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these congress critters are worried about staying in power not about security.
The Republicans in the House don't have the luxury of six-year terms. They know that with 70% of the voters opposed to the UAE deal they will be sitting ducks in the fall elections if they go along with the President's ill-fated venture. If the Democrats manage to take the House over this, the President's term is effectively over. Just as in the Miers mess, the conservative Republicans better dig in and hold the line or they and the President will be toast.
Mindless hysteria. Duncan Hunter ought to know better.
Have we forgotten anyone?
Now, if the only U.S. company that can handle the job is Halliburton the rat party squeal will be heard around the world, they will have backed themselves into a corner. (cornered rats, now that's a picture I like)
He won't be around very long. Bush will stab him with his "veto pen". Ooooooooo!
Pretty stupid move handing the "racist" issue to Al Gore and the 'rats.
"I intend to do everything I can to kill the deal," Hunter said.
The best thing you could do is hold your breath a real long time.
Loud noises!
they need to get behind Norm Coleman's compromise - fast - if they want to save this thing. or some variant of that.
personally, I would be OK with the whole deal going down. but the only way for the white house to save it, is to get behind a comprehensive effort to improve port security (for all foreign carriers) as part of this DPW deal. Coleman understands that, the white house and Rush Limbaugh still think they just need to run out the clock for 41 more days, offering "assurances" and "explanations", while keeping Frist aand Hastert on board. it won't cut it. they may succeed in avoiding a confrontational vote, but that doesn't mean this hasn't badly divided our side. it has. the only way to rescue it, is to get behind some variant of a security reform that Coleman is pushing.
If this is such a great deal why was it kepted
such a secret,and only by chance was exposed by
Michael Savage.
The same U.S. review panel also is investigating plans by an Israeli software company, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., to purchase a smaller U.S. rival.
This first deal was done in December.
This Arab company has taken over plants in Georgia that manufacture critical[and I'm sure classified components for our tanks and planes and they just now all of a sudden decide they need to do a security investigation?
Now we have an Israeli firm trying to buy a software company which has not yet been approved and they've been investigating them beforehand [as they should all foreign investors when there is a chance for a security breech]for a number of weeks.
Let's see. They're concerned about a security leak to Israel because the defense department uses some of the software and they're concerned about the danger of technology transfer. But they weren't concerned about the same possibility of a technological transfer to an Arab state?
This is the state which was used by Al Queda to plan the bombing of the U.S.S.Cole and from which the cell in Yemen received their instructions and from which we received little co-operation at the time of the bombing.
This is also the state that Al Queda was using to laundry it's money and it was from there that the 9/11 scum received their funds and money used in the twin towers attack.
However when it was found out they did co-operate fully on that one.
Seems to me we don't have our security priorities in proper order.
I wish he was my Representative.
My Representative is one of those who promised to step down after three terms, but who changed his mind after redistricting gave him a seat for life. And he's a bot who agrees almost 100% with Bush, except that he panders to the "powerful political forces" in the San Joaquin Valley.
I'm voting against him in the next election.
Good.