Posted on 03/08/2006 5:25:00 PM PST by wingsof liberty
Whats with the timing on this new bill? I thought Dubai Ports World agreed to an open, visible 45 day investigation on wether they should be in charge of some operations at U.S. ports. Thats what politicians agreed to, and now theyre preparing to introduce a bill that would kill the deal, with billions in aid for Iraq, the Gluf Coast, Afghanistan, etc. also attached to it. This way Bush cant veto it without becoming the bad guy. So why are these politicians unwilling to even wait for the investigation to conclude before they pull this? Its as if I went to a bank to apply for a home loan, I am asked to fill out an application and while I am still filling it out, the loan officer tells me I have been turned down. Hows that for logic?
We are in complete agreement. LOL
When it comes to politics, perception is reality.
What a medical diagnosis has to do with this is a mystery.
I think you and I are on the same page, the deal is alright, not exactly perfect, but, the media angle sucks. That is what is getting to us all. We all, us amateur politicos, see it, why doesn't Bush's team see it? That's the most frustrating thing. And we express that frustration here. Bush should be running 24/7 adds refuting the msm bias.
His image could use a makeover.
Americans operate American ports. This deal has nothing to do with port operation. It has to do with the operation of a few terminals within ports, but was completely misconstrued with such a holler that very few people have any idea what is going on, and the deal itself isn't even being discussed - just some hypothetical deal that no one is trying to do.
In Houston, for example, there are more than 150 terminals. Confusing the two is at best hysterical hyperbole.
P&O leases space at one Houston terminal for container repair and container storage, and provides queueing and stevedore services at another. It does not own either terminal, and DP World won't either (though as I understand,, it does own some terminals in other ports).
The stevedore service is manned by U.S. Union Longshoremen, and the cargoes are sent where U.S. customs specifies. They are not allowed to be opened until delivered to the customer except by U.S. Customs.
Now...does that sound even remotely like the conversation being screamed around the country?
Well then, you admit that the President has hurdle that clinton never had.
That's not an excuse for his utter failure to communicate his message in the last year.
Well when you have the deck stacked against you by a biased media(which you admitted), it is doubly tough and I can understand the "reality"(biaed MSM).
I really gotta go, have fun in your perceptive(non-reality) world.
And herein lies the problem. Most people have absolutely NO idea what they're talking about, have swallowed, as whole cloth, the rabid, disingenuous propaganda spewed out by the likes of Chuckles Schumer, Hillary Clinton, the N.Y. Times, and the crapola posted by completely UNINFORMED FREEPERS, all screamed at an hysterical pitch. WELCOME TO THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS!
Look up the law. There are no secrets except in the cobwebs in your own brain.
Well, Muslims are running all sorts of business here.
And because of their opeeration of "terminals", they will have access to security plans at the ports where their terminals are. Thats unacceptable.
Just as calling those who oppose it "racist" as the administration has done.
If any racism is involved it is UAE who does not recognize Israel's right to exist
and partipates in an ongoing boycott of Israel.
Congress will soon pass a law that sinks this bad deal.
The Coast Guard is in charge of port SECURITY and DPW buying P&O has NOTHING whatsoever to do with security.
"While any one poll is suspect, the story across several polls (and in this case, all of the major ones) is that Dubya's popularity is very low, and showing low signs of life."
Aren't those the same polls that kept telling everyone that Dubya was going to lose in 2000 and 2004?
Well, the good news is the law is about to change to sink the deal.
If you don't agree write your congressman.
bttt
No these are different polls.
Not to worry, congress will soon be passing a law to sink this bad deal.
If you disagree, I suggest that you write your congressman or congresswoman.
"Al Qaeda infiltrated the UAE government. Do you read the news?"
Did you bother to read the article that you linked? It says that Al Quaeda made that claim, that they made it 3 years ago, and that they made the claim to get some of their people released.
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