[GulfBreeze]

My biggest complaint, beyond even the islamofacist link, is that except in very very special circumstances we should not have ANY government ownership of business entities.

If they want to encourage the citizenry of Dubai to invest in the NASDAQ or other American enterprise it might be one thing but every time I hear about one government or another buying up private business interests I get uncomfortable and angry (kind of like when I’m constipated).

I don’t want to hear about Texas or the City of Philadelphia or Karnes County owning businesses. So I sure as hell don’t want to hear about some tin horn foreign dictatorship buying AMERICAN businesses. And no matter how benevolent some make these monarchy/emirates out to be, they are still dictatorships by every definition of the word.

[Man50D]

If they want to encourage the citizenry of Dubai to invest in the NASDAQ or other American enterprise it might be one thing but every time I hear about one government or another buying up private business interests I get uncomfortable and angry

Governments buying any portion of U.S. entities should be a red flag.

(kind of like when I’m constipated).

Thanks for sharing that information.

[Eye of Unk]

BTW I suspect The Walt Disney Co. is going to consider a similar deal if it should happen when the cost of fuel pushes airfare skyhigh and tourism at its theme parks take an even worse nosedive than after 9/11. Or worse yet China buying in to push its mega-crap plush products.

[Millee]

Well stated.