Re: MADAM Pelosi

On Jan 1, 8:36 am, "JackPineSavage" <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 Madame Pelosi   wasn't happy with the small private jet that comes
with
the Speaker's job, no, Madame Pelosi was aggravated that this little
jet
had to stop to refuel, so she ordered a Big Fat 200 seat jet that could
get her back to California without stopping!

"In fact, a larger plane was requested (not "demanded" or "ordered") for
security reasons, and that the request did not come from Speaker Pelosi"

http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/jet.asp
The story contained in snopes is a bunch of ***.

Did you read it?  Pelosi DID NOT REQUEST THE JET!  It was NOT HER IDEA!
It was the House sergeant of Arms request, the Air Force AGREED it was
appropriate and EVEN THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE CONCURRED!  So you then are
accusing the House sergeant of arms, the U.S.A.F. and the Bush
administration as being a "bunch of ***" concerning this request.

Since you obviously can't read so here is the relevant quotes:

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not request a larger plane for personal
use to travel cross-country without stopping, Bill Livingood, the House
sergeant at arms, said.

Livingood said the request was his, and he made it for security reasons..
"The fact that Speaker Pelosi lives in California compelled me to request
an aircraft that is capable of making non-stop flights for security
purposes, unless such an aircraft is unavailable," Livingood, who has been
at his post for 11 years, said in a written statement.

"I regret that an issue that is exclusively considered and decided in a
security context has evolved into a political issue," the statement said."
"

For years, speakers flew commercial like everybody else in Congress. But
after the Sept. 11 attacks, it was deemed that anyone two heartbeats away
from the presidency warranted a military jet.

Until now, the only speaker affected was Republican J. Dennis Hastert, who
commuted to his Illinois district in small executive-style military jets.

But those aircraft require ideal weather conditions to make the
crosscountry trip without stopping to refuel.

The military passenger plane that can make the flight in any weather and
also provide the communications necessary to stay in contact with the

White House is the bigger and costlier C-40 - described by the Air Force
as an "office in the sky" with beds, two galleys and business-class
seating. "

"The plane used by former Speaker Dennis Hastert for frequent trips back
to his Illinois home was a small, Lear-type jet. But that plane needs to
refuel every 2,000 miles and could not make the nonstop haul to
California.

"The Air Force determined that [Pelosi's] safety would be best ensured by
using a plane that has the fuel capacity to go coast-to-coast," Hammill
said."

""As speaker of the House, she is entitled to military transport and ....
the proper arrangements are being made between the Sergeant of Arms Office
in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Defense," White
House spokesman Tony Snow said.

"We think it's appropriate," he added. "And so, again, I think this is
much ado about not a whole lot. It is important for the speaker to have
this kind of protection and travel."

TRANSLATION:  Pelosi has the SOA do her dirty work so her hands would appear
to be clean.  How naive are you?



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Or dishonest?

Charlie
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