Posted on 02/23/2006 3:16:25 PM PST by CaliFReeper1
Spread the word to all, let's make this a huge national protest: The United American Committee announces a protest rally on March 4 against the recent sale of the operations of our nation's ports to a United Arab Emirates-owned company. The protest will be held in New York by the port at West 42nd St. & West Side Hwy (Route 9A) in Manhattan on SATURDAY, March 4, 2006, at 12:00 Noon, and also a protest on the West Coast as well on the same day in Los Angeles, Saturday, March 4, at 11000 Wilshire in West Los Angeles, at 12:00 Noon. “Would we have allowed our ports to be operated by a Japanese Imperial owned or German Nazi owned company during WWII?” remarks United American Committee founder Jesse Petrilla. “We have heard from our politicians, now it's time that we hear from the people of America...We need to send a clear message to our president that Republicans and Democrats alike agree that this deal goes against the best interest of our nation and its people.”
The UAC believes that President Bush should reconsider his vow to veto any legislation that may pass through congress which would block the sale. The UAC stance is that President Bush needs to realize that neither Democrats or his Republican constituents want this sale to occur. The United Arab Emirates is a government which has been far from cooperative in the war on Islamic extremism.
The UAC urges anyone within distance to attend the rally in New York or Los Angeles and for those in middle America to gather their friends and hold their own rallies in their towns. The United American Committee asks that protesters send a united message against the sale of the ports. Rally details are subject to change and all updates will be on the UAC's website at www.UnitedAmericanCommittee.org.
“The people need to stand up and demand that the government address the will of the citizens to stand against our enemies before it's too late...before one of those cargo containers comes through with a nuclear bomb inside.” says Petrilla.
Media contact: United American Committee info@unitedamericancommittee.org
WHAT: Protest against the sale of U.S. port operations to U Arab Emirates
WHERE: Los Angeles & New York
In NY: W 42nd St. & West Side Hwy (Route 9A) in Manhattan
In Los Angeles: Federal Building at 11000 Wilshire Blvd.
WHEN: SATURDAY, March 4, 2006 at 12:00 Noon
Good luck
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Good luck, and G-d bless!
What a dumb comparison. The UAE helps us maintain our military equipment and operations in the Gulf. I understand having hesitations about this port deal, but to insinuate that Dubai is a hostile entity with which we are at war is ludicrous.
If this protest takes place, are you also going to demand that the UAE immediately end all military and intelligence support to us in the WOT? Or would that force you to be consistent?
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Why don't you demand that UAE stop flying planes into this country, and stop aiding our military.
Just give it a rest. You are wrong.
Are the people sponsoring this protest Union Workers?
The word "Cali" in any user name always sends up red flags for me...lol
It really doesn't matter who runs the American side of the port. Once a nuclear bomb is loaded into a shipping container at the far side and it sails into a US port, it can be detonated on the ship with the desired effect. We need to screen cargo containers when they are loaded at the foreign ports. Those ports represent the real vulnerability.
Agreed...and I'm a Cali native.
Yeah, we can go protest and look just like the mindless anti-war libs. Most conservatives are smart enough to research and understand what the issue is before getting outraged. You should try it sometime.
The UAE vs the UAC... the seem like a well meaning group of people.
http://www.unitedamericancommittee.org/facts.htm
DHS scans (some) shipments in UAE *now* for that reason. Will we keep that ability if this deal goes south?
That's funny, I thought the same thing when I first saw your posts.
I would like to see the UAE back out of the deal, quit helping in the WOT and kick our Military assets out of their country.
Then I would like to see President Bush and his entire administration resign and allow the libs complete control.
Then many of you can eat your own guts and live in the hell that you helped to create.
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