| Re: Obama's summer travel partly courtesy of taxpayers
Maybe their "comfort capsules" will be completed in time. Quote: Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style
The Air Force's top leadership sought for three years to spend counterterrorism funds on "comfort capsules" to be installed on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders around the world, with at least four top generals involved in design details such as the color of the capsules' carpet and leather chairs, according to internal e-mails and budget documents.
washingtonpost.com | I especially liked this...  Quote:
One request was that the color of the leather for the seats and seat belts in the mobile pallets be changed from brown to Air Force blue and that seat pockets be added; another was that the color of the table's wood be darkened.
Changing the seat color and pockets alone was estimated in a March 12 internal document to cost at least $68,240. |
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Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid.
Last edited by BWG : 07-18-08 at 05:31 PM.
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