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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: TheSpottedOwl
funny how those freepers always liberal on cultural issues really fixate on race....geez how could that be? now we have folks wanting to be ecumenical with Islam(submit)..how utterly stupid.

lest we forget!...bastards....I ain't forgetting!...they can kiss my Dixie ass and all that PC race hustling-hand-wringing over this is a sign of weakness....


961 posted on 03/14/2006 12:14:05 PM PST by wardaddy ("she's so FINE there's no telling where the money went.".........all my exes are hexes)
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To: Pelham; F16Fighter

they can be found alive and well at the anti-freeper site that shall not be mentioned..lol


962 posted on 03/14/2006 12:16:54 PM PST by wardaddy ("she's so FINE there's no telling where the money went.".........all my exes are hexes)
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To: wardaddy; Tax-chick; SunkenCiv

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&endeca=1&isbn=0847827534


963 posted on 03/14/2006 12:26:13 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

I'll look for that in the library, after I pay my fines ...


964 posted on 03/14/2006 12:27:22 PM PST by Tax-chick (Death is perishable. Faith is eternal.)
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To: Tax-chick
Scofflaw!

Just kidding.

;-)

A lot of people in my family are like that.

Voracious readers.

Sometimes you just don't get around to returning everything on time.

965 posted on 03/14/2006 12:41:57 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Rokke; Txsleuth; RasterMaster
"Your reply of 'You don't have to be military (I'm not) to know what the protocol is.' doesn't exactly imply you disagree with his statement.

Since I don't want to assume anything else, is it safe to say you don't believe Gen Abazaid violated any rules when he said 'I am very dismayed by the emotional responses that some people have put on the table here in the United States that really comes down to Arab and Muslim bashing that was totally unnecessary,'"

Rokke, IMO the "rules" and protocol were given the benefit of doubt in what could be considered gray-area -- especially with so obvious a political and controversial statement. Not to mention the timing.

As an Arab-American and CentCom General, Abizaid was perfect for what I saw as a voluntary "mission" straight from the top.

966 posted on 03/14/2006 12:48:18 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Yehuda
Whas' that? You want to give up our ports to the Chicoms?

You bad boy.

I say let's nuke 'em back to the stone age first..... er, hey, most the Chicoms already live in the stone age don't they.

Need a better solution.

What'r those poor beggars buying stuff for?

967 posted on 03/14/2006 1:05:13 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
Fallaci is still fighting over the details of the agreement between Venice and the Turks regarding who had what communal rights, and where could they stick 'em in Lebanon.

Uhh, Venice has been "out of business" for about 300 years.

Her stuff is, as it were, "dated". The Turks changed a lot of stuff you know.

968 posted on 03/14/2006 1:09:00 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: muawiyah
Yes, and their regressing back to those halcyon days when they marauded through the Anatolian peninsula, the Balkans, and central Europe.

Her point, namely, that these accession talks with Turkey will spell the death knell of Europe-at least, as Europe has been known historically, Enlightenment Europe-is completely accurate.

PM Erdogan is a democratically elected fascist, and Kemalism is all but a dead-letter.

969 posted on 03/14/2006 1:22:28 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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Edit: They're.

Argh.

I hate the fact that you can't edit comments retroactively.

:-)

970 posted on 03/14/2006 1:23:22 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
The Turks would actually be dangerous if they regressed back to the days of the Seljuks, but they won't do that, so no worry.

We'd have to irradiate the place otherwise, and the Arabs would be cheering us on in that case.

Ignoring Ataturk for a moment, the Port made tremendous advances in its ability to handle modern foreign relations about the time of the American Revolution, and after the Greek Revolution was successful, they decided to clean up their internal act and develop the apparatus of a modern state.

971 posted on 03/14/2006 1:27:36 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: wardaddy
"they can be found alive and well at the anti-freeper site that shall not be mentioned..lol"

You mean that anti-freeper AND Kook site?

Heh, it's like Misfit Island over there.

972 posted on 03/14/2006 1:30:22 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: muawiyah
That still doesn't mitigate the fact that the experiment in secularism has failed.

Insofar as the carrot of EU membership has forced Turkey to moderate its policies on Kurds, Turkish-occupied Cyprus, and free speech issues, I suppose it's a good thing.

However, that doesn't mean they are moving in the right direction.

The only barrier to Islamic supremacy, i.e. the military, is slowly being hollowed out, and its role diminished, which is why I don't think you can seriously consider that nation a reliable ally in the future.

Couple that with the millions of home-grown Islamist Turks living and plotting in Germany and you have the seeds of Europe's undoing.

973 posted on 03/14/2006 2:05:15 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

It was the kids - they took out piles of books, and we didn't get them returned on time, what with the baby and all. We owe a dollar per book! (I'm annoyed with them, and am limiting checkout to two books each, now!)

Next time we go they should have the fine totalled up, and then I'll write a check.


974 posted on 03/14/2006 2:36:30 PM PST by Tax-chick (Death is perishable. Faith is eternal.)
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To: Tax-chick
A dollar a book?!

Ouch.

Good policy though.

Teach them responsibility for their actions when they're young, otherwise they'll end up like George Szamuely.

:0))

975 posted on 03/14/2006 2:39:53 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

At least a dollar a book is the most they charge! This set of fines will cost more than my annual out-of-county membership fee. I think it's fair, though, because we do a lot of reserve books, so we should help pay for the staff!


977 posted on 03/14/2006 3:06:18 PM PST by Tax-chick (Death is perishable. Faith is eternal.)
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To: Tax-chick
Sounds fair.

I wish there was a way for people in New York City to use their public library cards in Long Island, but I suppose that's not really feasible.

What I don't like is that there are three or four different branches here in the city.

I have a New York Public Library card, a BPL card-from my borough-and one from Queens, which I use occasionally to take out DVDs and CDs.

There's also one for the Bronx and Staten Island, which I've never gotten.

You can link the Brooklyn Public Library card to the NYPL branch, but it's a hassle.

Eventually I just decided that it was easier for them to issue me an entirely separate card.

978 posted on 03/14/2006 3:54:49 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: muawiyah

Lol : )

Life is just too complicated sometimes. You want to call them UKians, that's cool with me.


979 posted on 03/14/2006 4:44:45 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl ("Life is a box of chocolates. Eat them before they eat you ".---me.)
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To: La Enchiladita

He was an interesting reincarnation of you know who. Next time he should drop the Bayou from his/her screen name.

OTOH, maybe we can help him out with his next identity. How about BayouKittyFood?


980 posted on 03/14/2006 4:55:53 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl ("Life is a box of chocolates. Eat them before they eat you ".---me.)
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