Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:16:46 PM
OBAMA COOKS UP A STORM OVER HELICOPTER: A new high-tech helicopter that was designed to whisk U.S. President Barack Obama to safety in the event of a nuclear attack had a secret capability -- cooking. Obama revealed on Monday it would have had an onboard kitchen. "Among its other capabilities, it would let me cook a meal while under nuclear attack. I'll tell you something. If the United States of America is under nuclear attack, the last thing on my mind will be whipping up a snack," he quipped to laughter and applause from an audience of military veterans. Defense Secretary Robert Gates terminated Lockheed Martin Corp's VH-71 helicopter program in April. It had become a symbol of Obama's drive against costly U.S. defense contracts that he says waste billions of dollars of taxpayer money. (Reuters, 08/17)
Here is Obamaism at its best. First he accuses defense contractors of wasting billions of dollars of taxpayer money as if he cared about taxpayer money. It takes Obama and company to waste trillions of dollars of taxpayer money. And secondly the contractor normally bids and builds according to government specs and requirements. The onboard kitchen was a government requirement imposed on the contractor. So, what is perceived as contractor waste can in most part be attributed to inefficient government processes and changing, sometimes conflicting requirements. Obamaism can see no blame with the government, but never misses an opportunity to disparage the private sector job producers.