War, or not?
Speaker of the House and Democratic San Francisco Representative Nancy Pelosi angrily demands a large and fast US Air Force aircraft be at her beck and call at all times, and often cancels at the last minute.
She says she deserves it because her predecessor Speaker and Republican Representative Denny Hastirt also used a jet to get back to his home district.
Hastirt used a small, slow jet. Pelosi insists on a large, fast, and three times as expensive jet, and much more frequently. But, that difference is not the quarrel I have with Pelosi.
Hastirt had a military jet only in the aftermath of 9-11, when the President (and the entire country) emphatically stated the obvious: "We are in a state of war against Islamic terrorism." Since the Speaker of the House is third in line for the Presidency (after the Vice President), the state of war made a military aircraft, however small and slow, a reasonable temporary way to transport Speaker Hastirt.
However, Obama, Biden, and Pelosi herself ridicule the idea that we are in a war on terror. None of them will use the terms "war on terror", "Islamic terrorist", or "victory". They see the war on Islamic terrorism as an annoying crime scene.
If there's no more war on terrorism threatening our country's leadership, then the reason for the Speaker to have military transport is removed, by acclamation of the Democratic leadership in the legislative and executive branches. No war - no military jet.
Unless, of course, it's just an excuse to get the citizens to pay for special royal treatment of an elitist professional government "servant" ... which is exactly what Thomas Jefferson told us to be on eternal vigilance against. Jefferson wins this argument against what he said would be our most dangerous American foe: unbridled desire for power over the citizen.
She says she deserves it because her predecessor Speaker and Republican Representative Denny Hastirt also used a jet to get back to his home district.
Hastirt used a small, slow jet. Pelosi insists on a large, fast, and three times as expensive jet, and much more frequently. But, that difference is not the quarrel I have with Pelosi.
Hastirt had a military jet only in the aftermath of 9-11, when the President (and the entire country) emphatically stated the obvious: "We are in a state of war against Islamic terrorism." Since the Speaker of the House is third in line for the Presidency (after the Vice President), the state of war made a military aircraft, however small and slow, a reasonable temporary way to transport Speaker Hastirt.
However, Obama, Biden, and Pelosi herself ridicule the idea that we are in a war on terror. None of them will use the terms "war on terror", "Islamic terrorist", or "victory". They see the war on Islamic terrorism as an annoying crime scene.
If there's no more war on terrorism threatening our country's leadership, then the reason for the Speaker to have military transport is removed, by acclamation of the Democratic leadership in the legislative and executive branches. No war - no military jet.
Unless, of course, it's just an excuse to get the citizens to pay for special royal treatment of an elitist professional government "servant" ... which is exactly what Thomas Jefferson told us to be on eternal vigilance against. Jefferson wins this argument against what he said would be our most dangerous American foe: unbridled desire for power over the citizen.
posted by Robiewan | 6:44 PM
1 Comments:
I couldn't have said it better myself. The amount of money Obama has wasted cruising the country on Air Force One everytime he wants to make a speech & the amount Pelosi has spent...that's a heck of a lot of taxpayer money!!! I demand a refund!
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