[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I never claimed to be a populist.

Or civil.

Although I think I come off much better when juxtaposed against you folks.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"I never claimed to be a populist."

No, of course you didn't. You merely tried to weigh the validity of a post by the number of responses it got. (thus the populist label I gave you.)

OTOH, I characterized the link by the truth (or in this case the false facts) that were within the story.

I'll "juxtapose" that against your foolishness, any day of the week.

[TigersEye]

Even before the dawn storm clouds begin to gather...

Nativist sentiment helped kill the Dubai ports deal

By DAVID S. BRODER

Before that, the conflict brought to the surface deep-seated resentments from the Capitol end of Pennsylvania Avenue toward the people around the president — and, surprisingly, toward Bush himself. The harmony that prevailed during most of Bush's tenure — the deference that a Republican-controlled Congress has generally shown to his wishes — disappeared. Even the normal circumspection with which congressional Republicans treat the White House withered in the unexpected heat of this dispute.

[TigersEye]

Them dang furriners jes don see things right at all...

The ports deal paradox: Give the UAE a break! BY MATEIN KHALID

IT IS surely a paradox that the United States, the champion of free markets and the globalist ethos, snubs a takeover deal linked to the UAE, its staunchest ally in the Middle East and a state whose very social DNA suffuses its openness to foreign business, people and, above all, ideas.

If any city defines globalisation in the bigoted, paranoid post-9/11 world, where even religion and culture are existential weapons of war in the latest East-West schism, it is Dubai. Dubai is home to DP World and 160 nationalities, it is the Arabian Monaco, Geneva and Hong Kong (pre-97 to be sure) , a symbol of laissez faire capitalism steeped in its historical affection for Britain and America, an emirate unlike any other on earth. Yet, it is the same Dubai and the UAE that is now being slammed by wolf packs of powerful Arab bashers and assorted Islamophobes all piously wrapped up in the Stars and Stripes, howling Armageddon in the American media and Congress.

This one really heats up after that.

[TigersEye]

Are these guys righties or lefties? It's Boston so they must be lefties. I thought they were all for killing this deal? Oh well. They've found a way to bash America and they're going to play it to the hilt.

Pulling up the drawbridge

Dubai Ports World threw in the towel yesterday within hours of Republican leaders delivering the news to President Bush that there was no way Congress was going to go along with any deal that put U.S. ports into Arab hands.

Yes, it had come down to that - that kind of ugly xenophobia so blind that it can’t distinguish friend from foe.

My oh my! What a terrible thing to say.