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Bush will veto any bill to stop port deal
AP ALERT
Posted on 02/21/2006 12:32:20 PM PST by Brian Mosely
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.
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To: finnman69
Freepers worldwide
561
posted on
02/21/2006 1:28:32 PM PST
by
smith288
(The older I get, the dumber I become as im wise enough to acknowledge how much more there is to know)
To: spectre
Don't wait to hear from President Bush first.
Don't wait for detailed facts to emerge.
Just let your emotions run wild.
A full airing is required.
I am not afraid of facts are you?
On its face, the deal stinks, but I don't have the details.
562
posted on
02/21/2006 1:28:34 PM PST
by
onyx
(IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
To: meandog
"Wahabi militant into any Arab country guarding our port cities" Great now it's gone from a sale of a management company to a Wahabist guarding our port cities
whip it, whip it good
To: Brian Mosely
Backroom deals and/or conspiracies notwithstanding, I think
W is showing the world we want to be business partners with new progressive Middle-Eastern emerging quasi-democracies.
564
posted on
02/21/2006 1:28:45 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: cripplecreek
And here I was thinking he was elected to do our bidding. My mistake. You elect a president to lead, not to follow the polls. That's Clintonian. You elect a President based on who speaks to your heart and mind the best. He says, "If elected, I am going to do this and this". If you and a majority of the voters agree, (s)he wins (electoral college notwithstanding) and their agenda goes forward.
You elect a Congress to "do your bidding"... to represent you as an equal branch of government.
565
posted on
02/21/2006 1:28:48 PM PST
by
hattend
(Facts destroy Liberalism. It's an undeniable fact of life. - Rush Limbaugh)
To: Brian Mosely
Then he should be impeached immediately thereafter!
566
posted on
02/21/2006 1:28:50 PM PST
by
LPM1888
(What are the facts? Again and again and again -- what are the facts? - Lazarus Long)
To: abercrombie_guy_38
I don't like the deal.
I don't like paranoid and uninformed bigots more.
Many here come across that way even when they are trying to explain good points.
I don't respond well to people acting all emotional.
I prefer facts.
People here are reacting with the same ignorance that they did after Alito's first vote.
This deal will not go through. I just could do without the ignorant rants.
567
posted on
02/21/2006 1:28:54 PM PST
by
new yorker 77
(Conservatives who eat their own are a liberal's best friend.)
To: vrwc0915
North Arizona University alum?!
To: Swordfished
the ports were already run by the British You bet! And BURNED DC in 1812 the Schmucks!
569
posted on
02/21/2006 1:29:17 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: Brian Mosely
Lawmakers, he said, must 'step up and explain why a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard.'Doesn't it just warm your heart that Bush is using rank political correctness and implied charges of bigotry to defend his idiotic ports deal?
To: TheCrusader
America should be ashamed of itself that we can't find Americans to do the job. Americans already do the job. I'm guessing that at least 99% of the employees at these port facilities are Americans.
The real question is whether or not American investors are willing to pony up $6.8 billion to buy P&O Ports. The answer is clearly "No," for any number of reasons.
571
posted on
02/21/2006 1:29:25 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(Leave a message with the rain . . . you can find me where the wind blows.)
To: jimbo123
"This whole notion that Dubai is going to control or set standards for U.S. ports is a canard ... is factually false," said Kim Petersen, head of SeaSecure, a U.S.-based maritime security company, and executive director of the Maritime Security Council, which represents 70 percent of the world's ocean shipping.
To: new yorker 77
The deal has already gone through. Bush approved it. It's over.
573
posted on
02/21/2006 1:29:53 PM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: TheCrusader
Not exactly great information for an Arab muslim nation to have. Even if that were happening, which is near the zero end of the reality scale, moslem nations don't work coherently enough to get anywhere except when they have a king, and you can bet the king has at least one foot firmly planted on earth. There are no central authorities on earth for moslems, so they are given to independent action. Take a look.
574
posted on
02/21/2006 1:29:54 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: Brian Mosely
Bush will not fight this battle...the UAE will never take over these ports.
575
posted on
02/21/2006 1:29:57 PM PST
by
relent_less
(Strategy for Iraq: Win the War...Win the Peace!)
To: pollyannaish
He believes in this. There has to be a reason, something broader that is not known.It's part of the G W Bush Secure Borders & No Amnesty Initiative.
576
posted on
02/21/2006 1:30:06 PM PST
by
Pelham
("Borders? We don' need no stinking borders!")
To: Mo1
Well, I do understand why you feel as you do. It was my first reaction as well. What I would like to see in my crystal ball is how much harm shutting out this UAE company from this deal will do on lots of levels, because there will surely be harm.
577
posted on
02/21/2006 1:30:07 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(An admitted Snow Flake and a member of Sam's Club)
To: frankiep
"This from the same president who said that the invasion of Iraq was justified because everything changed after 9/11"
Lets not get off task, here. It did, and it will.
578
posted on
02/21/2006 1:30:10 PM PST
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when")
To: Alberta's Child
They don't want to let facts get in the way of bashing Bush.
To: NapkinUser
You forgot CFR
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