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To: i-node who wrote (496980)	7/21/2009 8:36:12 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576893

This is the plane that even Gates didn't want: Getting One Right Heeding Obama's veto threat – and common sense – the Senate has voted 58-40 to strip $1.75 billion from a $679.8 billion military spending bill that would have funded more F-22s – so-called fighter planes that cost $44,000 an hour, need 30 hours of maintenance for every flying hour, and don't work in the rain. Even so, gung-ho right-wingers promptly proclaimed, "America is less safe now than it was an hour ago." Only $679.8 billion to go. "If we can't get this right, what on earth can we get right?" Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week. commondreams.org This is the reaction in Kritol's Weekly Standard: Senate Strips F-22 Funding The final vote is 58 to 40. With that victory the Obama White House has eliminated the last major threat to the largest and most expensive defense program in history, the F-35, and guaranteed the elimination of thousands of jobs throughout the country. If there is any consolation to be had here it comes from the fact that there will be a time when this administration's weakness on defense, and the subservience of their enablers in Congress, will reemerge as a national political issue. And at that time, some Republican will run an add that shows the trillions this government has wasted on pet projects and social experiments and contrast that with the determination that same government showed in killing a crucial weapons system -- because they decided there isn't enough money left for our military to have the very best equipment money can buy. America is less safe now than it was an hour ago. weeklystandard.com The right's media is unadulterated crap!