"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Dallas wrote:

CNN reports that Nancy's B757 operating costs are $22,000.00 an hour.

Geez, I used to think $125 an hours was expensive.


It's a lot cheaper when it is paid for with somebody else's money.

Cheney's entourage includes a C-17 Globemaster

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79883 [includes photo]
As Vice President Dick Cheney passed through Shannon Airport this morning on
his way to a meeting with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi
Arabia. Cheney is due through Shannon again later tonight. According toUS
news channel CNN "the brevity of Cheney's visit underlies the growing sense
of urgency after a series of events highlighting an increasingly unstable
Middle East". It is also rumored that George W Bush will fly through Shannon
Airport this Tuesday on his way to Jordan.

Earlier this week it was reported by a source at Shannon Airport that a US
Air Force C17 Globemaster was on the runway. This massive cargo plane is one
of 53 C17's that operate from Charlestown Air, South Carolina, home to the
437th and 315th Airlift Wing. This is the second C17 to confirmed visit to
Ireland this year. An Gardai Siochana and the Irish Defence Forces are
guarding the plane in the centre security zone in the middle of the
aerodrome. It is suspected that this plane carrying part of the security
detail and an armored limousine should the Vice President need to leave the
airport.