Comments on: Taxi!!

By: Nick@ Drawnlines Blog

Nick@ Drawnlines Blog — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:27:54 +0000

Thanks for shedding some light on this story. I’ve been talking about it on my blog too.

Funny how still it isn’t prominently featured on CNN or MSNBC.

Before 2009: Dissent = Patriotism
Since 2009: Dissent = Blasphemy

By: Punch/Counterpunch - Pelosi’s Planes : NO QUARTER

Punch/Counterpunch - Pelosi’s Planes : NO QUARTER — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:02:43 +0000

[...] did a piece (Taxi!) about Pelosi and “Plane-gate” (heh) yesterday. If you didn’t get a chance to [...]

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:23:36 +0000

This is a silly rehashing of a story that has been around ever since Pelosi became speaker. The DoD has already issued a statement saying that the Speaker didn’t request a larger, fancier plane. Instead, the (DoD) forced her to use it since smaller planes didn’t have the range to fly cross country without stopping to refuel.

By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:30:14 +0000

I agree. It should come out of her House budget. Or her personal budget. Same for her family members only being charged a few hundred dollars for a trip that costs $83,000!

By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:28:27 +0000

I said, quite clearly, that this is her right, and given issues of National Security, a necessity. What is NOT her right is to treat the AF like her own personal travel agency.

How is holding her accountable for her grandiose sense of entitlement a “Republican hit job”? It costs a TON of money just to get those planes ready, and you don’t think, with the economic crisis in which we find ourselves, that the Speaker of the House should set a better example???

It is not s”coring a cheap point” to highlight the wasteful spending of the 3rd highest officer in the land. It is holding our elected officials accountable for how they spend our money.

Doesn’t sound to me like you want to hold both parties accountable at ALL.

By: termo

termo — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:52:16 +0000

LOL.

She IS running the country.

By: Queen Nancy Air At Your Service House Speaker Pelosi « Quipster

Queen Nancy Air At Your Service House Speaker Pelosi « Quipster — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:41:02 +0000

[...] just how much? Well, No Quarter hears Pelosi calling Taxi!!,while a commercial in the background is playing, Flying The Spoiled Botox Skies at Botox Air at [...]

By: obamastolemyboyfriend

obamastolemyboyfriend — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:46:37 +0000

I believe the entire democratic party is mentally ill, with the exception of the Clintons!

By: obamastolemyboyfriend

obamastolemyboyfriend — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:45:18 +0000

I hope that is true, but whenever I try to get people going for a revolution or for the Tax Tea Party day protests or anything they figure:
a. I can’t miss work
b. Someone else will do it
c. Americans won’t stand for this (I’ll just wait until the rest of the country speaks up)

Americans have no guts. No guts, no glory.

I’m telling you, almost all people I know think that someone else is going to do it. Who are these someone elses? I keep wondering how I will do it all alone. I want to drag Obama out by the shirt collar, but I don’t think I alone can get past the secret service!

By: Honora

Honora — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:20:29 +0000

I can’t stand Pelosi, but I have no problem with her use of AF planes to travel to her district. Speakers have always done it. This is a republican hit job against her. I have also noticed that everytime Obama goes somewhere, the republicans note that two planes actually travel. Of course, this was also true when Bush went on trips, but it was never discussed. Did anyone complain when Cheney took AF planes on his hunting excurisons? There are tons of things to criticize Obama and Pelosi about, this is not one of them. Let’s hold both parties to a high standard and not try to score cheap points.

By: no kidding

no kidding — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:38:19 +0000

When Pelosi’s assistant asked for her to have a plane at her disposal on Memorial Day weekend she was told that no plane was available. She said that Pelosi would go ballistic if she couldn’t get a jet. It seems Pelosi goes ballistic quite often and can be heard in one of the Congressional meeting rooms yelling and swearing.

By: no kidding

no kidding — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:31:45 +0000

termo — yes Evita Pelosi thinks she is running the country.

By: Baba Rum Raisin

Baba Rum Raisin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:09:24 +0000

“Ah have always depended upon the tax monies of strangers!”

By: Baba Rum Raisin

Baba Rum Raisin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:07:39 +0000

He is a Doofus for All Seasons!!

By: TeakwoodKite

TeakwoodKite — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:52:50 +0000

And the Navy home porting in SF…add that to the list.