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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:52 PM Original message |
Congressional jets may be scrapped |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good. nt |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why does Congress need |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Murtha's piggishness makes dems look bad, we need to be the frugal cheapskate party |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It don't matter if it is a R or a D when it comes to |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Absolutely. The R and the D mean nothing; the individual record and attitude mean everything. n/t |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That is why I miss Wellstone so much I think he really got it |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Amen! |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Congress should be required to fly commercial coach once in a while. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. With their corporate sponsors on their clothes. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. donheld, you are onto something! |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Hey....not a bad idea...nt |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. once in awhile? how about all the time? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good. Let them fly coach, unless they have the miles for an |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. I'll bet the seats... |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. They need those jets! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. How else are they going to get to their doctor's appointments? n/t |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. ... and what did congress have to say about the |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. wow n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. +1 |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why not buy $550 million in jets? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. AND - it's the same plan: tax little guys to subsidize big guys. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well somebody has to employ workers to build jets |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. It was the DOD that requested these jets. |
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chicago legal pro (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. The DOD did not request the jets |
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GodlyDemocrat (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's 11,000 jobs at $50,000 a year ... Murtha is a disgrace to the Democratic Party |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well, Boeing and Gulfstream Aerospace do employ people... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. So do Delta and UAL...so let our public "servants" fly commercial and stimulate the airline industry |
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GodlyDemocrat (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. How much of the $550 million is allocated to capital costs and how much to labor costs? |
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momrois (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Just a little fact check |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. I hope you mean ... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sounds good to me. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. I just read John Adams by McCullough - he barely had enough to get by on |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. While reading this I wondered how much medical treatment those |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. I hope so. |
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tomhayes (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Give them the jets |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. When all of them start looking out for their constituents instead of their careers, then maybe. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. They can have their jets. |
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