UAE Would Also Control Shipments of Military Equipment For The U.S. Army
UAE Would Also Control Shipments of Military Equipment For The U.S. Army
There is bipartisan concern about the Bush administration’s decision to outsource the operation of six of the nation’s largest ports to a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of that nation’s troubling ties to international terrorism. The sale of P&O to Dubai World Ports would give the state-owned company control of “the ports of New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.â€
A major part of the story, however, has been mostly overlooked. The company, Dubai Ports World, would also control the movement of military equipment on behalf of the U.S. Army through two other ports. From today’s edition of the British paper Lloyd’s List:
[P&O] has just renewed a contract with the United States Surface Deployment and Distribution Command to provide stevedoring [loading and unloading] of military equipment at the Texan ports of Beaumont and Corpus Christi through 2010.
According to the journal Army Logistician “Almost 40 percent of the Army cargo deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom flows through these two ports.”
Thus, the sale would give a country that has been “a key transfer point for illegal shipments of nuclear components to Iran, North Korea and Lybia” direct control over substantial quantities U.S. military equipment.
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What what what what what??????????????????????
February 20th, 2006 at 7:55 pmThe Bush Administration reaches a new level of breathtaking stupidity.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:00 pmIt couldn’t be stranger if they tried. Let’s just give them the keys to the Pentagon while we’re at it, and maybe throw in the NSA…
February 20th, 2006 at 8:02 pmI’ve been thinking about this for awhile, and I’m convinced that there’s more nefarious and clandestine aspects to this deal to which the public is blind. It’s just far too transparent…far too easy to call Bush a hypocrite for this. Either this is one major smokescreen for something else they’ve cooking up, or someone close to Bush is going to be extremely rich from it.
From SO many angles, this is just so damn odd that they’d even try this. And Chertoff’s half-answers that included a whole bunch of “that’s classified/secret” only lends me to believe this is deal is something much bigger than just port ownership. Paint me cynical.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:03 pmor someone close to Bush is going to be extremely rich from it.
Comment by Punchy — February 20, 2006 @ 8:03 pm
“military equipment at the Texan ports of Beaumont and Corpus Christi through 2010.”
Yep. (and Bandar Bush as well).
February 20th, 2006 at 8:06 pmDamn it you just don’t understand.
Only Bush and Cheney are capable of protecting you (us) from terrorists.
The Democrats, Gore and Kerry would make it more likely that the terrorists would be successful in attack the U.S.
This is how you make the U.S. secure. Make the Arabs responsible for security. It will force them to change and become peaceful. Don’t you guys know anything?
February 20th, 2006 at 8:06 pmSince when is this country for sale? Is that it now? King George is selling it to the highest bidder?
February 20th, 2006 at 8:07 pmThis was Chertoff’s call and supposedly Bush was not in this loop. Look for this deal to be killed and/or Chertoff to be shown the door. The Democrats should be all over this since security is Bush’s last chip he can play. This UAE deal could be #41’s “read my lips” moment for #43.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:11 pmmore cronyism too, likely it seems…
from the “chertoff” thread earlier:
I am surprised that nobody here has mentioned the most obvious connections — Treasury Secretary John Snow, and brand-spankin’-newbie-crony David Sanborn. Snow was formerly CEO of CSX. Sanborn was an executive with CSX/Sea-Land division. Then Sanborn left to become a director with Dubai Ports and brokered a deal for Dubai Ports to purchase the South American and Asia port operations from CSX. Now - just two weeks ago - Sanborn is introduced as the new Assistant Secretary of Transportation - Marine Administration. Then the quasi-secret “Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States†(CFIUS), which is chaired by John Snow, makes this ruling. Hullo - McFLY!
Comment by MrDoggity — February 20, 2006 @ 5:39 pm
February 20th, 2006 at 8:14 pmHow to find out if Bush family and Carlysle Group is involved? It simply defies reason.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:21 pm#7,
Been that way for a while now.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:21 pmDo any reasonably thinking Right Wingers have any comments about this? Really.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:23 pm#8–no, bush’s team (and thus Bush) was very much involved. Rumsfeld, Rice, Gonzo, Hadley, etc. all signed off on this deal. They’re surely keepin the Prez in the loop. Those are his closest advisors/handlers/zookeepers…
When shit hits the fan, he’ll pretend to be ignorant of the deal, but it’s public record that all those clowns, plus others, knew of this. Chertoff will be both the cheerleader and the fall guy when this is all over…
February 20th, 2006 at 8:23 pmMighty, what do you think? Or are you busy trying to find some facts that would make you feel better about this.
IRI, what do you think, I know you guys are reading, care to comment?
February 20th, 2006 at 8:24 pmFrom what I’ve seen, most are just as shocked as the Dems are. They’re angry and pissed that they’re forced to agree with the likes of Schumer and Clinton, but largely they’re in agreement (if blog comments are any indication) about the idiocy of such a deal.
Seriously, how can anyone defend this? How can all the radically xenophobic conservatives (I know…redundant) attempt to justify this? Oh wait…I’m gunna guess this is…yes…of course! Clinton’s fault!!!
February 20th, 2006 at 8:28 pmJust further evidence that the administration is actively trying to destroy this country from within. These guys are playing a very different game than they are talking. Oust them!
February 20th, 2006 at 8:29 pmAt least maybe Texas could be blown up, all good folks in Texas leave as soon as you can.
This is all about the money, the mid east oil money can buy anything, and these greedy sons a bitches want it. They sold out, they sold the National security of the Right Wing voting population to Arabs, I think its fricken cool, the dumb ass Right Wingers deserve this.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:31 pmMighty Aphrodite and IRI, stay in Texas, its good for you. Maybe move closer to the east coast of Texas, you will feel very safe there.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:32 pmEven Michael Chertoff’s predecessor Tom Ridge doesn’t like this deal.
CNN
February 20th, 2006 at 8:36 pmFebruary 20, 2006
Ridge: White House should explain port deal
Anyone else remember the great Walt Kelly’s “Pogo” cartoon strip? It was ahead of its time for being slyly political yet accessible to all ages. We have met the enemy and he is us never rang more true.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:37 pmWTF?!?!
Great idea Bush!!!
This reminds me of a “This Modern World” cartoon:
http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=19635
February 20th, 2006 at 8:38 pmWhere will all the arabs live in Beaumont and Corpus Christi? The company (DPW) will obviously be bringing in their own stevedores and laborers,the transition shouldn’t be too bad,it’s nice and warm there.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:45 pm#22 - Where will all the arabs live in Beaumont and Corpus Christi?
February 20th, 2006 at 8:51 pmI know of at least one 50,000 acre ranch that could house them. Of course, they’ll have to hunt and forage for their own food.
Lucky Clinton, he was #10 on that list of Presidential blunders, but he’s off the list now, because this is going straight to the top.
What a stupid, insane thing to do.
Remember, this isn’t a UAE company, it is the UAE goverment.
Has any TEN administrations made as many blunders as this one has in the last 6 months?
February 20th, 2006 at 8:58 pmI can’t imagine his homies are all gonna make bank on this deal.
What’s a little profit at the expense of the American public (or alot of profit for that matter).
What I don’t really like in myself though, is agreeing that bushco was soo tone deaf on this one. It didn’t bother me when that company was owned by some Brittish Corporation, but when they sell it to a UAE group, I think there could be trouble. Is that my own racism or is that a consequence of not trusting some of the world.
A little of both probably. So, boo for me not being willing to go about trusting SOME forign groups owning us all (China) but YEAY for Kindg dumbya being such an ass that even righties see it.
What do you think we’ve been telling you all along?
February 20th, 2006 at 9:00 pmHas any TEN administrations made as many blunders as this one has in the last 6 months?
Comment by johnndrama — February 20, 2006 @ 8:58 pm
I’m wondering if all prior presidencies combined isn’t a closer range… :)
February 20th, 2006 at 9:00 pmCongress? Congress? Hellooooooooooooooooo? Anyone home, or are you just ceding your Constitutional authority to the great Boooosh like you have over the past 6 years?
February 20th, 2006 at 9:03 pmBush and Cheney wanted the sale of the East Coast ports to be a secret transaction, but somebody snitched to the press, so now they are trying to come up with another story of why the ports are being sold > call it more LIES!
February 20th, 2006 at 9:07 pmI’ll pull one out of me arse for ya. People don’t attack something that they control. Haven’t ya seen the ‘for sale’ signs on our leaders?
February 20th, 2006 at 9:11 pmAnybody know what happened to that last shipment of Cruise Missiles?
While you’re at it, we gotta boatload of body armour we can’t seem to find either…
Oh, and I hate to mention it, but those new tanks that were supposed to be here last month haven’t arrived yet. You know, the ones shooting that depleted uranium armor piercing shells. Speaking of which…..
February 20th, 2006 at 9:12 pmWhat is it exactly that DPW will control. The contract with the stevedoring has just been renewed,the Army uses their own people to crate the equipment and then they’re loaded either on a basis to maximize cargo laden or on a unit basis as described. What part of this operation is actually performed by management?
February 20th, 2006 at 9:23 pmI just don’t understand the uproar over this,it’s just a management contract.
Military bases have had management contracts for maintenace,Pan Am used to be the contractor for Cape Canaveral.
What is it that makes this such an outrage -other than the usual secrecy and non disclosure.
Based on the illegal and stupid invasion of Iraq, the ignoring of 52 warnings prior to 9/11 combined with the cutting of counterterrorism funds, the stand down order in Tora Bora that let Osama Bin Laden esecap, and now this, I’m beginning to suspect that the #2 and #3 members of Al Qaeda are named Ayy Georgio W Bushari and Khalif Richard Al Cheney. By the way they’ve governed this country, it sure seems that way.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:25 pmIf Bush and Cheney get away with the selling of the ports, then they will sell our National Parks, like Yellowstone and Yosemite, to International corporations who might build giant hotels and casinos in the parks, and allow Cheney to shoot all the game animals too!
February 20th, 2006 at 9:27 pmWhy dont they just give it to bin laden ?
I dont see why an american company cant do this.
R2K
February 20th, 2006 at 9:28 pmIt’s got to be about green. Green money that is, because this is too stupid even for GW unless there’s ka-ching in this thing.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:29 pmI didn’t know about the Corpus and Beaumont angles. How many investigative committees do we need now? The democrats need to get off their asses and get to work!!
Look for consigliere Al “two faces” Gonzales to step forward for the familia and plead the Godfather’s case. Eh, it’s about business, youse gotta problem with that? Bbing, Bboom and like that. Dat’s how its gonna be.
TJM,
Have you studied International Business Transactions? I have. And the more I know, the scarier it gets. My suggestion? Life insurance. A lot. And a policy that does not exclude loss of life due to war or acts of war.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:30 pmThis administration never ceases to amaze me with the stupidity they exhibit when making decisions. What fool in his right mind would conclude that selling a national asset like ports to a foreign company, who has sponsored terrorists in the past, is a good idea. All of those idiots who voted for these fools need to stand up and say, “enough is enough”. Can you say, “Weapons of Mass Destruction”, I hope, because they can smuggle them right in now.
Actually they won’t have to smuggle them in, they can just tell the workers on the docks not to check certain containers. These guys are selling out America and the fools who voted for them don’t even see it. Wake up before it’s too late. I guess we better start learning to speak Arabic because the next thing they will sell it our schools.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:30 pm#33 There is already something in the works to sell off several million acres of National Forest land - allegedly to pay for rural schools. Maybe they should have used some of the tzx cuts for the filthy rich or the give-aways to the oil companies.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:33 pmOH FOR F*CK”S SAKE!!!! What in the HELL is going on here?!? It does explain why the details of this pile of crap were “classified”. Soooo much easier to get away wih this SH*T, if no one can see what you are up to. Par for the course for these rotten bastages. Senators need to put the brakes on, RIGHT NOW!!! Bring it all to a screeching halt, and don’t MOVE until all of this has been laid bare, for ALL to see. We must be living in the “Twilight Zone”. THAT I could deal with !!But THIS???? Some BRAZEN people here. I guess I know where all of the equipment from those closed bases would be going. It would just get “lost” along the way, and the Pentagon will just shrug, and walk away.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:33 pm#33 you aren’t very far off as the Naational parks are up for sale . bush has just sold our country for the Killing fields of Oil. Noone is batting an eye about the Military Part hadn’t heard a word on the MSM just read it thanks to Judd. This is very scary and strange . Wonder what the extreme christians thinks now. Hell we’re gonna become a Islam Community we’ve been killing them now they are gonna come here and damn the pay back could be hell on earth. Someone needs to jail this entire adminstration and block this sale and fast!
February 20th, 2006 at 9:37 pmand allow Cheney to shoot all the game animals too!
Comment by Jay Randal — February 20, 2006 @ 9:27 pm
Only after they’ve laced all the potable water in the park with sedatives, to put the poor animals within his range.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:38 pmSomeone needs to jail this entire adminstration and block this sale and fast!
Comment by thot’s n TN — February 20, 2006 @ 9:37 pm
Who? All of our elected officials are in bed with the entire White House staff. Except the only ones getting screwed are We The People.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:42 pmYes post 38 vesparia, I know Bush wants to sell off most of our forested timber lands for logging and/or development! As for the schools: end the tax cuts for the wealthy!
Post 40 thot’s n TN, Bush wants to sell off everything, but the money from the sale probably ends up in Swiss Bank accounts for Cheney!
Post 41 lol unbelievable > Cheney will need the animals caged first, and sedated, and watch out when he shoots since he aims for humans too!
February 20th, 2006 at 9:49 pmwe take their money and run!!!
dont forget the international arrival/departure is run by schiphol airport from the netherlands.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:49 pmI don’t think this issue is just about facts (who is buying what). Most of the issues we discuss are really not about the facts. If facts were everything, we’d not be in Iraq!
Facts are important, but they are certainly not everything.
We don’t know most facts, and rarely would anyone have the time to get all the facts on any large decision. And even then, you’ll have conflicting facts to deal with (ie. money vs. safety).
I think this is about something completely different.
But I sure am glad about the new energy breakthrough Bush is touting. Let me guess, the oil companies are going to help us and we’ll all have cheap clean energy by 2008…
Also, I got a ‘too many database connections’ error a minute ago…
February 20th, 2006 at 9:50 pmcorreection at jfk
February 20th, 2006 at 9:51 pmit would be interesting to know who the individuals are that represent the various agencies in this review committee. are they political appointees.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:56 pmPost 41 lol unbelievable > Cheney will need the animals caged first, and sedated, and watch out when he shoots since he aims for humans too!
Comment by Jay Randal — February 20, 2006 @ 9:49 pm
Maybe we (the tax payers) aught to chip in and just get the critters stuffed for him in the first place?
Ugh. This is making me sick… (I’m vegan). Sorry, I don’t have the ability to joke about this any further.
February 20th, 2006 at 9:58 pmAlso, I got a ‘too many database connections’ error a minute ago…
Comment by toys — February 20, 2006 @ 9:50 pm
Probably the god of small things (wwallace) trying to hijack the site since getting kicked off again.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:00 pmThis is part of the Bush Adminsitrations “No Emirate Left Behind” program.
-GSD
February 20th, 2006 at 10:01 pmThis is part of the Bush Adminsitrations “No Emirate Left Behind†program.
Comment by Granite State Destroyer — February 20, 2006 @ 10:01 pm
Funniest thing I heard today… And unfortunately, humor is based upon truth.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:06 pmuh, what???
February 20th, 2006 at 10:13 pm2 of the 9/11 hijackers were from the UAE..
Banks in the UAE helped finance the 9/11 attacks..
The UAE government has stonewalled 9/11 investigations..
But, President Bush thinks the UAE should control ours ports.
Do you feel more secure??
February 20th, 2006 at 10:14 pmBriseadh, I’ve been involved in deals throughout S.A.,Europe and the Far East. It’s usually about the money and this is no different. I’d feel outraged over this except for the part that if somebody really had the ability to smoke one of these ports it would ruin a lot of people’s good thing and they aren’t going to allow it. Sorry but if your scenario were true,which insurer would be left to make the payout?
February 20th, 2006 at 10:15 pmI suspect I’m just too familiar with these types of management contracts.
Now if these Mayors and Senators were as outraged by the pathetic squandering of resources on the DHS which results in inadequate port security in the first place,I’d feel better.
This just a xenophobic football being kicked around to make you forget how poorly this administration runs things day by day.
I guess I just don’t hate Arabs enough,at least the UAE ones.
This is so stupid on the surface that it is incredible.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:17 pmWhy is the admin doing this in-your-face sale despite the 90% negative response from the country? Add to that sale, the control of 40% of military shipments and I have to think that sinister operations are going on.
Has Bush sold America to his Saudi friends?
#This was Chertoff’s call and supposedly Bush was not in this loop. Look for this deal to be killed and/or Chertoff to be shown the door. The Democrats should be all over this since security is Bush’s last chip he can play. This UAE deal could be #41’s “read my lips†moment for #43.
Comment by Badmoodman — February 20, 2006 @ 8:11 pm
Chertoff screwed up on Katrina as we all know hopefully he will be shown the Door. Chertoff screwed up FEMA and you know what the Bush Fix is?
Overhaul FEMA.
If Bush were a Car mechanic we would have the most expensive
February 20th, 2006 at 10:17 pm‘overhauled’ car in the World.
except that It Wont Run
#4 punchyI just read the post and I see we are thinking similarly. There is something nefarious happening.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:18 pmHandling our military equipment?
February 20th, 2006 at 10:21 pmBut we don’t have any military equipment, just weapons of mass distraction.
#This is so stupid on the surface that it is incredible.
Why is the admin doing this in-your-face sale despite the 90% negative response from the country? Add to that sale, the control of 40% of military shipments and I have to think that sinister operations are going on.
Has Bush sold America to his Saudi friends?
Comment by Marie — February 20, 2006 @ 10:17 pm
People felt that Way about eminent domain as well.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:25 pmThese ‘things’, these hideous souls in office have abandoned the concept of Democracy
just another move toward privatizing the military so they can operate under the radar, without scrutiny, outside any law, and with a new twist….for a legal profit.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:27 pmI love these threads where there’s money mentioned. If you go through this transaction real slow you’ll see that the money part of the post is the amount DPW is paying to acquire P&O. The adminstration,as dumb as it is,is not getting any money for this. The US has the right to approve the transfer of the contract to manage the ports from P&O to DPW.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:30 pmIn other stories, the Gov. of NJ and MD are looking to see if they have any rights to approve the transfer of the contract. That’s all this is; a right of the government to approve the assumption of the contract by DPW.
It’s very , very simple : Bush is preparing the back door for another 9/11 …
February 20th, 2006 at 10:33 pm#Mighty Aphrodite and IRI, stay in Texas, its good for you. Maybe move closer to the east coast of Texas, you will feel very safe there.
Comment by For Truth — February 20, 2006 @ 8:32 pm
Living in Texas, I talked to the Exwife today, whos company is pure republican and she TOLD me about this.
I almost fell over, She has never paid attention to political News.
I gave her the Address of Texas Reps and she Started Firing off letters like Crazy.
The tides are turning. Be Patient
February 20th, 2006 at 10:34 pm#through this transaction real slow you’ll see that the money part of the post is the amount DPW is paying to acquire P&O. The adminstration,as dumb as it is,is not getting any money for this.
Comment by TJM — February 20, 2006 @ 10:30 pm
Damn glad to Have ya aboard TJM
Im not an money kinda guy, kinda burns holes in my pockets..
February 20th, 2006 at 10:37 pmNice to have that kind of Inputs
The 9/11 Report recommended that our seaports be beefed up with more security agents, which was supposed to mean some good paying jobs for American citizens, but the Bush Regime selling the port operations to UAE government means they will probably bring in cheap Egyptian or Pakistani workers to man the ports! This ends up as another scam to defraud American workers and sell out what little employment remains!
February 20th, 2006 at 10:38 pmHoly Evangelical Christians, BatMan! Even the ultra conservative American Family Association is against this one!
http://www.afa.net/ Petitions/ IssueDetail.asp?id=187
February 20th, 2006 at 10:39 pmNotice that the trolls would rather stay away than agree with us? That is the sign of a true troll. They don’t want debate. They don’t want to have an understanding of the other side of the aisle. They just want to attack and since they agree with us on this topic, they just don’t post, rather than show we can agree.
My mother and father who both made light of Cheney shooting a man in the face, are outraged over this.
There is a light at the end of this dark tunnel and it is getting brighter.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:40 pmAll 9/11 involved airports serviced by the same Israeli security firm, ICTS.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:45 pmjust more of the same…who’s gonna stop them?
the “dim-Dem’s” can’t find their azz from a hole in the wall. sometimes, i think they are in cahoots with the neo’s. 9/11 was NOT the way it seemed. no planes flying crashing the top of the towers could possible make them collapse–it was engineered from the bottom. BOOM!
bush was in florida–his brother’s state–sitting cross-legged (to keep from pissing himself) while the second tower fell. it was a “coup” but americans are too stupid to see it for what it was.
We need to call this country: The United “Duh’s” of America.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:47 pmThey have to wait to get their talking points from the Fox talking heads.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:49 pmCome to think of it, I’m curious to hjear how they will defend this also.
I heard Chertoff’s lame defense — what a pr–k.
ooops, sorry — #70 was a reply to #67.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:50 pmWe have met the enemy, and he is us.
Long live Pogo!!!!
February 20th, 2006 at 11:09 pmWhat’s this really all about? King George is arrogant and heartless, but not stupied. He couldn’t have just assumed that the American people (and Republican politicians who need to get re-elected) would welcome this with open arms…..
February 20th, 2006 at 11:10 pmDPW Would Control US Military Shipments…
We could go on and on about what is wrong with the Bush administrations plan to allow DPW to take over US Port operations, but I really don’t think that the debate needs to go any further than whether or not we allow a foreign operator to manage …….
February 20th, 2006 at 11:18 pmGet a clue,moronic sheep! THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE TERRORISTS! STOP TRYING TO DENY IT! THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE TERRORISTS AND ARE DESTROYING AMERICA FROM WITHIN! GET A CLUE, STUPID DAMN SHEEP! THEY WERE BEHIND 9-11 AND THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE TERRORISTS! This is NOT incompetence you dumb asses but BY DESIGN! Please, get a Goddamn clue! THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE TERRORISTS! What in HELL do they have to do before you morons wake up to that fact?
February 20th, 2006 at 11:18 pm#65, and OTHERS! This is NOT a scam on workers you morons! The 9-11 commission was a sham! Totally,they were ALL hand picked by Bush and cronies of his! How independent was that? GET A CLUE,SHEEP! THEY ARE PLANNING ANOTHER ATTACK ON U.S. SOIL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE TERRORISTS! And don’t remove this message either! People need to get a clue! THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE TERRORISTS MORONS!
February 20th, 2006 at 11:22 pmAnd don’t let those aholes or anyone else try to tell you that they investigated it and it is OK,either, because there is a conspiracy going on in our nation to destroy our nation from within and there are LOTS of people involved! I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND IT IS TOTALLY TRUE! EVIL,INSANE PNAC PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING AMERICA FROM WITHIN! And don’t make fun of me for saying a REAL conspiracy before YOU research ALL like I have! THEY WERE BEHIND 9-11 FOOLS! AND THEY ARE PROBABLY PLANNING ANOTHER 9-11 ATTACK ON U.S. AS WE SPEAK!
February 20th, 2006 at 11:26 pm10th December 2004
Dubai Ports International (DPI), a leading world port operator, said yesterday it had acquired the international terminal business of CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) for $1.15 billion. The Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) subsidiary signed the definitive agreement with CSX Corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and owns the largest rail freight network in the eastern United States. CSXWT is a leading container terminal developer and operator, whose parent company was once headed by US Treasury Secretary John Snow
You just can’t make this sh*t up
February 20th, 2006 at 11:26 pmWe have met the enemy, and they are US! Long live POGO!!!
May God have mercy on our souls.
Colossians 3:23
February 20th, 2006 at 11:30 pmSue we are more aware than you think.
February 20th, 2006 at 11:32 pmPlease Calm down and tell people what you Know Rationally.
I think mrdoggity and Mike have got the goods on Mr Snow =)
February 20th, 2006 at 11:33 pmSUE FOR REBEL PRESIDENT….yea
February 20th, 2006 at 11:34 pmIt doesn’t take much effort to discover that Dubai Ports World and CSX, which current Treasury Secretary John Snow was once CEO, have had business dealings in the past. For this reason alone John Snow should have recussed himself from any committee which has approval authority over allowing DPW to purchase assets of a company that operates in the continental US.
You have to wonder if there are $$$ in it somwehere, either now or in the future, for someone in Bushco. Just look at Cheney and Halliburton. This will go down as one of the most crooked administrations in history.
February 20th, 2006 at 11:53 pmI like Sue, I want to have her baby.
February 20th, 2006 at 11:59 pmOk,#80 and the rest of you. I have KNOWN for 4 years now that they were behind 9-11! I tried not to believe it but when people REALLY start digging and researching, it all makes sense and was their excuse to start invading other countries,etc. Go to http://www.reopen911.org and READ and then watch the video with the towers falling in it. See where the little puffs of smoke are BELOW where the planes hit! This helps prove the denotation of those towers! Here are some facts for you people: 1.Bush’s brother Marvin worked for the same security firm of WTC, Dulles, and United. 2. The security camera’s were turned off the weekend before 9-11. 3. Bush has said not once but twice that he saw the FIRST plane hit when there is NO way he could have! 4. There were at least 5 war games going on that morning of 9-11 that Cheney was in charge of,one war game actually mirrored attacks going on! One of our Air Force people had to ask was it a drill or for real! 6. The 9-11 commission was a TOTAL sham hand picked by Bush,which was TOTALLY stupid idea in FIRST place and neither public NOR Congress should have let that happen. What does it tell you people when he and Cheney and others in this lying,murdering fascist regime stalled, delayed and blocking the investigation into 9-11? That alone should have sent up red flags all over the place! I have known for 4 or more years they were behind 9-11! And have tried to warn people! Maybe now they will pay more attention and believe us in the 9-11 truth movement and join us! The Commission did NOT make them testify under oath nor seperately like they should have! WHY NOT? 6 of the so called highjackers are STILL alive! Jeb Bush signed an executive order 4 days before 9-11, authorizing the Nation Guard out in cases of “acts of terrorism” Bush stood there longer then the 7mins. people said he did! While our nation was under attack, the S.O.B. did a photo op for at least a 1/2 at school! This message will probably disappear like my other ones! I will continue this in another message, OK? As this one is getting too long. They needed an excuse to invade Iraq to steal their oil and Empire building and to also destroy our freedoms here at home,while bankrupting America!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:03 amThanks to George and Dick, I think there’s hope for me becoming a conspiracy theorist. The catastrophic events of 9/11 have paid off in spades for the Bush administration. They’ve succeeded in setting up secret prisons, contracting out torture (to Syria - a few Canadians have experienced being shipped there secretly), launching a phoney war based lies, lies, and more lies, avoiding the fight against Al Quaeda by focussing resources in Iraq, the bungled response to Katrina, the erosion of ‘homeland’ security, the erosion of civil rights and liberties, arrest without charge, arrest without trial, indefinite prison terms, Abu Ghraib, the killing of thousands of civilians and soldiers in Iraq, and now this. It’s got to be stopped.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:10 am#84, I am a woman! Not a guy! To get back to what is really going on and 9-11. Get the book by David Griffin, “The New Pearl Harbor” Then get the book or go to his website Mike Rubbert,”Crossing the Rubicon” where he talks about 9-11 and Cheney being in charge of war games going on that morning! You can order a FREE DVD from http://www.reopen911.org and also if you can prove those towers were NOT detonated from within and caused them to collapse, Jim,a Millionaire will pay you $1million! The head of 9-11 commission for God’s sake wrote a book with Condi Rice! 9-11 commission was total sham! I will post more later but in mean time, go to http://www.reopen911.org and READ! AND LOOK AT VIDEO’S! AND RAISE HELL WITH CONGRESS OVER THOSE PORTS ISSUE AND REST OF CRAP GOING ON IN OUR BELOVED NATION! HELP SAVE HER FROM THE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS WHO ARE IN CHARGE AND RUNNING HER RIGHT INTO THE GROUND FOR OWN $$ AND SELFISH FASCIST POWER!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:10 am#86,Lesley, There IS a conspiracy going on in our nation BIG TIME! Right on sister!Welcome to the 9-11 truth movement and peace movement too! Come on the rest of you good Americans and JOIN US! Before it is too late! They are building and have 600 “detention centers” folks and they aint’ for the terrorists but for us, folks! He invited a KNOWN terrorist to his State of Union speech that the 9-11 families sued over involvement in 9-11! Bin Laden used to be CIA agent! Probably still is! Our gov’t outsourced catching Bin Laden in Tora bora, to the locals! GET A CLUE PEOPLE, THEY NEVER WANTED TO CATCH BIN LADEN! NEVER WANTED TO, JUST A PUT UP JOB ON PEOPLE SO WAR ON “TERRORISM” COULD GO ON WHILE DESTROYING OUR FREEDOMS IN PROCESS! NOW HE WANTS TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR US TO PROTEST HIS LOUSY,MURDERING,LYING ASS, IN THE PATRIOT ACT AND GUTLESS D’S AND R’S ARE GOING ALONG WITH IT! THEY VOTE ON IT IN NEXT TWO WEEKS SO PLEASE RAISE HOLY HELL ABOUT IT AND STOP IT TOO BEFORE HE MAKES IT A CRIME TO PROTEST HIS MURDERING ASS! PLEASE, DO THIS AND SPREAD THE WORD ASAP ABOUT THIS ATTACK ON OUR FREEDOMS TOO! They are turning our nation into a 2nd Nazi, Germany right before people’s eyes as not enough people pay attention and corporate whore news helps him/them by not reporting the truth! or making excuses for their asses!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:19 amIf someone like Bush can get elected and STAY elected, it can only mean there no safeguards in the constitution to protect the country from being run by criminals, lunatics, charlatans, and sociopaths. We may as well be living in Russia.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:20 amYeah #16, YEAH, MONKEYPANTS, FINALLY SOMEONE WITH A CLUE! NOW THE REST OF YOU GET ONE! THEY ARE LITERALLY DESTROYING AEMRICA FROM WITHIN AND MUST BE STOPPED AND NOW, AND OTHERS IN CONGRESS RAN OUT ON RAIL TOO, ALL THOSE EITHER D’S OR R’S WHO SUPPORT THIS ADMINSTRATION ON ANYTHING! AND BRING ALL OUR TROOPS HOME AND NOW, AND HAVE OUR TROOPS ARREST BUSH AND REST OF AHOLES AND NOW BEFORE THEY SELL OFF MORE OF AMERICA TO THEIR FRIENDS THE REAL TERRORISTS!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:21 amOf course, the Carlyle Group was involved in the purchase of CSX in 2002/03 so …well, they profit!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/ discuss/ duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132×2471320
February 21st, 2006 at 12:22 amOooo, check it out, Bush was all about Port Security two years ago.
White House
February 21st, 2006 at 12:23 amFebruary 5, 2004
Protecting America’s Seaports and Securing Cargo Shipments
Sue,
Please stop with the all caps. it is very difficult to read.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:24 amLesley, You mean Nazi Germany as they are evil fascists and people need to WAKE up to that fact and ASAP! Before they put in prison ALL of us protestors!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:27 amI will discuss this tomorrow more but PLEASE get the word out about this ASAP! We MUST get our troops or someone to arrest them ASAP! And spread the word about not only ports but him trying through the Patriot act to stop us protestors from protesting him! He wants to make it a crime to protest him! PLEASE RAISE HELL AS MUCH OVER THIS ISSUE AS THE PORTS, ALSO! THE DAMN GUTLESS CORPORATE WHORES IN CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE FILIBUSTERED THIS BUT DIDN’T AND NOW IT IS UP FOR A VOTE IN ABOUT A WEEK AND HALF! RAISE HOLY HELL ABOUT THIS TOO BEFORE HE BECOMES A DICTATOR!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:30 amGoogle Operation Cable Splicer and Operation Garden Spot and spread the word!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:31 amNow in case you are expecting me to support this one - you’d be wrong.
The only people who should be moving military cargo are 1. military personnel and 2. military contractors.
The Navy has very large transport ships and the army does as well (which is an oddity, in my mind).
It’s also customary for the military to charter a vessel (through one of the various ship brokers) to move cargo.
This is a sensitive topic for me because I really despise the complete outsourcing of military responsibilities. Extending it to Iraq, such policies seem to just reinforce the compound type mentality. After all, civilians aren’t going to work in the field.
Of course there is a distinction between military equipment and stuff that will be consumed/used by the military. The former is a much greater issue because they can be tampered with. UAE isn’t even the issue there - the only people who should be loading stuff that people need to work when they’re fighting should be the military folks who understand that.
As for the dual purpose stuff like clothing, etc I see less of a concern there.
See Katy, I’m only all about DPW’s private sector operations:) Military shipment is in the public domain and should be generally treated as such.
That said, when I moved back from S. Korea and then again from Germany our stuff was shipped by container. I don’t expect that sort of shipment to pose a threat.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:33 amI was a dependent, not military in case that matters at all. Although I would say my childhood was a sacrifice - 9 different places is such a drag on friendships.
Oh, Corpus Christi was/is an army depot. I’d imagine the port is probably military controlled? Just another reason why there’s no reason to change crane operators:)
seriously though, you’re picking two contracts that are meaningless in terms of P&Os total revenues. Losing that contract, which SHOULD OCCUR, won’t be anywhere near a ‘hit’ to DPW.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:36 amEven the Right Wingers are not on board with this, go to and read the recent post about the topic. It’s bad all the way around. And you notice the trolls are avoiding the subject here also. God forbid the likes of IRI, and Mighty have to admit this is wrong.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:36 amEven the Right Wingers are not on board with this, go to sistertoldjah.com and read the recent post about the topic. It’s bad all the way around. And you notice the trolls are avoiding the subject here also. God forbid the likes of IRI, and Mighty have to admit this is wrong.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:39 amTrust me,folks! This is only the continueing evil,insane PNAC plans of theirs! You want to talk about a conspiracy theory, Google PNAC! And it is true! There is a HUGE conspiracy going on not only in U.S. but the worldwide war on “terrorism” is bogus and just an excuse for the march of worldwide fascism! Google PNAC and read!And share the info.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:40 amI just read an interesting article on the Internet tonight that some members of the GOP, in the Congress, want a NEW Sedition Act so that anyone who criticizes the Bush Regime,
February 21st, 2006 at 12:40 amor their wars for oil, can be arrested for treason against the state! This proves that the Bush lovers are fascists and that freedom is dying in our America! If this law is passed there will be NO blogs like this one, or anyone daring to post either, because doing so will probably mean being sent to a Gulag Labor Camp?!
Practicing HTML here, I’ll try it again.
Even the Right Wingers are not on board with this, go to sistertoldjah.com and read the recent post about the topic. It’s bad all the way around. And you notice the trolls are avoiding the subject here also. God forbid the likes of IRI, and Mighty have to admit this is wrong.
BTW if you post any Prog messages there, she will delete them fast like.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:44 amThe P&O contract with the military probably has a ‘change of control’ clause in it. Meaning that the contract can be voided/looked at if someone buys them, which happened.
There are many, many companies that can run those ports. DPW would give it up in a heartbeat to get rid of the attention.
I believe Corpus Christi was a munitions terminal. Not sure about the present day incarnation of it.
As for the great idea that no foreigners should own ports I think that should be no foreigners who are not subject to PUBLIC scrutiny should hold foreign ports. Such rejection should be security related. Note PUBLIC. I don’t like the entirely private nature of the approvals.
As for the idea that the ports should be publicly run, which alot of people are suggesting, they were at one point. Then the govt realized that 1. it was inefficient and 2. the longshoremen were too ’strong’. For a modern day example of a statist port system, look no further than Israel where longshoremen drive Jaguars, BMWs and Mercedes to work:)
February 21st, 2006 at 12:44 amWe need to run their asses out of Congress and NOW too! ASAP! Before the Gestpo gets us! Now Bush says bloggers are “terrorists” WHILE HE/THEY ARE IN BED WITH REAL TERRORISTS! FOLKS, IT IS TIME FOR ALL GOOD AMERICAN’S TO RAISE TO HER AIDE AND GET THESE S.O.B’S OUT OF OFFICE ASAP! OUR FOREFATHERS ARE ROLLING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES! DON’T LET FEAR,MANIPULATION AND CONTINOUS LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES DESTROY AMERICA FROM WITHIN! DEMAND CONGRESS STOP THE PATRIOT ACT,PERIOD AS IT WAS ONLY MEANT TO SUPPRESS US U.S. CITIZENS AND NOT THE REAL TERRORISTS,2. Demand ALL our troops home and NOW 3. Demand Congress either have Bush and others arrested for TREASON or get out themselves!4. Demand Congress stop another illegal,unnecessary war on Iran, further bankrupting AMerica and spread the word about our civil liberites being under attack! And NOW and tell people they were behind 9-11 too because they were! And all this proves it! Hopefully there are STILL enough good people in Congress to stop this crap!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:46 amAmerican’s need to get up off their dead asses and protest BIG time in the streets and NOW! If they value America at all! And our freedoms,too!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:47 amNote:
Expect a release in the near future from DPW stating something like this “DPW transferred it’s military handling concession to X as it was a noncore operation that did not fit into our plans for the future”
Yah, they’ll relinquish it, sell it, or trade it. I’m betting they sell it on for ZERO to some US firm.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:47 amDubai would control part of U.S. military shipments under Bush scheme…
As discussed here (nofollowpolicy), the Bush scheme to sell off port operations in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia to a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates has even more……
February 21st, 2006 at 12:48 am#102 They ALREADY have the camps set up! WAKE UP YOU DUMB ASSES THESE LYING,MURDERING FASCISTS ARE DESTROYING AMERICA FROM WITHIN! STAND UP NOW WHILE WE STILL CAN! AND PROTEST LIKE HELL, OUR NATION WAS FOUNDING ON IT! The damn GOP that wants this needs to be arrested by our troops ASAP too! Our troops can and must arrest these people ASAP! The troops take an oath to obey the Constitution and defend U.S. and it against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic and these aholes are definitely domestic terrorists!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:51 amWho is TREASONOUS, is those aholes who let and even help Bush destroy our nation from within and they need to go too! And NOW!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:52 amIf Al Quaeda does have close ties with the UAE, it must be jumping for joy because its biggest export and source of income (in Afghanistan, at least) is heroin. And the ports are poorly patrolled as it is.
On his show last Friday, Bill Maher said the rules for eligibility in the US armed forces have been relaxed. People who have uttered terrorist threats, have criminal records (even violent pasts), or drug and alcohol addiction histories may now qualify. They’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for recruits. Or maybe these make ideal candidates in the ‘new world order.’ I wonder how long it will be before Bush tries to bring in conscription. It would never fly of course. I almost wish he would because it would mean the end of him. (It would also be fun to watch the right wing shitbags who support the war, so long as they and their kids don’t have to fight in it, squirm.)
February 21st, 2006 at 12:55 amJay,
your post #102, could you post the link?
February 21st, 2006 at 1:06 amPost 111 Lesley > maybe the Bush lovers think that Bush will just draft Democrats Children? Some Repubs have told me crap like that and believe it! I know that if Bush does a draft, then somehow his daughters and Cheney’s daughters will be exempt from it! Sen. Hillary Clinton would send Chelsea to Europe to be exempt too, and all the rest of the Senators as well! An unfair draft would ignite this nation into open Civil War, especially if wealthy Repub kids are exempt > I knew 2006 is going to be a bad year!
Sue > be cautious in posting because Bush spies might put you on the list for an internment camp > this can happen?!
February 21st, 2006 at 1:09 ammaybe i’m simplifying the whole “privatization of the planet” vs. government run entities debacle, but this sounds like something the American government should take control of, not private companies.
i don’t care who the private company is! whether it’s an israli or arab country or the most red-blooded of american companies. it’s a job for the government, not corporations, to maintain the safety and security of our ports.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:10 amPost 112 I will look for the article > will be back shortly.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:13 amif only i had the time, the maritime act? of 2002 would be worth reading.
from what i vaguely know about it, the law requires that domestic operations are to remain with American companies.
however, the very small parts of the law that i’m familiar with are pre-Bush laws. he could have had them changed by now. who is the head of the Administrative Agency in charge of regulating our ports?
what’s the name of the Administrative Agency that regulates our ports?
these are things to investigate…..if only I had the time.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:13 amit’s the maritime transportation safety act of 2002
http://www.house.gov/ transportation/ cgmt/ 06-09-04/ 06-09-04memo.html
February 21st, 2006 at 1:17 amit appears that teh Coast Guard is responsible for regulating our ports, so who is the head honcho of the Coast Guard?
February 21st, 2006 at 1:18 amBriseadh na Faire > here is the information you requested:
February 21st, 2006 at 1:22 amarticle was just posted on prisonplanet.com tonight > “New Wingnut Meme: Sedition Law Needed.” by Booman Tribune, February 21, 2006. Please check it out > posted on near top of prisonplanet main page on left side!
Rear Admiral Larry Hereth Director of Port SEcurity US Coast Guard
what kind of guy is this? what kind of relationship does he have to georgie porgie? was he invovled with this deal? approving it? did he even KNOW about it? just wonder what this man has to say about it
http://www.house.gov/ transportation/ cgmt/ 06-09-04/ hereth.pdf
February 21st, 2006 at 1:25 amIf you wrote it into a movie script, people would have walked out before the second reel.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:25 amhere’s another guy that should be interviewed, and we should watch and see whether Bush appoints someone else to head the Maritime Administration, since his title is the “‘Acting’ Maritime Administrator”
http://www.marad.dot.gov/Offices/johnjamian.html
February 21st, 2006 at 1:30 amThe UAE now controls our ports? That makes me feel so much safer. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 21st, 2006 at 1:39 amgo back to sleep America, your government is in control again.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:43 am#87 - I know you’re a woman, I STILL WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABY.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:47 amLOL post 124 > Big Brother Bush is watching over us now huh?
February 21st, 2006 at 1:47 amPimp my ports…
It has happened again. George W. Bush has united left and right, Democrats and Republicans, in this country against one of his decisions……
February 21st, 2006 at 1:58 amMaybe Bush is a true genius far beyond our comprehension. Maybe he has decided to bring them over here so we don’t have to fight them over there.
Makes sense, you know…the cost of fuel…jet lag…all the comforts of home…
February 21st, 2006 at 2:16 amMaybe or maybe not. I see this decision affecting both sides of the isle in a uniting fashion….AGAINST BUSH
February 21st, 2006 at 2:24 amOkay, I finally copmlied all this stuff. This whole deal stinks and the Bush administration knows it, That is why they classified it. To cover it up. Check this out. Buried at the bottom of page two:
Washington Post
February 17, 2006
White House Defends Port Sale to Arab Co.
There is also this on the first page:
Who are the twelve? Time to go hunting again. The blog so far: UAE Protecting Our Ports?
February 21st, 2006 at 2:30 amcomment # 3
It couldn’t be stranger if they tried. Let’s just give them the keys to the Pentagon while we’re at it, and maybe throw in the NSA…
Precisely what many of us deduce: they ARE trying.
comment #4 Chertoff’s half-answers that included a whole bunch of “that’s classified/secret†only lends me to believe this is deal is something much bigger than just port ownership.
Familiar, isn’t it. Chertoff just utters “classified” to avoid complete answers. Gonzalez didn’t have to swear to tell the truth about NSA domestic spying, so he probably didn’t feel compelled. Alito. Roberts. Oil execs. No one is telling the whole truth. New Orleans? They don’t care.
Shoot a man in the face, keep it quiet for a day to sober up, let the victim apologize. Cheney’s got better things to do.
Who, indeed, would help a terrorist-friendly nation gain control of our ports during wartime?
February 21st, 2006 at 2:40 amCome on! You’re using FoxNews as your source on this??? I’m sorry but if you want to go hysterical on this subject you’ll have to provide a more credible source.
I’m just curious as to how the progressive blog world has suddenly embraced the same views as held by Michelle Malkin and FoxNews. Did we eat Alice’s mushroom and come out talking like the neocons and Arab haters like LGF? If so, everybody eat some more so you can resume thinking and arguing as progressives.
This is a stinky, racist & highly politicized controversy. It’s not worthy of progressives to take the positions I’ve seen advocated here and elsewhere.
February 21st, 2006 at 2:49 amThis is a set up by the neocons, for pete’s sake.
They are selling us down the river, and want to get us really ticked off so they can declare martial law. However, we have the law on our side.
I think it would be a good idea for everyone to pray for America, and to call all the Republican senators tomorrow, along with the Hose, and tell them to impeach Bush and Cheney, or to have them removed because they are deranged. I am quite serious about this.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:21 amNumber 132, the paragraph you cite and object to contains facts ABOUT GOVERNMENTS. Just because we all agree the US government is evil-sordid-cuckoo, doesn’t mean other governments aren’t equally (which is why nobody, at least in this thread, wants the UAE running American ports). It has NOTHING to do with the populations of countries, race, creed, dress, religion, etc. Obviously we’re not judging Lybians or North Koreans or Iranians..duh.
Aaaargh. I can’t stand the stupidity any more.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:30 amOh I didn’t realize Silverstein was another wacked out troll. I just read his little essay supporting the UAE decision. In his view, Bush is the great healer of our time. Richard, I suggest you live in the UAE for a year and see how you like the public beheadings. Yeah, that’s “good” government.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:38 amRichard Silverstein may very well be right in his take on this issue. There is an excellent analysis on Daily Kos that lays out most of the facts and filters out most of the hysteria about this deal.
Give it a read before we start reacting like the loons at the Free Republic.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:32 amCall me paranoid- This is a beautiful plan- Daibolical but brilliant- Ive been trying to figure out.. How would the Bush Administration orchestrate a Terorrist Attack that would give them the reasons to declare an indefinite postponement of the elections,with this President continuing the role of Commander in Chief,in times of endless war’ a necessary precaution for the security of the American People.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:49 amLook at the lead- up to it..The preperation for unchallanged executive power is in the works- restrictions of Civil Liberties, including the internet (Google, Yahoo,Microsoft case)
All they had to do was to open the stable-door for the Trojan Horse/UAE
#137, This was going on LONG before this people! Only you sheep didn’t want to see it! Us in the 9-11 truth movement knew this was coming and another false flag attack by them! Get a clue,the Saudi Royal family are the ones they are also in bed with who are dictators themselves and destroy civil liberites at home too, just like Bush is trying to do here at home! He/they are in bed with the terrorists, stupid sheep! He/others in our gov’t helped plan and carry out 9-11, to control masses by fear,manipulation,and lies, lies and more lies! They helped with 9-11 to turn our country into a dictator so he could become a dictator so they could turn our nation into a total corporate fascist police state,which it has been for awhile now but getting far worse! GET A CLUE,SHEEP! IT IS WORSE THEN YOU THINK! WE MUST RAISE UP AND STOP THIS ASAP OR LIVE IN SERVATUDE! THIS IS NAZI GERMANY ALL OVER AGAIN! What is that quote by that Nazi Goering? Will have to find it and post it! SO true, all you have to do is tell the people they are under attack, call the peace activists traitors, and you can control the masses in it works in ANY country! THEY WERE BEHIND 9-11 FOLKS AND ARE PLANNING AS WE SPEAK TO MAKE THE STATE AND LOCAL GOV’TS SUBSERVANT TO THE FEDERAL GOV’T!Stop this damn dictator wanta be and NOW! Noone takes the fascist S.O.B. serious because he acts like a moron or idiot BUT THAT IS JUST AN ACT PEOPLE, so he/they get by with the shit they are getting by with!
“If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched.” –George Bush, cited in June, 1992 Sarah McClendon Newsletter
They start NEEDLESS wars to control us at home and spread FASCISM ABROAD,WHILE IN BED WITH THE REAL TERRORISTS PEOPLE! WAKE THE HELL UP AND NOW,WHILE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO STOP THIS! IF YOU LOVE AMERICA, DEMAND HE/THEY BE ARRESTED BY OUR TROOPS AND NOW! Before he/they pull another 9-11 or nuke some innocent country! And arrest those in Congress too who go along with these lying,fascist, murdering S.O.B’s and NOW Operation Garden Spot or Cable Splicer makes our state and local gov’ts subservant to the FUEHER!
February 21st, 2006 at 5:19 am#136, Get a damn clue you MORON! THIS SALE MUST NOT GO THROUGH! DON’T YOU GET IT? THEY WERE BEHIND 9-11 AND ARE PLANNING ANOTHER FALSE FLAG ATTACK ON U.S. THROUGH OUR PORTS! AND SCREW DAILYKO’S TOO OR ANY OTHER SO CALLED PROGRESSIVE OR CONSERVATIVE SITE THAT DOESN’T RECONIZE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS:TREASON, MANY TIMES OVER! AND THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE REAL TERRORISTS, DUMB ASSES! WHEN ARE YOU DUMB ASSES GOINNG GET A CLUE? WHEN THEY PULL OFF ANOTHER 9-11 ON YOU OR A KNOCK COMES AT YOUR DOOR BY A GOOSE STEPPING SOLDIER? You dumb asses wake the hell up,PLEASE!? THEY ARE LITERALLY DESTROYING OUR NATION FROM WITHIN BY DESIGN! HE/THEY AND THOSE IN CONGRESS WHO ARE IN WITH THEM VOTED ALL THE TIME FOR MORE MONEY FOR WAR, KNOWING THEY WERE BANKRUPTING AMERICA BUT WENT ALONG WITH IT! DEMAND NO MORE $$ FOR ILLEGAL WARS OF AGRESSION AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME AND NOW! NOT ONE MORE DAMN DIME SHOULD BE SPENT ON THESE ILLEGAL WARS WHILE THEY ARE IN BED WITH THE REAL TERRORISTS! THE JERKS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS STEADILY NOW RIGHT UNDER YOUR DUMB ASSES NOSES AND YOU JUST LET IT HAPPEN! WELL, HELP STOP IT AND NOW!
February 21st, 2006 at 5:27 am#139, missed your medication today? All that shouting does not help clarify matters nor does it help convince anybody about anything. I understand from your post that you already know all that you will ever need to know about everything but, as a matter of curiosity, did you bother to read the diary I had linked?
February 21st, 2006 at 5:43 am#6, What damn Koolaid are you drinking you dumb ass! Our nation is in the shape it is because of blind sheep like you who have totally faith and blindness in these fascist,lying,murdering S.O.B’s! Get a clue,sheep!Before Bush and others murder your asses like they did the people of 9-11 and the illegal,immoral wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and now they want to conquer Iran for more of their fascist worldwide plans not only at home but abroad! Get a clue,sheep! You dumb asses, Bush and others in our gov’t are in bed with the REAL terrorists morons! My God how much more proof do you dumb asses need! Damn it your dumb #6! BLIND FAITH IN BAD LEADERSHIP IS NOT PATRIOTIC! Bush invites a KNOWN TERRORIST TO HIS STATE OF UNION SPEECH RIGHT OUT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND TRIES TO SELL OUR PORTS TO KNOWN TERRRORISTS WHILE MURDERING OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE AT HOME AND ABROAD AND YOU DUMB ASSES STILL SUPPORT HIM! Are you still gonna support him/them when they murder or injure your asses in another false flag attacks? get a clue you braindead,F*cking SHEEP,BEFORE WE ARE ATTACKED AGAIN BY THESE TRAITORS AND THEIR TERRORISTS FRIENDS!
February 21st, 2006 at 5:58 amI hate to say this but to all you folks who called Lyndon LaRouche a conspiracy theorist - do you get it now?
We have been onto these guys for 30 years with a consistent message, that an economic collapse would lead to fascism - just like in Nazi Germany.
Time is running out to resist these people.
Mass political action is required, and fast.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:04 amNow you being to understand how feels every country with a military facilities of the USA in his territory… ask iraqis.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:23 amThis is off topic but must be read;
http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r210_35.pdf
This is a real army regulation, dated 14 Janurary 2005, wonder why they need it?
February 21st, 2006 at 6:32 amIf anybody wanted to prove what a bunch of hypocrites progressives are,they couldn’t have come up with a better case than this. In 2000,when P&O took over operations of these ports,it was because no American company bid on the contract. So the English company won the contract by default.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:59 amNow comes DPW buying P&O and with it these contracts. The government has to approve the transfer of the contract as part of the deal.
Now people are up in arms because the purchaser of the contract is an Arab company. I just can’t understand why,knowing this makes you look about as anti-Arab as you could be,people here(the open,multicultural site of progressive thinking) would want to look like craven jackasses.
You have collectively ridiculed Karen Hughes et al for their approach to the Middle East and yet here you are,arm-in-arm with the right,crying out against Arabs.
You don’t look too progressive.
Yah! Maybe next Bush can sell the Amber Waves of Grain to the Iran…
February 21st, 2006 at 7:05 amTJM its about a Foreign Gov., Owning Important Pieces of American Ports. This foreign Power has links to Bin Bush Laden. That’s what’s its about. Gop Gov are threatening to sue to stop this Sale. if this was a bid from a private Arab company I don’t there would be as laarge of an outcry but a Goverment. Remember when China was going to buy a US Oil Company there was also an Outcry and that got stopped.
I bet if Chavez was trying to buy something US the bandarbush cabal would stop him in a heartbeat!
February 21st, 2006 at 7:28 amI wonder what the deal is that George Bush has made with Saudi Arabia. You can be sure that the industrial/military/energy complex is greatly benefiting from this deal.
February 21st, 2006 at 7:50 amNonetheless,the Department of Homeland Security was/is/will be responsible for the security of the ports. Nothing will change in that regard. Do you think,then, that DPW will be infiltrated by people smarter and more capable than DHS.That can’t be the case,the UK is about as diverse as their empire was. Do you think,then, that P&O could never have been similarly infiltrated?
February 21st, 2006 at 7:55 amAmericans will still be doing the work,the union stevedoring in Texas will still be lading the ships. In large part,nothing will change.
Democrats are asses!
February 21st, 2006 at 8:05 amThey suck!
Keep up with the liberal crappy news feeds!
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