House Appropiations Committe voted to block Dubai deal

Fox News Alert | March 8, 2006

[Ooh-Ah]

House Appropiations Committe voted to block Dubai deal

[rhombus]

Yep that AMTRACK is sure a model of efficency.(eyes rolling)

Amtract may not be great, but it's American...

I've never ridden the Amtrack...They have far too many crashes for me...

How many unionized civil servants does it take to engineer "American" crashes?

[al_again]

I disagree with you. No matter how hard Democrats or Republicans try to screw up this country, they can't it has been at do it! The people, along with a very active private sector, are able to overcome incompetent government time after time. Occasionally, we even get good government.

However, we will not get good government by reelecting the same bozos over and over. It needs a good housecleaning from time to time. It happened in 1992, it's going to happen again in 2008 (people aren't quite at the breaking point but it's getting close).

Quit thinking that this next election is the most important ever - its not. Fire those who are incompetent and/or corrupt, retain and promote those who are doing a good job! Hire new people, even if they appear to be worse. We can survive a democrat for two or six years which will then give us the opportunity to bring in someone competent. I think this is better than retaining an incompetent and or corrupt politician just because he is a Republican.

[jackv]

"It will be a great strategic loss of an ally and military bases in the midst of the war on terror."

Yep...and I will be holding everyone of these fools responsible when all hell breaks loose.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Actions have consequences you idiots.'

Bush will veto this and force them to override his veto.

[FreedomNeocon]

Right, but that means he has to 'veto' the defense appropriation bill right?

Am in incorrect in reading that is how they did it... appending it to that bill, and not on its own. Supposidly done PRECIESELY becuase Bush said he WOULD veto.

Its reaaaaaly shady that the wussy republicans running away went that extra step.

[Big Horn]

Just mark my words on this. If Congress blocks the Dubai Ports from managing the ports terminals then the UAE government will ask our military to leave their naval and air bases there, as well as kicked out our CIA and FBI agents from their country. It will be a great strategic loss of an ally and military bases in the midst of the war on terror. Also do not be surprised if Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain will have similar reaction to us in consolidation with their brethren in the UAE. Even to make it worse the Arab dominant OPEC may cut its production by 1 million barrel and the oil prices will soar. Already two other non Arab countries (Iran and Venezuela) were asking to cut production.
The knee jerks in Congress just do not know what they are getting us into.
All of that plus the huge amount of capital they have to invest into our economy

[Wasanother]

You are correct about why they did it but after 5 years of lecturing the Rats about messing with Military Funding these hacks go and do the same and that's why some are ticked off. There was other non-military bills that they could have easily attached it to and if they had the votes to override the veto, as they claim, then that is the way it should have been done.

[EQAndyBuzz]

On the other hand, look at it this way.

By everyone killing this deal, it becomes a wash. Democrats gain nothing by it. Bush loses nothing by it. If I recall, Bush isn't running for a third term in office. If Republicans bash Bush, everyone knows it is for their own political gain. Bush, knows that.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

We left because it was no longer strategically essential to be based there-and it didn't make sense from a cost-benefit analysis-because we had similiar-if not identical-bases in places like Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, etc., and yes, I would find it very difficult to envision a scenario under which those countries would be able to force us to leave, even if they had the inclination, which they don't.

But trust me, if the House of Saud ever were to be deposed by Al Qaeda-which isn't too much of a stretch, considering the sympathies of the fanatics that live in that state-the United States would be back under commitments made over five+ decades ago.

And I don't know what fantasy world you're living in, but the U.S. has occupied many nations, both with and without the consent of the duly constituted governments, throughout our history.

In just the 20th century alone the number is staggering, The Phillipines, Cuba, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Japan, Germany, Nicaragua, Haiti, ad nauseam.

[Cindy_Cin]

Identify the BOZOS, please.
Specter, Snowe, McCain............?
I am not pleased to admit this, but, when my choice on any ballot is between a Democrat or a RINO, I vote RINO every time. UGH!
However, I am always active in trying to replace a RINO with a conservative during primaries.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Bull's-eye.

People need to stop being terrified into voting for terrible candidates that are only marginally better than their opponents.

The moment that we stop voting for sub-par candidates is the moment they start to offer us acceptable ones.

[kingu]

So I should vote for someone who will vote the way I would vote zero percent of the time instead of supporting a generally solid conservative who would vote the way I would vote sixty percent of the time?

In the vague hope that someone else will run in the future that would be better?

The wisdom of the old adage seems to be relevant here: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

[sam_paine]

And what exactly are these allies getting for their documented assitance to us in the WOT?
And what is Bush getting from the "conservatives" in Congress?

"You spake is we truth!"

The LSM and the Leftist Elite could not bring Bush down....but the "Conservative" BushBorg is finally turning the tide for the Left by reflexively opposing "BushBots."

How many times have you heard a "conservative" say, "I don't care about the facts or the Coast Guard security, I don't like the idea of DPW in our ports."

Which is, "I don't care about the facts or the existing law, I don't like the idea of Company-X in Business-Y." Nationalize it and make me feeeeeel better.

Yeah right. "True conservatism!"

[pleikumud]

Yes, and DPW is already all over the world, a global port operator with 51 terminals in 30 countries on 5 continents. The opponents of UAE/DPW think the U.S. can live in some kind of protective isolation? Our Congressional idiots are into self-delusion, economic ignorance, and completely misleading voters. The lunatics run the insane asylum.

[dcgard]

Actually, I consider alot of your points as progress. I'd think we could manage without UAE support. And i'd venture to guess that the UAE needs us more than we need them.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

There is a difference between supporting someone out of genuine conviction, and supporting someone out of fear.

As much as I disagree with James Bovard on some issues, this is one idea where he's on the right track.

Americans have been duped into believing that merely because they have regular, orderly elections, that their government is representative of their interests, and is somehow "democratic" in nature, when the truth is that they are essentially "reverse slave auctions."

Perhaps his description is a bit hyperbolic, but not too far from the truth, at least in terms of presidential races, if nowhere else.

Refusing to vote for candidates that are not only unpalatable, but increasingly unacceptable, and identical to one another, is not only a valid choice, in some cases it is the only correct choice that you can make.

[Bubbatuck]

You're assuming DP World is an intelligence arm of the UAE. Do you have any concrete information to back up that opinion?

You're not really that naive, are you?

[Flux Capacitor]

----Its reaaaaaly shady that the wussy republicans running away went that extra step.----

Bush has himself to blame for that extra step. By coming right out of the box and loudly declaring that he would exercise his first-ever veto on something like this, he gave up his hand and invited the Republicans to say "Make my day".

It's just another chapter in the remarkable political stupidity of the White House over the last year. I'm just glad to see that the GOP Congress isn't willing to help Bush drag the whole party down with him.

-Dan

[jess35]

So, in other words, you're just making it up.

Bit paranoid, eh?

[Bubbatuck]

ah, I wasn't sure. Yes, you ARE that naive.

Must be nice.