News about flying machines

1) John McCain is at it again on the tanker.  I don't like the guy, but a stupid focused watchdog I do like.  Boeing won the tanker bid, with low bid naturally.  But the Pentagon and Boeing have decide what to do if, god forbid, it turns out building 767's for the air force is more expensive than building them for the airlines, in other words a preemptive cost overrun agreement. By the way they made a few of these already for Japan and Italy, they damn well know what they cost.   Should, when, the cost exceeds the winning bid, the public will be on the hook for 60% of it.  Under the terms of the 4.9 billion $ fixed price contract, we have a potential infinite cost.  No, 60% you say, well, 60% of what?  And, if the economy takes another shot to the front of the pants, Boeing dives into the black, marches to the Pentagon and says, oh, shit, we can't afford that 40%, it's you and me brother, we pay it!  I hope John crams this down Boeings crooked throat.  Happy Anniversary today Boeing, I hope you choke on Johns bile as far as this contract goes.  Further, lets modify this contract and buy fewer tankers.  The farther reach we have with so many tankers, the more some future shit head prezident will launch another George Bush adventure somewhere we ought to stay out of.  When was the last time you heard Switzerland was in a quagmire?  Fuck'n ole watchdogs, sometimes they earn their keep.

2) AVIC, a Chinese aircraft company is romancing Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft for an agreement to develop, train, and produce a business jet in China.  These two American brands are falling all over one another to give away their future, it's the Keystone Cops of industry instead of crime.  Here's how this works, they make a few dollars being the 40% owner for a few years.  Then the former partner cashes them out and brings a dirt cheap competitor in and destroys their market.  Alternative, a spin off company or a sudden new company emerges overnight with a carbon copy and hammers the market.  Was it Kruschev said something like capitalist will sell us the rope to hang them with?  These guys can't wait to give it away.  Boeing did this in Japan, now they too do it in China, Japan now has all the know how to make a large wing, the hardest part of the aircraft to engineer and build, they make it for the 787.  China now makes the tails for 737, it's just a matter of time.

3)  China companies just purchased Cirrus Corp., a new (yet to be delivered) low price business jet made in Minnesota, and Teledyne Continental Motors, a piston aircraft engine maker.  Well, if you don't like it, stop buying Chinese made products, you are the source of their wealth, pay a few more cents or dollars for something made here, or at least not made in China, (Pakistan neither).

Rupert and scum, where will it end?

Rupert Murdock's media empire includes Fox news, and the Wallstreet Journal.  In England his power was all the way to the top, both parties kowtowed to him.  The dirty tricks they used to get stories, and keep stories going has been reported for 6 years by The Guardain, the high journalistic standards and totally independent newspaper in London.  For 6 years, but the British public didn't much care that Murdocks papers were scum, it was fun to listen to the gossip,  lies and rants.  Sound familiar?  Finally the shit hit the fan, goggles weren't enough when they messed with the kidnapped and murdered girl.   In a flash he shut down his largest asset in England, the oldest and widest read (rag) paper, withdrew a bid to expand into TV news.

To do all this, cut off his right arm in Europe, tells me we are not to the bottom of this, there is more to come and it's huge.  From early reports, people involved have indicated the Murdock assets in the US may have done the same dirty things with 911 victims families.  The FBI is investigating.  I really dislike Fox news, they did here what Murdocks assets did in England, directly manipulate the political events of the nation.  The WJ has for years been a GOP shill, but at least report general business news, so it's only partially bent, but bent it is too.

If FOX did these things here, wow, how will it play, like the past 6 years in England?  Or have we had our 6 years of titillation?  Like I said, I think there is a lot to come yet on this story in England, and perhaps here as well.  It is bad enough we have inept press at many levels, the local news fire truck chasers I no longer watch, no local news, it's like watching the try-out for cheerleader.  But a press that is corrupt or working in collusion with a political party, this is a clear and present danger to democracy, and must be corrected, if they did it here also, if it takes putting Fox news corp in jail, let it be.

Didn't Republicans take Econ 101, and why do they hate the military?

If you lower taxes, the rich will invest, business will build factories and hire people.  What a stinking pile of dog shit this logic is, Economics 101 says nothing of the sort, the theology baggers are sucking around for an "F" on the test.
A) Markets work like this; Firms build and supply when there is sufficient demand, prices are set by this supply vs. demand ratio.
B) Markets work like this; When the super rich and corporations enjoy tax immunity they might build factories and supply stuff because only then can demand for their shit exist.
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The Pentagon sided with the President, and formally against Congress.  Obama via directive gave the military the goal to get off oil, cut the dangerous man and material expensive supply lines, and go alternative energy on base and in fighting units whenever possible.  The Congress a couple days ago passed a law forbidding the military to follow this directive and forbidding money spent on alternative energies.  This, benefits oil companies and foreign oil suppliers, it kills troops, sets up convoys for ambush, theft, destruction, making delvivered fuel to remote outposts in Afghanistan $400 even 800 per gallon.  The  pentagon is furious.  It also sets the pentagon in a postion to violate an order from the President, or Congress.  Their first reaction is to side with Obama.  We have a Congress who will harm this nation to protect their doners and owners.   Please let people know about this.  The pentagons reaction is below, very unusual for the Pentagon to take a swing at Congress, a GOP Congress.

“This exemption could further increase America’s reliance on non-renewable fuels.  Our dependence on those types of fuels degrades our national security, negatively impacts our economy, and harms our planet.  This exemption would also send a negative signal to America’s advanced biofuel industry and could result in adverse impacts to U.S. job creation, rural development efforts, and the export of world leading technology”.

From Clean Technica (share this quote)

Dear Congressman, should I write it on the bathroom wall, will you know I wrote it?

Today I decided, in a hurry, to whip up a brief email to my congressman, a first term (R).  Well I spent 5 minutes on it, not a masterpiece of writing, but I think it says mostly what I intended.   So, I type in his email and it bounces, I go to the web site and they want me to post it on twitter or facebook, I guess so the masses can ridicule it.  I call the office and ask for his email address, lots of beating around the bush but they don't want to give it, instead I should follow his web sites instructions.  I insisted to get it, no, they would give me one but not his.  Who's is it, it's the staff, they read it and tell him of the important ones.  I ask if I was from Koch Industries, his biggest owner, could I have his email, failing that I ask does the staff read Koch's emails and report if it seems important, well it went down hill from there, he wouldn't have paid attention to it any how, so I am sending his email here, to this electronic equal to the bathroom wall, the impact will be the same, Pompeo will never know a thing about it.  
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Congressman Mike Pompeo,

I believe you are making a mistake opposing a compromise on the dept ceiling which includes closing loopholes on the rich and oil industry, returning them part way to what they were during the Reagan era, when the middle class and small business prospered and rose from an economic slowdown.  It appears you have no ability to compromise, even when you have the advantage.  It reminds me of a friend of mine who was in the Israel Air Force and fought Syria said about then Yassar Arafat who was given opportunities but walked away, "he never passes up a chance to pass up a chance".   You, and Mr. Cantors misguided friends, by pushing this game near the deadline are risking running up the interest rates for every borrower in the nation, both government and private.  It appears you would damage the nation to make your point.  I guess you will stand your ground protecting the top 5% income earners and let the vets retirement checks lay in the printers office.  

Since when did Republicans stop supporting people who fight dictators, since when did we stop giving back door and covert succor to freedom fighters?  Your votes on Libya are 180° from what Reagan would have done.  

Your losing me Mike, I had regrets when you won the primary knowing you had filled your first machine shop with foreign built machinery over US made, and in your second shop farmed most the work to China.  With your latest actions I feel even greater remorse at being in your district.

why a train wreck may be in the future of Repubs.

538 made these charts.  It shows extremism in the GOP is splitting their voters more and more, Bachmann and the TX gov. will widen the gap, driving out more liberal and moderate voters.  The dems are gaining converts.  This is very important.  The GOP has almost no new converts.  Without gerrymandering, fear mongering, voter caging and elimination, they will fare poorly next election, these counter democracy practices are the tools they use, without them, we see by the charts, they can win little.  As Nate of 538 says, the Dems are a bigger more open and inclusive group, but this makes it harder to get them to the polls, guarantee they will have their vote counted, and it makes it more difficult for them to govern, it's messy.
But, I pray for the reichwing to pull up those jack boots and scowel, their hatred can motivate the dems.  As Roosevelt said of the bankers and the rich, "I welcome your hate."

hot hot

Yesterday Wichita was officially 108°F.  Today I drove to the northwest  burbs from an event in the old downtown, and American Indian Dance Festival, it was beautiful and indoors, love the drums.   I don't know what they will peg it officially, but on the car system it said 117 downtown, 112 on the Kroger store half way out, north of the airport where I live it said 108, under my deck in a heavily shaded grassy yard it says 105, that's hot.

A couple of days ago the water well for the yard blew some fueses, so I had some red neck friends over and they helped chase down the problem and replace a relay and some wires, now it works.  But, I had to hear their shit, which I egg them on to tell me the latest from their side of the reality divide.  They want the Repubs to block everything to do with the debt, they want the nation to default.  They believe the only way to get rid of the dems once and for all and have an all american one party system is to crash the economy and then finally everyone will understand it is all the democrats fault.  One of them also said he would condone shooting any republican that works the dems on this problem or votes to raise the ceiling.  They also said they know corporations and the super rich have so much money to invest, and they will not hire or invest until Obama is gone, that wasn't news, I knew that, but what I have a hard time with is that people who are filthy rich will not help move the country forward even it it means they don't make as much.
I fucking hate Kansas, 70+% GOP votes in most every election.  I went in to vote at the primary and they guy told me I was the 13th dem, they had already had over 300 gop's.

GOP: Guns, Oil, Pollution

I truly believe the GOP is not only the whore of industry and the super rich, I now believe they are so far out of touch with America they are harming it.  Just 3 examples:
1) Florida's new gun law includes making it a crime for a doctor or medical staff to say anything negative about guns, or to discuss the dangers of guns in any way or circumstance.  Wow.  Who's your daddy?
2) Yesterday the House voted to block funding for section 526 of the Department of Defense bill.  This section deals with buying alternative sources of energy.  The Pentagon is trying to move to energy self dependent bases and fighting units.  Elimination of the supply line is all important.  Lengthy, expensive and vulnerable supply lines are the achilles heel of any army, just read a little military history.  The GOP is not doing this for the men and women and assets in the fight, the GOP is doing this for Oil.
3) TX GOP Joe Barton, the dork who appologized to BP for the way people expected them to clean up the gulf oil spill, poor baby.  Now Joe who claims mercury from coal fired power plants is not a health problem has a new bill coming forward, this bill is against CFL's, because they have mercury in them and that causes health problems.  Manufacturers are improving these lights all the time, they currently have so little mercury in them if you broke it, stood in it for 6 hours you absorb less than eating one fucking can of tuna.  This bill's purpose is to make it illegal for states or local governments to set any efficiency standards for light bulbs.  Wow, that is important to this nation.  No 40W to 100W incandescent bulbs are made in the US any longer, GE closed it's last plant a year ago.  What the hell is he doing, trying to help foreign old style bulb makers, and of course I know what he is trying to do, he is trying, like all the GOP he is trying to keep our energy use high, which means you will pay more for the same light, keep that coal and oil burning, his pimps demand it.