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.
That saucy minx...
GET A CLUE: The muslim world was LAUGHING THEIR ASSES OFF THINKING WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS GARBAGE AND MIGHT LET THEM HAVE ANY INPUT INTO OUR PORTS.
Oh, BRAVO, BRAVO! Telling it exactly like it is. I love it. Thanks for jumping on this thread. Our side needed more troopers. Thank goodness holdonow is on our side. You get a big kudu for stating our case so succinctly and clearly. Bravo again.
Although I suppose I should refer to him in the past tense, now that he's been properly fried and fricasseed.
nopardons!
LOL! SO glad you are here!
stay safe!
don't be so impressed... we may be as cranky as Cboldt or MNJohnnie by the time we join you for Tony tomorrow!
3D Max?
Now that's funny!
UNDERSTAND THAT
PRESIDENT BUSH WAS SET UP
BY THE LEFT!
Ever wonder why President Bush didn't know
about the Port Deal until just recently?
And why he was ambushed on the whole Port Deal?
And why jimmi (cricket) karter and madeline 1/2 wit
among others were behind getting this deal thru?
Read on and learn the truth.
Bill Clinton helped Dubai on ports deal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1588266/posts
Financial Times (FT.com) ^ | March 1 2006 23:50 | Stephanie Kirchgaessner
Bill Clinton, former US president, advised top officials from Dubai two weeks ago
on how to address growing US concerns over the acquisition of five US container terminals by DP World.
It came even as his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, was leading efforts to derail the deal.
Yeah, since I wasn't in attendance or see any of the events you posted...this is about as good as it gets in my life.
Actually I should have said in my "no life"....
Feingold is a gutless liberal. If the Republicans had any backbone they would take up the issue and bring it to a floor vote and get the Democrats on record.
LOL! Ahhhhh Yes! Parenthood does make sleep a foreign word!
ROFLLLLLL!!!!!
"That is particularly odd in light of the recent revelations of the region's pivotal role in the spread of weapons of mass destruction. A Dubai-based computer firm arranged for Malaysian- and European-made gas centrifuge components, used to enrich uranium, to be sent on to Libya. The firm was part of a vast network devised by Pakistan's Abdul Qadeer Khan."
Thank you. I had forgotten all about that.
Earlier this week someone posted an article about the anything goes shipping world of the UAE as if that were a good thing. Right.
Still later in the article, we learn that much of the goods shipped through Dubai originate from US companies that knowingly and willingly flout the law to make a quick buck. Evil companies like Halliburton, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Dell. All these companies quietly use companies in Dubai to forward their services to other nations. But apparently, only the DPW and the government of Dubai should be punished for this less than secret practice.
So this is it... This is the sharpest arrow in your quiver. An article that is far more damning concerning what we allow to be shipped out of this country than it is about whether or not the DPW can manage a port terminal in New Jersey. In fact, there really isn't any information in this article that pertains to port terminal management in the United States. The assumption must be that since Dubai is a relay point for foreign trade, any port that the DPW manages in the United States would become a similar relay point. That ignores they fact that ports in the United States fall under the sovereign control of the United States regardless of who manages their terminals. It is safe to assume that if a US Special Agent demanded to inspect a crate in a US port he would be allowed the opportunity. The problems addressed in this article have FAR more to do with our own export controls than they do with middlemen in Dubai. If we were REALLY serious about the problems discussed here, we would crack down on our own businesses that start the ball rolling, and stop blaming the folks in Dubai who give the ball a shove as it rolls on by. Based on that logic, we need to cut off all trade and finances with the Swiss, because Swiss banks have been shunting funny money all over this planet for decades.
I really can't believe this is your most damning piece of evidence to scuttle the DPW deal. What else have you got?
ROFLLLL!!!
YAY!
I can chill out and have fun!?
does this mean you are taking over the BOUNCER duties tonight!???
ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY SIDES!
You really are going to keep me up all night!
I really don't know what he said...just he's in no position to comment. He's in no policy-making position, and no position to make comments on policy. His job is to follow policy...can't do the job, then time to move on.
The sophistication and gravitas of your rebuttal is overwhelming....I have nothing to say.
...that you would comprehend!<<<
---That's because he is a liar.---
Always one for the subtleties, eh, SB?
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