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House Appropiations Committe voted to block Dubai deal
Fox News Alert | March 8, 2006

Posted on 03/08/2006 2:53:43 PM PST by Ooh-Ah

House Appropiations Committe voted to block Dubai deal


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; arabbashing; arabsocialism; bushborgs; bushbots; cfius; dpworld; dubai; farrakhanitis; godubai; homelandsecurity; howboutsomekoolaid; iraq; kneejerk; military; port; portgate; ports; racehustlers; sanborn; snow; uae; uaetalibansupporters; whitehouseshills
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To: EternalVigilance
It wasn't just six ports. It was many more. It'd be nice if more Americans would start thinking defensively because the whole idea of the war on terror was to take the war to the enemy and to bring them to justice.

Why bother if we are going to bring potential enemies back here in some other format?

Did you hear that Al Quaeda was against the port deal too? AQ uses reverse psychology all the time. They REALLY wanted the Dubai deal to go through.

181 posted on 03/08/2006 4:05:39 PM PST by floriduh voter (http://www.conservative-spirit.org Tom Gallagher for Fla Guv www.tg2006.com)
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To: Ooh-Ah

HOUSE VOTES TO SCREW ALLY.


182 posted on 03/08/2006 4:05:51 PM PST by P-Marlowe (((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
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To: jveritas

They had better be satisfied with how things are in UAE: There are no elections there.


183 posted on 03/08/2006 4:06:14 PM PST by caddie
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To: Ooh-Ah
House Appropiations Committe voted to block Dubai deal

Great news!

184 posted on 03/08/2006 4:06:19 PM PST by neutrino (Globalization is the economic treason that dare not speak its name.(173))
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To: smoothsailing
"about helping an ally in the WOT."

The UAE not cooperating in tracking down terror accounts makes them an ally?


185 posted on 03/08/2006 4:06:43 PM PST by jdm
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To: Hot Tabasco

It's not about security.

It's about pandering to the bigots on the right and pandering to the unions on the left.


186 posted on 03/08/2006 4:07:00 PM PST by Howlin ("Quick, he's bleeding! Is there a <strike>doctor</strike> reporter in the house?")
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To: manonfire

----Last I checked, the good ol Russians were just a bit of assistance during the second WW..----

I certainly hope we didn't forget to sell Stalin some port contracts. :)

-Dan

187 posted on 03/08/2006 4:07:01 PM PST by Flux Capacitor (Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)
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To: rodguy911

rodguy, the President learned about the deal at the same time we did, and then immediately he made his veto threat. If he only had a few hours at best to consider it, why should we acquiesce?

I've done some reading on this and made (too) many posts. (LOL) But keep this in mind, none of us has all the facts.

I think the administration should reject the CFIUS approval of the deal, and concentrate instead on defending and strengthening their position of executive power vis a vis NSA.

Dubai's history as a haven for al Qaeda and a supporter of the Taliban is too recent for me and millions of other Americans, not to mention their non-recognition of Israel.

This issue has shown us some things we'd rather not see, such as the involvement of other foreign interests in our ports. Slipped by all of us, so we might as well point fingers in all directions.


188 posted on 03/08/2006 4:07:01 PM PST by La Enchiladita (The American people do not want a FOR SALE sign on our country.)(Don't get me started!)
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To: smoothsailing
Great picks.
Swann has endured more than probably any other black candidate ever and Murtha is just trying to duck a congressional investigation of his misdeeds concerning defense contracts he has shuffled over to various buddies including Pelosi's relatives.
189 posted on 03/08/2006 4:07:28 PM PST by rodguy911 (Support the New Media and F.R.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Did you hear that Al Quaeda was against the port deal too? AQ uses reverse psychology all the time. They REALLY wanted the Dubai deal to go through.


190 posted on 03/08/2006 4:07:33 PM PST by floriduh voter (http://www.conservative-spirit.org Tom Gallagher for Fla Guv www.tg2006.com)
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To: Howlin



Union members with criminal records. THUGS.


191 posted on 03/08/2006 4:07:54 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: P-Marlowe
"HOUSE VOTES TO SCREW ALLY."


192 posted on 03/08/2006 4:08:32 PM PST by jdm
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To: tomahawk

LOL.


193 posted on 03/08/2006 4:09:11 PM PST by La Enchiladita (The American people do not want a FOR SALE sign on our country.)(Don't get me started!)
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To: neutrino
If the committee had the support to kill the deal, why did they have to attach it to a defense spending bill? Why couldn't they kill the deal separately?
194 posted on 03/08/2006 4:09:12 PM PST by Wasanother (Terrorist come in many forms but all are RATS.)
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To: jdm
My Dog likes cats.Especially deep fat fried.
195 posted on 03/08/2006 4:10:50 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: TomGuy
For bed has Bush, Bill Clinton, Tom Daschle, Rush Limbaugh (hedging), Tony Snow, Madeline Albright, Bob Dole, etc.
Against bed has Hastert, Frist, Hannity, Levin, Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Peter King, etc.

Still wondering in which bed the incontinent Al Gore is located. Though his silence strongly suggests he is for the deal.

196 posted on 03/08/2006 4:11:58 PM PST by Graymatter (J31-F28-M31...why not J30-F30-M30?)
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To: Howlin

It's not about security.

It's about pandering to the bigots on the right and pandering to the unions on the left.




Glad you have seen what klinton has been up to!

Bill Clinton helped Dubai on ports deal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1588266/posts
Financial Times (FT.com) ^ | March 1 2006 23:50 | Stephanie Kirchgaessner
Bill Clinton, former US president, advised top officials from Dubai two weeks ago
on how to address growing US concerns over the acquisition of five US container terminals by DP World.
It came even as his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, was leading efforts to derail the deal.


197 posted on 03/08/2006 4:12:02 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (It's ALWAYS a great day to be a Conservative Independent Voter AND a Viet Nam Vet)
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To: Howlin

It is a really stupid move, but I have about given up on this.

Americans don't understand the issue since the president can't get his reasoning across to them.

I am frustrated, though I don't think we will lose an ally over this...I think Bush will smooth things over somehow.


198 posted on 03/08/2006 4:12:33 PM PST by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: rodguy911

UAE is one of the few places in the Middle East besides Joran and Israel I would actually love to live in for a few years.


199 posted on 03/08/2006 4:13:40 PM PST by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: jveritas; Howlin

Why don't you think Bush will veto it?


200 posted on 03/08/2006 4:13:56 PM PST by clawrence3
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