The luxury plane

[JDPriestly]

There are rumors that the plane Pelosi was to be allowed to use had a game room, etc. What I want to know is -- If the proposed Pelosi plane is so shockingly luxurious, why did the Pentagon have it? How much did it cost in the first place? Who in the Pentagon (or elsewhere in the government) uses it or has used it? How often has it been used? How many flight miles does it have on it? What kind of fuel has it consumed? What does the maintenance cost? How did payment for it get authorized? What corporation outfitted this flying hotel? How much profit did that corporation make on the design, production and manufacture of this supposed flying entertainment center? Are their cheaper forms of transportation available for whoever has been using it thus far? Did you suppose Rumsfeld ever flew in the thing?

And, most important, why hasn't anyone in the press asked these questions already?

The shock to me is not that Pelosi might get to use such a fancy, expensive plane a few times a year but that the Pentagon has the thing in the first place -- and bought it with our hard-earned tax money. Now there is a problem.