Herd of Jets Flies Debating Democrats

A flock of small jets took flight from Washington Thursday, each carrying a Democratic presidential candidate to South Carolina for the first debate of the political season.

For Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, it was wheels up shortly after they voted in favor of legislation requiring that U.S. troops begin returning home from Iraq in the fall.

No one jet pooled, no one took commercial flights to save money, fuel or emissions.

All but Biden, who flew on a private jet, chartered their flights _ a campaign expense of between $7,500 and $9,000.

Federal Election Commission rules allow candidates to pay only the equivalent of first-class fare to fly on private jets owned by corporations or other special interests. But a Senate ethics bill approved earlier this year would require senators flying on corporate jets to pay full charter rates. The legislation must still be reconciled with a House bill and has yet to become law.
Herd of Jets Flies Debating Democrats

Nice to see the defeatOcrats are so concerned about the enviroment. Did they discuss Global Warming by chance?

Have a good one!:s4:

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hahaha yeah thats just like how Al Gore's (AKA Lockbox!) home is more of a cancer on the enviroment than Bush's ranch! I guess he figures if he buys enough of his carbon credits it'll make up for it in the long run...

here's the link Urban Legends Reference Pages: A Tale of Two Houses

Sooo, it's only when the democrats fly that it attracts national attention, How hypocritical is that? I'm sure Dick cheney needs that fuel guzzling 747 to fly back and forth to his ranch, and Dubya needs his to go on vacation to Crawford every 2-3 weeks. I'll wager the repubes have logged more wasteful miles in jets than the Dems ever thought of. To be honest, I wish they all had to take a train or the bus, would slow things down a bit.

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Sooo, it's only when the democrats fly that it attracts national attention, How hypocritical is that?

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Not very hypocritical at all since "Jet Set Al" made the seen.

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Not very hypocritical at all since "Jet Set Al" made the seen.

Have a good one!:s4:

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Uuuuhhhhh, scuse me, but Al is a private citizen, right. US taxpayers are not paying for his jet fuel. And I think he is buying carbon offsets, something (although I don't approve of) that nullifies his usage of jet fuel. The issue was about democrats and Repubes either in or seeking seeking office, that leaves old Al out at this time, nice try though.

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Uuuuhhhhh, scuse me, but Al is a private citizen, right. US taxpayers are not paying for his jet fuel. And I think he is buying carbon offsets, something (although I don't approve of) that nullifies his usage of jet fuel. The issue was about democrats and Repubes either in or seeking seeking office, that leaves old Al out at this time, nice try though.

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First off lets address the largest assclown to step foot into the Whitehouse.......Al Gore:

Al Gore defends his extraordinary personal energy usage by telling critics he maintains a "carbon neutral" lifestyle by buying "carbon offsets," but the company that receives his payments turns out to be partly owned and chaired by the former vice president himself.

Gore has built a "green money-making machine capable of eventually generating billions of dollars for investors, including himself, but he set it up so that the average Joe can't afford to play on Gore's terms," writes blogger Dan Riehl.
WorldNetDaily: Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns

Now lets check out the official position of the Defeat-O-Crats:

Real Leadership on Global Warming
The Democratic Party

Between these two sites and the fact that Alvin is one of the Democrats hero's of the day........enough said. Even Mickey Moore should see this.:thumbsup:

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At least Al Gore is trying to get the message out.We need to help the enviroment because this is the only planet we have.Look at the weather in Northern Europe these last few summers its setting record highes something has to be done today not tommorrow.

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At least Al Gore is trying to get the message out.We need to help the enviroment because this is the only planet we have.Look at the weather in Northern Europe these last few summers its setting record highes something has to be done today not tommorrow.

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And it's VERY nice to see and hear on how we should all try to help the enviroment from those who harm it the most...........

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Real Leadership on Global Warming
The Democratic Party
Maybe I'm losing my mind (very possible) But didn't that link single out republicans that are poo-pooing global warming, a sound scientific fact understood by most with over an 80 IQ. I think your aim is off and you should see a podiatrist about that large hole in your foot. I am not excusing Gore or any of the elites that run around the world puffed up with self importance (Jet-set), hollering about global warming while contributing more in one day than most will in a lifetime, we're talking tons per hour of fuel consumption in large jets......, then get in their Prius and drive to the conference. Pretty Hypocritical, but it is not a single party issue. They all do it. That was my point...............

AL Gore on Global Warming ???........lol

Whats next, Ted Bundy on how to be more compassionate ??

Check Mr. Gores ties to a "little" company by the name of Occidential Petroleum.........:thumbsup:

Because Al is a private citizen he can tell me to walk 8 miles to the mall as he does a fly-by in his Lear???? Wait, since the gov't isnt fueling up Al's Lear it means he is not leaving his "Carbon Footprints" ?? Oh, but wait, Al is buying "carbon whatevers" to offset his jet trail in the sky. But, seems Al is purchasing those from himself. Talk about a tangled web.......wowzers...

This is getting as complicated as the details of Hilary's "cattle futures trades"........LOL


Al is laughing all the way to the vault as he preaches this bullshit. LEAD by example should you want to attract my attention. Talk about hypocrisy.

DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO.......LOL Yeah, ok Al. I'll get right on that.



Have a great weekend all,
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AL Gore on Global Warming ???........lol

Whats next, Ted Bundy on how to be more compassionate ??

Check Mr. Gores ties to a "little" company by the name of Occidential Petroleum.........:thumbsup:

Because Al is a private citizen he can tell me to walk 8 miles to the mall as he does a fly-by in his Lear???? Wait, since the gov't isnt fueling up Al's Lear it means he is not leaving his "Carbon Footprints" ?? Oh, but wait, Al is buying "carbon whatevers" to offset his jet trail in the sky. But, seems Al is purchasing those from himself. Talk about a tangled web.......wowzers...

This is getting as complicated as the details of Hilary's "cattle futures trades"........LOL


Al is laughing all the way to the vault as he preaches this bullshit. LEAD by example should you want to attract my attention. Talk about hypocrisy.

DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO.......LOL Yeah, ok Al. I'll get right on that.



Have a great weekend all,
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What a load of c............ Just pick on Al day. Tell us what you've done that is so beneficial to humanity. When someone who is not right of John Birch tries to do something for humanity, all you hear is negative criticism. What about the dick (Cheney) and his flights in that huge 747 to go to wyoming or where ever his ranch is, all the repube senators that fly. Hey wake up, they all are doing it. At least Al knows it's wrong and is balancing his usage. I am against all Jet flights, but in the real world that is not a practical viewpoint. People that live in the flightpaths are always being drenched with excess jet fuel, They jettison it for any emergency and guess what, it doesn't hang up in the air, but lands on whatever is beneath it. I has been proven to be cancerous, even spent fuel, that black shit you see coming out the back of the planes is cancerous, so "breath deep the gathering gloom"!

boonger we have the same problem with our politicians who yell out to save the enviroment yet they drive around in their limos and tell us to by fucking hybrids are fuel efficient cars.Shit we have a fuel efficient car and the first snowstorm of the year your fucked you cant drive the roads with those bloody cars.But they can drive around in their big ass limos and SUVs.Give me a break.

Uh huh... This might be an issue, if each of the candidates flew solo, as opposed to with a small army of aides and personal.

And if republicans were known for carpooling.


But as such it's apparently just an excuse to bitch about... Al Gore? Who's not even a candidate...

Nice one. One wonders why republican leadership leads the country into a gaping hole only to have the question answered again and again by examples like this.

How does Ambassador Pelosi <she wishes> get to CA, Cessna ?


I hope Al is has her buying some "carbon credits".......:D :D :D




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