CNN's Cafferty Highlights Calls for Bush'sImpeachment Over Ports

Media Research ^ | February 22, 2006

[beyond the sea]

If we could just get The Cape Cod Orca and Cafferty to start buying each other drinks

LOL ........... 'Homo Chappaquiddus' and 'Jackass Daniels Cafferty' sitting down for drinks........ a lovely picture.

;-)

[Leatherneck_MT]

You know, I couldn't care less what you think either. Because it's obvious to me that you haven't a clue what you're talking about.

Yes we are at war with every Muslim on the face of the earth. If you knew anything at all about that Moon God religion you would realize that.

But then that would take coherent thought and a little bit of effort which is something you apparently do not possess.

[Howlin]

Not me; MinuteGal from her perch down in Florida! On site reporting!

[Howlin]

Maybe MinuteGal will put it up, if she can drag herself away from her cruise duties!

[MinuteGal]

As "Bahama Mama", organizer of the FReeps Ahoy cruises, I had a very good question addressed to me on the cruise thread last week.

The poster wanted to know why cruise ships of American registry weren't selected for our voyages.

The answer is simple. There are no cruise ships with American registration plying the seven seas, except for one. That one is the American Hawaii line which cruises the limited Hawaiian waters only.

Most ships are registered out of Panama, Liberia and the Bahamas. The reasons are simple i.e. U.S. government taxes, of course, but primarily U.S. unions who want to represent and control all aspects including docks work and workers plus the ships' personnel (stewards, able seamen and all other non-officer workers).

I'm not going into detail here, but information on this can be found by searching the internet.

I imagine the world's maritime (shipping) fleet reflects the same situation, though I haven't had time to research it yet. In short, there is little to no international shipping/cruise line industry based in the greatest nation on earth because of the iron grip of the dock unions and their stooges like Schmukie, Her Heinous and others.

The longshoremens' union and their willing accomplices in elective office and the MSM are behind most of the hysteria deliberately whipped up regarding the Dubaians operating the ports. The Dubaians are noted for running ports with efficiency, new technology and economy, something which threatens the union (although it creates savings for U.S. consumers).

If anyone thinks I'm incorrect, note the dock workers are already on the street corners around Tampa port, screaming their heads off. The real tip-off will be when they go on strike in all major ports around the country, putting our economy in peril and putting our President in a bind (which is what they want to do, anyway).

I hope no one believes this is primarily a security issue. It's a union issue, one that's being piggybacked by the likes of Her Heinous and Schumer to try to position themselves to the right of the President on security.

Bahama Mama
(aka Leni/MinuteGal)

[daybreakcoming]

Probably AGAIN because nobody knew about it. I have a problem with ANY foreign company running our ports - and so do MOST Americans. They are OUR ports WE should run them. ESPECIALLY now.

smiling....And what US group will run them?

Did you know that foreigners are already major operators in U.S. ports? Thirteen of 14 container terminal operators at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex are foreign-owned, including companies from China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Denmark.

Facts, not feelings, will give you a better base to form an intelligent opinion.

[daybreakcoming]

I did not approve of or trust anything Clinton or Carter did and did not do with foreign or domestic policy - so that's not really a good question. Trust is the key word here. I have no reason not to trust this president yet. No, I certainly do not agree with everything he does but his efforts to keep us secure fly in the face of the bashing going on now. You heard him yesterday. Either you believe he is lying to us now or you don't.

Democrat John Breaux said this morning that it is time for everybody to stop with the hysteria and take a deep breath. Good advice from a democrat. Who woulda thunk it?

Where was the outrage when China took over terminals @ Long Beach?

[ZULU]

"If what I posted is a "threat", then YOUR post was a THREAT against the president and should be reported to the FBI and the Secret Service; since all I did was use your words against you."

If that is the case, you obviously have a problem with perception and interpretation of basic English.

"I am NOT your "pal"."

Of course. I was being sarcastic.

"Polls shmolls...........Condi isn't going to run for president and no matter what you post and/or dream about, her attitude isn't going to change."

I guess you know her personally (sarcasim).

"She has never run for any elected office and would not do well running for the highest elected position of the land, on a first try! Many people would NOT vote for her because 1) she is a woman 2) she is a black GOPer 3) she has no experience at all, for such a position 4) XXXXXXXXXXXXX ( fill in the blanks with all of the anti-Condi post found on FR and then some)."

Few people today with functioning brains look at skin pigmentation in determining who to vote for. And despite my I.D. Name, "ZULU", I'm white, not black. Polls mean something. They indicate trends and she was up near the top along with Allen in a recent Free Republic Poll as a choice for President. Polls also show her outranking Hillery nationally. She is bright, intelligent, well-spoken and probably a lot smarter than her boss, who afterall, graduated college with an cumulative average only a few points above Mr. Kerry who is hardly the brightest lightbulb in the Congressional chandelier.

"And they weren't very good at being president."

Eisenhower wasn't great, but he was a lot better than anything we had until Ronald Reagan.

"Hillary Clinton is president? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?"

There you go again. I never said Hillery was elected President. I said she was elected to office with no prior experience as an elected official.

"WHAT WAR DID CONDI RUN AND WHEN WAS SHE MADE A GENERAL?"

You just said generals made bad Presidents. Make up your mind. Why do you dislike intelligent black women intellectuals?

"The port deal happens to be a CIVIL sector, NOT a government sector deal. The CONGRESS, NOT the president, had the say so. And this went through LAST NOVEMBER without so much as a sneezed. Perhaps YOU should start wondering just WHY it's been blown out of all proportion now; ya think?"

If it was a civil matter, why is Bush defending this action so vigorously? Do you know Mark Levin - conservative radio host, Constitutional attorney and conservative (Men in Black - How the Supreme Court is Destroying America) - who has supported Bush pretty much down the line (except on issues like Harriett what's her name and the unaddressed violation of our southern borders? Last night on his show he expressed serious concerns about this arrangement. So for that matter have a lot of Conservative Republics in Congress. As a matter of fact not one single Republican in Congress is backing Bush on this issue. Its inherently wrong and politically suicidal and they want to keep control in 2006 and see another Republican in the White House in 2008, even if you and Bush apparently don't care.

By the way, Jimmy Carter agrees with you and Bush on this issue. Does that make you feel happy?

"Lots of American ports have been and ARE still run by foreign companies. Americans don't want to do it. I don't know why, but they don't! Perhaps it has something to do with the damned CORRUPT longshoremen union and the fact that it has been MAFIA run for close to a century."

I don't support the "outsourcing" of America. I don't support having ANY foreign powers controlling American ports. I don't like having to buy clothes made in Red China, furniture made in Red China, and having to speak to an unintelligible Indian in India when my computer breaks down. I don't like our military using handguns manufactured in Germany or Italy.

"Okay, so you "don't like it"......you don't know anything at all about it, so why should anyone care that you don't like it?"

You tell me. If nobody should care, why did you write this lengthy response. Why not just take several deep breaths - come on, try it - and move on. We disagree on this subject. It doesn't make either one of us stupid or unpatriotic or bad people. We just disagree.

"The Dems and GOPers who are siding with them are all doing this bloviating for political reasons and NO (!), the president bending over and caving on this, would exacerbate the situation and make things far worse for him and by extension, ALL Republicans!"

I don't think ALL of this is political - unless you think responding to the feelings of most Americans on it is political. Perhaps you are right. Perhaps if Bush gave in the Dems would say "See, we told you so!!" On the other hand, Bush or his people should have certainly anticipated this response, as Mr. Novak stated, and gotten their ducks in order before the story blew. My opinion is if Bush immediately stated "This is not acceptable, we will stop it", I think the story would have died and like the Cheney issue, faded into nothing in the public eye.

"Your claim that the president only looks intelligent, when compared to Kerry and Gore is quite telling. He IS an intelligent man; unlike you. And if you stay hone or vote fringe in '06 and '08, because of this tempest in a teapot, or for any other reason, then Kerry and Gore are Einsteins, compared to you!"

My, we are getting personal aren't we? Bush if I recall correctly, had something like a 77 cum with one D in college. Kerry had a cum of something like 75 with 4 Ds in college. I don't how well Gore did, but I doubt if he was any better - probably worse. Bush did beat him in debates and we know what an eloquent speaker the President is.

My cum was substantially higher than Bush's and I didn't get any Ds. Does that qualify me for President? Hardly. But I think basic intelligence and common sense are important factors and from where I stand, both Bush I and Bush II only look good in comparison with Clinton, Johnson, Carter, Ford and possibly Nixon. They can't hold a candle to people like Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan or even for that matter Eisenhower.

Would I vote for Bush again? Probably. But that doesn't mean I have to give a seal of approval to some of the things he has done which appear pretty negative to me and mainstream conservatives.

[ZULU]

"smiling....And what US group will run them? "

There is something wrong with not being able to run our own ports, make the kind of cars we built in the 1970's, manufacture military arms for our soldiers, make the kind of furniture America was once famous for. There is something very wrong in totally internationalizing the nation - which is what I see happening more and more today. First it was the manifacturing arm, now its the service industry. Try calling your computer company for some intelligable information about an operational problem.

We can't continue down this road.

There must be some sensible solution to what should be an obvious problem to anyone.

If we had to fight something like the Civil War or WW1 or WW2 again, we simply couldn't do it. The fact that we are really at war now and we are discussing an issue involving the operations of our ports by a nation which is people by individuals who have demonstrated they are opposed to us philosophically and in a region of the world where the political climate is so volatile and unstable that today's ally can become tomorrow's enemy, speaks to the validity of my statements.

[daybreakcoming]

I understand what you are saying but the bottom line is there are no US companies who could come close to such a big operation. Halliburton, for instance, could build a terminal/port but could not run one.

The 9/11 attacks commandeered our own US airlines - they were not owned by a foreign entity. Yet. Watch the failing airlines in the next year.

Hillary is on tv now talking about foreign groups OWNING our ports. She is still trying to use scare tactics for the uniformed.

[ZULU]

"I understand what you are saying but the bottom line is there are no US companies who could come close to such a big operation. Halliburton, for instance, could build a terminal/port but could not run one."

Outsourcing is an immediate solution, but what is the long-term one?

[CaptSkip]

BTW: You do realize that the ports will still be under U.S. control, don't you?

You do know that the most likely way the first WMD/nuke strike to reach our shores will likely arrive in a cargo container/boat-ship via one or more of our ports?

You do know that only a minuscule amount of the millions of cargo containers that arrive in the US yearly, I believe it's less than 2 to 3 percent, are actually opened and inspected?

You do know that shielding the radioactive signature of a device from the "NEST" sweeps is easily achieved?

And you want to possibly exacerbate this already precarious and dangerous situation by allowing a UAE state-owned company have ANY access to or influence on ship manifests and what comes into this nation?

The same UAE that enabled financially and through travel access, the 9/11 terrorists.

The same UAE, an Arab and Muslim nation that does not recognize the right of Israel to exist?

Better to be on the side of God's chosen people, and err on the side of caution...regardless of a handful of Bush sycophants.

[nopardons]

Just so you know..........NO, I didn't bother to read that long, banal, inane, tripe you posted. And I bet that nobody else did either. LOL

[ZULU]

Come on, you read it, some of it - be honest. Fess up.

Even Bushbots have SOME curiosity.

[nopardons]

Nope, didn't read a word of it; not a one, cross my heart and hope to die! :-)

It was far too long and I really couldn't be bothered to reach your banalities. Since you always say more or less the same thing, what's there to be "curious" about a post of yours? LOL

[ZULU]

Awww. You hurt my feelings. I thought you would have at least taken a little peek.