[RetiredArmy]

$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.

[Normal4me]

It's for a FLEET! Now how many in a fleet? I'll wait...

[msnimje]

$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"

[tioga]

a fleet of presidential helicopters

[68skylark]

Oh, sorry, just some socialist ranting! /sarcasm off.

Good post! You've made me want to double our helicopter order -- just to soak up money that would otherwise be wasted on the types of useless spending you mention.

[RaceBannon]

1.7 Billion has to be for the PROGRAM, not he bird, that thing couldn't cost more than 30 Million fully equiped, even the SH-2G with all the bells and whistels (Maverick Missile, dipping SONAR/ALQ Jammers ) was less than that!