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United Arab Emirates eyes Knight-Ridder Newspapers
The Rock River Times - Rockford IL ^
| March 22-28, 2006, issue
| Joe Baker, Senior Editor
Posted on 03/22/2006 2:15:36 PM PST by rface
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I did a search......hope this isn't a duplicate post
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:15:36 PM PST
by
rface
To: rface
Yeah, there's been a lot of dup posts today!
Oh no, if the UAE owns a MSM entity here in the US, they could write anti-American, anti-patriotic pieces, undermine the President at every turn, and make two-faced comments about supporting the troops, and then, making their jobs harder at the same time!!
Oh, wait. Nevermind, that's what the MSM already does.
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:19:24 PM PST
by
Sax
(Ahmagonnadoajihad - His name says it all)
To: rface; Grampa Dave; Liz; pinz-n-needlez; onyx; ohioWfan; Texasforever; BigSkyFreeper; Tamzee; ...
Corkery outlined who is the front man in this deal, and who is doing the lobbying and buying for Dubai. This is what he wrote: The Yank partner of the Dubai Investment Group is quite a well-known name. He is a big-time Democratic contributor and grocery store magnate, Ron Burkle of Beverly Hills. Burkles bidding entity is called the Yucaipa Cos. Burkle is Clinton's bag man
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:20:35 PM PST
by
Mo1
("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
To: rface
Bill Clinton and the crown prince of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, got together at the graduation ceremony of the American University in Dubai in 2002.
From a Daily News link.
To: oceanview
Can Sheik Mo have your permission?
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:22:38 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
To: Sax
The saudis own a bit of Fox.
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:23:18 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
To: rface
Too late...McClatchy already bought Knight-Ridder. (2 weeks ago).
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:25:23 PM PST
by
Drago
To: Drago
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:26:10 PM PST
by
Drago
To: Cannoneer No. 4; Chickenhawk Warmonger
You might find this info interesting
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:26:48 PM PST
by
Mo1
("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
To: Sax
LOL
I'm just wondering when our pols start suggesting we copy FDR and round up all Arabs into controlled facities. Amazing, really, to see how people never really change. Japanese in WWII, and now all Arabs=terrorists.
Meanwhile what was done in WWII to the Japanese in this country disgusts me, just as much as the garbage being thrown against UAE is disgusting me.
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:28:20 PM PST
by
Soul Seeker
("The Republican Party is now principally moderate, if not liberal!" Arlen Specter (R-Pa))
To: Sax; onyx; Chickenhawk Warmonger; sinkspur; muawiyah; AmeriBrit; norton; PrinceOfCups
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:28:35 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
To: Mo1; Willie Green
I wonder how many AmericaFirst! heads are going to explode defending the poor, defenseless Knight-Ridder from the eeevil A-rabs?
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:31:21 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
the poliiical corruption issues presented here aside.
I don't see any reason why they can't buy a newspaper chain - I believe there are already some rules governing the concentration of foreign ownership allowed in the US media? But generally speaking, the US media is so wide open now with the internet and satellite radio, there are plenty of sources available.
And I don't see any reason why they shouldn't have been able to buy a supermarket chain - why did the Albertson's deal fall through?
To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green; Mo1; ..
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:34:01 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: rface
Nothing could make them more of the enemy within than they already are, not even being bought by North Korea!
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:37:14 PM PST
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: Mo1; rface
Burkle is Clinton's bag manThis article explains a lot. One question that nags at me is why there hasn't been a push towards alternative fuels as part of the WOT. If gasoline is rendered obsolete, a major source of funding of terrorist activity dries up.
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:38:45 PM PST
by
proud American in Canada
(Come on, Gary, act! (I finally saw Team America and am still laughing))
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I see the inherent sarcasm in your question, and thats OK. this whole CFIUS process requires that intelligent judgements be made, and judgements mean that someone wins and someone loses.
would we let the UAE buy Gateway computers? sure.
would we let the UAE buy Cray computers? no. why not? is there a difference? of course there is. we make a judgement.
would we let the UAE buy Cessna aircraft. sure.
would we let the UAE buy Lockheed Martin? no.
would we let the UAE buy some US company that made yachts? sure.
would we let the UAE buy the Newport News aircraft carrier shipyards? no.
if we assign the xenophobe and racist tags to any judgements we might make on decisions like this, then we might as well just hang a FOR SALE sign around the statue of liberty's neck.
To: Mo1
Dubai - Clinton - Burkle = Burkle "is" Clinton's bag man. You're right about that.
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:42:53 PM PST
by
onyx
(Bush/Cheney '08 --- by coup if necessary)
To: Mo1
Absolutely ... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:43:38 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author:)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
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posted on
03/22/2006 2:43:53 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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