As a result of a Judicial Watch filing under the Freedom of Information Act, the USAF released documents detailing House Speaker Pelosi’s use of United States Air Force aircraft between March 2009 and June 2010. These data are published in the Judicial Watch Verdict of December 2010, Volume 16, Issue 12. Here are the main highlights revealed by the USAF. Keep in mind that all the data below relate to USAF aircraft used by one woman over a 16 month period. Several of these flights included Ms Pelosi’s guests such as grown children, grand children, various in-laws, friends, and hangers-on. Over 95% of the trips were between the west coast and Washington , DC or what we might call a commute between home and the office.
Total trips: 85 trips over a 68 week period or 1.25 average trips per week.
Total mileage: 206,264 miles or 2,427 average miles per trip.
Total flying time: 428.6 hours or an average of 5 hrs per trip.
Cost to the taxpayers: $2,100,744.59 or $27,715.00 per trip or $1,285,162.00 per year
Cost of in flight food and alcohol:$101,429.14 or $1,193.00 per trip or $62,051.00 per year
On one junket to Baghdad, according to the Air Force report, she had the aircraft bar stocked with Johnny Walker Red Scotch, Grey Goose Vodka, E&J Brandy, Bailey’s Irish Creme, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier Cognac, Bacardi Rum, Jim Beam Whiskey, Beefeater Gin, Dewars Scotch, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Jack Daniels Whiskey, Corona Beer and several varieties of wine. This was obviously a very important “gubment bidness” trip.
The evidence speaks for itself, and in Ms. Pelosi’s case it speaks the language of greed, manipulation and abuse. And (evidently) a serious familial drinking problem, for in a single year she and her spawn drank an amount in excess of the net income of the average employed American! When she said, “… If the stimulus doesn’t pass, five hundred million people might lose their jobs…”, I thought she was unintentionally revealing her gross ignorance (there are only 300 million people in America ). I’m now more inclined to think she was pickled.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/nancy-pelosi#airpelosi
Is it too late to have her pickled? I fancy the way she might looked jarred and on the shelf!
Based on the amount of alcohol listed I think she already is.
My wish is to see her under the lights giving a speech and her botox melts.
Yeah, and George Bush was a dry drunk, the current Speaker John Boehner is a drunk, and Newt Gingrich was cheating on his cancer-ridden wife at the same time he was persecuting Clinton. Not to mention that Republicans are responsible for more than 80% of the national debt since Reagan. You think Republicans have some sort of moral high ground on Pelosi? Think again.
What Gingrich did was not right, but more importantly I’ve never heard anyone on the republican side try to defend him. Sure have heard a lot on the left trying to defend Clinton’s immoral conduct and how as long as he was doing what they wantred they didn’t really care about personal conduct. Thats says enough to know who really cares the most about morality in high office and who just pays lip service. So do the stats on indictmernts! Ever see how that number works out?
So, if you want to keep beating this dead horse about Newt and his ex that’s your call. But, keep in mind he was not the president and we DO have a higher standard for presidents. Our president is the focal point for the world media and what he does reflects directly on the nations honor and it affects national security.
Is Boehner a drunk? I never heard that before, but then I don’t hang around him. Where’s the proof? You also say republicans are responsible for more than 80% of the debt since Reagan – why not cite a scource for your factoid? Because any crank can say anything, doesn’t mean you’re right. Cite your sources!
What’s a dry drunk – it that something evil or is it a sign a person has the inner strength to resist being a wet drunk?
Right on, Post Scripts!! Couldn’t have said it better myself. I’d especially like to see documentation from “Anonymous” for the “John Boehner is a drunk” remark. I worked for the Ohio General Assembly when Boehner was in office, and we heard all the gossip – and I never heard any such thing about him. Apparently some people think they can throw any allegation out there about anybody and hope people are too stupid to ask for proof. That’s how ridiculous rumors get started.
Thank you for your post you’re among friends here!
The moral peccadillos of our politicians are bad, but what about their affect on national security ??? they compromise & endanger our national security because of international blackmail & the consequences : revealing of top security info to avoid embarrassment threats, etc.
Real security risks. Remember the Profumo scandal in Britain years ago ? How about now ? DAB
I disagree with your logic. I feel that ANYONE who abuses the American tax dollar is a crook. And secondly, lets look at the deficit since Obama has been in office and also lets look at the debt ceiling, unemployment, food stamp program, obamacare, etc. Our country needs to stop spending our dollars on programs that we should never have taken on. If you want government to run your life, menu, religious beliefs, amount of personal donations, etc., etc., etc., then I am sure you will vote for Obama again.
Obviously, you’re too much of coward to credit your comments with a name. Typical of left wing idiots.