[HighRoadToChina]

You, my friend, sound like a Communist symphatizer trying his very best to dilute the real and very present threat from Communist China.

[PhilDragoo]

FISCAL YEAR 2003 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL:

Provides $4.1 billion for 23 F-22 fighter aircraft.

Hmm, so by eliminating $15 billion for Africans with AIDS, we add another 85 F-22s--excellent.

[dljordan]

Maybe he's right. I hope so. On the other hand they have all those nifty nuclear secrets they stole from Los Alamos and Livermore. And some wonderful satellite technology they borrowed from Loral. Oh, and let's not forget all those brand spanking new airplane factories from Boeing. Did I miss anything? It's almost as if someone here in the U.S. wants to sell us out. Hmmm.