The Queen must be served. She must think she received a scepter instead of a gavel.
What happened? Did her broom throw a rod?
she wants a military plane? OK, put on a MAC flight. She can ride in the back with the rest of the cargo (provided there is room)
Botox Pelosi can go shove it.
Just what kind of service does the Queen of Market Street think she is going to get on a military aircraft?
She can fly commerical (AND pay for it herself) just like most people in this country!
I guess she does'nt have enough money to fly Southwest? She may have to wait for her next pay raise that Congress will pass for themselves.
This is an abuse of military aircraft and Pelosi knows it. Typically, because these aircraft were purchased to serve specific, military-oriented flight profiles, the cost of these flights is thousands of dollars over the price of a regularly scheduled commercial flight.
Perhaps Madam Speaker is afraid to rub shoulders with the very people she claims to represent!?
Pop beads *PING*
Heck, flying 'Space-A' is its own 'reward'.
I'm picturing one of those in-flight refueling operations, but the cargo is botox...
Well, the Smithsonian does have the Wright Brothers airplane just hanging around...don't know how they could fit in first class, though.
[A defense source said the speaker's regular access to a military plane began after the September 11, 2001, attacks. Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois Republican, who was speaker at the time, started using U.S. Air Force planes for domestic travel to and from his district for security reasons]
If she is using 'security' as the reason she needs free flights, who does she want security from? The way the socialists are hammering away at Bush for his national security measures, you would think we don't need to fear a threat anymore.
Pelosi's staff and family should not get these flights unless they are small in number, and accompanying Pelosi, but I think it is reasonable that the Speaker get a nonpublic (e.g., military) flight home, provided she pays at least what she would on an airline. It is certainly no more inappropriate than the military officers who take the little "military" business jets when traveling around the country. Remember that even as far back as the Lincoln assassination, we had a conspiracy to kill the whole top line of succession, from the losing side in the Civil War. The Islamo-fascists are motivated and capable of repeating this effort, and of figuring out Pelosi's quite regular flights home. We have to make it as difficult as possible for our enemies to target more than one such leader at a given time. Given the very public schedules of politicians, especially Bush and Cheney, it is helpful if their travel be secured from the public. This should not be a partisan issue. (But again, we should not be providing Pelosi with larger planes at taxpayer cost, so she can bring along others who are not in the succession.)
Whats wrong with her broom? No long range tanks? Get one from ACME.
Is she going to use MAC flights and bump Military families using MAC for emergencies?
For one who holds the military in such disdain, I don't think she should be able to use military aircraft to shuttle back and forth to SF. However, given her importance in the structure of the government, she should be afforded the use of the military flights. Put her in one of the backward facing seats without the comforts of heat/air conditioning. Might break her will to fly via Military Airlines.