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if you were running the political part of the White House, would you let the air force tanker contract go to mobile, and let shelby and sessions have a party gloating about what they did for the area? shelby — the senator who in cullman couldnt bring himself to say to a birther that obama is a native born citizen of the US? Sessions — the senator who’s constant caterwauling has turned him into a senate joke? sure, the bid documents are rigged in boeing’s favor. Sure, the bidding is neck deep in politics. maybe if shelby was a little less obtuse and if sessions was a little less a claghorn caricature, alabama would have a chance at the contract. we did win it once.
In an unfortunate turn of events for Tim James, Bobly Byrne received a ruling from the ALA Supreme Court that James’ fundraiser was actually a public concert and not a private affair. The proceeds from his concert ticket sales are thus taxable and Byrne will seek proper collection by the Montgomery Co. Dept. of Revenue. Byrne is insisting that all candidates’ campaign fundraisers be taxed at the equitable rate of 30% to help education unless funded by specially-exempted out-of-state ethnic groups like Native Americans who might reside in Mississippi.
I thought this was pretty interesting…
http://ccofal.org/alabama/entry.phtml
The problem with the tanker contract goes to which group has the most clout in the White House, unionized Boeing workers or a largely still unhired non-union (and proud of it) workforce. Then there are national considerations, an American owned company or an American owned company fronting for a European competitor. Trivial matters, need of the service, price, performance, follow afterwards
Don’t think any Democratic Administration wants to go on record as sending union workers jobs (and profits) overseas.
I agree, Walt. I don’t think the politics of Shelby and Sessions has anything to do with it. This is about the clout of Boeing and democrats’ loyalty to unions.
To put it another way, say Artur Davis is elected governor. Even though he is a friend and ally of the president, Alabama wouldn’t stand any better chance of winning the tanker.
Boeing has been outsourcing a lot of its work for years now, sending jobs to Japan and Italy. But if Northrop and EADS get the contract, those tankers will be built right here in the United States. How long before Boeing starts sending that work overseas?
If Boeing gets the contract, they claim they will build the tankers at a plant in the state of Washington. But Boeing has already started to shift work on another air craft from that unionized plant to a non-unionized plant in South Carolina.
It seems Boeing is in the process of getting rid of its union by sending jobs to non-unionized places. Given their history, it only seems logical that Boeing would, if given the contract, eventually send those jobs overseas.
#2, you are and have been completely obnoxious and have a stupid handle, but I’ll bite: what the hell are you talking about? Source please if you are going to blabber on.