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(AP) Who'll Buy Dubai's U.S. Port Operations? (O.K. geniuses, now what?!)
TownHall ^ | March 10, 2006 | TED BRIDIS

Posted on 03/10/2006 6:43:14 AM PST by teddyballgame

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To: son of caesar
If I were Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., I would sue the U.S. for any incremental cost or lost associated with this deal not going through.

"Someone" changed the rules in the middle of the sales transaction, now someone is going to owe the incremental cost or profit lost differential.

21 posted on 03/10/2006 6:53:41 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: teddyballgame

I don't know if Halliburton would do it .. but they certainly have an organization big enough to manage it.

It sure would be a another lump of coal in the dems stocking!


22 posted on 03/10/2006 6:54:06 AM PST by CyberAnt (Democrats/Old Media: "controversy, crap and confusion" -- Amen!)
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To: teddyballgame
Schumer already tipped his hand about this. He knows it will be Halliburton and you all know the media and political firestorm it will cause. The RAT media will forget Chuckies remark about Halliburton and pile on the administration.
23 posted on 03/10/2006 6:55:21 AM PST by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: rhombus

If they agree to pay me the standard sales commission, I would find them a buyer. Since they are not going to pay me, I dont care who buys it.


24 posted on 03/10/2006 6:55:36 AM PST by son of caesar
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To: teddyballgame

Give me an H
Give me an A
Give me an L
...


25 posted on 03/10/2006 6:56:28 AM PST by SengirV
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To: CyberAnt

I'm fairly certain it was reported on Fox & Friends this morning that Halliburton was NOT interested in the operation.


26 posted on 03/10/2006 6:57:29 AM PST by Quilla
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To: harpu

What profit is lost? Its an ongoing business concern and functions daily, it has not been transferred yet. With those facts known, p and o is making its profit based on its business managment decisions. There is no cost to a sale that has been cancelled by no fault of either buyer or seller, that is the commercial code. Now p and o might have a case since wps has said it will cancel its attempt to run the ports, but I highly doubt it.


27 posted on 03/10/2006 6:58:36 AM PST by son of caesar
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To: All

Russia, Egypt, Turkey, SA, Pakistan....?
Any of those would be great, since they are all US allies.
[/sarc]
*braces for insults*


28 posted on 03/10/2006 7:01:52 AM PST by CygnusXI (Where's that dang Meteor already?)
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To: teddyballgame
Necessity is the mother of invention.

And maybe the Arabs will receive the message sent in this debacle. Start to address the cancer in your ranks, or face the wrath of the American public. And I hope the WH gets the message too. The vast majority of Americans do not trust the Arabs, and with good reason. I love the common sense of the American people.

29 posted on 03/10/2006 7:02:55 AM PST by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: CyberAnt
Documentation for my above post:

And scratch Halliburton off the list.

Melissa Norcross, a spokeswoman for the controversial U.S. company once headed by Vice President Cheney, called suggestions circulating on the Hill that they might take over "false and baseless."

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/398280p-337512c.html

30 posted on 03/10/2006 7:03:04 AM PST by Quilla
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To: teddyballgame
Wouldn't surprise me for the Democrats to get out front and declare that these ports should be nationalized by the Federal government, much like the Federal lands.

This way, unionized government employees will work side-by-side with the longshoremen.

If the environmentalist declare the longshormen an endangered species, the deal is done.
< /sarcasm>

31 posted on 03/10/2006 7:03:46 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Wouldn't surprise me for the Democrats to get out front and declare that these ports should be nationalized by the Federal government, much like the Federal lands.

Good chance that is exactly what will happen and the same idiots on the right who were against the UAE will line up right behind Hillary, Chuckie, and the rest.

32 posted on 03/10/2006 7:05:08 AM PST by COEXERJ145 (Real Leaders Base Their Decisions on Their Convictions. Wannabes Base Decisions on the Latest Poll.)
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To: teddyballgame
Bill Gates!
33 posted on 03/10/2006 7:05:15 AM PST by b4its2late (Terrorists will either succeed in changing our way of life, or we will change theirs. - Rummy)
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To: son of caesar
A whole new bureaucracy is about to be born from DEMON SEED. This one will deal with making port security even more secure. The problem will come when moving cargo through our ports becomes so expensive that it drives up the cost of consumer goods. The DemonRATs are frothing at the mouth at the opportunity to grow the government with more bureaucRATs and federal employee union jobs meddling with our ports.
34 posted on 03/10/2006 7:06:43 AM PST by jonrick46
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To: COEXERJ145
Good chance that is exactly what will happen and the same idiots on the right who were against the UAE will line up right behind Hillary, Chuckie, and the rest

AMTRACK part deux brought to us by the "true conservatives".

35 posted on 03/10/2006 7:07:02 AM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Too bad it is not likely that the port terminals will just be left idle and the union workers laid off.


36 posted on 03/10/2006 7:08:12 AM PST by Ingtar (Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
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To: teddyballgame

I heard that DPW said they would not take a loss on this.

I wonder if those terminals would have to close if no buyer is found?


37 posted on 03/10/2006 7:08:23 AM PST by eyespysomething
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To: Obadiah

I STILL just cannot believe that so many "conservatives" and "Republicans" willingly allowed themselves to get sucked into Hillary and Chuckie's fear mongering. They, along with the MSM, certainly won this battle. Congratulations.

Oh, get off your high horse.  Do you realize how long it would take to learn that Customs Border Patrol would still handle all the inspection of cargo and not some sheet wearing, pointy beard having, olive skinned savages?  Well... probably not that long I guess.  But it's a busy world!  And when I'm told that "Ay-rabs" are going to "Own" our "Ports", it's chicken with it's head cut off mode around here.

It's a busy world, and not all of us have time to get our facts straight.  Even if it only requires a cursory glance or momentary reflection.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

38 posted on 03/10/2006 7:08:54 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Obadiah

"I STILL just cannot believe that so many "conservatives" and "Republicans" willingly allowed themselves to get sucked into Hillary and Chuckie's fear mongering. They, along with the MSM, certainly won this battle. Congratulations."

Amen, brother.

I think this will fall under the "careful what you wish for" category.


39 posted on 03/10/2006 7:08:58 AM PST by teddyballgame (red man in blue state)
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To: harpu
Here come the ChiComm's...pucker up.

You're not fear mongering are you?

40 posted on 03/10/2006 7:09:44 AM PST by Doe Eyes
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