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[AuntieM]

&*!!!%%$***!

That is all.

[SW]

It's smart for Congress to do this when their apprival rating can't get any lower.

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

I do not apprive either
:-P

[gjd]

What AM said. Only maybe a couple more $$** and even !@#.

[Howard from Broward]

Wasteful spending? By Congress?

C'mon, who they tryin' to kid?

[The Dread Pirate Chris]

It's too early in the day for a really good rant.

*sets alarm for 2:00*
*prepares soapbox*

[JEC666]

This idea will never fly in Sanduskey.

[SW]

For Mahatma.

[Meanie the Blue]

I think a one-quart, resealable, clear plastic bag over the heads of the referenced Congressional delegations would be a prudent security measure. If one-quart bags are too small, the heads will need adjustment.

[Kathybear]

I can't even get a first class seat to where I need to fly at Christmas because it's not one of those destinations with my favored airline...@#$%##%# Congresspeople!!!!

[Just Ducky]

Meanie, Congressional Shrunken Heads WBAGNF the legislative branch.

[PeterM]

Having been a senior federal worker, I can tell you the Congressmen will make fact finding trips to places like the Napa Valley (is drought affecting the wine crop?); the Alps over XMAS (is global warming affecting the ski slopes, er, snow mass?), etc.

Darfur? Bangladesh? Not so much.

Oh, they'll go to Iraq or Afghanistan if they're running for President or have a tough race in 2008.

[PeterM]

ps to Dave: If Al Franken can do it, so can you. Run for Senator from Florida. Really.

[Just Ducky]

I, personally, would consider this money well spent if the plane were equipped with either a trap door or ejector seats, which would activate when the plane was at 30,000 feet over the ocean.

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

SW: Thinks!

[daisymae]

As Peter's dad said in Independence Day, "You did't really think they spent $80,000 for a toilet seat, did you? Or $40,000 for a wrench?"

[Meanie the Blue]

Speaking of air travel ..... hope this isn't too late.

[Steve]

I guess I don't completely understand the outrage.

Yeah, it's expensive and classy but according to this story,

The 932nd and 375th Airlift Wings, units of the AFRC and Air Mobility Command respectively, will use the Next-Generation 737-700 Boeing Business Jet derivative to provide congressional delegations and senior government personnel safe, secure and reliable transportation -- often to remote locations around the world -- while supporting their need to conduct in-flight business.

You can't conduct classified in-flight government business from the middle seat of Row 34, not matter how much it may gratify the hoi polloi.

Our government officials do need to travel, sometimes en masse and this would seem to be a reasonable way to cart them about.

[gjd]

Steve. there seems to be some concern of the possibility of this privilege being abuses. A lot.

[Edgar Greenberg]

Steve, clearly congress needs private air travel, but do they need new custom built airplanes?

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[mudstuffin]

"I think a one-quart, resealable, clear plastic bag over the heads of the referenced Congressional delegations would be a prudent security measure. If one-quart bags are too small, the heads will need adjustment."

i thought meanie said putting congress-person's heads in plastic bags would be PRURIENT when i first read that which makes as much sense as a lot of things.

[Dave]

Steve: Yes, members of congress sometimes need to travel for legitimate reasons, and they sometimes need to conduct business in-flight -- as do many taxpayers. Members of congress are also famous for wasting spectacular sums of money and taking ludicrously unnecessary junkets at taxpayers' expense. This is why those of us who don't have access to luxury jets free of charge, and thus are dependent on a commercial-air-travel system that is (a) managed by the federal government, and (b) getting more hideous every year, are feeling a tad cynical about this new congressional perk.

[SW]

Ooh! Dave sounds like he's taking off the gloves and readying himself fpr his first presidential dust-up debate!

[Siouxie]

I agree