Feinstein: Ports 'ought to be governmentally operated'
Associated PressSAN DIEGO - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday it was fortunate that California's major ports are run differently than the six big ports on the East and Gulf coasts embroiled in controversy over whether their shipping operations should be taken over by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates.
"My reaction is that it is a mistake to let ports be privately owned, period," the California Democrat said during a news conference in San Diego.
Feinstein was asked her view on the sale of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. to Dubai Ports World. Approved by the Bush administration and expected to be completed soon, it would put Dubai Ports in charge of shipping operations in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia
Feinstein said she was familiar with port operations because of her nine years as mayor of San Francisco.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/13929392.htm
Can you say UNIONS???
Well, well, well. By all means, let's create a whole new government bureaucracy. Government is so efficient you know.
Hey FF
Remember what we were discussing earlier??
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583018/posts?page=451#451
well .. go read post #2305
However, the Poly Tech story goes deeper than just a few Chinese Generals and a princeling or two. According to another document obtained from the Commerce Dept., the 2,000 machine guns were to be transferred to the Long Beach port in California onboard the COSCO ship, the Princess Bride. However, "a leak from the State Dept alerted the company, which then canceled the delivery."
"COSCO," according to Defense Department intelligence officials "operates a fleet of ELINT (electronic intelligence) trawlers for the PRC government... When China delivers missiles or chemical agents to the Middle East, specially outfitted COSCO ships deliver them."
The close relationship between the PRC and the DNC also appears in the halls of the Senate. On March 7, 1997, Senator Feinstein (D-CA) told the press that she and five other lawmakers had been targeted by the Chinese government. In response, Feinstein returned $12,000 she had obtained from John Huang and other donors linked to the Lippo Group.
Senator Feinstein is well known as an ardent fan of the reds in Beijing. She has opposed a U.S. anti-missile defense, supported China's MFN status, supported the COSCO purchase of Long Beach port and is a well-known opponent of linking human rights with trade. However, Feinstein's financial ties to the communist Chinese and COSCO include her husband, Richard Blum.
Blum is reported to be heavily tied to the PRC through his far east investment firm, Newbridge Capitol Corp. Blum's partner at Newbridge, Peter Kwok, also served as a consultant to COSCO, and COSCO Hong Kong Holdings, a company owned by Chinese billionaire Li Ka-Shing. In 1989, Kwok helped CITIC and Li Ka- Shing raise $120 million to buy a HUGHES built communications satellite for a company also part owned by Chinese Generals.
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:LpSAAr9ED1IJ:www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/china/j28.html+diane+feinstein+california+ports+bill+clinton&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3
As you mentioned earlier, hipaatwo, I think some of the Democrat's objections regarding this matter is because they want the entire operation unionized and we all know how the Democrats love unions and why.