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MORE ON CONGRESS'S NEW LUXURY JET
instapundit ^ | November 21, 2007 | Glenn Reynolds

Posted on 11/21/2007 8:08:21 AM PST by george76

"One final thought: the delivery of a new 'junket jet' for Congress may infuriate a lot of taxpayers, but there's a method in Boeing's apparent madness.

Winners of the KC-X and CSAR-X contracts will be announced early next year, and by delivering the C-40 now (just in time for Christmas holiday 'fact-finding' trips), the aircraft giant hopes that some of its Congressional friends will pressure the Air Force to steer those contracts toward Boeing."

"Since congress's new luxury jet is part of the military appropriations and with congress not funding the military as the president requested, the jet should be the first causalty of the reduction in spending required to maintain support for the troops in harm's way...

Actually all congressional fights provided by the Air Force should be grounded. Let them all take to the airways with the regular folks and experience the problems we face.

(Excerpt) Read more at instapundit.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; airforce; boeing; c40; congress; corruption; democrats; junketjet; pentagon; war
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To: CindyDawg
These are tough times.

Are they?

21 posted on 11/21/2007 8:54:01 AM PST by Osage Orange (molon labe)
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To: bmwcyle

‘fact-finding trips’

- will my new intern sleep with me?


22 posted on 11/21/2007 9:00:53 AM PST by Secret Agent Man
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To: george76

Actually all congressional fights provided by the Air Force should be grounded. Let them all take to the airways with the regular folks and experience the problems we face.

I don’t believe they should fly at all. My solution is to shut down D.C. Let them stay in their districts. With today’s technology there is no reason for them to be there. They have the ability to videoconference and electronically vote from anywhere.
That would make it much harder for special interest groups to lobby them and they would be more accountable for their actions when constituents are banging down their door every day all day long.
They are not accessible to the people who voted them into office while in D.C. Bring them home to their districts to stay.


23 posted on 11/21/2007 9:27:23 AM PST by sheana
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To: george76

32 trips a year is too many.All these perks need to be looked into. I’m for being reasonable, but these things easily get out of hand.


24 posted on 11/21/2007 9:30:50 AM PST by purpleraine
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To: Osage Orange

Our military funding is being held up. Our security could be at risk. Yep. It’s long past time to get tough.


25 posted on 11/21/2007 9:42:35 AM PST by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

If that’s what you meant...I’m with you.


26 posted on 11/21/2007 9:46:42 AM PST by Osage Orange (molon labe)
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To: napscoordinator
I believe the only people that should have aircraft access is The President, Vice President, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, House Majority Leader, and House Minority Leader and that is it!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree, except I wouldn't include anybody from the House or Senate. ;-)

27 posted on 11/21/2007 9:46:50 AM PST by 3niner (War is one game where the home team always loses.)
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To: purpleraine

32 trips a year is too many

&&&&&

The other 20 weekends they are already home in their own districts. So 32 really covers their weekly commute. Because they are so special!!!!

Its the reserved parking at Reagan National that really sticks in my throat! I have had to pay $40 to park there for a couple of hours because empty spaces were being held for these princes of the realm.


28 posted on 11/21/2007 9:52:42 AM PST by maica
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To: sheana
My solution is to shut down D.C. Let them stay in their districts. With today’s technology there is no reason for them to be there. They have the ability to videoconference and electronically vote from anywhere.

That would make it much harder for special interest groups to lobby them and they would be more accountable for their actions when constituents are banging down their door every day all day long.

Very good points!

The technology is certainly available, and we could attract better candidates, ones who don't want to leave their families, or move them to a $h|thole like D.C.

29 posted on 11/21/2007 9:56:09 AM PST by 3niner (War is one game where the home team always loses.)
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To: All
galore - In great numbers; in abundance

Some object to the phrase Pelosi Galore. I don't. Some say that it is gross and it's a double-entendre. I say it refers to perks and Ms Pelosi is demanding oodles of perks that befit her status as "the most powerful woman in the world." Though of course she attempts to cloud the issue with claims of mission requirements.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Pelosi had asked for a C-40 . . . Pelosi and her aides say her security would require a larger plane that can fly coast to coast without refueling . . . "It's not a question of size, it's a question of distance," Pelosi said.

30 posted on 11/21/2007 10:07:15 AM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

Pelosi Galore strikes again. It’s catchy. I like it. In the office she’s known as “Puhluzi” rhyming with falacious “faloozy”.


31 posted on 11/21/2007 10:17:10 AM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: CindyDawg

In 2007, the Democratic Senate only managed to pass TWO of its 15 required appropriations bills


32 posted on 11/21/2007 11:01:36 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Calvin Locke; Clintonfatigued; colorado tanker; Congressman Billybob; kcvl; Grampa Dave; BIGLOOK; ..

Our tax dollars at work ?

http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z100/generalissimodp/radioblogger/?action=view&current=SenateProFormaSession112007.flv


33 posted on 11/21/2007 11:06:06 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
I’m surprised Pelosi hasn’t demanded one of the new Airbus double-deckers be fitted out as her palace in the air.
34 posted on 11/21/2007 11:34:25 AM PST by colorado tanker (I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
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To: george76
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

Mark Twain

35 posted on 11/21/2007 11:35:59 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: george76
Shouldn't the title be "Congress'..."

how many "S's" do we need? stop the madness glenn!

36 posted on 11/21/2007 11:38:28 AM PST by thefactor
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To: mewzilla; colorado tanker

“We have a congress that spends money like John Edwards at a beauty shop.”


37 posted on 11/21/2007 11:41:52 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Or the politicans could fly commercial like the rest of us ?

Silly peon

38 posted on 11/21/2007 11:44:47 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: george76
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Alexis de Tocqueville

39 posted on 11/21/2007 11:48:20 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

-Winston Churchill


40 posted on 11/21/2007 2:11:32 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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