Here is what the Port story is about. A DNC press release was sent out by Chucky Schumer for the Democrat Senate Election Committee. It is full of rumor, innuendo and guilt by association. A bunch of junk journalists picked up the story and without checking a SINGLE fact printed the story. A bunch of meat head grandstanding Republicans Congress Critters on Kneepads, read the story and freaked out WITHOUT bothering to find out a single fact.
The Security Agencies, who did all the investigation and background checks were blown off or sneered at by the Democrats, their junk journalists propagandists and Republican Congress critter Media whores. Meanwhile the FACTS of the case are being ignored in order for everyone to gleefully parrot a DEMOCRAT Press release.
HERE is the logical diagram on this story. A company based in UAE is taking over port operations. UAE is an Arab Country. Arabs committed 9-11. Bush is turning Port Security over to the Terrorists! Not ONE fact or logically valid assumption is presented in any of these stories. The fact that the Port Operation company has NO security functions is either willfully or inadvertently left OUT of the story. Instead it is all basically a racist, guilty by accusation and rumor smear job. The people who ACTUALLY know the facts like DHS etc are being laughed at or ignored so supposed "Conservatives" can gleefully push Democrat Election Campaign propaganda.
Simply amazing how willfully ignorant some "Conservatives" are about how the Junk Journalists lie to them. Just like Flush the Koran, Rather Gate, Fitzmus, Downing Street Memo and dozens and dozens of other LIES manufactured by the DNC and fed to the Failed Media, THIS story is a LIE.
This is a security issue plain and simple. No foreign company should be running our ports. Not British, not Arabic.
NONE!
I don’t care if the entire pay roll of the NSA spent 2 ½ years living in clay huts with these people, interviewed every member of their family, everyone passed background checks and were signed off by every member of congress personally. They do not belong here. This, by the way, is the same government ‘background check’ system that ok’d 19 middle eastern men a few years back to enter the country on fake visas. Great job ace!
Or maybe I’m wrong and this is another instance of foreigners taking jobs that Americans won’t do. I’m sure there weren’t any American companies that would ha……. WAIT A SECOND.
WHY IN THE HELL ISN’T OUR MILITARY IN CONTROL OF OUR F#@$ING PORTS!!!!
Excuse me, my Zoloft prescription just ran out, I’m going to run to walgreens and I’ll be right back.
Brandon K
"The fact that the Port Operation company has NO security functions is either willfully or inadvertently left OUT of the story."
That may be true, but here is a fact, the company running the ports have to know the security methods used, in order to comply. If you know the methods, you know the weaknesses.