Good to see such protectionism (in the finest tradions of that buffoon Bush) is alive and well over there. At 14:53 16/06/04 +0000, you wrote: >Not only buy American but be owned by an American. I don't think an airline in the USA should be owned by a foreigner, at least not voting stock. > >David R > > >> The fact that this action by Richard Branson to buy Airbus instead of Boeing >> is totally wrong; whether it was Boeing or Lockheed or any other American >> company or not, the fact that Branson has hurt an AMERICAN COMPANY. Our >> people should BUY AMERICAN . It is just WRONG to go outside your own >> country and purchase someone's else's products, We have , I think, the best >> production companies in the world ! Oh yes, I realize the "out the door" >> price can sometimes dictate where you obtain your requirement, the fact that >> this has put fully productive people out of work and many will end up on the >> dole. That is one reason I bought my Ford as verses a foreign car/truck. I >> believe in American made products and the folks that work in our factories! >> They are AMERICAN workers and deserve to be building for the USA ! I am >> not speaking for any unions, I was a union member years ago, This has >> nothing to do with this as I see it. I hope this idiot feels good for the >> damage he has done ! Got it off my chest!!!!!!!!!! > *************************************** Dr. Alastair T. Gardiner Microbial Photosynthesis Lab 217 Division of Biochemistry & Mol. Biol. Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences Davidson Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland Tel. (+44) 141 330 6449 Fax. (+44) 141 330 4620 E-mail. atg3v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/BMB/rjc/agardiner.html ************************************** Have a look at my airliner photography at http://airliners.net/search/photo.search?emailsearch=atg3v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx