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I agree: the big media circus around the Dubai purchase of the British port management company is a lot of hot air. Chuck Schumer, whose party thinks the War on Terror is a distraction, is all of a sudden concerned about port security?? Are laws changed that will not allow inspections? Does this port operations company have a bad track record? Will hiring practices and contracts suddenly change? Was this deal in the works for months--or did the treasury department just suddenly approve it with no kind of oversight? Where was Chuck Schumer when other foreign nations were opting for port management contracts??

The hypocrisy is thick, and not just with Schumer. The Republican "leaders" are using this as a political football, too. If Lindsey Graham is so p-o'd about the deal, I want to know why he's waited so long to talk about legislation banning Middle Eastern nations from doing business here in the USA.

The bottom line is that some stocks and paperwork will change hands--and the operation of the ports will remain much the same. But to hear Schumer & Company rant, you would think we had turned over the management of the ports to Osama bin Laden himself.

AL GORE MADE A SPEECH IN SAUDI ARABIA ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES--INDISCRIMINATE ONES--AGAINST ARABS. THE BIN LADEN GROUP APPARENTLY HELPED FINANCE THIS GET-TOGETHER. YOU DON'T HEAR CHUCK SCHUMER TAKING A STAND AGAINST THIS!!

Instead, we get racist panic-mongering because an existing port management company based in Dubai wants to buy out a British port management company. Ridiculous.

Instead, we get racist panic-mongering because an existing port management company based in Dubai wants to buy out a British port management company. Ridiculous.

I didn't know that they were being managed by the British either. We need lots more input on this story. I do hope Rush has some facts regarding this. Frankly, I don't believe Hillary and her cronies but I'm also leary of this deal going under the radar. Shine some light Rush.