> In article
> c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
> Billy getthe.net> wrote:
>

>> In article <8cn3249k39hqpcvbv4hhqik4ou4ks1g89f@4ax.com>,
>> CarlSwanson nospam.frontiernet.net> wrote:
>>

>>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:52:46 -0500, Ian MacLure svpal.org> wrote:
>>>

>>>>CarlSwanson nospam.frontiernet.net> wrote in
>>>>news:4vh4145pm6b7lj2rn55cdj5bapi5lqkuvh@4ax.com:
>>>>

>>>>> ...I did some googling. No certainty hits.
>>>>>
>>>>> So.. is the Pentagon going to go ahead and buy those planes from the
>>>>> Northrup/Airbus consortium? Who's the lead man for Northrup connected

>>>>
>>>> Yup. The Northrop consortium had the best bid.
>>>> The GAO will say so in June and Boeing will have to lump
>>>> it. Mind you some of their bought and paid for politicians
>>>> may try to derail the whole program but thats life. Should that
>>>> happen Boeing may expect big time pushback from their customer.
>>>>

>>>>> to the military-industrial complex that does not hesitate to screw USA
>>>>> labor? Why do you vote Republican and promote the rape and pillage of

>>>>
>>>> Uncle Sugar, the CEO.
>>>>

>>>>> the USA treasury and job market, under the guise of god, gays, and
>>>>> guns? Pfui. Republicans have no social redeeming value.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/29/the-pentagon-picks-airbus-over-boe
>>>>> in
>>>>> g-northwest-congressional-delegation-in-an-uproar/

>>>>
>>>> Boeing has their pocket polticians just like Microsloth.
>>>>
>>>> IBM

>>> you apparently see the process as clean.
>>>
>>> New testimony says the specs were changed in the middle because it
>>> caused only Boeing to bid. Ok...does that mean the original spec was
>>> designed to be exclusive? Can't tell.
>>>
>>> But the worst of the issues I heard was that the Airbus plane is
>>> actually too big to bedded down in many locations both domestic and
>>> foreign.
>>>
>>> I posted here before that the AirForce may be the most corrupt of the
>>> military branches and this fiasco goes along with that premise. But
>>> the Army, Navy are too so steeped in bid rigging and falsified
>>> inspections and bribes maybe I should not single out the Air Force.
>>>
>>> Then again, I hope Michael Hayden is not crazy. "Blinkie" looks like
>>> he stepped out of a Pink Panther casting call. And his inferred
>>> accommodation of torture ..if true...means he too is not it to serve.
>>> I wonder who his benefactor and mentor is? He got into the NSA during
>>> Bill Clinton's term and jsut keeps going.

>>
>> Just sharing the spoils of war? Have to keep the "coalition of the
>> coerced" together.
>>
>> I thought the sentence, "Northrop had a plane with more
>> capability for cargo and fuel capacity and those capabilities
>> made it very compelling.", might signal more wars, and more logistical
>> support for them.

>
> Preparedness is the word. It's time for a new generation. Building them
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