SOUNDED LIKE A COOL IDEA DEPARTMENT

OBAMA AID FALLS ON SWORD FOR BOSS

ACCEPTS PRE-WRITTEN RESIGNATION LIKE A GOOD SOLDIER FROM COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

May Need Post-Traumatic Rehab After All Shakes Out

   Former Army Secretary Louis Caldera fell resigned from the Obama Administration following the ill-fated photo-op he approved of Air Force One flying low over Manhattan. The stunt sent panicked New Yorkers running into the streets. 

   Caldera explained in the pre-written resignation letter that he did not fully recognize the potential effects on the low-flying airplane on the still-jittery population, was not aware that the plan was fully operational at that point in time, failed to fully read e-mails on the matter, missed other e-mails because he has more than one official e-mail address and he was doped up on pain pills and couldn't make a rational decision. 

    He insists he made the New York city and state governments aware of the stunt, but the FAA insisted that it be kept secret, for reasons that have not come to light. 

   The president cut Caldera loose quickly, hoping that by serving his head on a platter, the whole embarrassing story would fade away.  Critics point out that even if the idea had been a good one, which it wasn't, the cost of $35000 for the fuel alone and a total of $345000 for publicity of the world's best known airplane in  a time of government belt-tightening seems unnecessary.