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Lockheed Martin to Build New Presidential Helicopter
Department of Defense ^ | 28 Jan 2005 | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

Posted on 01/28/2005 3:10:45 PM PST by Cornpone

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I'm very concerned about the lack of disclosure in the news release from the Pentagon. According to Defense News, the helicopter is actually a design by the European company AgustaWestland. No mention is made of the AgustaWestland partnership. In fact, it doesn't say anything about non-American partnership in building the aircraft. Check out the Defense News side of the story at: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=624931&C=america
1 posted on 01/28/2005 3:10:45 PM PST by Cornpone
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Marine one BUMP
2 posted on 01/28/2005 3:11:29 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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Fox News said Lieberman what pretty 'hot' over this news.


3 posted on 01/28/2005 3:11:38 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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$1.7 billion for a damned chopper????? Man, think of the homeless we could house, the water we could clean up, the owls we could save, the democrats we could get elected, the slush funds we could contribute too, the abortions we could pay for, wow. Oh, sorry, just some socialist ranting! /sarcasm off.


4 posted on 01/28/2005 3:12:48 PM PST by RetiredArmy (The Democratic Party would make Uncle Joe Stalin Proud!)
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Fox News said Lieberman what pretty 'hot' over this news.

Yup. Hell hath no fury like a Senator whose state didn't get a big defense contract.

5 posted on 01/28/2005 3:13:27 PM PST by Poohbah (God must love fools. He makes so many of them...)
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Here is the bird:


6 posted on 01/28/2005 3:14:01 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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CNN Lou Dobbs just picked up on this story to.


7 posted on 01/28/2005 3:15:21 PM PST by stopem
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It's for a FLEET! Now how many in a fleet? I'll wait...


8 posted on 01/28/2005 3:16:29 PM PST by Normal4me
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Here is the US101:


9 posted on 01/28/2005 3:16:59 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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10 posted on 01/28/2005 3:17:08 PM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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Yeah, LIEberman became pretty hawkish once he got his check from Sikorsky...

Him and Dodd were against every military defense budget of the 1980's until the Berlin Wall fell down...and they realized it meant jobs in Ct...and that meant votes!


11 posted on 01/28/2005 3:17:09 PM PST by RaceBannon (((awaiting new tag line)))
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"It's for a FLEET! Now how many in a fleet? I'll wait..."

I think its 30 plus birds...

12 posted on 01/28/2005 3:18:03 PM PST by Cornpone (Aging Warrior -- Aim High -- Hit'em in the Head)
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The US101 in a few differant vaiants:


13 posted on 01/28/2005 3:18:27 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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A $1.7 billion fleet of $1.7 billion worth of choppers? But, what about the homeless, what about Hillery's health care system, what about Algore, Screamer Dean, F'n Kerry wishes? What about Ted Kennedy's swimming life saving classes??? What about . . . . . . oh, shut up. ;^)


14 posted on 01/28/2005 3:18:30 PM PST by RetiredArmy (The Democratic Party would make Uncle Joe Stalin Proud!)
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Not trying to sound like a whinging democrat, but 1.7 Billion is ridiculous, I want to know what this thing can do.

How many F-22s or SumperJumbo's could be bought with that sorta money?????


15 posted on 01/28/2005 3:18:39 PM PST by powderblue67
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$1.7 billion for a damned chopper????? Man, think of the homeless we could house, the water we could clean up, the owls we could save, the democrats we could get elected, the slush funds we could contribute too, the abortions we could pay for, wow. Oh, sorry, just some socialist ranting! /sarcasm off.

This is sort of related to your post but not the subject at hand. I saw a great bumper sticker yesterday that read, "Nuke the Whales"

16 posted on 01/28/2005 3:19:37 PM PST by msnimje
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But, what about the homeless, what about Hillery (snip) Algore, Screamer Dean, F'n Kerry (snip)? What about Ted Kennedy...

They DON'T get to ride in it!

17 posted on 01/28/2005 3:21:29 PM PST by msnimje
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"Not trying to sound like a whinging democrat, but 1.7 Billion is ridiculous, I want to know what this thing can do."

Well, one thing it can certainly do is pay the political slush funds of Jacques Chirac and Gerhardt Schroeder...just kidding.

18 posted on 01/28/2005 3:21:41 PM PST by Cornpone (Aging Warrior -- Aim High -- Hit'em in the Head)
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Re: How many F-22s or SumperJumbo's could be bought with that sorta money?????

I always thought the pres should zip around in this bad boy:


19 posted on 01/28/2005 3:21:54 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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That would have to be one heavy duty lifting bird to pick up fat assed Ted Kennedy's butt and gutt!


20 posted on 01/28/2005 3:22:21 PM PST by RetiredArmy (The Democratic Party would make Uncle Joe Stalin Proud!)
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