Speaker's Pelosi's plane being fueled at the Port of San Francisco.
"Madame Speaker, do you really need to bring all those pairs of shoes?"
Posted on 02/09/2007 9:17:55 AM PST by Jean S
"Madame Speaker, do you really need to bring all those pairs of shoes?"
Maybe I missed it, but where is the outrage by SF's environmentalist? Didn't she even ride up is huge SUV?
Seems Queen Nancy could make at least some sacrifice for the environment.
I know this one! I know!!
Greed obscures judgment.
757 production ended in 2004. Looks like Nancy will have to fly on a used one!
If there IS a war on, and terrorism IS a viable threat, then as #2 in line she should indeed get a military flight (suitable for lower-48 nonstop flight for a small enturage (sp?), and little more comforts than a flying cubicle) - and commercial should not be an option.
If, however, there is NOT a war on, and terrorism is NOT a viable threat, then she can take cattle class with the rest of us.
Of course, the answers to the "ifs" above must also translate to her voting appropriately regarding Iraq et al.
money -> mouth.
As far as line of succession, it's not as if the line stops with her. She's not the last hope. But I imagine that, with her ego, she feels anyone after her in the line is a poor second.
As a matter of fact, some Republican Congressman nailed her with the fact that the 757 produces 10,000 pounds of CO2 per hour, and isn't the good Speaker concerned about the effects on global warming? I bed she was red-faced over that little factoid! Ha ha, serves her right. Get a Prius, Nancy.
The Gulfstream 3 has the range to go Non-stop with full passenger load of 12 people. The Air Force has 4 or 5 C-37 s
at Andrews (they are G-5.and the newer G-550) which have a full load range of 6500 nautical miles!!! Neal is correct, thids was not about Security, and it is SICK! and to threaten Our Military is outrageous!
Honestly, I couldn't have been less interested in this whole story if Murtha hadn't started spouting off. Now I'm ticked. I don't care how she gets from here to there (although I stand by my earlier assertion that she simply doesn't want to have to stop at military bases to refuel because of her clear disdain), but for Murtha, a Marine, to put other Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines in danger, simply so he can suck up just fries my hide.
Notice all those OIL WELLS (that used to be) right in the iddle of Long Beach harbor and its industrial areas?
The latest news is that Pelosi has trotted out the House Sergeant at Arms, who is trying to say that he was the one who asked for the 757 (for security reasons) and not Pelosi. How politcally inept is that?
Am I correct that the air miles from Andrews to san Fracisco ar about 2400 NM? Sounds like the G-3 does it easily! We did it all the time in a G-4 with max load.
An empty Speaker's seat would be a Blessing from Heaven given what this one is turning out to be!
Does that take into account flying against the jet stream??? Going west you'd be up against head winds, going east you can pick up quite a boost.
Someone else mentioned on an earlier thread that the real reason behind this is that Nancy wants to conduct foreign policy by traveling overseas and at the same time being able to bring the whole media circus with her. Considering that the plane she was offered actually does have the range to fly non-stop coast to coast, this seems to me the most likely answer too.
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