Posted on 03/21/2006 6:16:56 PM PST by mr_hammer
no, I didn't. sorry.
Do any of you that keep bringing up the debt being accumulated by this country-45% owned by foreign investors-our depreciating dollar, or our lack of energy independence-which grows worse with each year that elapses-ever stop to think about what policies caused us to reach this crux?
we are on the same side
Ask all the questions you want.
But, after that ridiculous ports debacle, it will be apparent to the Arabs that the United States wants friendly Middle Eastern countries for what they can do for the United States.
But, when it comes to a friendly ME country wanting a quid-pro-quo, no darkies need apply.
You need to come up with a list of who can, and cannot, buy what.
Correction: it's no "Muslims" need apply. And with good reason!
It's our own damned fault. I'm sure you'll find a way to blame the Arabs, though.
plenty of US auto companies looking for investments. hey, the market for small private jets is BOOMING in the US - maybe the UAE could buy something there. lots of tech companies looking for new investors too. let the UAE buy TIVO, I could care less. they could also take minority stakes in a whole host of public companies. I could go on and on.
when lined up side by side, the list of things they COULD BUY without question is far longer then the list of things that will raise eyebrows. yet, they keeping coming at us on the short list.
You are one of the most obnoxious, irritating posters on this website, and your ham-handed, futile attempts at interpolating race into this conversation aren't going to make me reevaluate my initial opinion of you.
Your argument disqualifies you from serious discussion about this issue.
they can buy plenty of other things.
they own the essex house in manhattan, I walk past it every week, they even changed the sign out front to include some arabic name - you don't see me and my "xenophobe" friends out in front protesting it, do you?
that's what CFIUS is supposed to do. instead, it has essentially functioned as a rubber stamp - so what the hell good is it.
Here's the lists:
Who:
-Muslims
-Chicoms
What:
-anything that presents a significant opportunity for a member of the who to do serious damage to the USA, e.g. power generation, core telecommunications, major transportation, military applications, etc.
I'm attempting to show lurkers that some of us on here aren't Arab-hating luddites.
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Like them or not, Dubai is in the same vise as we are in!
If they 'own' rights in the USA so what? Those rights can be pulled just as easily as your rights to private property were recently pulled.
If some of the 9/11 creeps were funded by money laundered in Dubai, so what? Are we going to cut off most of the Caribbean?
sinkspur just has a different opinion on this, that's all. there are hundreds of deals that could/should sail through CFIUS, but some should not.
Ah I see. You want to pretend that the most sensible solution is not an option, by your unilateral fiat.
Tough. "No Muslims need apply" is perfectly correct and appropriate, and frankly it's a lot kinder than how Muslims - by doctrine - treat those who are not!
If a Muslim had power over you, your life would be brief and your possessions his, your wife and children his slaves. You're a fool to give any Muslim an inch of opportunity to place himself in that position.
Would you invest in GM or Delphi? LOL. I figure Doncasters has a better margin than many other concerns, in part due to know-how that it has developed over time. If the US relied on it, it was relying on foreign (albeit British) know-how all along.
they could also take minority stakes in a whole host of public companies.
Or private companies, for that matter, eh?
the list of things they COULD BUY without question is far longer then the list of things that will raise eyebrows. yet, they keeping coming at us on the short list.
Maybe they ARE buying more than what we see - maybe the extent of what gets atention -is- the "short list." CFIUS doesn't look at -all- acquisitions, only -some- of them.
Anyway, not trying to knock your concern, just trying to get an accurate handle on what's at stake at what the practical options are.
Figured I'd share the start of that.
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