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From military@cbnews.ATT.COM Mon Jul 31 12:54:16 1989
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From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
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Subject: B-2 or not B-2
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From: att!mhuxd!wolit (Jan Wolitzky)
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B-2, or not B-2: That is the question.
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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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the slings and arrows of outrageous expense,
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Or to take arms against a sea of deficits,
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And by opposing end them. To cut; to spend;
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No more; and by a cut to say we end
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the heartache and a thousand cost overruns
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That B-2 is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
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Devoutly to be wished. To cut; to spend;
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To spend? Perchance stretch-out! Ay, there's the rub;
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For in those stretch-outs what new overruns may come,
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When we have shuffled off deciding,
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Must give us pause. There's the respect
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That makes calamity of delay.
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For would stealth bear the whips and scorns of time,
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The lack of mission, the untried technology,
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The great expense, the inevitable delays,
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The excessive secrecy, and the cuts
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That must be made for Gramm-Rudman target's sake.
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When we ourselves might today stealth's termination make
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With a bare majority. Who would new tax burdens bear,
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To pay its $70 billion price tag,
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When the dread of a turkey worse than B-1,
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A flying bat-winged bomber whose cost per pound,
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Is that of gold, puzzles the mind
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And makes us rather keep those bombers that we now have
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Than fly to others that we know not of?
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Thus conscience should make cautious legislators of us all;
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And thus the hue of B-2 boosterism
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Must be replaced with the sober cast of thought,
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And this enterprise of great pith and moment,
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Be halted now before it further proceeds,
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A handsome bomber yes, but better
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Not to be.
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Statement by Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-MA, to the House of
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Representatives, against the B-2 stealth bomber, July 26.
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-----
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Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; mhuxd!wolit
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(Affiliation given for identification purposes only)
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