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I wasn't complaining. It was a lame attempt at humor. "Picky, Picky, Picky" is what Pat Paulsen used to say when one of his "editorials" was full of holes on the old Smothers Brothers show. Kinda like Emily Litella's "never mind" on the Saturday Night Live newscasts.

And I, for one, love the Warthog. My son is just committing to 5 years in the Marines (2 more years of college at A&M then minimum of 5 as a Marine officer) so I want the ground pounders to have all the assetts they can get to call on. I want A-10s around for damn-sure. The Marine Commendant officially said that if the AF decides to drop the A10 the Marines want to pick up the program and all of the inventory. I like that attitude!

The Marine Commendant(sic) officially said that if the AF decides to drop the A10 the Marines want to pick up the program and all of the inventory.

When did Hagee say that? Source? The Marines didn't want the A-10 back in '90 when the decison was made to give some of them to the Corps and the Army; the Air Force was intent on fielding a CAS F-16, what makes you think they want them now?