Posted by
Tzimisce on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:26:58 PM
So the esteemed speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who doesn't want us
to look at her and note her gender, but has told us that her being a
mother is her greatest qualification for that position is demanding a
new plane paid for by the taxpayer to cart her around. The previous
speaker Danny Hastert flew around in a C-20 plane to fly home.
A C-20 isn't good enough for Pelosi though. Ostensibly she claims that
a C-20 can't make the trip from Washington DC to San Francisco (roughly
2800 miles) without refueling. Of course, by some estimates the C-20
can go 4000+ miles without having to gas up.
Thus Pelosi has argued that she needs a bigger plane to carry her
around. One can't help but wonder if the speaker has forgotten that
planes are noted to be a major cause of green house gases by
environmental minded people from Pelosi's political side of aisle.
So while us peasants have to stand in longer lines for crappier service
at airports, Pelosi can be moved around in her personal limo in the sky
(and I bet she doesn't get the airline anal probe in the name of
security the rest of us get manhandled by.) I'll be sure to think of
where my money is going when I'm filling out my income tax return this
spring and smile to think that a woman who is worth an estimated 52
million dollars needs my money so badly to do her job. In my opinion,
one of the problems with airports is that the government has attempted
to fix them, leading to all the wonderful problems we have now. Nice to
know that Congress excludes themself from what is a nightmare. (How can
they call for airline/airport reform when most of them have never used
the airline/airport in years?)
The Queen Bee's response to all of the above? Well I wouldn't have a
problem with it if she was a man. Wow - how narrow and closed minded is
that? Of course I'm an oppressor: I'm male. And she's been held back
all her life cause she's a woman (that's why she's Speaker of the House
today.)