June 05, 2004

Is someone preparing for a trip we don't know about ... yet? Are we all deaf, dumb and blind, or just asleep? Why is this stuff on the back pages with limited notice?
posted by samlam 20 years ago
  • Trust him. Because he's had such great results up until this point.
  • Granted the initial $30 billion scheme was cancelled, but the cajones displayed in proposing this kind of idea is intriguing. According to globalsecurity.org the cost to taxpayers would be more than $2 billion per year, with a total price tag of as much as $30 billion over 10 years. This leasing plan is significantly more expensive to the taxpayer than an outright purchase. CBO and OMB said they would score this lease agreement not as a lease but as a purchase, costing $22 billion. According to a December 2001 OMB estimate, the lease plan would cost $26 billion, nearly three times the cost of simply purchasing the planes.
  • Wow, rolypolyman, excellent article. Thanks.
  • The only thing I don't understand is why John Lennon and MLKJr get knocked off, but Rumsfeld and Dubya are still here!? ...never thought I would consider John McCain a personal hero...
  • McCain is the Last Honest Republican. He's doomed.
  • A friend of mine suggested that if the Republican party could convince Dubya not to run, and make McCain the nominee, McCain would win in a landslide.
  • Boeing is an important part of the Perpetual War Portfolio.
  • *cough*Linda Daschle*cough*