Two things...

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

First off I want the Boeing Company to grow the hell up! I'm tired of hearing them piss and moan because the contract to build the new Air Force tanker was awarded to Northrop-Grumman. ITS PART OF THE BUSINESS!!! Obviously the Boeing version did not meet all the requirements that the Air Force wanted it to meet otherwise Boeing would have gotten the contract. Despite it being an Airbus plane (Airbus is owned by EADS who is part of Northrop), the work will mostly be done in the US and not overseas. Airbus's are bigger and more efficient so it doesn't take a genius to see why they won the contract. Also the argument that it wont be American made is bull shit. It will be maintained, militarized, etc IN the US. Plus not even Boeing makes a 100% made in the USA aircraft! It has components in its aircraft that are made overseas! Grow up Boeing and quit crying because you didn't get a contract you thought would just be handed to you!

On another note this Governor Spitzer in NY annoys me. How in the hell is a prostitution crime vital to "national security" and thus requires wire-taps to be used? Are these the "big bad guys" who we could only find by warrantless wire-taps? Does the FBI not have anything better to do than use wire-taps for a pathetic case like this? I thought wire-taps were going to be used for the sole purpose of gathering intelligence so that "we can hit them there before they get us here" and the President wonders why Congress didn't renew that bill (thank god). Whatever