The latest flap involving Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Democrat) is her request for the use of luxury air transport for her, her family and untold numbers of politicians, lobbyists and other hangers-on to and from Washington to San Francisco, her home district.
The Speaker of the House, being second in line of succession to the presidency, has since 9-11 been afforded military air transport for security reasons.
Former Speaker Hastert (Republican) flew on a 16 passenger military jet.
Not content with such plebian accommodations, Speaker Pelosi is requesting one that will seat 42 passengers, has an entertainment center, private bedroom, first class conference room and a crew of 16, all at the taxpayer-paid rate of $15,000 per hour.
The sheer arrogance of the request is mind-boggling! Oh, and you tree-huggers will love this: this craft will spew 10,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide into the air every hour. All this from the woman who promised to end congressional perks, bring fiscal responsibility to government and end global warming!
Well, all you that voted Democrat this last election, what hath thou wrought?
