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  • Nancy Pelosi Wants Bedroom on Jet

    02/08/2007 7:32:14 PM PST · by do the dhue · 178 replies · 4,042+ views
    newsmax.com ^ | newsmax staff
    Critics charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is abusing the perks of power by asking for a jumbo military jet with sleeping accommodations for her flights across the country. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Pentagon agreed to provide the speaker, who is second in the line of presidential succession, with a military plane for added security during trips back home. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, flew in a small commuter-sized Air Force jet. Pelosi wants a larger aircraft that can fly to her San Francisco district without stopping to refuel. Some sources are claiming that Pelosi...
  • Repercussions of Peres’ Birthday

    09/23/2003 7:00:22 PM PDT · by joesnuffy · 1 replies · 274+ views
    Arutz Sheva IsraelNationalNews.com ^ | September 23, 2003 | Arlene Peck
    Send to printer Repercussions of Peres’ Birthday by Arlene Peck September 23, 2003 Funny thing happened on the way to meet a neighbor. I brought up the topic of a column that I had just read written by Arutz-7's own Opinion Editor, Nissan Ratzlav-Katz. He wrote about the truly appalling display of disregard for the citizens of Israel in the then-upcoming eightieth birthday party of Shimon Peres. While Israel is struggling to pay its bills and feed its citizens, Shimon Peres, in yet another example of his self-serving attitude, saw fit to give himself, at tax-payer expense, a glittering celebrity...