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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:52 PM Original message |
Trade win for Boeing _ rival Airbus got unfair aid |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remembered that Airbus (foreign) was awarded a contract (under Bush) over Boeing (U.S.) |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Boeing perpetrated a major fraud on the US govt in 2001-2003 over tanker procurement |
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes and no |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yep - Airbus did its political homework well. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yep, and someone in Bushco used improper considerations in awarding the contract to Airbus, assuming |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Which is where Boeing and everyone else will likely send the jobs in the future. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Airbus won the tanker fair and square, by building the better plane |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. If you are correct, why did the WTO find unfair competition? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The WTO has nothing to do with the tanker program, |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. Boeing was implicated in the rendition of torture victims |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. You realize that by punishing the civilian side of the business |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Sorry, I have no sympathy for |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Okay, well I certainly hope you are not paying any federal income taxes. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. So, your response to doing something about |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I just think you are being silly to punish American workers. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. American workers who work for torture |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. So by your logic, every government worker should quit or lose their job. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Honestly, I don't know why you're having such a hard time |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. And I, in turn, don't know why you want to punish people for |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You have gone off on a tangent |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. First of all: Boeing is not an airline (you have referred to it as such several times) |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. This whole exercise is pointless, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The probablity is that Airbus raised the issue of subsidies for Boeing in this proceeding, in its |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The EU complaint against Boeing is a seperate matter |
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