Those terrifying Kodak moments

Was Roland Emmerich unavailable?

The U.S. Department of Defense has finally released the April 27th Air Force One photos over New York City. There was some delay because they had to photoshop several thousand pee-pee stains from the pants of New Yorkers below.

The flyover was condemned by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama because it was unannounced and “around the site of the World Trade Center.” Defense officials countered that the flight was a classified mission, which explains both why they didn’t tell anyone and why it was done with a bright blue and white plane over one of the most populated cities in America.

If we believe anything here at SeriouslyGuys, it’s that mistakes are learning experiences: it’s only OK to use aircraft in New York if they’re attacking a giant ape or being emceed by Al Roker.

Can’t see Christianity from up there

From the high-tech SeriouslyGuys Graphic Modeling Office!The U.S. Air Force denied the request for a flyover of the “God and Country Family Festival” in Nampa, Idaho (city sister to Tampa, Florida?). The decision came as a surprise because they’d performed at the festival for over 40 years … until now.

The difference is that the Air Force checked the organizers Web site and found that it’s a religious thing, and spokespeople say they are not allowed to endorse “any individual, group, or organization, including any religious or sectarian organization, ideological movement, political campaign or organization, or commercial enterprise, to include a shopping mall or motion picture promotion.”

But 40 years later? What’s the real deal?

Our guess is that it’s all the airborne prayers and guardian angels. Negative, Holy Ghost Riders, that pattern is full.

New York: One tough town

New Yorkers are “annoyed — furious is a better word” — that the Air Force One flyover of NYC was not a terrorist attack. Though the plane and its F-16 escort veered frustratingly close to the site of Ground Zero, the plane was not piloted by terrorists and did not crash into any buildings.

Enraged and traumatized to be teased with what could have been a very painful and scary moment, New York politicians like Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Chuck Schumer want to know why New York wasn’t informed and whose head will roll for not killing several thousand of their constituents.

Even the therapists can’t handle the influx of tramautized patients. Social worker, Linda Garcia-Rose complained about being inundated with calls from patients who survived the tantalizingly-close calamity, many of whom live three blocks away from the World Trade Center.