CTBengalsFan Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Not that I'm the least bit surprised. http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2010/jan/judicial-watch-uncovers-new-documents-detailing-pelosis-use-air-force-aircraft [quote]Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of United States Air Force aircraft for Congressional Delegations (CODELs). According to the documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. The following are highlights from the recent release of about 2,000 documents: -Speaker Pelosi used Air Force aircraft to travel back to her district at an average cost of $28,210.51 per flight. The average cost of an international CODEL is $228,563.33. Of the 103 Pelosi-led congressional delegations (CODEL), 31 trips included members of the House Speaker’s family. -One CODEL traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008, “to discuss matters of mutual concern with government leaders” included members of Congress and their spouses and cost $17,931 per hour in aircraft alone. Purchases for the CODEL included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine. -According to a “Memo for Record” from a March 29—April 7, 2007, CODEL that involved a stop in Israel, “CODEL could only bring Kosher items into the Hotel. Kosher alcohol for mixing beverages in the Delegation room was purchased on the local economy i.e. Bourbon, Whiskey, Scotch, Vodka, Gin, Triple Sec, Tequila, etc.” -The Department of Defense advanced a CODEL of 56 members of Congress and staff $60,000 to travel to Louisiana and Mississippi July 19-22, 2008, to “view flood relief advances from Hurricane Katrina.” The three-day trip cost the U.S. Air Force $65,505.46, exceeding authorized funding by $5,505.46. [color="#FF0000"][The irony here is a little overwhelming][/color] “Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel. And these documents suggest the Speaker’s congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Judicial Watch previously obtained 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.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|RayDoggBengal| Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Owner of the site: via [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fitton"]wikipedia[/url] Tom Fitton is the current president of Judicial Watch. He previously worked for America's Voice and National Empowerment Television, the International Policy Forum, the Leadership Institute, and Accuracy in Media. He also is a former talk radio and television host.[1] Fitton has been with Judicial Watch since 1998. It is a self-described "conservative, non-partisan, educational foundation," which, according to its mission statement, attempts to bring "transparency, accountability and integrity" to the federal government, primarily by filing lawsuits, FOIA requests, and other civil litigation and actions designed to generate public pressure on agencies and individuals within the federal government.[2] Fitton has been heading the organization since 2003, when its former chief, Larry Klayman, left in order to pursue a run for the United States Senate in the state of Florida.[3] Klayman would attempt to reclaim control of Judicial Watch's daily operations after he lost the Republican primary in 2004. In 2006 Klayman sued Judicial Watch and Tom Fitton. The lawsuit charged Fitton misrepresented his academic and professional credentials upon hiring; Fitton asserts that he holds a B.A. in English, Klayman disputes that assertion and claims that Fitton admitted that he does not in fact have a Bachelor's degree. The law suit charges that upon assuming his position Fitton engaged in false and misleading fund raising, misuse of donor money, failure to appoint an attorney as Chairman, failure to comply with a promised severance package to Klayman, and other actions which damaged Judicial Watch, the donors and Klayman. The lawsuit is ongoing.[4][5] Under Fitton Judicial Watch also has been sued by former donor Peter F. Paul. Paul accused them of using his name to raise more than $15 million to support his lawsuit against Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton while doing little to advance his case.[6][7][8] Doesn't seem like a non-partisan site to me. Tried to find the info on other members to compare but I guess only Dems use the military aircraft (NOT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sois Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Any politician who flies anything other than coach on our dime should be executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrlnutz Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 [quote name='sois' date='31 January 2010 - 09:48 PM' timestamp='1264992538' post='860957'] Any politician who flies anything other than coach on our dime should be executed. [/quote] hahaha Its really sad that the culture amongst our leaders is such that shit like this is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted February 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 [quote name='RayDoggBengal' date='31 January 2010 - 05:25 PM' timestamp='1264976727' post='860938'] Owner of the site: via [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fitton"]wikipedia[/url] Tom Fitton is the current president of Judicial Watch. He previously worked for America's Voice and National Empowerment Television, the International Policy Forum, the Leadership Institute, and Accuracy in Media. He also is a former talk radio and television host.[1] Fitton has been with Judicial Watch since 1998. It is a self-described "conservative, non-partisan, educational foundation," which, according to its mission statement, attempts to bring "transparency, accountability and integrity" to the federal government, primarily by filing lawsuits, FOIA requests, and other civil litigation and actions designed to generate public pressure on agencies and individuals within the federal government.[2] Fitton has been heading the organization since 2003, when its former chief, Larry Klayman, left in order to pursue a run for the United States Senate in the state of Florida.[3] Klayman would attempt to reclaim control of Judicial Watch's daily operations after he lost the Republican primary in 2004. In 2006 Klayman sued Judicial Watch and Tom Fitton. The lawsuit charged Fitton misrepresented his academic and professional credentials upon hiring; Fitton asserts that he holds a B.A. in English, Klayman disputes that assertion and claims that Fitton admitted that he does not in fact have a Bachelor's degree. The law suit charges that upon assuming his position Fitton engaged in false and misleading fund raising, misuse of donor money, failure to appoint an attorney as Chairman, failure to comply with a promised severance package to Klayman, and other actions which damaged Judicial Watch, the donors and Klayman. The lawsuit is ongoing.[4][5] Under Fitton Judicial Watch also has been sued by former donor Peter F. Paul. Paul accused them of using his name to raise more than $15 million to support his lawsuit against Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton while doing little to advance his case.[6][7][8] Doesn't seem like a non-partisan site to me. Tried to find the info on other members to compare but I guess only Dems use the military aircraft (NOT). [/quote] Oh, I'm sure Republicans do it too. This isn't about parties. Nancy Pelosi is just a despicable human being, not just from this but from the way she treats politics. On the other side of things, while I don't really like Biden, I'm pretty sure he took Amtrak to and from DC his whole career as a senator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol_Bengal Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 [quote name='RayDoggBengal' date='31 January 2010 - 05:25 PM' timestamp='1264976727' post='860938'] Owner of the site: via [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fitton"]wikipedia[/url] Tom Fitton is the current president of Judicial Watch. He previously worked for America's Voice and National Empowerment Television, the International Policy Forum, the Leadership Institute, and Accuracy in Media. He also is a former talk radio and television host.[1] Fitton has been with Judicial Watch since 1998. It is a self-described "conservative, non-partisan, educational foundation," which, according to its mission statement, attempts to bring "transparency, accountability and integrity" to the federal government, primarily by filing lawsuits, FOIA requests, and other civil litigation and actions designed to generate public pressure on agencies and individuals within the federal government.[2] Fitton has been heading the organization since 2003, when its former chief, Larry Klayman, left in order to pursue a run for the United States Senate in the state of Florida.[3] Klayman would attempt to reclaim control of Judicial Watch's daily operations after he lost the Republican primary in 2004. In 2006 Klayman sued Judicial Watch and Tom Fitton. The lawsuit charged Fitton misrepresented his academic and professional credentials upon hiring; Fitton asserts that he holds a B.A. in English, Klayman disputes that assertion and claims that Fitton admitted that he does not in fact have a Bachelor's degree. The law suit charges that upon assuming his position Fitton engaged in false and misleading fund raising, misuse of donor money, failure to appoint an attorney as Chairman, failure to comply with a promised severance package to Klayman, and other actions which damaged Judicial Watch, the donors and Klayman. The lawsuit is ongoing.[4][5] Under Fitton Judicial Watch also has been sued by former donor Peter F. Paul. Paul accused them of using his name to raise more than $15 million to support his lawsuit against Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton while doing little to advance his case.[6][7][8] Doesn't seem like a non-partisan site to me. Tried to find the info on other members to compare but I guess only Dems use the military aircraft (NOT). [/quote] Take party affiliation out of it... If it makes you feel better - post from websites like this that are run by hard Dem's pointing out this type of wasteful spending on stupid shit by Repubs... it deserves the same scorn that Pelosi's does... We need a massive overhaul / re-do of our government as a system, pronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 [url="http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/jet.asp"]Mostly False.[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Nancy Pelosi is a self-serving, curled-lip, snarling bitch of a Democrat. I hate her politics, but its pretty obvious that this kind of "abuse" of the system is non-partisan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrlnutz Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 I guess that there is a "reason" for use of the private jets...Does this "courtesy" extend beyond the Prez, VP and SPH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John~Galt Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 An aristocracy of muscle. It isn't about security or party affiliation, it is about the fact that these people have created a system in which they live in luxury while we commoners foot the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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