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Woman Flies Plane Over S&P

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Banner reads, “You should all be fired.”

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KSDK.com

Lucy Nobbe, a financial broker and single mom in Kirkwood, Missouri, was so angry about the downgrade of the nation's credit rating by Standard & Poor's that she hired a plane to fly above S&P's headquarters in Manhattan with a banner reading, “Thanks for the downgrade—you should all be fired.” Originally, Nobbe had hoped to direct her message to lawmakers in D.C. but settled on S&P after realizing that there was a no-fly zone over the capital. Nobbe says the flight cost her $900.

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