United States Air Force awards $35 billion contract to overseas firm Northrop Grumman Corp. The firm is is now in charge of building a fleet of 179 new aerial refueling tankers supportting 25,000 jobs in the states as oppose to the 44,000 if Washington state base Boewing had been awarded the contract. Boewing is now appealing the contract citing that U.S. Air Force change the criteria for winning the contract without advising them....


RECORD SETTING OIL PRICES

on March 10, 2008 the price for a barrel of oil closed on the stock market at an all time record high of $109.00 a Barrel at the same time last year the Barrel was trading at an average of $64.00

WE'RE HEADING STRAIGHT TO THAT BOTTLE OF COINS WE USE AS THE PIGGY BANK AND CRACK IT OPEN TO USE IT ON A COUPLE GALLONS OF GASOLINA. IT IS EXPECTED TO HIT FIVE BOLAS ON THE WEST COAST BY SUMMER. TIME TO GET MYSELF A MOTO.


CONCERNIG THAT DEAL WHERE US WORKERS GET THE BOOT AND THEIR JOBS GET OUTBID OR OUT SOURCED. I SUPOSE THEY'RE GOING TO CLAIM THAT "ILLEGAL ALIENS" CAUSED THOSE LAYOFFS TOO, HUH?

People are always talking about national security yet are military awards military contracts to foreign countries rather that giving them to comapnies in the U.S.