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I understand that.....and there's more to it than that also. Health insurance for one. Then those jobs might not be there when his benifits run out also. Then what do you have. The best time to get a job is when you have one.

Were the jobs paying more than the unemployment benifits?

Why am I not surprised. http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/mar...military-travel 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 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."

If the chattering class wants to naval-gaze and perpetually blame the Bush Administration for "lying us into war" using "fixed" intelligence, shouldn't they also be questioning the motives of an Administration that really is using "fixed" statistics to lead us straight into a big-government bureaucratic nightmare that will be far more costly and stifling to individual freedom than our military involvement in Iraq?

KD still has his mullet

Steely Dan NEVER bumps his own threads.

Dr. Ruth.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Bad side?? Its a !@#$ing message board!! Whats he going to do? Beat you up with words typed on a !@#$ing message board? You're a moron.

Just what I thought. Good stuff, guys.

Paging Dr. Phil!! Paging Dr. Phil!! Paging Dr. Phil!!

I think I'll check back in on this thread around 9:30 PM or so...by then TPS will have had imbibe in a few cocktails.

Thanks, nice read. The inexperienced empty suit shows his true colors. Nice one obama.

Ramius is really at UF not FSU.

.....did he give GB a fist bump?

THAT was nice!! Thanks

Finkle likes the laces in.

Joey Galloway= Bad Hamstrings Pass

gringo star is really Simon in drag.

A better picture of the plane: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Southwest-A...-7H4/1484059/L/

Stuck just bought three pairs of obamas underware for $4,000.00 on eBay.

Whooooooooooooooooooooooops!

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, currently dating actor Leonardo DiCaprio, is pictured lying seductively in a revealing white bikini along the length of the Boeing 737 as part of a promotional deal with Sports Illustrated. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504267,00.html Pictures of Bar. Damn she's HOT!! My vote is: Not Porn.

So the Government will do a better job than the private sector?

Government jobs?? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...9030202935.html

I had to look that up. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meat%20bag