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Absolutely beyond disgusting and reprehensible to see Americans living like this while pieces of crap as Gutierrez, Pelosi, Reid and others actively campaign to give more of our health care, welfare, education, jobs and other benefits to millions of illegal aliens who will bring in millions more family members and their friends and neighbors.
Thanks kennedy, pelosi, reid, obama . . . thanks for taking care of REAL Americans!!!
Last week Oprah devoted the whole hour to what is happening to citizens across the country.The Sacramento tent city was the center piece of her show but she mentioned other tent cities springing up across our nation.
The lack of caring by our law makers is unbelievable !! :(
ALL THE WHILE, PELOSI FRITTERS AWAY OUR TAX DOLLARS USING THE MILITARY AS HER PERSONAL CHARIOT SERVICE ON STANDBY.......
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/ ... ary-travel
Washington, DC -- March 10, 2009
House Speaker Issued Unprecedented Demands for Military Aircraft and Wasted Taxpayer Resources with Last Minute Cancellations
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Department of Defense (DOD) detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's multiple requests for military air travel. The documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), include internal DOD email correspondence detailing attempts by DOD staff to accommodate Pelosi's numerous requests for military escorts and military aircraft as well as the speaker's last minute cancellations and changes. The following are a few highlights from the documents, which are linked in full below:
* In response to a series of requests for military aircraft, one Defense Department official wrote, "Any chance of politely querying [Pelosi's team] if they really intend to do all of these or are they just picking every weekend?...[T]here's no need to block every weekend 'just in case'..." The email also notes that Pelosi's office had, "a history of canceling many of their past requests."
* One DOD official complained about the "hidden costs" associated with the speaker's last minute changes and cancellations. "We have...folks prepping the jets and crews driving in (not a short drive for some), cooking meals and preflighting the jets etc."
* The documents include a discussion of House Ethics rules and Defense Department policies as they apply to the speaker's requests for staff, spouses and extended family to accompany her on military aircraft. In May 2008, for example, Pelosi requested that her husband join her on a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) into Iraq. The DOD explained to Pelosi that the agency has a written policy prohibiting spouses from joining CODEL's into combat zones.
* Documents obtained from the U.S. Army include correspondence from Speaker Pelosi's office requesting an Army escort and three military planes to transport Pelosi and other members of Congress to Cleveland, Ohio, for the funeral services of the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Pelosi noted in her letter of August 22, 2008, that such a request, labeled "Operation Tribute" was an "exception to standard policy."
* The documents also detail correspondence from intermediaries for Speaker Pelosi issuing demands for certain aircraft and expressing outrage when requested military planes were not available. "It is my understanding there are no G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable...The speaker will want to know where the planes are..." wrote Kay King, Director of the House Office of Interparliamentary Affairs. In a separate email, when told a certain type of aircraft would not be available, King writes, "This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset [s]peaker."
* During another email exchange DOD staff advised Kay King that one Pelosi military aircraft request could not be met because of "crew rest requirements" and offered to help secure commercial travel. Kay King responded: "We appreciate the efforts to help the codel [sic] fly commercially but you know the problem that creates with spouses. If we can find another way to assist with military assets, we would like to do that."
Speaker Pelosi came under fire in 2007 for requesting a 42-seat Air Force carrier to ferry the Speaker and her staff back and forth between San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was allowed access to a 12-seat commuter jet for security reasons after the events of 9/11.
"Taken together, these documents show that Speaker Pelosi treats the Air Force like her personal airline," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Not only does Speaker Pelosi issue unreasonable requests for military travel, but her office seems unconcerned about wasting taxpayer money with last minute cancellations and other demands."
Documents
* Pelosi staff emails
* Pelosi staff emails
* Pelosi staff emails
* Pelosi authorization letters
* DOD FOIA response letter
* Documents regarding travel on military aircraft in the custody of the US Air Force
* US Air Force Weekly Travel Reports
* Pelosi authorization letters and CODEL participants lists from the US Army
* Pelosi authorization letters and CODEL and Tribute documents from the US Navy
And then, here, we have tent villages springing up within a mile of the city-funded day labor center.
What problems with spouses? She is taking military transport so she doesn't have to pay out of pocket for her husband to travel with her?!?!?! WTH? I can't wait til 2010 elections! This is one evil witch who needs her comeuppance!Quote:
During another email exchange DOD staff advised Kay King that one Pelosi military aircraft request could not be met because of "crew rest requirements" and offered to help secure commercial travel. Kay King responded: "We appreciate the efforts to help the codel [sic] fly commercially but you know the problem that creates with spouses. If we can find another way to assist with military assets, we would like to do that."
Miguelina, she does need to be voted out, she is appalling, in the least. To cost taxpayers $$ for her own travel, and then have people in her own state homeless like this...nothing can be said, here, that can express the indignant feelings.
Well said AE! My anger is so great at this old hag of a miser, that I cannot possibly find the words to convey my feelings. On top of it all, she is as anti-American as you can get!! Pure evil! The irony of it all is that this woman is so rich that she could buy her own 747!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by AE
My blood is boiling :evil: :evil:
I am not a Californian, but if it were me as a voter there, I would want to replace her with one of those homeless people, who likely have the most common sense and also would be realistic enough to know where money should go and what to do with it.
Personally, I think our states would be bettered by having a board of citizens who were under certain income limits, or ones who were good standing small business owners, the kind of people that the communities are really made up of, who would be the FINAL approval for all state and federal spending.
They are now being called Obamavilles.