[yoe]

At the Caneel Bay resort, where room rates reach $1,100 per night, the spokeswoman said Thompson and his wife paid the “government rate.” But, according to the reservations department, Caneel Bay doesn’t “offer any government rates.” Ms. Pelosi's MOST ETHICAL blahblahblah.........

[Txsleuth]

Thank you very much for posting this.

[Txsleuth]

Check THIS out!

[EagleUSA]

Ms. Pelosi’s MOST ETHICAL blahblahblah.........

---

Typical limosine lying liberals. Remember Billy’s tarmac trim where he landed Air Force One for a haricut??? These useless losers are totally unecessary for America — they are just parasites on the U.S. taxpayers — nothing has changed.

[Anti-Bubba182]

This will NEVER hit MSM unless one of them dies on the junket.

[Rummyfan]

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who went to Belgium in a delegation led by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., earlier in the week, also joined Engel’s Caribbean trip.

I guess Congressman Frank wanted to examine Belgian fudge-packing processes.....

[Howlin]

After stops in Honduras and Mexico, they stopped in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the delegation stayed at the five-star Caneel Bay resort.

Wow, it's $1200 a night; and I can personally tell you I was there a month ago and there is NOTHING there that has ANYTHING at all to do with Homeland Security; there are no phones, no TV, and no internet.

It's a five star resort; it also isn't convenient to anything; after you arrive at the St. Thomas airport, you have to take a 30 minute cab ride (limos?) and a 20 minute ferry ride to get there, then cabs to get to the resort.

This was a classic junket!

[pandoraou812]

If they want to take trips let them pay for them out of their pocket and spouses should be paying their own way. I have never understood why they need all these trips. Its all BS IMO.

[Reagan is King]

Thompson’s office said he toured the Caribbean because he now chairs the Homeland Security Committee and wanted to see vacation hot spots to “examine border security and port security.”

Oh brother, I'll bet they were laughing in his office when they dreamed up that response. The Republicans need to stay away from these junkets so they aren't hypocrites when they are exposed.

[prairiebreeze]

Yeppers. Power drunken commies with the keys to the cookie jar.

[RC2]

Once again, and again, and again. Cut off the tax money that they have to spend and they can’t do this. You can complain all you want and they’ll still do it. Cut their pay, cut the taxes and you’ll cut their control.

[jrooney]

Elections have consequences. Thank you to anyone that voted third party, donk or stayed home to punish the GOP. Thank you dumbasses! Is this what any of you envisioned as a better, more efficient, more ethical Congress? It will only get much, much worse too in the next two years. Once again, I want to throw a big thank you to all that assisted in the takeover of congress.

[SwatTeam]

The expenses for these junkets come out of the defense budget, do they not? If so, I personally believe the money for these junkets should be shifted immediately to Iraq to help pay for operations there since these same Congress critters refuse to supply what is needed there.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Such exploratory trips are very suspect when taken during prime vacation season.

[US_MilitaryRules]

So when are we going to DC with our pitchforks???

[Between the Lines]

I only wish that corruption was breaking news.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

[org.whodat]

Ms. Pelosi's MOST ETHICAL blahblahblah..

Sure, but how long did the pub's have both houses and the president, and what did they do to stop this stuff?? Answer is they did the same damn stuff. I oppose both parties for pissing away tax payers money!

[Reagan is King]

Oh yeah, it looks like a high risk terrorist target: /s

[cowtowney]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818013/posts