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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (760853)	4/3/2007 6:05:11 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"she thinks she represents America on foreign matters," (You know what she's thinking now, eh? <g>) "...she also wants a private jumbo jet." Actually, NO, you need to get the facts straight. That provision for jet travel is a provision of the Patriot Act (act that the administration pushed through in the middle of the night without anyone in Congress getting to actually read it's language first, <g>, right after 9-11). Jet travel is provided to the Speaker of the House (because of the Speaker's position in the line of succession to the Presidency....) (Hastert was provided with a slightly smaller government jet because he only had to fly as far as Chicago to go home on the 'weekends', while Pelosi could not reach the west coast without re-fueling in the same jet, increasing turn-around time.) All part of that wonderful Patriot Act you used to defend so much, GZ.... :-)