The Port Deal and Race was it a factor at all(Of Course Not)

The Emirates Economist | 03/12/06 | bayourant

[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.

[jveritas]

When the fall campaign for the 2006 elections begins, the Republicans will come running to President Bush begging him to campaign for them and raise money for them.

PS: 80% of the election campaign is fought in the last 10 weeks before Elections Day. So "most" of what seen now or what we have seen in the last 15 months is very meaningless and will have little effect on the campaign.

[Echo Talon]

All your racism are belong to US!

[Reagan Man]

Agreed. That FR Poll question was the worst one of all time. Not sure what the objective was. Maybe just to piss people off. LOL

[onyx]

Oh of course. When FReepers vote against your way, we are all wrong.

I know how that works in your mind!
ROTFLMAO!

[muawiyah]

Well, hey, it was just about UKian people, and other Commonwealth sorts.

Old buddy of mine was in the Wehrmacht in WWII (when he was 15). He got put in a POW camp for awhile. Learned to despise British officers for the patronizing way they said "natives".

That's how they refer to you behind your back ~ "native" ~ so "funny little foreign people" is little more than a first strike option.

[Howlin]

Because I said it does

And that makes it true? *Snort*

what, you wanna make something of it?

I read the post and was trying to figure out what YOUR post had to do with it, since it did NOT MAKE SENSE.

Scrolling by post because it calls a dirtbag exactly what it is.

I scroll by a lot of crap on this forum. Anybody who doesn't is a fool.

[Sally'sConcerns]

I saw that a little too late for me to pull back my post berating him for calling holdonnow a liar.

I made a cardinal mistake though. After all of the researching I did on the DPW thing before I arrived at my conclusion about the deal, I took holndonnow's statement where he said he didn't call the general a dirtbag as truth. What I should do is actually see if I can find a recording of the show that day to see what was really said.

I didn't follow my usual verifying because I'm more inclined to believe holdonnow's statement he didn't call the general a dirtbag simply because it can be disproved pretty easily.

bayourant was out of line in continuing to demand he was right about what holdonnow said.

[P-40]

It was, at the price being paid, a chump change deal


How much of a secret deal can it be if it has been in the nation's second largest newspaper for months? :)

And why does this story not get much traction....

However, as Dubai Ports World conceded the deal would not go ahead as planned, it emerged that Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has had extensive interests in the US for many years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4792788.stm

[JRios1968]

Trust me, if I could, I would join in. Funny, I was able to, not only lurk, but actually post when I was deployed this past summer. Which, of course, explains why I enjoy a good Zot...

And why I think this thread needs more

[Howlin]

When the fall campaign for the 2006 elections begins, the Republicans will come running to President Bush begging him to campaign for them and raise money for them.

Exactly.

[muawiyah]

Glad to hear that. Now, go tell your little pals in Congress to ADD THE CHICOMS to their anti-port deal bill.

They'll give you the back of their hands ~

[RasterMaster]

Howlin'...anybody who scrolls past without reading your posts is a fool! I'm here just to pick a fight.

[andyk]

See you tomorrow - 4PM MST. ;)

[RasterMaster]

Just say no....

[muawiyah]

Well, drinking something, but that's not my problem.

This is the kind of thread where you really can lose your place.

[muawiyah]

Darn.

[Howlin]

anybody who scrolls past without reading your posts is a fool!

There are plenty of people who do; and if you don't have a "Do Not Bother With This Poster List," I can send you one...........LOL.

[claudiustg]

Get a clue, Yehuda, the UAE flies large aircraft into the United States every day.

[nopardons]

Lots of Americans believe for whatever the MSM churns out.

Some don't.

Some of the Dem garbage is so far off the cliff, that just about NOBODY, not even those in their own ranks, will believe it.

The calumny about the wiretapping ( which it wasn't and even YOU are quoting the Dems, with that ), was overplayed.

Yet, you have just said that "the deal is dead". The "deal" is NOT dead! DPW bought P&O. THAT WAS THE DEAL!

Part of the buyout included the LEASE of terminals in six American ports; not the ownership of PORTS.

Yes, the UAE not only OWNS various properties throughout America, but they also own an airline, which flies in and out of America.

And with all of the hysteria, there very well might soon be protesters demanding that they divest themselves from all ownership of anything and everything here. Did you miss the threads about that? Some nutter Congresscritter has a Bill, wherein it states that ALL American entities own by foreigners must be sold to and run by Americans.