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Sen. John Cornyn: U.S. Should Bomb China, Not India - Huh?
By Emily Miller - Politics DailySen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said in a TV interview that the F-22 fighter jet is needed because the U.S. may need to bomb India. He then clarified that – oops – he didn't mean India; he meant we may need to bomb China. China? Cornyn may not be a geography whiz, but just because both China and India have the letters "I", "N" and "A" in them doesn't mean they are interchangeable as potential bombing sites for the United States military. ...
F-22s and the Alliance Defense Contractors Couldn't Beat
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyJust minutes before Tuesday's Senate vote on continued production of the F-22 jet fighter, John McCain called it "probably the most impactful amendment that I have seen in this body on almost any issue, much less the issue of defense." Barack Obama's legislative lobbyists, watching the Senate debate on television from Majority Leader Harry Reid's office, were in full agreement with the 2008 GOP presidential nominee. ...
Air Force Prepared To Sacrifice For More F-22s
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyAir Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwarz spoke with Reuters recently regarding the pending status of the purchase of F-22 Raptors from Lockheed-Martin, and suggested that the Air Force requires the planes badly enough that they are willing to make other, unspecified cuts to pay for them.At the end of this month, the President will decide whether we are going to purchase more F-22s or put a halt to their production. Although some at the Department of Defense disagree, the Air Force firmly asserts the Raptors are a vital program. So much so that they are budgeting, cutting orders, and ...
Condoms Stimulate, Raptors Don't?
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyIn stimulus spending research, this post by Spencer Ackerman at The Washington Independent, in which he scoffs at "a loss of 95,000 jobs" if President Obama fails to release funds allocated for the F-22 Raptor line before March 1st, caught my eye. Ackerman clearly finds the idea of defense spending as stimulative laughable, but he does not, apparently, have an answer for how putting tens of thousand of Americans out of work is somehow a boon to the economy. The so-called stimulus package is a badly misnamed spending spree distributing billions of dollars in payback to special interests and ...
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