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Kerry Backs Port Deal If NSA Taps UAE Calls
Scrappleface ^ | February 23, 2006 | Scott Ott

Posted on 02/23/2006 10:56:13 AM PST by Kaslin

Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, announced today that he would back the sale of a British company that manages U.S. seaports to a state-owned firm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) only if President George Bush will order the National Security Agency (NSA) to secretly wiretap phone calls and emails involving Dubai Ports World.

“If an emir in Dubai is talking to an American port manager, at the gateway of a major city, we want to know why,” said Sen. Kerry. “and we can’t allow the whiners in the civil rights movement to jeopardize our national security in the name of the so-called right to privacy.”

Sen. Kerry rejected calls for the UAE wiretaps to be approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court.

“We’re not trying to build a legal case,” said Sen. Kerry, “We’re protecting our homeland from a potential devastating terror strike. People need to wake up to the fact that we’re living in a post-9/11 world.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kerry; satire; scrappleface; uae
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To: American in Singapore
You can't tell fact from fiction with those jokers.

Especially with Carter already having come out in support of the deal.
21 posted on 02/23/2006 11:04:48 AM PST by Old_Mil (http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
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To: Zack Nguyen

"This is a parody - Scrappleface!"

Oh no... it just seemed like exactly the sort of thing kerry would do... {feeling appropriately stupid}


22 posted on 02/23/2006 11:05:46 AM PST by gondramB (Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
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To: gondramB

Don't feel stupid. The left is so wacky that sometimes art imitates life.


23 posted on 02/23/2006 11:07:15 AM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: Kaslin

*snort* Scrappleface comes through with another great one!


24 posted on 02/23/2006 11:07:17 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: Kaslin
Brilliant once again.
25 posted on 02/23/2006 11:07:31 AM PST by MNJohnnie ("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
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To: Kaslin

The title says Kerry will back something that Bush is doing.

That is enough to give it away as satire.


26 posted on 02/23/2006 11:07:42 AM PST by HOTTIEBOY (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Michael Barnes
*snickers* scrappleface

I find it more and more telling that we cannot tell the difference between fact and fiction. I would not in the least be surprised to hear a democrat take this exact position.

27 posted on 02/23/2006 11:09:00 AM PST by IamConservative (Who does not trust a man of principle? A man who has none.)
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To: gondramB

He is in early stages...dementia. Caught the
Veitnam bug...and/or wants to be out there with
Hiklary....they all could care less about any deals
unless it was for them ..personally. Jake


28 posted on 02/23/2006 11:09:44 AM PST by sanjacjake
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To: HOTTIEBOY

ScrappleFace gives it away that it is a satire


29 posted on 02/23/2006 11:11:45 AM PST by Kaslin ("Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy" President G.W. Bush)
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To: Kaslin

Excellent satire given the current port mess.


30 posted on 02/23/2006 11:12:29 AM PST by afnamvet (CONGRESS.SYS corrupted; Reformat WASH_DC (Y/N)?)
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To: Michael Barnes

It's a satire


31 posted on 02/23/2006 11:12:55 AM PST by Kaslin ("Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy" President G.W. Bush)
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To: Kaslin

Strangely, the Scrappleface angle on the story doesn't really add that much more absurdity to what was already there.


32 posted on 02/23/2006 11:14:12 AM PST by Junior_G
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To: jaydubya2
You've been duped! Check the source...

It's a Satire. Also note, it was posted under political humor

33 posted on 02/23/2006 11:15:19 AM PST by Kaslin ("Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy" President G.W. Bush)
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To: Kaslin


{{shaking head in disgust}} at a loss for words!


34 posted on 02/23/2006 11:17:00 AM PST by rockabyebaby (I'm not afraid to say out loud what the rest of you are afraid to admit.)
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To: Kaslin
we can’t allow the whiners in the civil rights movement to jeopardize our national security in the name of the so-called right to privacy.”


Oh my, this is too funny. Is there any position he won't flip flop on? Hanoi John trying to look tough on national security. What a hoot.

He makes a statement for the press that he will drop his mighty opposition if the president agrees to "secretly" tape UAE phone calls?????

Thank you for posting that..........it gave me a much needed laugh on this cold gray northwest morning!
35 posted on 02/23/2006 11:19:16 AM PST by silver charm (Do not be deceived, God can not be mocked. A man shall reap what he sows. Gal. 6:7)
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To: silver charm

scrappleface............should have figured that out.

Oh well still very funny. A good laugh was had by all. Maybe it is a little funnier knowing that it is humor.


36 posted on 02/23/2006 11:22:53 AM PST by silver charm (Do not be deceived, God can not be mocked. A man shall reap what he sows. Gal. 6:7)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I like Scrapple face and I posted the satire in a chat room. One of the lunatics replied with this

9436 PM: Labrown -- Thu, Feb 23 11:03am pst

L. A. Brown (War is occasionally not the Answer!)
Kerry Backs Port Deal If NSA Taps UAE Calls

I knew there was a reason I didnt vote for that slimy piggy

37 posted on 02/23/2006 11:23:20 AM PST by Kaslin ("Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy" President G.W. Bush)
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To: Kaslin

I'm quite aware of that.


38 posted on 02/23/2006 11:27:30 AM PST by Michael Barnes
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To: Kaslin
On Rush right now.
39 posted on 02/23/2006 11:33:31 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Next Olympics I want wide track bobsledding. Four sleds on the track at once - like Ben Hur on ice.)
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To: linear
Ummmm... The whole article is sarcasm.

Doh!

Scrappleface scares the hell out of me sometimes. It's so believable.
40 posted on 02/23/2006 11:50:14 AM PST by JamesP81
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