DC.

Tomorrow's scare will be live jaguars falling from the sky or something. But for now, deep breaths.

[underpants]

1. Are you verifying this?

Me and the little lady want to know

[Horse with no Name]

6. Poster child for "Deer in the headlights" look?

Is that in vogue this summer? Or just an eyebrow lift gone bad?

[BiggJawn]

8. Kee-RYST that's a scary picture!

Does that woman even HAVE eyelids????

[livinginphotographs]

13. They were kidnapped by a Hispanic couple.

Or so she says.....hmmmmmm.

[BiggJawn]

19. Maybe she lost them in Binnion's casino? N/T

[underpants]

27. In every joke there is some truth

Some people suspect that Ms. Willbanks' most embarrassing moment was that one time when she left town unannounced, right before her big wedding, so she could gamble in Las Vegas. Then, after she saw the news of her disappearance on TV, she gave herself a piss-poor haircut to avoid being recognized, just so she could continue gambling. After losing most of her money at roulette, she took a bus to Albuquerque, looking for a hot New Mexican man to do it with. She soon found an Albuquerque plumber named Diego Alvarez, who rejected the desperate white chick with the bad haircut. She swore vengeance on Alvarez, and called police with an elaborate story that he had kidnapped and raped her.

http://benquirer.blogspot.com/

[livinginphotographs]

33. "desperate white chick with a bad haircut"

:rofl:

[livinginphotographs]

10. Yar. Two glass eyes.

[Midlodemocrat]

36. UP, you are killing me today with this picture.

I can't get any work done.

[underpants]

41. Georgia? Grenade? Runaway bride?

Hmmm easy to make the connection.

YES my work here is complete

[w13rd0]

2. So it was a Republican governor?

Gee, I'm...so below the threshold needed to elicit shock...

[Hugin]

3. Booooga.... Booooga....

Gotsta keep those poll numbers up! Gotsta!

[orwell]

4. But

Was he trying to lob a dud Georgian grenade at dud Tom Delay?

Just checking...I'm up against a deadline...

[BiggJawn]

5. Intreresting. He's a ReTHUGlican.

What did he do that got him "clearance" from Rove to fly in restricted airspace?

And Of COURSE nobody at NORAD (or whoever) knew he was coming...

Lucky they didn't SHOOT HIM DOWN, wasn't it? :tinfoilhat:

[aquart]

I was thinking how interesting that would have been.

But, since they knew it was a phony alert, they didn't bother.

[Catherine Vincent]

Wasn't it some governor last time?

I forget who though.

[Walt Starr]

14. Yep, from his website regarding the 2004 incident

http://governor.ky.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/20040609KSP.htm

[SmokingJacket]

7. That was last year.

Worked so well... thought they'd try it again this year.

Steers attention away from, oh, memos and nuclear options pretty effectively, doesn't it?

[eleny]

9. At first I thought you wrote "live jugglers falling fom the sky"

Either way...

[SoCalDem]

37. I was hoping for exploding toads

:)

[Beetwasher]

11. And Just How Easy Is It To Make A "Mistake" Like That Or Have One Happen

at politically opportune moments? Wouldn't take much. :shrug:

Mighty convenient.

[Nite Owl]

12. The whole thing sounds like a

desperate cry for attention. They say terrorism won them this election so it seems like lately they are trying to revive the fear. Too bad they couldn't manage to scramble the fighter jets on 9-11.

[MuseRider]

15. Didn't this happen

once before? I seem to have a tickle in my brain reminding me that this is not the first time. Maybe it was the Governor of Tennessee last time? Something......

[Catherine Vincent]

17. see post #14 above

[MuseRider]

28. Thank you.

I just knew this was an old and tried (tired) scheme and I just knew it had to be a Republican governor both times *wink wink*. How dumb do they think we are? Don't answer that.

[Walt Starr]

16. Same governor, same scenario, last year

Washington Post article dated July 8, 2004:

Plane That Caused Capitol Evacuation Nearly Shot Down

By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 8, 2004; Page A01


The top general at the North American Aerospace Defense Command was on the telephone and prepared to order an F-16 fighter to shoot down an unidentified plane that turned out to be carrying the governor of Kentucky to former president Ronald Reagan's funeral last month, according to two federal security officials briefed separately about the incident

The tense incident June 9 ended after the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air carrying Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) turned to land at Reagan National Airport. But the close call caused officials to reassess safeguards for the airspace around Washington and prompted calls to expand the no-fly zone beyond its current 16-mile radius.

<snip>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35440-2004Jul7.html

[WilliamPitt]

18. How bizarre

Either this guy is feeling really stupid...or really smug.

[SmokingJacket]

21. No, no Will -- read the article again.

It's referring to the incident last year -- not claiming that it's what happened this year.

Read carefully! ;-)

[Just Me]

47. I'm afraid it may be too late for Will to fix the blunder. Oops.

Oh well. We all make mistakes.

[eleny]

20. Looks like he's the "go to" guy when they need some fake news

[Beetwasher]

23. Well Fuck Me W/ A Cactus, Will You Look At That

My oh my, the coincidences that happen under this admin.

Great find Walt.

[paula777]

30. LOL about the cactus line. That would really hurt

[IChing]

24. Thanks for the update- fool me once

"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once -- shame on -- shame on you. You fool me, you can't get fooled again."

from the bushenfurher.

[BiggJawn]

25. "Hmmmm...Morning numbers are off...Hey Ernie! wanna...

...go bye-bye inna Aer-ee-oh-plane?"

"Uh, sure, can I see the capitol REAL close-up again?"

"Oh, sure, no problems, we'll make ALL the arrangements..."

[Laughing Mirror]

32. He was himself a fighter pilot

from his bio:

Governor Fletcher’s service to our nation began in the United States Air Force, where he served as an F-4E Aircraft Commander and NORAD Alert Force Commander. As a fighter pilot, he led flights that intercepted Soviet military aircraft during the Cold War.

Perfect candidate for this job, but why the repeat performance?

[Lowell]

38. Kentucky colonel bombs capitol

More chicken little and the sky is falling shit from the misadministration. Talk about duds.

[Laughing Mirror]

42. On the contrary, I'm sure it was quite a sucess

It scared people, and that was the point of it. Most people will probably never know, or want to believe, it was a big orchestrated hoax meant to scare them to death. Never let the people forget how scared they are supposed to be living under a regime of mob rule, terror and all.

[IChing]

31. Will you post this in the news section?

separately it is news and breaking

[Cleita]

22. Kind of off topic, but in your link that you provided.

How nice that Bush doesn't have to work in the middle of the week because Dick Cheney is doing it for him.

<snip>
President Bush was away from the White House, biking at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Beltsville, Md. Vice President Dick Cheney, in the White House, was moved to a "secure location" elsewhere, said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity.<snip>

[Laughing Mirror]

34. Cheney is always at the helm during Code Red incidents

Always being whisked off to some secure location, playinig along so nicely, while everybody knows where the secure location is: the Cheney bunker up Massachusetts Avenue.

Junior must always be off somewhere reading goat stories, falling off bicycles, crummy actor, never with a straight face.

[anarchy1999]

26. Yes sir, how convenient. Listening now in the background to "Scotty" &

"our" press! No hard questions, just all about this idiot incident, and the masses eat it up. Jesus, Lord help me!

Perfect way to stage a drill and end any semblance of real news happening.

[sniffa]

29. but the kentuckians are professed neutraLs?

they'd onLy attack d.c. if the federaLs attacked first.

[Midlodemocrat]

35. How do we know Kentucky isn't on the attack?

Do you have a link? :shrug:

[hiley]

39. crazy huh ? Will Pitt thanks...

hmm, seems to me they need to stir the masses up for their next adventure ...Iran , Syria, the world !



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[ps1074]

40. That's not what is said in the article

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol and White House were evacuated Wednesday after a small plane entered restricted airspace. Military jets scrambled to intercept the aircraft and fired warning flares. Two men in the aircraft were later taken into custody at a Maryland airport where the plane landed after a military escort.

"This appears to be errant pilots," said Capitol Police Chief Terence Gainer. He said the plane "was on a straight-in shot toward the center of the Washington area."

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the plane came within three miles of the White House.

Nowhere Gov. Ernie Fletcher is mentioned.

[Laughing Mirror]

44. Hidden in the very last paragraph, hoping nobody will notice, of course

When it should be the headline to the story.

[Just Me]

46. No. That refers to LAST YEAR. Hope Will fixes his post,...

,...but, it may be too late.

[Laughing Mirror]

50. I was trying to edit my post to correct it, but screen blinked off

Thanks for catching it.

Oh well. It was fun while it lasted, imagining the Governor coming back and doing it a second time.

But his earlier, less spectacular, performance might be considered a practice run perhaps.

[Born_A_Truman]

48. Will Pitt's Link Updated:

In the most dramatic incident since the Sept. 11 attacks, thousands of people fled the Capitol, packed with members of Congress and other dignitaries, when a plane flew into the restricted air space just before the funeral procession for President Ronald Reagan last June.

A communications breakdown led federal officials to believe the plane might be targeting the Capitol, but it turned out to be carrying Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who had been cleared to fly into the area.

~~~~~~

Gov Fletcher incident was last June, not today.

[BringEmOn]

43. It was the Flying Elvises (Elvi ?)

Blue, blue, blue suede chutes...

[KharmaTrain]

45. It's All Ok...Really...The Preznit Is In Charge...

In this case, I do wish the House were vaporized. Two outta three ain't bad...

[stellanoir]

49. I'm so-o-o

looking forward toh the "live jaguars falling from the sky."

Thanks for inspiring humorous hope for tomorrow.