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Obama to spend $20 BILLION on helicopter program to replace his private fleet of 23 choppers
The London Daily Mail ^
| May 9, 2014
| David Martosko, US Political Editor
Posted on 05/10/2014 7:05:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Regardless of who is president, the amount of money we spend on them is outrageous.
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posted on
05/10/2014 7:30:09 PM PDT
by
coon2000
(Give me Liberty or give me death!)
To: smokingfrog
The wider doors must be for Moochelle.
To: LucyT
I'm reminded of a story of Democrat LBJ (who pretty much awarded himself a Silver Star for flying in the Pacific theater, WWII, on a transport plane). He was boarding a helicopter and a sergeant tried to assist him, saying, "This is your helicopter, sir." And Johnson replied, "They're all my helicopters, son." Of course the only time you ever hear of an "imperial presidency" is when a Republican is in the WH. A billion bucks. Incredible.
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posted on
05/10/2014 7:36:47 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: Bryan24
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posted on
05/10/2014 7:42:28 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: smokingfrog
The ones they use now aren’t that old.
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posted on
05/10/2014 7:46:02 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Full title: Obama administration to spend $20 BILLION on helicopter program to replace his private fleet of 23 choppers but they won't be ready until 2022
He'll still be on the throne chair.
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posted on
05/10/2014 7:52:37 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/10/2014 7:57:52 PM PDT
by
JohnBovenmyer
(Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
To: smoothsailing
the drama queen has spoken!!
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posted on
05/10/2014 7:59:17 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: tumblindice
Who’s the white guy behind the Kenyan dog-eater?
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posted on
05/10/2014 8:00:09 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: tumblindice; LucyT
In the best Austin Powers voice:
That’s a king? That’s a queen, baby!
To: LucyT
Good imagination, dressing up three trash cans.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That would have bought almost fifty F-22s, but he killed that program.
Get him one of these and call it good:
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posted on
05/10/2014 8:17:31 PM PDT
by
Colorado Doug
(Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They will not be ready by the time Obama leaves the White House, but President Palin will put them to good use.
To: Oliviaforever
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posted on
05/10/2014 8:32:41 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well I am not going to bash Bozo on this one. This is the same program that Bush proposed to award to the British and Obama abandoned 5 years ago.
Yes it is still ridiculously expensive. And that is because the requirements are ridiculous, or at least extreme. And it might be that they should be met.
The helicopter is required to have insane range, have nuclear/EMP survivability, provide secure national emergency communication, and be able to land on The White House lawn.
The helicopters they have meet only the last of these.
A stock S71 has good range and can land at The White House, but will be fried by EMP and does not have the communications channel.
Once you add enough stuff you can’t use a stock airframe, the weights change, the loads change, new structural analyses are required, and airframe redesign thus required, and new NC programs and tooling are then required.It It really does wind up being a whole new helicopter. And so it costs a lot of money.
When an Iranian EMP goes off on the east coast it might be better to have President Gowdy fly rather then walk to Andrews.
To: Bryan24; MeshugeMikey; LucyT; All
Uh, maybe some surplus tanks could be retro-fitted to serve as taxis for Obama?
Obama promised to study War no More, and thus be as Uppity as Hitler was.
Of course, since Hitler had limos with 1.5 inch thick glass windows.
The Democrat’s current Uppity POS will have to have his tank-top viewing bubble thicker and fancier than Hitler’s Limo windows.
Maybe Corning Glass Co. could be Nationalized to take on this as a “Green” Bubble Project?
My guess is that Democrat’s Main Intellectual, Ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will be able to “encourage” Speaker Boehner to keep on coddling Obama by continuing to shower Obama with unlimited amounts taxpayer dollars.
BTW, did the “purse” in that ignored expression”The US House shall have the power of the purse strings - - “ go with Ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi when Boehner replaced her as Speaker?
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posted on
05/10/2014 8:37:15 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
WHAT???
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posted on
05/10/2014 8:43:36 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
To: Graewoulf
Nearly everybody's afraid of Obama...and tha aint no racess hoo ha!!
Thats why he gets his way. His MOB has got meaningless stuff on nearly ALL of em...and those on which he hasnt got any goods...can have goods planted on their computers....!
BENGHAZI gors right to the top of the chain.....and thats about the only way we can stop this profligaye spending by BUSTING OBIE
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posted on
05/10/2014 8:47:58 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; greyfoxx39
The choppers aren’t for him. He’ll be long gone by the time they’re ready.
To: bigdaddy45
The choppers arent for him. Hell be long gone by the time theyre ready. At least you hope so, right?
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posted on
05/10/2014 8:52:45 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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