do you know the name of snake Cheney's plane?

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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/16800303.htm


Spirit of Strom Thurmond

no shit, not kidding


Spirit of Strom Thurmond carries Cheney into, out of hot spots

Vice President Dick Cheney rode an Airstream trailer into Pakistan and Afghanistan, and he rode the Airstream out of Kabul wearing cowboy boots.

He also traveled in the belly of "The Spirit of Strom Thurmond."

After flying more than halfway around the world in the standard-issue Air Force Two, a military version of the Boeing 757-200 whose electrical system had started acting up someplace between Sydney and Singapore, the vice president boarded a much less identifiable military transport for quick trips in and out of true hot spots: Islamabad, Pakistan, and Bagram Air Base and Kabul in Afghanistan.

This particular C-17, a hulking gray cargo jet out of Charleston, S.C., is dubbed The Spirit of Strom Thurmond, with the name painted decoratively in black above the front passenger door where Cheney boarded.

Inside, the vice president's senior staff - as well as the deputy director of the CIA, Stephen Kappes - sat in airliner-style seats that had been installed in the forward section of the cargo bay.

Behind them, a silvery-steel-skinned trailer minus wheels had been slid into place, chained down at the floor and strapped in with canvas belting. This wasn't your average RV.

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you will want to read all of the article to see how our emperor travels

may snake Cheney fall and not get up

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1. Do the flight attendants wear white sheets over their heads? Oh, and here's what it looks like: