SAVE THE F-22 RAPTOR!
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SAVE THE F-22 RAPTOR!
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Contact your Congressman or Congresswoman and Senators and let them know the F-22 is vital to American military superiority in a very uncertain time. To boot, the project is actual stimulus to the economy, unlike a lot of the hundreds of billions already wasted in bailouts, etc, etc.
But that is beside the point.
SAVE THE RAPTOR!! THE RAPTORS YOU SAVE NOW, MAY JUST SAVE YOU!
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_info...enators_cfm.cfm
Contact your Congressman or Congresswoman and Senators and let them know the F-22 is vital to American military superiority in a very uncertain time. To boot, the project is actual stimulus to the economy, unlike a lot of the hundreds of billions already wasted in bailouts, etc, etc.
But that is beside the point.
SAVE THE RAPTOR!! THE RAPTORS YOU SAVE NOW, MAY JUST SAVE YOU!
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The F35 is not "better", just different. It would be like comparing the F-18 to the F-14 or F-15, one is multirole, the other is air superiority.
I sent a letter, I'm trying to join the F-22 program at Lockheed!
I sent a letter, I'm trying to join the F-22 program at Lockheed!
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Lockheed-Martin builds the F-22, a plane designed in the early 90s to fight the planes the Soviet Union didn't build in the late 80s. We've spent $65 billion dollars on it and it's never fired a shot in anger. President Obama has until March 1st to buy more or shut it down.
Whoever preserveraptorjobs.com is, they've got deep pockets. Their ad seems to pop up beside every online news story that even mentions the Raptor, which can't be cheap, but then, neither is freedom.
Did I say freedom? I meant JOBS! Read the ad: The F-22 is all about JOBS! "American jobs." "Specialized jobs." "Well-paying American jobs." "Well-paying specialized American jobs." Forget what the plane does -- or in the F-22's case, doesn't do -- the government's job is to give people jobs! They can take our lives, but that can't take away our JOOOOOOOOBBBBS!!! Sign this petition.
Whoever preserveraptorjobs.com is, they've got deep pockets. Their ad seems to pop up beside every online news story that even mentions the Raptor, which can't be cheap, but then, neither is freedom.
Did I say freedom? I meant JOBS! Read the ad: The F-22 is all about JOBS! "American jobs." "Specialized jobs." "Well-paying American jobs." "Well-paying specialized American jobs." Forget what the plane does -- or in the F-22's case, doesn't do -- the government's job is to give people jobs! They can take our lives, but that can't take away our JOOOOOOOOBBBBS!!! Sign this petition.
There's no source given for either of these numbers. But according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 647,000 people work in industries where at least a fifth of the products are related to defense production, which would mean that roughly one out of seven Americans who work in the defense industry works on the Raptor. This is unlikely.
Last month, in a letter to Obama from 44 Senators arguing for more Raptor money, the number of jobs was only 25,000. I guess they've been hiring. Maybe they're working on the website.
Last month, in a letter to Obama from 44 Senators arguing for more Raptor money, the number of jobs was only 25,000. I guess they've been hiring. Maybe they're working on the website.
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Originally Posted by Sobe_Death,Apr 6 2009, 02:01 PM
The F35 is not "better", just different. It would be like comparing the F-18 to the F-14 or F-15, one is multirole, the other is air superiority.
I sent a letter, I'm trying to join the F-22 program at Lockheed!
I sent a letter, I'm trying to join the F-22 program at Lockheed!
Money spent on this is better than money sent to ACORN, another Robert Byrd statue, and any other pork barrel bridge to nowhere scheme
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Secretary Gates appears to be doing the right thing...and it's about damn time that a SECDEF focused on the guys on the ground for a change. Not only is it cheaper, it'll pay bigger dividends in combat.
I'd love to see a full paradigm shift and have new small arms for the Army and Marine Corps be developed and fielded, buy hey - we've only been using the M16 for 45 or so years now, so I guess that I shouldn't get my hopes up.
Body armor better than the issued Interceptor would be nice as well.
I'd love to see a full paradigm shift and have new small arms for the Army and Marine Corps be developed and fielded, buy hey - we've only been using the M16 for 45 or so years now, so I guess that I shouldn't get my hopes up.
Body armor better than the issued Interceptor would be nice as well.