Posted on 06/20/2006 1:05:25 PM PDT by Valin
Remember Dubai Ports International?
The first-rate Emirates-based firm that, fair and square, tried to buy the operations of several U.S. ports? They were reviled as terrorists, a public outcry followed and then U.S. Congress stuck its nose into the whole business, baselessly condemning the company for no good reason until they were ignominously forced to withdraw from those plans. It was totally unfair to them, they didn’t deserve that kind of treatment, and it sent an incredibly bad message to the rest of the world that the U.S. was flamingly hypocritical. That whole debacle made me ill.
Anyway, this setback hasn’t driven the good company down. Today, Dubai Ports has gotten a new contract to develop Puerto Callao, in Peru, creating a vibrant container terminal where none existed, so that Peru can export its natural gas reserves and anything else would like to export, and get rich doing it. After all, they’ve got a free trade pact with the U.S., they might as well use it!
This port is extremely critical for Peru’s development and will serve as a beachhead from which Peru can challenge the energy export supremacy of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and his little Bolivian minime, Evo Morales. From this new port, tons of new energy will flow to the U.S.’s, Mexico’s and Asia’s markets, adding to world supply, driving down the prices, and in the end doing its part to put these dictators out of business.
Thank you, Dubai Ports International.
Because the pitchforkers are nationalist socialists.
So duck and run, and more ad hominem sniping instead of reasonable arguments. Your argumentative approach is serially and reptitively nonsubstantive, but merely reposturing an ad hominem. And all your ilk does is make ad hominems...when you are infinitely more vulnerable to them yourselves. And I'm not going to worry about vetting every web site for your political approval. You are devoid of sites yourself. And even noting the likely derivation, as you will note, the Democrats you want to lambaste did an about-face on that DPW issue...and sided with the solid core of conservative opinion on the issue.
You can't fault them for suddenly being right, so you instead attack them for their sudden hypocrisy, but you can't argue the substance on a single point, can you? Not one. The facts adduced are right. So, if you have a point, argue the facts, if can, or don't...but I won't hold my breath, because you can't.
And the EPI, and a bunch of other left-wing outfits. Anywhere else, they'd be ID'd as trolls and shown the door.
You haven't and can't prove that a single point posted was "crap."
Would you agree that posting leftist talking points is the mark of a leftist? Is that a reasonable argument?
In the case of material from MediaMatters, there is a presumption of crapiness that must be overcome prior to it being taken seriously.
No, you come up substantive point before you bloviate any further.
No, there is a presumption that if any argument comes from you or Rude that it is a per se fact-free ad hominem only pissing contest, with no substance. Hence, you are not to be taken seriously.
And if they are conservative? Borrowed by a Leftist, what then?
Not can't, won't.
In what may be a shock to some and especially to certain liberals and disrupters, Free Republic was not created to "debate" liberal ideas or policy or to allow the liberals and moderates the advantage of setting the subject or tone of the discussion.Your way around the stipulation above would be to paraphrase the leftist material you find on the web so that its source could not be discovered. But I must admit, the image of you furiously repackaging commie talking-points is rather humorous.
Jim Robinson, The Purpose of Free Republic.
No, I actually got it, just googling around, from a different site, already differently quoted. So go make of that what you will. As for the purpose of Free Republic, it is an embodiment of conservative values...which both of you are far from in any degree. Globalist Thomas Friedmanites.
I am not the one that is confused. I am using quick clips from the net to show that you could educate yourself quickly and easily. Google is your friend. The LNG containers are the latest development in eliminateing the need for expensive LNG terminals. They are handled by basically the same dock systems as cargo containers allowing lower cost dryland fill/unfill terminals which do not monopolize dock space.
In addition, Japex recently, introduced a new mode of LNG transport, "LNG on rail". This unique system, using 10-ton LNG containers, enables more economical LNG transportation. Furthermore, "LNG on rail" ensures reliable delivery compared to tank truck transportation which is often influenced by road conditions... Operation of this unique system consists of three steps. First, the containers are transported from an LNG import terminal to the nearest freight terminal by trailers. Then the containers are loaded onto container rail cars for transport to market areas. Reloaded onto trailers, the containers are then delivered to customers for re-gasification.
God, I'm bored. Let's see:
Indeed, critics argue that, in approving the deal, the administration ignored a federal law governing the transfer of American assets to foreign, government-owned companies.
The assets were not American, but rather British. That took all of 5 seconds. [hoot]
Tell us where you found it, then.
Paul, me boy, there's only one person I know of who reads your posts as seriously as you take yourself. That's because she teaches Abnormal Psychology. Between DUmmies suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome, people who think that black helicopters and/or UFO aliens are hiding under their beds, 9/11 conspiracy theorists, and you and your buddies at The Final Phase Forum, she's always got fresh material for she affectionately calls "Moonbat 101."
Problem is, they weren't.
Your left wing source. Did you get tired of posting from EPI? I always had a chuckle when you used them. I mean more of a chuckle than usual when reading your posts.
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