Plosi One

On Feb 9, 1:37 pm, "gatt" wrote:
CNN reports that Nancy's B757 operating costs are $22,000.00 an hour.

How many seats in a B757?

It's Pelosi, and what B757? Can somebody identify "Nancy's B757" or
demonstrate that she has ever used or even requested such at thing

She did request it. She believed that the GulfStream Hastered had used
was too small. If you have a newspaper you'll find the story inside.
Congresspersons often get a large amount of their contributions by
wooing businesses during their trips back and forth to DC.

-Robert

I'm not a Pelosi supporter, but I'll say that the politicians with help from
the news media have turned this story on it's side. I've got several news
programs running here most of the time, including one on tv. It hasn't been
reported much in recent hours, but I've heard it several times that what was
requested was not an airplane, it was a LIST requested by a Pelosi staffer
of airplanes that the government could make available to her and her staff
which would be capable of making DC-CA non-stop. As Hastered's aircraft
wasn't capable of a non stop flight, they requested a list of aircraft that
could. On that LIST was a B757, as was a G5, and several other aircraft. I
suppose they could have listed a C5.

I'll be the first to admit how amazing it is that this fact has gotten lost
in the media coverage and the sniping. It was clearly reported several days
ago, but has not been lately. Again, I"m not supporting any of it, if it
were up to me, they could all drive home on a pogo stick or a seatless
unicycle.

Jim

By way of comparison, since everybody's swingin' on "Plosi" for the very
thing:

http://www.mtexpress.com/2003/03-08-...8-06murphy.htm

For this last stop before going to his vacation home in Jackson, Wyo.,
Cheney required:

a.. The Air Force's largest transport, the four-jet C-17 Globemaster, to
cart two armored Cadillac limousines and three Secret Service SUVs.


b.. Two military Blackhawk helicopters for over-flight security and
surveillance.


c.. Two Air Force-operated twin-jet luxury Gulfstream jets.


d.. An estimated two dozen Secret Service agents, plus vice presidential
aides.


e.. Added security from the Idaho State Police, Blaine County Sheriff's
Office, and Bellevue, Hailey and Ketchum police departments stationed along
state Highway 75.
Counting a fund-raising stop in Salt Lake City that raised $300,000 and the
Bellevue reception that harvested another $175,000, the irony is that
government costs of this outing undoubtedly far exceeded contributions

"gatt" wrote

a.. The Air Force's largest transport, the four-jet C-17 Globemaster, to
cart two armored Cadillac limousines and three Secret Service SUVs.

When did they make the C-17 bigger than the C-5A? I didn't know that it was
due for and up-sizing.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message ...
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: "gatt" wrote
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: a.. The Air Force's largest transport, the four-jet C-17 Globemaster, to
: cart two armored Cadillac limousines and three Secret Service SUVs.
:
: When did they make the C-17 bigger than the C-5A? I didn't know that it was
: due for and up-sizing.
: --
: Jim in NC
:

Just another example of the crap that is written up as 'facts' in the media...

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"gatt" wrote:

By way of comparison, since everybody's swingin' on "Plosi" for the very
thing:

http://www.mtexpress.com/2003/03-08-...8-06murphy.htm

For this last stop before going to his vacation home in Jackson, Wyo.,
Cheney required:

the VP has secret service protection. Some stupid congresscritter from
la-la land doesn't rate the same protection.

--
Bob Noel
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lawyers will hate

Bob Noel writes:

the VP has secret service protection. Some stupid congresscritter from
la-la land doesn't rate the same protection.

Neither does the Vice President. Most public personalities are overprotected
today, for reasons of prestige and power rather than any legitimate concerns
for security.

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In a previous article, Bob Noel said:
the VP has secret service protection. Some stupid congresscritter from
la-la land doesn't rate the same protection.

The Speaker of the House is next in the line of succession after the VP.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
"Man in the tower, this is the man in the bird, I'm ready to go, so give me
the word." "Man in the bird, this is the man in the tower, you sound funny,
delay's an hour." - Rod Machado

Paul Tomblin writes:

The Speaker of the House is next in the line of succession after the VP.

Almost everyone in Washington is in the line of succession at some point.
That doesn't mean that extraordinarily lengths are justified to protect them.
Nobody even knows what the Speaker of the House does; the chances of anything
happening to her are nil.

In the United States, the security risks to a public figure are in direct
proportion to the media coverage that would result if anything happened to
them. Would-be assassins choose their targets based on the media attention
they're likely to receive if they succeed in killing them, not based on the
actual function or real-world importance of the target. This is why Paris
Hilton would probably be a more tempting target than the governors of most
States. This is also why the Vice President is pretty much a non-target (to
say nothing of the Speaker of the House).

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In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

the VP has secret service protection. Some stupid congresscritter from
la-la land doesn't rate the same protection.

The Speaker of the House is next in the line of succession after the VP.

and doesn't rate the same protection as the VP. Perhaps it would be
clearer if I said "doesn't rate the same amount of protection"

Note I didn't say the Speaker of the House doesn't rate ANY protection.

--
Bob Noel
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lawyers will hate