GOP Gov. Jindal using taxpayer funded helicopter to attend Church


	GOP Gov. Jindal using taxpayer funded helicopter to attend Church

BobbyRutan

9-1-2009 12:44 PM

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church, helicopters, republicans

BobbyRutan says:

Blessed are the taxpayers.

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9-1-2009 1:10 PM

arifsali

God is the one moving them all. I'm sure he would have traveled by foot if he was a governor in stone age.

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