Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze
Why stop there? Let's run ALL foreign investment out of the US!
LOL.........I'd like to take the first swat!
LOL, keep fooling yourself. You should hear the GOP candidate in Texas bash, in radio election adds, Bush's open borders policies, spending, etc. I've never seen anything like it, GOP candidates are running from Bush as fast and as far as they can. The chickens of failed policy after failed policy are comming home to roost. This UAE deal is just the tip of the ice berg, expect the GOP to take a hard right turn and left Bush all alone in left field.
Then we can run the entire country like one big happy plantation. ;-)
LOL! Polls!
70% is wrong, but there was no time to educate, and the determination was that it had become too hyperbolic to address.
Mob rule! A very dangerous predicate.
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There are still sub-Saharan slaves being peddled in order to satisfy rich Muslim princes.
There are still prostitutes from Eastern Europe and China being imported in order to satisfy the sexual curiosity of rich foreigners and natives.
In fact, there was a segment on NPR's "The World" yesterday exploring this very problem.
The fact that they've taken some minimal steps to address these problems-after a firestorm of negative publicity-doesn't impress me any more than the CYA maneuver by Sheik Nayhan to close his anti-Semitic, anti-American center after it was exposed by the David Project.
"are you O.K. with a massive global trade war"
Based on the latest reports, no massive global trade war on the horizon. Of course, anything remains to be seen.
I don't like some pissant country trying to financially blackmail the greatest nation this world has ever seen. Without us, there would be Hitler Holidays. Without us, the Soviets would have europe, without us, the state of Israel would be a state of mind.
LOL That's a good one. China alone has over 3 billion people and probably less than five percent of them are currently automobile owners or in other ways consumers of petroleum products. But they are in the process of changing that. Both the people and the government want that change. Same in India albeit they have a comparably small population.
If we are going to base national policy on racist know-nothing nonsense, why shouldn't it be. Being subject to Mau-Mauing by a bunch of idiots in Congress makes the US a very unattractive place to do business.
This is a predictable response, and makes perfect sense from the UAE point of view. It is a big World, with plenty of places to spend all that money. There is no reason to deal with the US if we're going to be a bunch of jerks.
This is what happens when Congress plays to the cameras and acts like a bunch of Ritalin-deprived children. Utterly predictable.
Want to know just how BAD this deal is?
The spokesman for the "Dump DWP Deal," none other than Harry Reid, is on TV right now DEMANDING A VOTE ON THIS DEAL!
Talk about USEFUL IDIOTS!
hreatens Against Boeing and US Bases Support), Rutles4Ever wrote:
One more note: Dubai, as a financial capital, would suffer greatly if Iran blocks Hormuz.
They will NOT ask our military to leave.
BTW, what exactly is my agenda?
Inquiring minds...
It was the straw that broke the camels back.
In fact, I have little better to say for all the knee-jerkers on the forum who have been against this.
Do some research, look at the friggin' MAP for pete's sake.
Then tell me why it is a good idea to pi$$ off one of our few friends in the region.
How one shipping company purchasing another shipping company's interests in 6 ports got this blown out of proportion would be beyond me were it not the pet project of the anti-Republican crowd in the MSM and on Capitol Hill.
We lose a strategic ally. How else is the ruling family to take this but as a personal insult? I'd be pi$$ed off, too!
The possibility of any operation against Iran succeeding without major problems getting tankers through the Straits of Hormuz is now lower than the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot.
Of course, any failure by the current Administration to stop Iran from obtaining Nukes will be touted as a "FAILURE", any problems encountered, such as a 10% drop in available oil supply during such an operation (should it occur) will be touted by the Socialists worldwide (including our pet Democrats and RINOS at home) as "BUSH'S FAULT" and 10% would set oil prices at easily $100 or more per barrel.
STUPID, STUPID, Stuck on STUPID!
As for the Pubbies who voted against this without doing any d@mn homework, they should be cashiered right along with the Dems, just for being suckers. To me that demonstrates that they will jump to make decisions without facts, and right now, that is one thing this country can d@mned well do without.
Do you think I'm interested in what somebody running for election has to say about George Bush?
If you do, you're dumber than I thought.
Your leader, Harry Reid, is on TV right now, demanding a VOTE BE TAKEN. You need to ask yourself WHY he wants that.
Agreed. Congress just shot America in both feet.
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