Some comments.
Here are the public comments made at that same meeting, urging the Council to act on the Resolutions against the basing before the 30-day waiting period is over.
Watch This
This is a video of the speakers at the Rally to support Resolutions before the Burlington City Council – Resolutions that would block the basing.
SEPTEMBER FUND RAISING RESULTS
GOAL – $11,000” RESULT – “$10,458.50” This is absolutely AWESOME!! We barely fell short of our goal, but we were able to pay our attorney, Jim Dumont $10,000. A heartfelt thank you to all who donated. Your donations in September made a sizable dent in our legal fees. As you know, our legal challenges are […]
F-35 OPPONENTS RALLY AT BURLINGTON CITY HALL: URGE COUNCIL TO BAR THE BASING
See video: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/VideoNetwork/2728206744001/F-35-opponents-rally-at-Burlington-City-Hall&odyssey=mod{33979494efa9b9c28f844b5c37a1ddedf4bb90a2eb3dac7a83ede58b7eac2e67}7Cvideo
F-35 is destroying jobs
Ask a Keynesian: With U.S. Borrowing Capped, Won’t More Pentagon Spending Destroy Jobs? Robert Naiman, Huffington Post I claim that the following is a basic economic fact, which all Keynesian economists should readily acknowledge: in the current federal budget political context, in which federal borrowing is capped under the Budget Control Act, and repealing the […]
FROM JOSHUA ROONEY – SOUTH BURLINGTON
I have to say, I have grown weary of being on the other end of the “that jet noise is the sound of freedom” argument every time I express my concern over the basing of the F-35 here in Burlington. It is not the sound of freedom. Freedom is a concept, an intellectual construct, and […]
F35: “Loads up like a bomb truck”
“It loads up like a bomb truck with the world’s deadliest air to ground weapons.” As F-16 designer Pierre Sprey said in 2013, the F-35 will be used as a high altitude bomber. Watch this 3 minute F-35 promotion video to learn more.
Watchdog report deals another blow to F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News Hundreds of problems continue to plague the troubled Joint Strike Fighter, potentially calling into question the basic performance and reliability of the costliest weapons program in U.S. history, the Defense Department’s inspector general charges in a new report. In a 16-month investigation that began in February 2012, […]
Cohen: The Myth of Mitigation
THE MYTH OF MITIGATION The Free Press’ September 28 editorial on the F-35 – which essentially said, learn to live with it— plays into the disinformation campaign that has been waged by politicians and the GBIC. They consistently talk about “mitigating” the dangers to our area from basing this fighter-bomber in a densely populated neighborhood. […]