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The Port Deal and Race was it a factor at all(Of Course Not)
The Emirates Economist | 03/12/06 | bayourant

Posted on 03/12/2006 7:51:11 PM PST by bayourant

Did Race play a role in the Port Deal discussions? The very charge is met by the likes of Sean Hannity and others with Righteous Indigination. In fact, to mention it makes you the true problem. Mark Levin in fact called a MAjor General a dirtbag over that charge. The below cartoons may be an issue now in the UAE. They are not cartoons about that ole darn prophet however. THere will be no boycotts over these but remember still they dont help things. The cartoonist just give us what we want sometimes. From MSNBC the following cartoon. There were many others that through the glory of the net are available to all.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bannedforlying; bayoukoolaid; dontlieaboutlevin; frplaystheracecard; goodriddance; lyingaboutmarklevin; markwho; ports; race; racepimping; terminals; uae; undeadthread
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To: SoCalPol

Well, it was not my intention to get into yet another debate over the port deal, especially since it was withdrawn 3 days ago. My purpose was to respond to an outright smear accusing me of calling a general a dirtbag. The same guy who started this thread has said this elsewhere, and if left unanswered I could see it would just continue to be posted. Thank you all for your indulgence. Hope I didn't offend too many of you - just having fun with you. Take care.


201 posted on 03/12/2006 8:58:12 PM PST by holdonnow (we)
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To: SoCalPol

Thanks girlfriend. I'll still need a reminder! Central time zone is still giving me fits...lol.


202 posted on 03/12/2006 8:58:58 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: flaglady47
Your side lost, in case you didn't notice.

That, of course, remains to be seen, doesn't it?

203 posted on 03/12/2006 8:59:03 PM PST by Howlin ("Quick, he's bleeding! Is there a <strike>doctor</strike> reporter in the house?")
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To: holdonnow

You didn't offend anyone at all. Not me anyway.


204 posted on 03/12/2006 8:59:16 PM PST by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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To: holdonnow
A poster who claims to have audio recordings of your show for the past week simply asked which day the alleged comment was made.

I provided the poster the alleged date.

Sue me.

205 posted on 03/12/2006 8:59:21 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: flaglady47

How about just calling them poorly informed?


206 posted on 03/12/2006 8:59:31 PM PST by woofie
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To: oceanview

good points all.


207 posted on 03/12/2006 8:59:32 PM PST by dervish ("And what are we becoming? The civilization of melted butter?")
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To: TheSpottedOwl
BTW, when you deal with the Brits they use the word "race" to refer to "ethnicity", not just color, etc.

Before running down the road on the question of someone having used the so-called "race card" you have to find out what they mean by "race" first.

We do, after all, still have some funny little foreign people who come in here to post.

208 posted on 03/12/2006 8:59:50 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: holdonnow

I thought I saw a dirtbag, don't you?


209 posted on 03/12/2006 8:59:55 PM PST by RasterMaster ("Bin Laden shows others the road to Paradise, but never offers to go along for the ride." GWB)
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To: holdonnow

The best thread of the night!


210 posted on 03/12/2006 9:00:04 PM PST by digger48
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To: RasterMaster

'BOUT TIME YOU GOT HERE!


211 posted on 03/12/2006 9:00:07 PM PST by eeevil conservative (the GREATONE THINKS I'M GREAT!)
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To: RFT1
Gotta like LBJ style Demo.....ooops I mean Neo-Cons who suddenly play the race card like Jackson and Sharpton do. Anyways, this poster seems quite a bit like the Bayourod.

Took the words right out of my fingers. I've been observing this poster's replies, and they are most definitely reminiscent of good ol' Rod.

212 posted on 03/12/2006 9:00:16 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl ("Life is a box of chocolates. Eat them before they eat you ".---me.)
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To: holdonnow

ROTFLMAO!

...this popcorn is great! BTW, the smear was uncalled for.


213 posted on 03/12/2006 9:00:25 PM PST by endthematrix (None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
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To: Junior_G

---Are you actually suggesting it's a bad thing that the Miers nomination got scuttled? ---

I would have liked to seen the Miers nomination go to hearings, but I am not going to fight that battle over again, thanks.


214 posted on 03/12/2006 9:01:19 PM PST by claudiustg (Delenda est Iran!)
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To: eeevil conservative

What, me miss out on a good scrape?


215 posted on 03/12/2006 9:01:25 PM PST by RasterMaster ("Bin Laden shows others the road to Paradise, but never offers to go along for the ride." GWB)
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To: Reagan Man
Nope, some of the American people entered a state of wild hysteria and swallowed LIES, as whole cloth. Some are still foaming at the mouth and refuse to look at the facts.

And NONE of this has anything whatsoever to do with American "sovereignty".

Most of our imports come from foreign ports; Singapore and the Netherlands being the largest ones.

American companies long ago gave up the shipping business and we rely on foreign own ships and lease foreign companies the management of some terminals in our state owned and run ports.

But that's okay...facts don't matter one whit to you and the vast majority of the American populace never pay any attention, whatsoever, to much of anything.

216 posted on 03/12/2006 9:01:31 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

why haven't the media and the Dems been able to convince 81% of americans with their lies about the "illegal, warrantless domestic wiretaps" story? I mean, its the same idiots out there - right? where they smart just a month ago on Alito and the wiretaps, and they all of a sudden got dumb?

forget this line of argument on this one. you have your positions, we have ours, we just differ on this - that's all. most of the debate has been honest, except when it resorts to the religious bigotry attack. the UAE owns the essex house in manhattan, I pass by it every week, they even rebadged the sign with some arabic name - I don't see any protestors out in front asking congress to divest them of it.


217 posted on 03/12/2006 9:01:38 PM PST by oceanview
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To: P-40
Seems like a nice guy.

He is.

And don't cross him. ;O)

218 posted on 03/12/2006 9:01:49 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Howlin
It all depends on how many domino's fall because of what happened with the deal, such as what kind of support have we lost from the UAE and the rest of the M.E. and how much our enemies have gained.
219 posted on 03/12/2006 9:02:30 PM PST by TheForceOfOne (Memogate - Dan Rathers Little Big Horn.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
BTW, the 2 day lag was, as I recall, due to the fact that there was no information available from any news source that gave any details on the sale of "ports".

I think Rush was the first guy off the block with a reference to the WSJ October article, and that clearly identified the deal as one involving the sale of a company that held operating contracts for gantry cranes at various terminals where they load/unload container ships.

The articles we were all reading initially appear to have been cleverly designed to trick the public. The Dubai company can probably sue the pants off the news media who misreported this commercial deal ~

220 posted on 03/12/2006 9:02:34 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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