Comments on: Air Force Brass Slammed For $50M Contract

Pentagon Probe Criticizes Leadership For Steering Contract To Promote Aerial Stunt Team

[slim1h2o]

Time to pull the plug on this "stunt" team. We could use that money in other places, like medical, for one. Just think of the fuel saved,,and the reduced emissions, Al?

But don''t get me started.

[dylanxxv]

Why should taxpayers give them 50mil to hotdog around in planes that our tax dollars paid for? We can use that money elsewhere...

[sumarongi1]

Just like the story of Merrill Lynch losing 1.95 billion dollars last quarter. I doubt they care. The executives will still take home their six and seven figure incomes and their six and seven figure bonuses will still be there. It''s the investors nationwide who were the losers. Who cares? Obviously not our leaders. Business as usual in Washington and Wall Street. Meanwhile gas goes ever higher. I wonder how many billions in record profits they will post next quarter?

[sumarongi1]

Just business as usual in America as the good ol''boy network does it''s stuff. Why not, look at the example their commander in chief has set. Fair business practices are out of season. It''s not how good your products or services are anymore, but who you know and how much of a bribe you offer. We have devolved into a country where honesty and integrity are no longer virtues, but liabilities. Shame, shame and more shame.

[joyous88]

The Gate way1

just another neo con liar

take your bible an go home

[termtex01]

"Posted by hungry1968 at 08:39 PM : Apr 17, 2008"

Maybe you''d like explain how the Pentagon%u2019s hand were tied by how CONGRESS wrote the laws pertaining to ''sole survivors''. Or how Spc Hubbard had the option of staying on active duty in a non-combat role and still receive full benefits. Or how a Republican, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, stepped in to get this fixed:
"The Army further advised Hubbard that he wasn''t eligible for transitional health care, even though his wife was pregnant, nor was he eligible for educational benefits under what''s commonly called the G.I. Bill. Pentagon officials said they were simply following the rules.
"I don''t think anyone meant it to happen this way," Nunes said, blaming the hang-up on mid-level bureaucrats.
In December 2007, Hubbard contacted Nunes'' staff and sought assistance. By mid-December, Nunes had called on the secretary of the Army. Whether it was a coincidence or not, Nunes spokesman Andrew House said, the Army quickly backed off on its demands that Hubbard repay the enlistment bonus.
Health care benefits were also extended to Hubbard''s wife, under the secretary of the Army''s discretion, but some other benefits couldn''t be extended. The Pentagon said its hands were tied by the way current law is written. In response, Nunes and others began drafting a new law.
Currently, "sole survivors" are prohibited from serving in a combat zone. They can remain in the military if they choose."

[cyberus-2009]

LOOK OVER HERE!

Pay no attention to the war behind the curtain!

[inventagod]

Yet another obese hairy white belly, giggling it''s way to a huge retirement...

[inventagod]

It is just Big Business, as usual.

[hungry1968]

Taking care of the troops - Bush and Cheney style:

FRESNO, Calif. %u2014 Forced to leave the combat zone after his two brothers died in the Iraq war, Army Spc. Jason Hubbard faced another battle once he returned home: The military cut off his family''s health care, stopped his G.I. educational subsidies and wanted him to repay his sign-up bonus.


Read the whole story here:

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/234736.php