tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post7660358447890661688..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Axe The AlbatrossSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-35259605136717558532010-12-14T10:38:43.237-05:002010-12-14T10:38:43.237-05:00F-18 Super Hornets are the right choice. Familiar...F-18 Super Hornets are the right choice. Familiar to the operator, twin engined and capable of knocking down anything the Russians can deploy that far (i.e. a 1950s Turboprop). Anything nastier can be dealt with by the American F-22s from Alaska.<br /><br />By the way, the first Canadian to trash an F-35 can be seen in the trailers for Green Lantern...Mark Dowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399115211805036553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-62756467581782839402010-12-12T14:08:07.888-05:002010-12-12T14:08:07.888-05:00Kirk, This has been an ongoing motif that the oppo...Kirk, This has been an ongoing motif that the opposition has just let flap in the breeze. They raise an issue then let it die. It's not just the sole source contracts, Liberals have been ineffective in making anything stick, & that's why we see the polls the way we do. For some reason that escapes me, the Liberal's act more like poodles rather than pit bulls.JimmEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703715618040666970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-10363653722538942002010-12-11T19:05:50.865-05:002010-12-11T19:05:50.865-05:00Hard to see Ignatieff as letting "stuff like ...Hard to see Ignatieff as letting "stuff like this just pass on by" when they've opposed the whole process and criticized the costs of the F35 program while promising to put the purchase of new fighters to a competitive bidding process.<br /><br />You'll have heard about this policy mainly from the media criticizing it and cheerleading the F35s just as my local Sun owned paper did with an op-ed piece today.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876442776701189706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-67555722565522074832010-12-11T15:07:37.999-05:002010-12-11T15:07:37.999-05:00Given all the swag that US military contractors ge...Given all the swag that US military contractors get from our present PM in the form of no-bid-single-source-contracts always makes me wonder; who funded his leadership campaign. He has NEVER revealed who his sugar daddies were. <br />Curious that. <br />As for this latest pig-in-a-poke seems the Dutch have seen a price hike even BEFORE any F-35's are any where near being delivered.<br />http://is.gd/iva5D<br />Guess what happens after an election & we sign a contract?<br />Iggy should have been all over this like a fat kid on a smartie.<br />Man, every time I start to warm to the guy he lets stuff like this just pass on by.<br />EFF!JimmEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703715618040666970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-6603612962361792272010-12-11T14:47:03.856-05:002010-12-11T14:47:03.856-05:00every time I see this story, I think Elmer MacKay,...every time I see this story, I think Elmer MacKay, Karlheinz Schreiber, Brian Mulroney, and when I add in Peter MacKay, two and two always equals four. The more things change, the more they stay the same.Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-66071079971970125312010-12-11T11:53:40.615-05:002010-12-11T11:53:40.615-05:00The US Navy is buying 124 F/A-18s for $5.3 billion...The US Navy is buying 124 F/A-18s for $5.3 billion because they are concerned about production delays with the F35s.<br /><br />For the 64 jets Canada wants that about $2.7 billion plus maintenance contract.<br /><br />And they actually negotiated a price decrease for them, something our govt refuses to do with the F35s.<br /><br />http://www.armybase.us/2010/05/us-navy-proceeding-with-boeing-fa-18-deal/Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876442776701189706noreply@blogger.com