Answer: there are fewer and fewer of the latter.
Stop with the political analysis based on "republican" and "democrat". Start with the political analysis based on conservative and liberal.
You'll be much more accurate.
Posted on 03/10/2006 7:37:43 AM PST by Solson
WASHINGTON - A Dubai-owned company will control 23 American ports - not six - as a result of the deal approved by a Bush administration panel in January. The takeover of the British company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. involves almost every major Atlantic seaport from Portland, Maine, to Miami and along the entire Gulf Coast, according to an attorney fighting the deal. The list includes Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas, which have handled about 40 percent of the war materiel the Army has shipped to combat theaters in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also includes Norfolk, Va., home to most of the U.S. Navy's Atlantic fleet, along with three seaports in Louisiana that handle massive shipments of crude oil. In the spreading controversy, it was known that the British firm being bought by Dubai Ports World runs operations at New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia. Attorney Joseph Muldoon III represents Eller & Co., a Miami-based shipping firm that is fighting the transaction here and in Britain's highest court. In an interview, the attorney said Eller & Co. does not want to become an unwilling partner of DP World's Miami operations. Muldoon told The News he unsuccessfully appealed two months ago to Sen. John Warner, R-Va., whom he knows personally, and also saw staff members for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to stop the sale on national security grounds. "I'll check it out," Muldoon quoted Warner as responding. "Finally, I went to Sen. [Charles E.] Schumer because he is a member of the Senate Banking Committee, which oversees the Treasury Department board which approved this thing. If this hadn't been for Sen. Schumer," Muldoon said in an interview, "this issue would never had gotten any traction. "My client, and I personally, believe that the seaports of this country should not be run by a foreign government," Muldoon said. He said claims by the Bush administration that security is not involved is a myth. "The port operator is the one who lays out the security plan," he said, "and the Coast Guard and other government operations follow suit." In London, Eller & Co. attorneys have been given the right to appeal the deal by Britain's highest court. It was not until Muldoon called Schumer's office three weeks ago that it bloomed into an issue that threatens the president's hold on Republican majorities in the House and Senate. "I had an instinct about this situation," Schumer said, "and it was to keep it as bipartisan as possible. So I went first to [Sen. Tom] Coburn [R-Okla.] and he was very concerned." Muldoon said "Schumer was hanging out there all alone on it until" Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., announced his opposition. King is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Both national and statewide polls indicate the planned takeover of operations of American ports has helped plunge Bush to the lowest ratings of his presidency. A New York poll done by the Republican-oriented Strategic Vision LLC gives Bush an overall approval rating of 24 percent. National polls have Bush at between 36 and 39 percent. In the state survey, 81 percent of respondents think an act of terrorism is more likely if the Dubai ports deal goes through. Although the Bush administration officially approved the deal Jan. 16, DP World, the company owned by rulers of the United Arab Emirates, has requested the United States conduct a 45-day review of the transaction in an effort to defuse opposition. Schumer and King are sponsoring nearly identical bills that would empower Congress to block the deal if Congress is dissatisfied with the results of the review. Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, R-Clarence, was an early supporter of King's bill, which now has 97 co-sponsors. Backers include almost the entire state delegation. e-mail: dturner@buffnews.com
Bureau assistant Sara Blumberg contributed to this article.
If you'll notice the hysteria was a quote from a very nervous citizen.
The hysteria that was orchestrated by the DEMS.
They can put considerable pressure by just threatening the limiting the number of ports of call or booting the Coast Guard from their authority in their country.
It would be good for their business and would be an effective retaliation for this dimwitted move by Congress.
I understand you have the right to disagree with Bush, but calling him a dimb-ass is uncalled for on FR.
LLS
Whatever...however, he's been keeping us that care on leaker rockefeller...and NO one else is!!!
Rather, something changed.. that made this deal into dry tinder, so that this lobbiest could set a match to it..
This was the Danish Cartoon protests and our own press's despicable response of cowering and submitting. The Danish Cartoon caper.. caused alot of Americans to discover for the first time that Islamist intend to force us to recognize Mohammad as requiring special status above all religions or we would face threats of death and dismemberment for any individual who upsets these people..
For the first time.. people felt the real individual terror of subjugation by Radical Islamists and they were upset. But, this visceral response has no focus, no opportunity to be expressed. So along comes this deal, which was processed routinely in "secret" (as a non-political process) as required by law passed by Congress and this is run as turning over the ownership of the largest ports in the United States to a country that helped plan and finance (gross distortions - Germany, US, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and many other countries would have to fall to the same test.. if all it takes to help is to allow terrorists to have a bank account.. or to cross through.. Germany is where the 4 leaders met and planned 911 details before coming to US.) But, this is what had changed.. why this was all of the sudden obviously a big problem.. because the American public is upset, very upset.. all over these stupid cartoons..
You are so right..even the libs felt that one.
Damn the Dems..they were good. Why couldn't our guys have done better? ...and Hannity go bite an old shoe.
And boy do they look stupid.
So why not all the back stabbing Republicans join in??
Come on! You can do it..make me proud.
I had a feeling there was more...
Start out with the "BIG LIE" and then build on it. Our elected officials are evil and stupid.
Our elected officials are evil, ignorant, and greedy. They think WE'RE stupid.
Answer: there are fewer and fewer of the latter.
Stop with the political analysis based on "republican" and "democrat". Start with the political analysis based on conservative and liberal.
You'll be much more accurate.
This is all about the unions and making sure whomever manages the ports works within the current (mob run, no doubt) framework with the union.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581542/posts?page=701#701
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581542/posts?page=731#731
http://www.dpworld.ae/index.html
Click on port virtual tour
http://portal.pohub.com/portal/page?_pageid=36,1,36_31159:36_34057&_dad=pogprtl&_schema=POGPRTL
Click on North America for info about each port and number of berths
If they are buying 23 ports, it is not from P&O.
"The political class of Washington continues to PROTECT the Clintons, et al."
But why?
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