ROYALTY CHECK

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 | Uncategorized

Adventures of Queen Nanner I:

By the end of 2008, Pelosi had been speaker for nearly two years. But the military was about to confront another controversy regarding her use of the Speaker Shuttle. According to a Dec. 9, 2008 military email, the Speaker Shuttle was at San Francisco International Airport as usual, waiting to take her back to Washington D.C. The email said that Pelosi wanted the jet to be moved, or “repositioned,” just 51 miles away to Travis Air Force Base, closer to her Napa Valley home but far outside of her district. 

“(T)he jet will not reposition to Travis,” says a military official, “Jet will depart from SFO.” 

“(W)hy can’t the jet reposition to Travis?” asks another military official. “You know this is a firestorm waiting to happen.” 

“We can’t reposition the airplane such a short distance. It is not a judicial use of the asset. It is too expensive to operate the jet when there is truly no need to do so.” 

The exchange between apparently frustrated military officials continues. 

“You know I understand and feel with you…but, this is a battle that we are bound to lose if we tell the speaker office..I wish that I could say this is a one-time request, but we know it will probably happen again in the future. We know you are correct in your justification, but this is still the request from the speaker’s office.” 

“We have never done this in the past. The deal is from (the Office of the Secretary of Defense and) the White House that the Speaker shuttle is from DC to SFO and back. We will not resposition. We do not reposition for convenience, even for the SECDEF (Secretary of Defense). It is not too far of a drive from Travis to SFO. Did the (Air Force) escort suggest to the Speaker that this is ok? If so, I hope you guys correct them immediately. If you agree with me that I am correct, then you need to stay strong and present the facts to the Speaker’s office.” 

“She lives about 1.5 hours from SFO and much closer to Travis… From our point of view, it is difficult to tell the speaker that we can’t support her when the whole reason we have a jet is to support her. Whether it is the best use of assets is not the question, but instead is it worth upsetting the speaker due to what really amounts to a rather minor point?

Democrats?  This is why.

7 Comments to ROYALTY CHECK

Katherine
October 27, 2010

I’d like to see Speaker Boehner go back to flying commercial, as was the rule pre-9/11.

Don Janousek
October 27, 2010

How dare these peasants try to limit the royal entitlements of the Red Queen! Is she to be treated like the great unwashed masses? (Katie “Cupcake” Couric’s new moniker for the folks in fly-over country).

The solution to this problem was quite simple. Use taxpayer money to build a private landing strip, with hangers and VIP lounge, across from her Napa Valley castle. That way Her Highness could be carried across the road in her sedan chair to the royal aircraft. She would then be protected from the possibility of any contact whatsoever with “them.”

Stephen
October 27, 2010

Just make sure the chair carriers wash first.

Smurf Breath
October 27, 2010

Can we have a freaking REFERENDUM??? WHOSE PROPERTY DOES SHE THINK THIS JET IS??? If she doesn’t like it she can buy her own jet like Benny Hinn or Ed Young, Jr.

Katherine
October 27, 2010

She’s very wealthy and could afford her own jet, probably.

Don Janousek
October 27, 2010

Stephen: Considering it is Pelosi, wash before AND after – especially AFTER.

Dale Matson
October 28, 2010

As much as I like GHWB, I can remember when he was not familiar with a bar code price scanner at a check out counter. Civilian life is not the same as government life.

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