This isn’t a story which will (nor should it) garnish much attention, but the Average White Guy doesn’t care. Here, we talk about the not-so-obvious issues, but only to support the mainstream issues. While reading the Drudge Report, I found a headline I needed to read more about: “Pelosi’s push for jet remains up in air…”. Go ahead and read it, I’ll wait…

You back? Good. So what do you think? Is this woman nuts or what? Why should she get her own jet? What makes Nancy Pelosi so special that she deserves treatment where others don’t? Why should we taxpayers let her privatize her flight schedule, just because that’s the way she wants it? How else can Pelosi abuse her power? I’m betting next week, she’ll want to have a desk in the Oval Office, or she’ll want a house built for her official title. The “Speaker of the House” house would be eggshell, and we could call it the “Eggshell House”. Maybe it won’t be as dramatic as having a new building built. Maybe she’ll just demand a teleportation device similar to those seen on Star Trek. Maybe she wants her own “Speaker of the House” Island, where the cabana boys and estate staff are completely exempt from a minimum wage increase.

Ok, all joking aside, I’m sure it sucks flying from San Francisco to Washington D.C., but so what? Private jets cost money, and someone who believes (and campaigned) that Bush is singlehandedly responsible for destroying America’s budget should willingly reject any offer of a private jet, much less whine and cry until you get one. I really keep expecting more from these adults who have been elected to office, but that’s my fault.