I'm getting a little bit tired of being called a 'dimwit' a 'dupe', a 'hysteric' and other insults because I'm a little bit concerned with something that might be used to harm America and Americans; that I have concerns that a bunch of politicians might just be making a mistake or having personal, rather than patriotic agenda for decisions and wanting further information on their ' just trust me' statements.
While I'm still a little bit concerned about this situation, I'm willing to give the Bush Administration benefit of the doubt and 'toss the dice' that the Dubai ports deal may be a good idea... But I'm not blind enough to refuse to see that it has the potential for disaster.
And the next person to insult me as an ignorant knee-jerk fool might get a 'virtual punch in the nose'.
Arguing with somebody over the internet is a lot like running in the Special Olympics. You might win but you're still retarded.
Hutchison Port Holdings along with PSA Singapore Terminals, Dubai Ports World and Denmark's APM Terminals handle nearly eight out of every 10 containers destined for the United States. Ever wondered why there are so few American shipping companies operating terminals overseas?
Most people don't understand what goes on at ports. Why should they? They never needed to. The supply chain worked for most consumers without any requirement for them to think about how that Made-in-China item they want got from where it was made to the shelf.
Now ports are in the news thanks to a Democrat effort to make people think Democrats care about security and a whole lot of people fell for it.
In the last couple of weeks a small band of Freepers who do know something about ports, or shipping, or Dubai, have attempted to engage and educate the Freepers who fell for it. The results of that can be found at keyword: ports. Lots of negative emotions expressed on those threads. Lots of people didn't think before hitting Post, and now those opinions are archived.
The Freepers who fell for it are feeling defensive now. We should be gentle with them.
don't be a dimwit. LOL
Trade isn't one way without disasterous results. These people are trying to diversify and purchase assets with their trade surplus. If we don't open markets for their investment dollars they are bound to end up somewhere else with probably MORE disastrous results than the worry that already wide open ports will be compromised. Poppy's will earn a return if ports don't. Iman need $$ to spread the gospel of darkness. Just go ahead and assume we get our energy from the energy tree and our money just disappears into the ether. But don't get made if someone elses points out you are being dimwitted.