Remember the "Send-A-Brick"? Well, lets tell Nancy how we feel

[Specop 007]

While I probably wont partake in this one, it is rather funny IMO.

It stems from the deal where Nancy Pelosi wanted a large enough Air Force aircraft to fly her and her family non stop from Washington to California.

Click

 

[DaveSimmons]

It's funny 'cuz any female of the "wrong" party iz a wiatch! haw! haw! </mouth_breather>

Does Condi Rice get a broom too? How about Laura Bush?

Rabid partisanship FTL!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Rabid partisanship FTL!

 

[her209]

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/02/pelosi_on_plane_flap_all_of_th.html

Q. On the floor a couple minutes ago, Republicans were talking about the plane issue and calling it an unnecessary expense. What has the Pentagon said to you about the planes and what do you feel about you being treated differently than former Speaker Hastert because you are a woman?

Pelosi. Well first of all, let me say that all of this springs from the Sergeant at Arms office, which is in charge of security for Members of Congress and the Speaker of the House. For matters of security, the Sergeant at Arms has said that he wanted the practice to continue, that what was applied to Mr. Hastert, the Speaker of the House since 9/11, to have transportation to and from home to be provided.

I have never asked for any larger plane. I have said that I am happy to ride commercial if the plane they have doesn't go coast to coast. I'm happy to ride commercial coast to coast that way. We've never asked for a larger plane - this is a myth that [the Republicans] are talking about on the floor. They have nothing to say to the American people about the war, the economy, global warming, and the rest. So they have this game they're playing.

The question that you ask though, springs to mind concern: why would the Department of Defense be putting forth any of this information, which is misinformation and mischaracterization of a request by the Sergeant at Arms for security? I know that it is not coming from the President of the United States, because he has really been insistent that I have the security that I need. I myself would rather not have security.

But no, A, we have not asked them for a larger plane; B, this is not my request, this is a request of the Sergeant at Arms; and C, I don't know why they would say that this was necessary for the previous Speaker, but it's not necessary for you - and that's what the Department of Defense seems to be saying, so if you want to take it to place.

I'm not saying that I am being discriminated against because I am a woman, I'm just saying as the first woman Speaker, I have no intention of having less respect for the office I hold than all of the other Speakers that have come before me.

 

[Balt]

Did you post this in Off Topic on purpose? You know it doesn't belong here.

 

[mugs]

I like how the website links to a Fox News article that not only fails to mention that Hastert had a military plane fly him back and forth, but even goes as far as to imply that it is out of the ordinary to have the Speaker of the House flown on a military plane.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Balt
Did you post this in Off Topic on purpose? You know it doesn't belong here.

It doesn't belong anywhere.

 

[Theb]

That 5 day work week really seems to have struck a nerve.

 

[FoBoT]

:laugh:

 

[2Xtreme21]

I'd rather Throw-A-Brick at GWB & Co.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I'd rather Throw-A-Brick at GWB & Co.

Oh man, you gonna get a visit from some men in black

 

[Raiden256]

Originally posted by: her209
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/02/pelosi_on_plane_flap_all_of_th.html

Q. On the floor a couple minutes ago, Republicans were talking about the plane issue and calling it an unnecessary expense. What has the Pentagon said to you about the planes and what do you feel about you being treated differently than former Speaker Hastert because you are a woman?

Pelosi. Well first of all, let me say that all of this springs from the Sergeant at Arms office, which is in charge of security for Members of Congress and the Speaker of the House. For matters of security, the Sergeant at Arms has said that he wanted the practice to continue, that what was applied to Mr. Hastert, the Speaker of the House since 9/11, to have transportation to and from home to be provided.

I have never asked for any larger plane. I have said that I am happy to ride commercial if the plane they have doesn't go coast to coast. I'm happy to ride commercial coast to coast that way. We've never asked for a larger plane - this is a myth that [the Republicans] are talking about on the floor. They have nothing to say to the American people about the war, the economy, global warming, and the rest. So they have this game they're playing.

The question that you ask though, springs to mind concern: why would the Department of Defense be putting forth any of this information, which is misinformation and mischaracterization of a request by the Sergeant at Arms for security? I know that it is not coming from the President of the United States, because he has really been insistent that I have the security that I need. I myself would rather not have security.

But no, A, we have not asked them for a larger plane; B, this is not my request, this is a request of the Sergeant at Arms; and C, I don't know why they would say that this was necessary for the previous Speaker, but it's not necessary for you - and that's what the Department of Defense seems to be saying, so if you want to take it to place.

I'm not saying that I am being discriminated against because I am a woman, I'm just saying as the first woman Speaker, I have no intention of having less respect for the office I hold than all of the other Speakers that have come before me.

QFT.

Idiots.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I'd rather Throw-A-Brick at GWB & Co.

Oh man, you gonna get a visit from some men in black

If that gets me an all expense paid trip to Gitmo, I wonder what my posts in P&N are good for.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: Balt
Did you post this in Off Topic on purpose? You know it doesn't belong here.

While it is political, I didnt post it as a political discussion. Simply as a little humor.

Come on, you gotta find some humor in sending a broom under the guise of being an aircraft to carry her around. Hell, I would laugh at it and post it if it was to send a brrom to any of the female politicians!

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: Balt
Did you post this in Off Topic on purpose? You know it doesn't belong here.

While it is political, I didnt post it as a political discussion. Simply as a little humor.

Come on, you gotta find some humor in sending a broom under the guise of being an aircraft to carry her around. Hell, I would laugh at it and post it if it was to send a brrom to any of the female politicians!

Personally I would like to send all 535 of the scumbags links to the commercial airlines booking pages so they can travel like the rest of us instead of using military aircraft as taxis.