Nancy and her wasteful and self serving attitude.

3/11/2009

When it comes to outrageous spending and an enormous self righteous attitude, Speaker Of the House Nancy Pelosi wins hands down. Just released today are actual documents showing Pelosi's requests that actually seem more of a demand to have government air planes on stand by for her and family members.

There are over 90 documents that show Pelosi requesting the D.O.D. to provide transportation by a government jet. On NUMEROUS occasions the D.O.D. reported that Pelosi cancelled the flights at the last moment causing tens of thousands of wasted tax payer dollars not to mention our men in uniform's time and energy.

I encourage any person who is tired of this cavalier attitudes of our nations leaders to contact Pelosi's office and express outrage as equal to my own.

While families are losing their homes and life savings Pelosi and her synthetic minions stuff over 8200 ear marks totalling close to $49 billion of our tax payer dollars into the stimulus packages. Meanwhile, Pelosi owns a sprawling vineyard in St. Helena California. Peolosi does not use union help on her vineyard or restaurant and is reportedly utilizing 'un-documented,' workers or as the clear minded persons like to refer to as illegal aliens.

This was just released today:

Judicial Watch Uncovers Documents Detailing Pelosi's Repeated Requests for Military Travel
Contact Information:Press Office 202-646-5172, ext 305

Washington, DC -- March 11, 2009

House Speaker Issued Unprecedented Demands for Military Aircraft and Wasted Taxpayer Resources with Last Minute Cancellations

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Department of Defense (DOD) detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's multiple requests for military air travel. The documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), include internal DOD email correspondence detailing attempts by DOD staff to accommodate Pelosi's numerous requests for military escorts and military aircraft as well as the speaker's last minute cancellations and changes. The following are a few highlights from the documents, which are linked in full below:

In response to a series of requests for military aircraft, one Defense Department official wrote, "Any chance of politely querying [Pelosi's team] if they really intend to do all of these or are they just picking every weekend?...[T]here's no need to block every weekend 'just in case'..." The email also notes that Pelosi's office had, "a history of canceling many of their past requests."
One DOD official complained about the "hidden costs" associated with the speaker's last minute changes and cancellations. "We have...folks prepping the jets and crews driving in (not a short drive for some), cooking meals and preflighting the jets etc."

The documents include a discussion of House Ethics rules and Defense Department policies as they apply to the speaker's requests for staff, spouses and extended family to accompany her on military aircraft. In May 2008, for example, Pelosi requested that her husband join her on a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) into Iraq. The DOD explained to Pelosi that the agency has a written policy prohibiting spouses from joining CODEL's into combat zones.

Documents obtained from the U.S. Army include correspondence from Speaker Pelosi's office requesting an Army escort and three military planes to transport Pelosi and other members of Congress to Cleveland, Ohio, for the funeral services of the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Pelosi noted in her letter of August 22, 2008, that such a request, labeled "Operation Tribute" was an "exception to standard policy."

The documents also detail correspondence from intermediaries for Speaker Pelosi issuing demands for certain aircraft and expressing outrage when requested military planes were not available. "It is my understanding there are no G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable...The speaker will want to know where the planes are..." wrote Kay King, Director of the House Office of Interparliamentary Affairs. In a separate email, when told a certain type of aircraft would not be available, King writes, "This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset [s]peaker."
During another email exchange DOD staff advised Kay King that one Pelosi military aircraft request could not be met because of "crew rest requirements" and offered to help secure commercial travel. Kay King responded: "We appreciate the efforts to help the codel [sic] fly commercially but you know the problem that creates with spouses. If we can find another way to assist with military assets, we would like to do that."

Speaker Pelosi came under fire in 2007 for requesting a 42-seat Air Force carrier to ferry the Speaker and her staff back and forth between San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was allowed access to a 12-seat commuter jet for security reasons after the events of 9/11.

"Taken together, these documents show that Speaker Pelosi treats the Air Force like her personal airline," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Not only does Speaker Pelosi issue unreasonable requests for military travel, but her office seems unconcerned about wasting taxpayer money with last minute cancellations and other demands."


Below are links that are numbing and eye opening as well as Pelosi's email address in Washington, stand up and express your frustration.



PELOSI'S AUTHORIZATION LETTERS:

http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2009/PelosiAuthLetters-07.pdf


PELOSI'S STAFF EMAILS- The emails seem repeated at first but cycle through them to see the attitude of the Speaker.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2009/PelosiAircraftEmails1-07.pdf

2nd Staff emails:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2009/PelosiAircraftEmails2-07.pdf

3rd Staff emails:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2009/PelosiAircraftEmails3-07.pdf

Pelosi authorization letters and CODEL participants lists from the US Army
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2009/army_pelosi_response_1_2009.pdf

Documents regarding travel on Military aircraft:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2009/230_Production.pdf


Nancy Pelosi's email address:
http://speaker.house.gov/contact/