Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
or more political BS...you be the judge.
Actual beef...
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spike
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Yep, whoever is throwing a tantrum about her requesting clarification didn'y get good childhood discipline. Looks like it's Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam.
MrBishop
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Mudslinging 101 - raise something that wasn't an issue before, make it an issue and blind-side someone with it. Works beautifully, cause the press just eat it up.
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
Mudslinging 101 - raise something that wasn't an issue before, make it an issue and blind-side someone with it. Works beautifully, cause the press just eat it up.
Mostly has to do with money. A plane for her, her family, and her staff I can see, but anybody else has to fly commercial.
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
What you end up with is a mostly empty plane flying back and forth. Still costs $22k/hour to fly whether it's got just her and he staff in it or if it happens to have a few 'friends' as well.
It's extravagant, but it's not her decision.
Not really. By eliminating 'joy riders' you can go with a smaller plane, which means less fuel, which means less cost per hour for operation. The meat of the matter is her asking for a 747 when a 727 might do the job...
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
Isn't she just using the same plane that her predecessor had?
There was a bit in the article about the plane not needing refueling in transit which was 'safer'.
If she could make due with a Lear jet...give her one of those to use when needed.
Thats what the article says, but the next statement is...if it was good enough for her predecessor, then why isn't it good enough for her?
BTW...the current aircraft is a Boeing 737, which has a range of 3,365 nautical miles (6,230 km). This aircraft also serves as Air Force 2, and is used by the Vice President when he flies...
Cost cutting could start there.
Because of 9/11, somebody had an idea that the Speaker needs government transportation. That does not mean that the Speaker & their family & entouage need government transportation. This woman, her husband & her main secretary can all fit aboard a Piper.
She & her ilk wants the military to be meals on wheels & a private taxi service instead of a lean mean fighting machine.
spike
New Member
By "& her ilk" do you mean "the previous speaker and the white house"?
"We think it's important that the speaker of the House enjoy the same kind of security that we arranged for Speaker Hastert in the wake of September 11th. And like I said, I think that there's been a lot of over-hyped reporting on this," Snow said.
Same kind of security. Good.
She doesn't need a 747 or a retrofitted C-130. Her predecessor had a 727. That's sufficient.
Her ilk-all the rest of the do-gooder liberal pansies who would be first on the firing squad if it weren't for a lean mean fighting machine. They wish to soften that which allows them to spew hate.
She doesn't need a 747 or a retrofitted C-130. Her predecessor had a 727. That's sufficient.
Her ilk-all the rest of the do-gooder liberal pansies who would be first on the firing squad if it weren't for a lean mean fighting machine. They wish to soften that which allows them to spew hate.
spike
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I think the only issue with that is if the range is sufficient for the west coast.
That's just you spewing non-sensical hate.
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
These are the same people who espouse cut-backs in troop levels, want to close bases (but not in their districts), and micro-manage every facet of military acquisitions, and then turn around and ask us to do a little extra for them...
A.B.Normal
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Well the Predecessor didn't live as far ,so a smaller plane wouldn't need to refuel on a shorter flight.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17035721/