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Tue Nov-29-05 09:02 PM
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taxpayers pay for restricted airspace over Cheney's PRIVATE home |
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Edited on Tue Nov-29-05 09:08 PM by savemefromdumbya
It is one thing to have our taxpayers hard earned cash used to fund air patrol over the Naval Observatory in DC but over his PRIVATE home in St Michaels, MD. We'll all be wanted restricted airspace over OUR homes? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_house:evilfrown:
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:06 PM
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1. You got some "evilfrown" messing up your link |
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:08 PM
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:08 PM
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3. savemefromdumbya, please edit your subject line |
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The published title of the article is "Pilots Complain About Cheney's Airspace"
Thanks :)
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:09 PM
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:22 PM
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5. "temporary" but with date for it to be lifted~~ stupid statement. |
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.....Cheney's new home is on the Chesapeake Bay in St. Michaels, Md., about 30 miles east of Washington. The restricted airspace has a radius of one nautical mile and was established Nov. 22.
The vice president's official residence is on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in Northwest Washington, part of the region covered by airspace restrictions that were put in place after the Sept. 11 attacks.
FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said the St. Michaels' restriction is classified as temporary, though she acknowledged there is no date for it to be lifted.
Airspace restrictions are an inconvenience for private pilots. If they stray into restricted space, they could have their pilot's license taken away, be escorted away by fighter jets or, in a worst-case scenario, be shot down.
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:23 PM
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6. Holy crap! This shouldn't be news . . . and this one's a no-brainer . . . |
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. Of course the air space above and around any vice president's residence, public or private, should be RESTRICTED AIR SPACE as should the president's residence, Whitehouse or otherwise.
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:27 PM
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7. why should he have 2 houses? |
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:33 PM
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8. He owns more than 2 houses! |
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One in Texas. One in Wyoming. One in Maryland. Probably more...
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:45 PM
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9. The number of residences (or where he lives) isn't the issue . . . |
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what is the issue is the safety of the vice president, period. That goes as well to the president. Politics is not at issue here nor should it be.
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Tue Nov-29-05 09:47 PM
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10. maybe he should have had some Katrina evacuees? |
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Tue Nov-29-05 10:03 PM
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11. I thought he sold the house in Texas so that he could be *'s |
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running mate without violating the Consitution, before the "Go fuck yourself" era began.
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