BREAKING: Rumsfeld and Pace Not Consulted On Transfer Of Port Operations To UAE
BREAKING: Rumsfeld and Pace Not Consulted On Transfer Of Port Operations To UAE
In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism.
QUESTION: Are you confident that any problems with security — from what you know, are you confident that any problems with security would not be greater with a UAE company running this than an American company?
RUMSFELD: I am reluctant to make judgments based on the minimal amount of information I have because I just heard about this over the weekend.
Rumsfeld’s statement was particularly troubling because Dubai Ports World, owned and operated by the UAE government, will also take over a major contract managing the movement of military equipment for the U.S. Army. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace, who was at the briefing, also said he found out about the deal over the weekend. The deal was approved on February 13.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan claimed the Defense Department was part of “a rigorous review…for national security concerns.” If so, why were two of the Department’s top officials not even informed, much less consulted?
UPDATE: Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, is a member of Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. As such, he was one of the people who, according to the Treasury Department, unanimously approved the sale on February 13. How could do that when he didn’t even find out about the sale until last weekend?
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Heh-heh. Laurel & Hardy do the U.S. government.
Of course, Laurel & Hardy were harmless because they weren't put in charge of the "world's remaining superpower".
February 21st, 2006 at 2:42 pm...
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Bizzare, even for GW...
Also: Dubai company set to run U.S. ports has ties to administration
February 21st, 2006 at 2:45 pmOH my God. Do you realize that our government is FAR more screwed than any of us has realized? sort of like when you discover the funeral director is eating the bodies.......it's that creepy. I mean.........cheny, Bush, Rumsfeld, don't communicate?
February 21st, 2006 at 2:48 pmBrownie, chertoff, bush don't communicate? No one communicates, does their job, and continues to take the citizens money, jobs and civil rights away. Yes i sound upset..... Do you realize what has happened? Our country has been stolen by people who are mentallyl deficient and criminal.......no other way to describe them.
The Dept. of Energy and EPA are run by energy execs.
The Dept. of Education was run by Rod Paige who famously described teachers as "terrorists."
FEMA was headed by an inexperienced former head of the Arabian Horse Association who lied on his resume.
When you consider the record, handing over US ports to a nation with ties to terrorism makes perfect sense (in a disturbingly twisted sort of way.)
February 21st, 2006 at 2:49 pmGuess who was behind the scenes orchestrating this deal...how about the Carlyle Group? That wouldn't be the same group of people Bush Sr. chairs, the same group whose membership includes Bin Ladin's kin, ya know the guys that met with Bush Sr. in NY on the morning of 9/11? How exactly did the Carlyle Group participate in this deal? Let's start with Carlyle's purchase of CSX's container business.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=...n&q=CSX+Carlyle
The argument from the right who support this SHI-AT say that the deal was struck before 9/11 so therefore it's valid. Okay, so how's that FISA law NOT valid, I mean, wouldn't the deal also qualify under a PRE-9/11 Mentality???
February 21st, 2006 at 2:50 pmSee Bush and Cheney cut Rumsfeld out of the deal > get out of the way as these guys have a knife fight over the spoils!
February 21st, 2006 at 2:51 pmHuh?!? What?!?....the legacy of the Bush Administration.
February 21st, 2006 at 2:51 pmI'm sure Doug "The Stupidest Fucking Guy on the Face of the Planet" Feith was consulted.
February 21st, 2006 at 2:52 pmLOL > Rumsfeld controls the military so he can do a coup on Bush and Cheney > this might get interesting, but run for cover as Cheney gets out his shotgun to defend himself!
February 21st, 2006 at 2:55 pmvia HuffPost, from New York Daily News
February 21st, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Oh come on Dr Benway!
Really, you left out a rightie's post on Huff PO - selectively leaving out the right's favorable speculation.
"Snow was chairman of the CSX rail firm that sold its own international port operations to DP World for $1.15 billion in 2004, the year after Snow left for President Bush's cabinet."
This is not a connection. Snow's ex company sold stuff to DP World 1 year AFTER he left CSX. How is that a tie ? Come on now....
February 21st, 2006 at 3:00 pmPosted by: billu on February 21, 2006 at 12:33pm
#4 -- you forgot that a ringer "journalist" was allowed to enter the White House briefing room at least dozens of times, unchallenged to present credentials, without a background check, without even using his real name, in order to plant easy softball questions. . . while simultaneously running a gay male escort service.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:01 pm"This is not a connection. Snow’s ex company sold stuff to DP World 1 year AFTER he left CSX. How is that a tie ? Come on now….
Posted by: billu on February 21, 2006 at 12:33pm"
That's a tighter connection than was used by the Bush administration as a rationale to go to war.
(I mean the original rational. . . no, wait, the second rationale. . . Saddam's ties to terrorists.)
February 21st, 2006 at 3:04 pm#3 - "OH my God. Do you realize that our government is FAR more screwed than any of us has realized?" - - Speak for yourself.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:05 pmThis is very suspicious; Frist is trying to block an Administration intiative, i.e., the proposed UAE port deal. And, further, Bush, it is claimed, did not know about the deal. PUHLEEZE!
The whole thing stinks of a well choreographed propaganda event designed for a Bush-to-the-rescue reversal for the sake of our homeland security. There are a number of other stories today that also seem to be part of a concerted public affairs blitz, i.e., multi-pronged attack of seemingly unrelated stories.
Witness: this AP report (wait to hear how the illegal NSA wirtaps led to these arrests); (Gonzales did an obfuscating news conference)
A CNN oddly taped story of U.S. troops discovering an IED factory; replete with an extemporaneous interview with a senior military official;
Rumsfeld press briefing:
a soft-spoken, kinder/gentler Rumsfeld.
Bush/Rice/Gonzales/Rumsfeld all did live broadcast public appearances today.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:05 pmSec.(I don't use e-mail) Rumsfeld doesn't get his pony express deliveries until Tuedays at noon.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:06 pmOf course, he may have just missed it in his inbox:
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
(reason: 550 5.1.1 ... User unknown)
February 21st, 2006 at 3:08 pmfyi, looks like it edited out the email address agove for rumsfeld...
February 21st, 2006 at 3:09 pmJust like Katrina.
Why is it that we all knew about this on February 11 & 12 and Secretary of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Donald Rumsfeld didn't know about it until February 18 or 19?
February 21st, 2006 at 3:11 pmI personally like this post on Huff PO in response to that RIGHT-WING NUT NUT JOB billu
I don't see a problem until one of the ports blows up in a terrorist attack. Who takes the blame then? Really? It is just inconceivable, from a PR perspective, that our government would let this happen. Would the White House say, "Heck of a job, UAE"? Monty Python or SNL could not have made up something this ridiculous. To Osama, this must be like going to Disney World after winning the Super Bowl. It leaves one speechless.
Posted by: politicalsports on February 21, 2006 at 01:56pm
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In response to a right wing nut job.
"THAT'S IT, it's a contract buy out. Nothing changes other than the letterhead."
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Thats what people said when the Japanese bought out American commercial Electronic companies in the 70s and early 80's also. Turned out not to be true. Ask those that worked for those companies. They then brought in people from Japan to replace the workers at those plants and in fact eventually closd all those plants. Remember the Japanese and the Americans could not even eat at the same lunch tables. Thats a nice assumption, but history has shown its not always a correct one.
As for turning the Panama Canal back over to those it belonged to and in whose country it was and at the end of the contracted lease period... and considering how we ended up with the canal (a coup or two later), there should have been no outrage!
Whats your point, that our ports should be turned back over to Americans, just as the Canal was turned over to its real owners..? If thats your point, we then agree!
Otherwise your comparison is w/o merit.
And I dissagree with Jimmy Carter on this. See us democrats dont have to all be in agreement all the time.. we dont consult a web site daily, telling us our newest position and talking points.
Regards
February 21st, 2006 at 3:14 pmPosted by: viper on February 21, 2006 at 02:55pm
"RUMSFELD: I am reluctant to make judgments based on the minimal amount of information I have because I just heard about this over the weekend."
For a man who doesn't use e-mail, sadly, this is probably true. I can just picture him hunched over the old Victrola, sweaty fingers twisting the dial in search of Fox Radio, or CBN- ANYTHING but that damned liberal media!
This sounds like his version of "I wasn't in the loop".
February 21st, 2006 at 3:16 pmHow the deal went down...
http://www.allhatnocattle.net/2-21-06_ebay_cheney_bush_uae.htm
February 21st, 2006 at 3:17 pm"In response to a right wing nut job.
“THAT’S IT, it’s a contract buy out. Nothing changes other than the letterhead.â€
The fact that BushCo didn't even recognize this as a potential problem shows they suffer from the SAME lack of imagination, foresight, and competence that allowed 9/11 to happen, and later Katrina.
People are dying because of this administration's utter bungling.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:21 pmPS: But hey! Some fortunes are being made, right?
February 21st, 2006 at 3:21 pmAccording to this dkos dairy , the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS")had to sign off on the deal. Rumsfeld happens to sit on this committee. So he is either lying or the deal breaks various statutes and executive orders.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:23 pmSpudge: "Why is it that we all knew about this on February 11 & 12 and Secretary of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Donald Rumsfeld didn’t know about it until February 18 or 19?" - - Rummy sent a pouch via pony to Cheney this morning asking how his quail hunting trip to Texas went.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:24 pmHey, Badmoonrising get your own lines. see #16.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:35 pm#According to this dkos dairy , the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (â€CFIUSâ€)had to sign off on the deal. Rumsfeld happens to sit on this committee. So he is either lying or the deal breaks various statutes and executive orders.
Comment by Flounder — February 21, 2006 @ 3:23 pm
Good Catch flounder
February 21st, 2006 at 3:42 pmUPDATE: Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, is a member of Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. As such, he was one of the people who, according to the Treasury Department, unanimously approved the sale on February 13. How could do that when he didn’t even find out about the sale until last weekend?
The Cabal?
February 21st, 2006 at 3:49 pmNews flash! Either Scottie or Rumsfeld is a liar. Or both...
February 21st, 2006 at 3:49 pmMaybe Bush, Cheney, and Condi Rice got some free property on the Dubai Palm Island resort in exchange for the port deal.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:50 pmGuess who was behind the scenes orchestrating this deal…how about the Carlyle Group
------------------------}I imagine the Carlyle Groupo has a lot to do with the U.A.E. buying up our ports and papa bush is part of the deal ,boi bush gets his kick back in the form of oil/gas controls in the Middle East. There's money to be had lots of money the 8.8 billion that was lost in Iraq is prolly safe in off shore accounts.
Scooter Boi will get off as of right now his defebse atty is asking for all papers .I think its called gray papers or something as they are trying hard to stone wall.
If Scooter Boi was put in the avg privatize prision he would be someone "Bitch" just look at that face and hair hee hee .
February 21st, 2006 at 3:51 pmSnow; Yo Rummy
Rummy; Sup Snow Man.
Snow; got a helluva deal for ya.
Rummy; Spill it man.
Snow; See I used to work here and they got this new...$$$
Rummy;Im outta town, make it happen, I dont need the details.
Snow; You the Man
Rummy; I am the PAC-MAN
Snow; Bye. Heil Halliburton
February 21st, 2006 at 3:52 pmRummy; Heil Halliburton.
breaking - randi just announced that the pres. just said he will VETO any legislation trying to block this sale of the ports...
February 21st, 2006 at 3:54 pm#27: Hey, Badmoonrising get your own lines. see #16. - - Lighten up, I was galloping along with your line. Sheesh, who's the bad mood man here?
February 21st, 2006 at 3:55 pmPlease. Rumsfeld is far too busy protecting us to read what he's voting on.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:59 pmIt just gets better and better. This deal proves that the GWOT is a cynical lie to transfer more money to cronies who are tied to this administration. US security was never a consideration. The War on Terror was about keeping the power and profiting at the expense of this country. Why do these people hate America so much?
February 21st, 2006 at 4:02 pmwonder what the UAE did for Bush that would keep him so loyal to this sale, even though everyone in America is against it?
I wonder what they did for Bush that was so important, that he promised them this sale
February 21st, 2006 at 4:03 pmWhatever it is, it appears they could be threating to reveal it if Bush doesn't keep an obvious promise he made to them back when they did whatever it was they did that he's so afraid of us finding out.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:03 pmMaybe they are threating to release instead of a nuclear bomb, an information bomb.
Would both of these be classified as a dirty bomb?
February 21st, 2006 at 4:04 pm"RUMSFELD: I am reluctant to make judgments based on the minimal amount of information I have because I just heard about this over the weekend."
Rumsfeld needs to pull his head out of his ass and McClellan needs to keep his mouth shut until he figures out how to talk to the press without looking like an idiot.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:05 pmHere read what Worfeus said on another thread comment #71 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/19/chertoff-uae/#comments Also here are 2 pdfs from the Un; http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/ser455E.pdf and this one http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/ser390E.pdf I don't think it's just about water folks. Thanks Worfeus.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:06 pmWhatever it is they definately have something on him.
People don't just do things for no reason.
The obvious political capital this is going to cost Bush, not to mention the public and congressional outcry, is so great, that he would never do this unless they had something they were holding over his head.
He'd just drop the deal otherwise.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:06 pmIf you don't get it by now, you never will. The Bush adminsitraton is not worried about Islamic terrorism because 9/11 was an inside job.
Through this prism, almost everything the Bush administration has done SINCE 9/11 makes sense.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:09 pmMy pleasure Flyman. Here, I'll repost the Spaceport story. Everyone should know this too, cause no ones talking about it.
U.S. Company Plans $265M Spaceport in UAE
Sat Feb 18, 12:45 AM ET
LOS ANGELES -
A day after Space Adventures announced it was in a venture to develop rocket ships for suborbital flights, the company said Friday it plans to build a $265 million spaceport in the United Arab Emirates.
The commercial spaceport would be based in Ras Al-Khaimah near the southern end of the Persian Gulf, and the UAE government has made an initial investment of $30 million, the Arlington, Va.-based company said in a statement.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:10 pmHe just heard about this over the weekend?? How scary is that the majority of us, we who live in the reality-based community, heard about this on Monday/Tuesday last week??
Know when Rummy heard about 9/11? On 9/16.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:11 pmOn the land, on the sea in the air.
And now in Outer Space.
Boy do I feel safe.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:12 pmNo one here has a problem with the Arab nation that financed 911 have direct access, even ownership of our high tech SPACE technology, do they?
I mean, what harm could giving the Arabs access to high orbit using our technology possibly cause?
February 21st, 2006 at 4:14 pmThey're our friends.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:14 pmRumsfeld needs to pull his head out of his ass and McClellan needs to keep his mouth shut until he figures out how to talk to the press without looking like an idiot.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 21, 2006 @ 4:05 pm
Is today opposite day or something?
I didn't get the memo again guys... Damn gmail.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:17 pmTwo fish were swimming along in a stream one day and it suddenly dumped them into the Ocean.
As they swam around looking at all the odd sea creatures, urchins, Octupi and eels, suddenly they found themselves about to be swallowed up by sea creature.
The one little fish looked at the other little fish and said, "with friends like these, who needs Anemones?"
February 21st, 2006 at 4:17 pmPeople don’t just do things for no reason.
Comment by worfeus — February 21, 2006 @ 4:06 pm
No doubt... Especially the megalomaniacal thugs running our country.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:19 pmThere is a bigger story here, and we all need to start talking about it.
JUDD. Put the pieces together. SPACE PORT DEALS, HOMELAND DEFENSE MARITIME SECURITY DEVICE SALES, OUR PORTS, and now BUSH will VETO any legislation trying to block the sale?
This is the BIGGEST story right now. The BIGGEST. And we've barely scratched the surface.
Come on JUDD, I'm counting on you buddy.
You're the TRUTH-O-NATER.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:24 pmAs Kent Dorfman said "Oh Boy is this going to be Great!"
February 21st, 2006 at 4:25 pmBush is clearly setting us up again for another terrorist attack.
Openly and blatenly, because he knows when it happens, all the righties will be enraged, and not listen to anything us lilly livered left wing traitors have to say.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:27 pmIs today opposite day or something?
I didn’t get the memo again guys… Damn gmail.
Comment by unbelievable
I was the first to bust George's chops for this monumental political fuck-up and down right criminal neglect of our national security. If I say it's a fuck up then it is and so I'm in no way being inconsistent. I always tell the truth...
February 21st, 2006 at 4:27 pmThe UAE has got something on Bush.
Some deals were made sometime before 911, and the UAE was made promises for these types of government contracts.
The UAE has probably threatened to release details of these secret deals if Bush renigs.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:29 pmUnbelievable.
Just ignore him.
I'm touching a nerve and he is trying to change the topic.
His anger with Rummy and Scotty are just the expected signs of rats leaving a sinking ship.
The right wing is starting to fall apart, and as they do they will turn on each other like a pack of rabid dogs.
Meanwhile, we have got to get to the truth.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:32 pmHere is a great link I snagged this morning on Drudge. This will help build everyone's confidence. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/politics/21reclassify.html?ex=1298178000&en=521a35355a85281d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc
February 21st, 2006 at 4:32 pmThe UAE HAS to have SOMETHING on Bush!
They've got too!
Why else would Bush keep this deal secret, and try to hide the sale?
Why would he threaten to VETO any bill or legislation that Congress passes, particularly the GOP, if they didn't?
Ask yourself, whats his motivation?
There is unfortunately no good answer.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:34 pmThats great Flyman.
I wish I were President.
Then I could classify anything I do thats a crime.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:36 pmWho the hell is lying here -- Donald it-wouldn't-be-the-first-time Rumsfeld, or John it-also-wouldn't-be-the-first-time Snow, or Scott always-kept-in-the-dark McClellan, or Peter uniformed-lackey Pace?
February 21st, 2006 at 4:39 pmThe piling on of accusations meets the denial of knowledge -- the whole damned bunch of them are criminals, lying traitors.
#5 JP
February 21st, 2006 at 4:41 pmI have, like you, thought from the start that this is a Carlyle/Saudi Arabian deal. At first, I thought my imagination was running away with me, but there is no other explanation.
Bush is selling the country to the highest bidder and the bidders are associated with him, his family, his cabinet.
Marie,
Its clear BUSH is the one lying here. His hiding it from everyone, even his own Secratary of Defense, and his insistence on forcing this sale through is clear evidence that he is AFRAID of it not going through.
The UAE has got SOMETHING ON HIM.
I am sure of it.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:42 pmtreason, coming and, hopefully, GOING
February 21st, 2006 at 4:44 pmBush is selling the country to the highest bidder and the bidders are associated with him, his family, his cabinet.
Comment by Marie — February 21, 2006 @ 4:41 pm
No I disagree Marie.
This is far more sinister than just a sale.
He is gambling his entire presidency on this now, with half the GOP and ALL of the country against it.
The UAE has something on the Bush administration, that he does not want released.
I really think we need to look at ALL the facts.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:45 pmThe right wing is starting to fall apart, and as they do they will turn on each other like a pack of rabid dogs.
Meanwhile, we have got to get to the truth.
Comment by worfeus
Hardly, it's just that conservatives don't fall in lockstep with our fearless leaders as do the Liberal Losers who without fail will defend the indefensible to their death. Which is why the Democratic Party is self destructing. If Bush fucks up and says and does something that goes against the grain of his conservative supports he gets his ass kicked for it. It's what we do and why we win. It's one of the things that makes us Americans and you losers.
You slimey America hating prick you.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:46 pm"I didn't read it yet"
"I don't know about it"
"I don't do Email"
"I can't comment"
"It's a matter of security"
D. Rumsfeld
P. Pace
John Snow was among those pooh-poohing concerns about this last week when it first hit the news. No need to wonder why any more.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:46 pmWorfeus, I agree.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:48 pm"There is a bigger story here, and we all need to start talking about it.
JUDD. Put the pieces together. SPACE PORT DEALS, HOMELAND DEFENSE MARITIME SECURITY DEVICE SALES, OUR PORTS, and now BUSH will VETO any legislation trying to block the sale?
This is the BIGGEST story right now. The BIGGEST. And we’ve barely scratched the surface."
Think about it.
In the last month we have learned about THREE major deals with the UAE.
1. The aquistion of major operations in 6 nations harbors
2. The SPACE PORT sale from an Arlington VA based firm which will provide the UAE with our SPACE technology and capbiilities.
3. The sale to the Port Of Dubai 300 Feet of WhsprWave Maritime Security Devices, the SAME devices that they will be responsible for in our harbors.
Put the peices together.
Its as easy as 1 2 3.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:48 pm"You slimey America hating prick you.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 21, 2006 @ 4:46 pm"
Sweetie, not all of us hate you, which is what you really are trying to say now isn't it? We don't hate you, or america, we just feel sorry for you. After all, pity is the only reasonable response to someone so filled with hate, anger, ignorance and loathing. It's like watching gollum and the ring. You are so consumed by your twisted partisan views, that pity is all that's reasonable in response.
I forgive you sweetie, clearly you mean well, you're just too afraid and filled with hate to think rationally or act responsibly.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:48 pmFrom Drudge:
Bush called reporters at about 2.30 ET aboard Air Force One to issue a very strong defense of port deal... MORE... He said he would veto any legislation to hold up deal and warned the United States was sending 'mixed signals' by going after a company from the Middle East when nothing was said when a British company was in charge... Lawmakers, he said, must 'step up and explain why a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard.' Bush was very forceful when he delivered the statement... 'I don't view it as a political fight,' Bush said....
This reminds me of the day that idiot Gerald Ford stood up in front of national TV and declared that the Soviet Union had no control over their East European satellites. F'ing George is in denial and we the conservatives in this country are going to hand him his ass over this.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:50 pmWell I hate him. :D
February 21st, 2006 at 4:50 pmNotice I-RIECHSTAG-I is not really saying anything.
He's just trying to bury my posts.
Must have struck a nerve.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:51 pmThe media misinformation campaign begins!
Wolfie just said on the Situation Room @ 4:45pm eastern time that Rumsfeld approved of the UAE deal.
At Think Progress today post #302:
] In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism.
QUESTION: Are you confident that any problems with security — from what you know, are you confident that any problems with security would not be greater with a UAE company running this than an American company? […]
RUMSFELD: I am reluctant to make judgments based on the minimal amount of information I have because I just heard about this over the weekend.
What's going on?
February 21st, 2006 at 4:51 pmBush isn't going to be happy unless he pisses EVERYONE off...
February 21st, 2006 at 4:52 pmIn the last month we have learned about THREE major deals with the UAE!
1. The aquistion of major operations in 6 nations harbors
2. The SPACE PORT sale from an Arlington VA based firm which will provide the UAE with our SPACE technology and capbiilities.
3. The sale to the Port Of Dubai 300 Feet of WhsprWave Maritime Security Devices, the SAME devices that they will be responsible for in our harbors.
Put the peices together.
Its as easy as 1 2 3.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:53 pmF’ing George is in denial and we the conservatives in this country are going to hand him his ass over this
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 21, 2006 @ 4:50 pm
Just as planned.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:54 pm9-11-2007 is in the works.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:54 pmBUSH will VETO any legislation trying to block the sale?
This is the BIGGEST story right now. The BIGGEST. And we’ve barely scratched the surface.â€
Comment by Marie
It's not a sale dummy, it's a business contract for service. In any case this means nothing to the you losers on the Filthy Left. The conservatives will drive this bus and if there is a story at all it will be how WE took control of the situation and turned it around.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:55 pmWe've got the same shit going on "down under". Dubya's lap dog in Australia, Little Johnny Howard and his Federal Liberal Party has allowed the same thing to happen.
Strange that this decision has been kept out of the newspapers altogether down here.
Dubai Ports takes over P&O here in March. Coincidentally, at the same time as our port security goes to the highest level!?
So much for "homeland security!!!!
February 21st, 2006 at 4:56 pmPut the peices together.
Its as easy as 1 2 3.
Comment by worfeus
George has converted to Islam? Dumbass.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:57 pmTo Osama, this must be like going to Disney World after winning the Super Bowl. It leaves one speechless.
'Nuf said! No wonder my head is spinning, I've been riding It's a Small World for the past five years and didn't even realize it.
February 21st, 2006 at 4:58 pm[...] Update (via Think Progress): QUESTION: Are you confident that any problems with security — from what you know, are you confident that any problems with security would not be greater with a UAE company running this than an American company? [...]
February 21st, 2006 at 4:59 pm[...] Update (via Think Progress): QUESTION: Are you confident that any problems with security — from what you know, are you confident that any problems with security would not be greater with a UAE company running this than an American company? [...]
February 21st, 2006 at 4:59 pm[...] Despite his endless lies, excuses, and near criminal bungling of everything at the Defense Department and in Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld has managed to hang on to his job time and time again. Could this be the beginning of the end? Today Rumsfeld said he was not consulted on the sale of US ports to the UAE. Now, via TP: Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, is a member of Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. As such, he was one of the people who, according to the Treasury Department, unanimously approved the sale on February 13. How could [he] do that when he didn’t even find out about the sale until last weekend? [...]
February 21st, 2006 at 5:00 pmGeorge has converted to Islam? Dumbass.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 21, 2006 @ 4:57 pm
No I-REICHSTAG-I, Dumbass is what they called that bitchwhore you called a mom who crapped you onto this planet.
And you weren't even close to the concept I was posting.
Next time when you dad is homeschooling you up there in the Pocatello Compound, tell him to stop sodomizing you and teach you to read.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:02 pmThis story gets even better... not!
"WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Tuesday that a deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and that he would veto any congressional effort to stop it."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5637095,00.html
February 21st, 2006 at 5:02 pmNow CSTMoore, ask yourself, WHY Bush would be so adament about this deal going through.
Why not just abandon it?
Why stick to his guns unless he has something to fear if it does not go through?
February 21st, 2006 at 5:05 pmIn the last month we have learned about THREE major deals with the UAE!
1. The aquistion of major operations in 6 nations harbors
2. The SPACE PORT sale from an Arlington VA based firm which will provide the UAE with our SPACE technology and capbiilities.
3. The sale to the Port Of Dubai 300 Feet of WhsprWave Maritime Security Devices, the SAME devices that they will be responsible for in our harbors.
Put the peices together.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:06 pmI believe nothing that is stated by members of this administration or the heads of the intelligence and armed services committees of the Senate or Congress. Keane headed the 911 commission and is one of the major blockers of information by Siebel Edmonds (read her letter to him from http://www.justacitizen.org/ as well as information regarding Monitoring the Able Danger Congressional Hearings Coverage from MediaChannel.org. The entire hill's potentates and organizations are a bunch of the worlds biggest criminal organizations.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:07 pmWhen it comes down to the bitter end we will find that it was all a Bush "Snow" job.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:10 pmA new TV show coming this fall from FOX.
SPACE JIHADISTS
Starring; William Shatner, Omar Sharrif and a special guest appearance by Osama Bin Laden.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:15 pmBetter learn to speak some Arabic. You'll need it when Bush turns the CIA, the FBI and the National Guard over to them.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:16 pmNo I-REICHSTAG-I, Dumbass is what they called that bitchwhore you called a mom who crapped you onto this planet.
And you weren’t even close to the concept I was posting.
Next time when you dad is homeschooling you up there in the Pocatello Compound, tell him to stop sodomizing you and teach you to read.
Comment by worfeus
The bile and venom suits you. Psychologists say that the stupid are more violent because they have no other way to express themselves. It's one way they explain the level of violence in African countries and American inner cities. So, tell me, are you a brutha? If not then you should be able to explain what you're talking about instead of heaping personal attacks of a sexual nature upon my sainted mother and hero father.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:22 pmThere was NOTHING violent in my post Nimrod.
I just called your mom a whore.
I like whores.
And I really enjoyed your mom.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:23 pmAnd no, I'm as lilly white as your Nazi Goosetepping little limpdick ass is.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:25 pmRacist nazi prick.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:26 pmRemember the 2000 election? Think that was all above board?
You do not gather figs from thistles.
The special interests who swiped control of our country when they installed George W. Bush as their spokesperson/front man, are not going to just wither away if the American people don't like what's happening.
No. BushCo is in position and they're holding all the cards. Watch.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:28 pmI was the first to bust George’s chops for this monumental political fuck-up and down right criminal neglect of our national security. If I say it’s a fuck up then it is and so I’m in no way being inconsistent. I always tell the truth…
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 21, 2006 @ 4:27 pm
Do I need to go back to putting the smiley face thingies after all of my sacrastic and humorous posts so you quit acting like an irrational woman??? :)
February 21st, 2006 at 5:29 pmIn response to #19 post, John Snow was awarded millions of dollars in bonus after he resigned from CSX, in a deal made with the company that stipulated he would be granted extra compensation if he resigned to serve in the government. For this reason, CSX has let go many employees, the remainder managerial types working 12 hour shifts, and sometimes double shifts because of layoffs. He has vested interested in things which affect the performance of the company, even though he is no longer with them.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:31 pmOops
Forgot there were other people here Unbelievable.
I'll try and restrain myself.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:32 pmMeanwhile, we have got to get to the truth.
Comment by worfeus — February 21, 2006 @ 4:32 pm
No doubt. I just hope the average viewer gets the truth...
February 21st, 2006 at 5:32 pmIn the last month we have learned about THREE major deals with the UAE!
1. The aquistion of major operations in 6 nations harbors
2. The SPACE PORT sale from an Arlington VA based firm which will provide the UAE with our SPACE technology and capbiilities.
3. The sale to the Port Of Dubai 300 Feet of WhsprWave Maritime Security Devices, the SAME devices that they will be responsible for in our harbors.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:34 pmF’ing George is in denial and we the conservatives in this country are going to hand him his ass over this.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 21, 2006 @ 4:50 pm
But you elected him... twice.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:34 pmAnd its important to remember that we are NOT selling control of our ports to just a foriegn owned Arab firm.
Dubai Ports World is an ARAB STATE OWNED FIRM.
Were giving control of our ports to an Arab nation!
February 21st, 2006 at 5:35 pmSlightly OT, I found this googling for more on the President's mars initiative, thought maybe i'd find something related to UAE and Capt. Kirk. Lots of fun reading. Enjoy; http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html
February 21st, 2006 at 5:36 pmElected him Unbelievable?
Hell, I-IDIOT-I has been in here DEFENDING Bush for the last 6 months.
Like I said, RATS leaving a sinking ship.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:37 pmForgot there were other people here Unbelievable.
I’ll try and restrain myself.
Comment by worfeus — February 21, 2006 @ 5:32 pm
You two need to be seperated. Clearly you can't play nice :)
(notice the smiley face thingie, IRI?)
February 21st, 2006 at 5:39 pmLike I said, RATS leaving a sinking ship.
Comment by worfeus — February 21, 2006 @ 5:37 pm
About damn time... for a while it seemed like lemmings running off a cliff in suit behind their retarded leader who jumped first.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:41 pmYou know, I guess we should not be surprised.
Bush's traitor Granddad and Bush seniors father traded with the NAZI's during WW2.
The FBI shut that one down.
Now idiots like I-REICHSTAGLOVER-I made him president.
Trading with the enemy is a Bush family staple.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:41 pmIf what was posted above regarding no U.S. companies bidding on this contract and it being granted by default, I have a couple of questions:
1)isn't the Federal gov't responsible for National Defense? If so, shouldn't a Federal agency do this job? (unfortunately, I'm well aware of massive incompetence of Homeland Security and most Federal agencies under this administration but...)
or for those anti-gov't types:
February 21st, 2006 at 5:47 pm2)Why hasn't the U.S private sector jumped at this oppurtunity, I would assume it's quite lucrative?
Thank God for Martin O'malley.
He's just NOT going to let this firm in.
He just said so. He basiclly said the President can go screw himself, because he said he is NOT going to surrender his port to a foriegn government.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:47 pmThis deal was in the works a long time ago Jeff.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:48 pmMARTIN O'MALLEY FOR PRESIDENT!!!
February 21st, 2006 at 5:52 pmworfeus-- sadly I know that, so I guess those were rhetorical questions, but I thought I'd put them out there.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:56 pm
February 21st, 2006 at 5:57 pmBush's next move might, well it might include the intermint camps that Halliburton is building and a new Army regulation about using Civilian Inmate Labor, outlined in AR-210-35, actually titled Civilian Inmate Labor Program, a sort of outsourcing without pay;
(1) Inmates are not Department of the Army employees and are not regarded as such. Inmates must not be referred
to as employees. They will not be paid from Department of the Army funds, nor receive any personal or private
gratuity for work accomplished or services rendered. Interservice, interagency, or interdepartmental support agreements
and/or memoranda of agreement with the corrections facility must not create any appearance of employment of
inmates(page 5 AR-210-35)
What work shall the inmates preform you ask;
Work performed by inmates will not interfere nor conflict with approved projects for which
resources have been allocated and funds made available for performance by contract or Army civilian labor force, or
with work which can be accomplished within authorized personnel ceilings. The Civilian Inmate Labor Program was
created to provide installation commanders with an alternate labor source to perform valid requirements. Civilian
inmate labor does not compete with existing in–house or contractor resources.(page 5 AR-210-35)
Well they can cut the civilian work force in DOD by not allocating funds to pay for them and then use civilian inmates instead. See Bush is trying to balance the budget, really he is, honest, I wouldn't kid you.
February 21st, 2006 at 5:58 pmsorry folks, just trying to post some pics and can't seem to do it
February 21st, 2006 at 5:58 pmhttp://www.cloakanddagger.de/lenny/SHEIK/Sheik.mht
go there and you will see what us americans purchased.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:00 pmit doesn't surprise me just t's me off a little bit more and now these folks will be securing our ports. the very ones our government deemed as terrorists. this is bushies addiction of oil. please folks check this out.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:01 pm118 Sounds a bit like "The Bridge over the river Kwai"
February 21st, 2006 at 6:02 pmJerkShot&Junior OK the Dubai deal yet Pentagon Pops says he wasn't told. No wonder they can't wait to whack Iran in order to distract the rubes in the run up to the mid terms.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:03 pmRep Peter King (R) said today that his office has recieved more calls on the port issue than any other issue in his entire 14 years in office.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:07 pm#122 except this time it is an US Army regulation, and they are talking about people here in this country, I'm a former Army Officer and Have read the regulation, you can too at;
http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r210_35.pdf
I've read many regulation during my service and never have seen one quite like this one. I get pictures of WW2 also but from another continent.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:08 pmI think we should have the Bush and family secret service detail replaced by the UAE.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:08 pmThen, John Snow's treasury department.
Then Rumsfeld's defense department.
A UAE Delagtion arrived in Washington DC today to defend the aquistion of the US ports.
Why is this deal so important?
February 21st, 2006 at 6:09 pmThe delagtion refused to talk to CNN because, according to their spokesman, "CNN will not shut up Lou Dobbs".
LOL
February 21st, 2006 at 6:11 pmbecause they are going to control our military shipments for the army. now isn't that just fricken fantastic. sorry o'l peckerwoods.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:11 pm125 I guess my point was that "we" are now assuming the role of the Japanese. It's disgraceful and tragic that our Army officers are placed in that situation.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:11 pmI think we should have the Bush and family secret service detail replaced by the UAE.
Comment by Marie — February 21, 2006 @ 6:08 pm
Best idea I've heard all night.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:11 pmhttp://www.cloakanddagger.de/lenny/SHEIK/Sheik.mht
go there and you will see what us americans purchased.
this is bushies addiction.
MUST SEE TV
February 21st, 2006 at 6:12 pmHere is an interesting list I found over at the Corner(NRO) :http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060216:MTFH70989_2006-02-16_22-45-22_L16210059&symbo
February 21st, 2006 at 6:13 pm#130 There were also some japanese Allies, that did the same thing, but in Europe, with civilians from around various countries, who were found not to follow the party line.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:15 pmBOOBIES!!!!!!
February 21st, 2006 at 6:16 pmHere is a map I got from googling UAE favorite foods. Notice how close they are to Iran. I'll get back to you with the foods... http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-uae
February 21st, 2006 at 6:21 pmTo the idiot above who posted the cloak and dagger link:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/3769/
ps, thanks for the BOOBIES shout out tesseract,
February 21st, 2006 at 6:22 pmFARK REPRESENT!
Sounds like a partying place to me and the koussa mashi (stuffed courgettes) sound yummy. Maybe we can go watch a nuclear missle launch while we're drinking some dark coffee... http://destinia.com/guide/the-world/middle-east--north-africa/united-arab-emirates/1-30005-30228/13/en
February 21st, 2006 at 6:32 pmI wonder what they did for Bush that was so important, that he promised them this sale
Comment by worfeus — February 21, 2006 @ 4:03 pm
Well it appears that a top ranked political analysts, Gordon Chang thinks like worfeus.
He said on hardball tonight; "obviously the Bush administration is paying back some favor to the UAE" .
February 21st, 2006 at 6:33 pmCorrection. He said that on Lou Dobbs.
About 4 minutes ago.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:34 pmMust have been one hell of a favor.
:|
February 21st, 2006 at 6:39 pm"I wonder what they did for Bush that was so important, that he promised them this sale"
Maybe, it's not what they did, but what they know. Blackmail can be a very powerful motivator. The House of Bush have been selling out our national interests for 30 years. Their business partners are smart enough to have documented their dealings with the House of Bush. We are paying the price for their treason.
February 21st, 2006 at 6:56 pmidiot? hold up. this was sent to me. and personally i don't give a rats mfn ass if it's a underground sex ring for the muslims. the point is that WE, americans paid for it every time we fill up our tanks.
February 21st, 2006 at 7:29 pmRumsfeld not consulted on transfer...
From Think Progress: In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism....
February 21st, 2006 at 7:30 pmMaybe, it’s not what they did, but what they know. Blackmail can be a very powerful motivator.
Comment by Innocent Bystander — February 21, 2006 @ 6:56 pm
Innocent Bystander, read my 4:34 Post. This is exactly what I've been saying.
February 21st, 2006 at 7:36 pmThe UAE HAS to have SOMETHING on Bush!
They’ve got too!
Why else would Bush keep this deal secret, and try to hide the sale?
Comment by worfeus — February 21, 2006 @ 4:34 pm
February 21st, 2006 at 7:37 pm[...] And according to Atrios, Donny Rumsfeld is on the board that unanimously approved the port deal he’d never heard of. [...]
February 21st, 2006 at 7:44 pmAnd according to Atrios, Donny Rumsfeld is on the board that unanimously approved the port deal he’d never heard of
Amazing.
February 21st, 2006 at 7:46 pmWhy do we need any foreign country in charge of any port in the USA? Especially in a time of unrest like we have now, what is the purpose for subbing out our ports?
February 21st, 2006 at 7:54 pmInteresting reading....
I wouldn't turn over our southern border to a Mexican Security Corporation, either.
:0)
February 21st, 2006 at 8:04 pmHow can a president have so little love or respect for his own country? I have never heard of or can conceive of a president with so little pride in is own country.
We deride or at least patronize the leadership of third world countries for making decisions outside of the interest of the constituencies and we wonder how the citizens of those countries can put up with it. Now we have a president selling of our ports.
I was never a fan of Bush but this is unimaginable greed.
February 21st, 2006 at 8:25 pmRepublican members of Congress are saying they will halt the sale of the port operations to UAE, but after Karl Rove and Dick Cheney call them making threats, we will see if they will stop it? The Bush Regime fights dirty, so NSA illegal wiretaps were probably done on every Republican in DC to keep them in line > it is called blackmail!
February 21st, 2006 at 8:43 pmThis is all part of Bush's master plan to transform the country into a dictatorship. Let the UAE control the ports and make it easier for Bin Laden to ship a few Pakistani and Iranian nukes into the country. Blow up a few US cities like New York and Miami. Use that as a perfect excuse to declare martial law, suspend habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights and the rest of the outdated Constitution. Close down all newspapers and TV stations. Reopen them with new management that's more like Fox News. Arrest all Bush critics and ship them to gulags in Alaska, Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Thank the UAE ambassador for his help in a job well done.
February 21st, 2006 at 8:45 pm#153 The Gulags are being built by halliburton and the Army has a new regulation on how to use Civilian Inmates for work on military bases
February 21st, 2006 at 8:59 pmThe Seaport Sale Benefits ExxonMobil
Here's the short version:
February 21st, 2006 at 9:24 pmAl-Nahyan has held power in the UAE for 200 years.
Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the UAE's new crown prince and Nahyan's third son, is the chief of staff of the UAE armed forces. He developed close ties with the US military. The new prince favors industry giant ExxonMobil.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GG02Dh01.html
ADNOC, the UAE family oil business, is the Abu Dhabi national oil company; ADNOC is an ExxonMobil partner and ExxonMobil owns 28 percent of ADNOC. It's explained here: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/uae.html
http://www.subsea.org/company/listdetails.asp?companyid=163
http://www.subsea.org/company/listdetails.asp?companyid=257
Exxon Mobil partners with the UAE royal family in the rich Upper Zakum Oil Field
http://www.adnoc.com/adnoc/english/corp_profile/corporate_profile_press.cfm?showrelid=105&id=485
ExxonMobil needs Bush to Sell U.S. Seaports for the benefit of its partners, the al-Nahyan family business.
Bush does not cross ExxonMobil.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bush02.html
The longer version, that includes pimping prepubescent virgins to the UAE royal family business, is here
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/21/192743/543
Clif,
I go the link for the new US Army regulation. DO you have something on the interment camps?
February 21st, 2006 at 9:35 pmCross-posted from Fark...
I'm not attempting to defend the administration, but Rumsfeld isn't actually on the CFIUS committee. DoD has a seat at the table and the Department is usually represented by the DUSD(TSP&CP). Decisions from CFIUS are far from rare, this isn't a random occurence and the Secretary's of Defense, State, etc., don't sit around a giant table to discuss this. Don't want to ruin the "discussion" going on here with anything as minor as facts though...
Here's a reference for anyone interested...
The DoDs position on each Exon-Florio transaction is decided on a case-by-case basis, Representatives of the DUSD(TSP) establish a coordinated DoD position on the transaction, including risk mitigation matters. Once that coordinated position is established, the DUSD(TSP) submits that position to the Department of the Treasury for full CFIUS consideration and decision.
Link (won't post for some reason): http://www.acq.osd.mil/ip/docs/ business_combinations_desk_book.pdf
February 21st, 2006 at 9:54 pmThe Man,
Thanks for the link to the: Business Combinations Desk Book
So, with the fact that you got some research skillz. Can you help me to track down the 12 members of the CFIUS?
Thanks.
February 21st, 2006 at 10:01 pmSorry, not sure who the folks actually are for the other Departments, other than that they're similarly delegated. Seriously, do you have any idea how many "foreign" companies/entities attempt to purchase critical US infrastructure and how often this goes on? I for one am more worried about Chinese purchases of these assets than I am about a company out of Dubai (do a search for "Global Crossing" and "Long Beach" for an example.) Call me crazy, but I'm a bit more concerned with the sophisticated economic power-house with strategic nuclear capability owning these resources than I am about "terrorists smuggling bad things through US ports." We only screen around 4ish% of all cargo coming into US ports...do you really think you need to own the port operations at the HQ level to get something through...it's alot cheaper to bribe someone at the dock. Just my .02
February 21st, 2006 at 10:07 pmThe Man,
You and I are gonna be geat friends. I hope you continue to post here. You are on the same exact page as the "regulars" here. The GWOT is just a ruse for selling out the country.
Welcome.
February 21st, 2006 at 10:11 pm"I - FRIGHT - I", please go back under the rock from which you crawled and die.
February 21st, 2006 at 10:20 pmIn answer to the question of who's ont he committee:
from
February 21st, 2006 at 10:44 pm
February 21st, 2006 at 10:45 pm
http://www.treasury.gov/offices/international-affairs/exon-florio/
February 21st, 2006 at 10:46 pmspudge
February 21st, 2006 at 11:00 pmUS internment camps
IMO that's just an example of typical quality control on US government websites. The Secretary's of the respective Department's are not the reps...in the case of DoD/OSD, senior DTSA personnel (under DUSD(TSP&CP)...which I think might be TSP&"something else now") sometimes represent DoD in lieu of the Deputy Undersecretary herself(McCormick, the DTSA head has done so in the past)...I don't have a link to that, so take this for whatever it's worth.
February 21st, 2006 at 11:10 pmThis has been going on for some time. Americans don't want to work anymore. The Mexicans cook and clean our dishes. People from India do tech work for us. The Japanese and Germans make our cars. The UAE will run or ports. Which country wants to take over our Armed Forces? Cum-on it's called outsourcing.
February 21st, 2006 at 11:18 pmWell post 167 > when America no longer employs anybody, then we will all be poor like in Haiti! WE could even be eating rats to survive? The wealthy elite have decided that only their needs are important and the rest of us can go to Hell! Sad but true!!!
February 21st, 2006 at 11:40 pmIn a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism.
This is typical Rumsfeld ("I better cover my a--") behavior. He was informed. He knew.
February 21st, 2006 at 11:55 pmSuzanne -
"Do you realize what has happened? Our country has been stolen by people who are mentally deficient and criminal……"
Like this wasn't known on January 20th, 2001...
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:03 amSpudge I tried to link a bunch of paged but got blocked by a spam filter
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:09 amOne at a time,
Spudge go here for some info on the camps;
http://buzzflash.com/farrell/06/02/far06003.html
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:10 amTwo
More info here;
http://www.prisonplanet.com/080702camps.html
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:11 amThree
More here;
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=eed74d9d44c30493706fe03f4c9b3a77
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:11 amFour
More here;
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=eed74d9d44c30493706fe03f4c9b3a77
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:12 amFive
More here;
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060124/20060124005819.html?.v=1
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:12 amSix
A copy of the draft proposal;
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/8/6/182408.shtml
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:13 amSeven
One possible way to stock the camps;
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2006/310106patriot_act.htm
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:13 amEight
A site that has alot of info;
http://www.oilempire.us/redalert.html
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:14 amNine
Wikipedia on REX84
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex84
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:15 amOur country is being dismanteled brick by brick and we are being fed to the vultures. and the people in charge have their heads so far up their butss they have no idea....
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:19 amevr wonder why we have a great military but we can't even make the socks they wear? why we have no control over our borders? because they don't want us to, why we have no control over our own security and none over our economic future?
TED BRIDIS
Associated Press Writer
10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -
Brushing aside objections from Republicans and Democrats alike, President Bush endorsed the takeover of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates.
He pledged to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:58 amWell sieg freaking heil to you too Mr President.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:59 amThe problem is, there is no good reason anyone can think of for this sale to be pushed through so ferociously by Bush.
Why is he so determined that this one deal go through?
The whole country is up in arms and he is threatening to pull out the veto pen for the first time???
How big are his balls to look the cameras, and the American people in the eye and say, screw you, I think its safe, so you all are gonna live with it.
February 22nd, 2006 at 1:06 amKerry would let Paris decide when America needs defending.
I want Bush to decide.
John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.
That's the most dangerous outsourcing of all. This politician wants to be leader of the free world.
-Zell Miller
Ho, the irony...
February 22nd, 2006 at 1:56 amAbout 60% of Americans want Bush and Cheney impeached over the sale-off of our port operations to UAE corporation! Bush is telling Americans to go screw themselves, and he thinks the Congress does not have the balls to stop him, so everyone call your Representatives and Senators to demand that they impeach Bush and Cheney immediately!
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:49 amThe pieces seem to be falling into place. The PNAC and their agenda (carefully constructed during our big sleep while Clinton was in office) are moving forward unobstructed.
Bush, the amiable, seemingly friendly dummy front-man was put into place by using Florida as the decisive factor. With Katherine Harris and brother Jeb waiting for the go-ahead to manipulate the vote returns just in case. That part is history and we all know how the Supreme Court decided that Bush would be president.
The neo-con PNAC needed George Bush because of Daddy's connections here and especially in the middle east. That's why they chose him. They wanted to initiate the "Pax Americana" (the American peace). They knew it would be a hard sell to the American public to utilize our military to overthrow another government (preferably Iraq, as they mentioned in their doctrine to almost no end) in the middle east to begin the process of "democratizing" that area first. Then to move on to other areas to acquire more control. China comes to mind.
This was first presented to first President Bush but he didn't want to go along because he thought the American citizens wouldn't go for it. He overestimated us. We have swallowed the PNAC agenda hook, line and sinker.
On their own website, newamericancentury.org, they state that (I'll paraphrase here) short of a catalyzing, cataclysmic event not unlike Pearl Harbor it would be hard to justify invading a sovereign nation. Well what a coincidence 9-11 was. Those out of the PNAC loop hadn't a clue. Richard Clarke tried in vain to educate the Bush Administration about what Al-Qaeda was up to and capable of. FBI field operatives were trying to report suspicious activities at flight schools. The PDF (presidential daily brief) of August 6, 2001 went unheeded. John Ashcroft vehemently stated that he didn't want to hear anymore of this terrorist talk. Dick Cheney took over the counter-terrorist monitoring and promised to form a committee and hold meetings to look into all the information they had accumulated. They did nothing. Not one meeting. Not one memo. They went on vacation. Richard Clarke was basically ignored and rendered mute.
By another coincidence, on 9-11 the government was conducting terrorist attack drills in New York involving, guess... hijacked planes. When a commericial airliner is hijacked a "signal" is sent out and monitored by NORAD which then scrambles the nearest fighter jets to intercept the stricken airliner. Not on 9-11 because they were told to stand down due to the "exercises" being conducted. That's how 4 hijacked, fully fueled airliners were able to practically make u-turns and fly uninterrupted to their fateful destinations. With maybe the exception of Flight 93 which crashed in a Pennsylvania field.
Check out some of the signatories to the Project for the New American Century and you'll find that most are members of the Bush Administration or closely connected to it. Almost immediately they began to cry "Iraq, Iraq." It had to be Saddam Hussein. With all the reports of Al-Qaeda the American citizens would demand that we attack them and the only entity we could attack was the Taliban regime guilty of harboring Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. So we made a token response against them and ran them into the mountains and then abruptly turned our sights to Iraq. The PNAC's launching point for taking over the world militarily under the guise of removing Saddam Hussein's WMD and him from power. They knew he had nothing really so he would be easy pickings, so to speak.
Why did the government move so quickly to compensate the 9-11 victims family's with approximately $1.6 million? They had never done this before. Why were they deserving of this special dispensation? What better way to quickly make people clam up and forget than to make them instant millionaires. When Bush first was informed about the first jet crashing into the WTC he decided to go ahead to the classroom he was scheduled to go into. After being informed of the second attack he had what seemed to be a smirk to his facial appearance and waited for nearly 7 minutes before he did anything as if he was expecting it or he didn't have a clue as to how to react.
The Reagan Administration outfitted, trained and used Osama bin Laden to fight the then Soviet Union during the attempted Soviet takeover of Afghanistan. So this means we knew how to contact him. Why has he not been caught if he is solely responsible for 9-11? Can't find him? Please! George Bush has been quoted that he doesn't know where bin Laden is and that he doesn't really care. Excuse me?! The man that is supposedly responsible for approximately 3000 American deaths and our president doesn't care where he is?!
The Bush family has had a long relationship with the bin Laden family which is from Saudi Arabia. 15 of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Now we get to United Arab Emirates. 2 of the hijackers were from there. Also it has been determined that much of the money funding them was funneled through the UAE. The Project for the New American Century got what they wanted now it's time for UAE to get what they want. Quid pro quo. Why do you think Bush is so adamant that this deal go through. Maybe they have some stories to tell the American public if it doesn't.
Either way you want to wrap it the Bush Administration and the neo-con PNAC nut-jobs within it let 9-11 happen. Either out of shear ineptitude or for their dark agenda for this country and the rest of the world. Concentration and centralization of power. An onslaught of propaganda through the corporate controlled media outlets. They think they will rule and live forever and the rest of us are to be subserviant to them as if they are special and omnipotent. Perverting capitalism to serve themselves and their special interests instead the greater good. Twisted and bent on control. Abusing the constitution of this once great nation as if it were toilet paper. Sinister, demented, delusional... The New Fascism.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:08 amUAE deal and it's importance to impending IRAN WAR......
It is the strategic location of the United Arab Emirates that immediately grabbed my attention, as well as their longstanding ties to the United Kingdom.
If Bush, and Blair, were to order the launch of preemptive airstrikes against nuclear sites inside Iran soon, then the United Arab Emirates, and their location at the southeast end of the Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz, would be of unique value militarily.
Especially if, at the same time these airstrikes were launched, the U.S. and Britain also went after the oil fields and facilities in Iran's Khuzestan province at the northwest end of the Persian Gulf. This one province produces almost 90 percent of Iran's oil wealth.
The Iranians have threatened that, if an attack happens, they will close the Strait of Hormuz and attack any shipping trying to move oil out of the Persian Gulf and to the world's markets.
Thus, if I were one of Bush's wacky strategists planning for such a war, I'd want to make sure that every country on the opposite side of the Persian Gulf from Iran was on board, even if it meant cutting a deal with the UAE and granting them control over a number of U.S. ports in exchange for their cooperation after the war starts.
And except for that small piece of land Oman has opposite Iran on the Strait of Hormuz, Bush and Blair would control or influence both ends of the Persian Gulf (Iraq and the UAE), with the Saudi Arabians, presumably, either helping Bush and Blair patrol the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, and stop any Iranian counteroffensives from interrupting the oil flow...or at least not interfering in the Bush and Blair war plans.
Thus, the hurry-up job by the Bush administration to cede control over some of our major ports to a company owned by the UAE. It is both a financial and a strategic military arrangement. And it would help explain the Bush veto threat made against the U.S. Congress if they dare to interfere. Just like the start of the Iraq War, the starting of war with Iran is following a certain Bush administration timetable.
Because, you see, a deadline is rapidly approaching. The Iranians, on March 20th, are planning on shifting from the petro-dollar to the petro-euro, or bourse, in exchange for their oil. Which means Bush and Blair must act now, if they, as well as western banking and oil interests, are to maintain the petro-dollar oil monopoly.
This is the elephant in the room. This is what everyone seems to be avoiding even talking about: the idea of Bush and Blair beginning another war in that area, especially with the fracas in Iraqus still ongoing.
But, you see, in their minds, what they are doing is completely rational. If Bush and Blair can just take over the province of Khuzestan in Iran, the oil money derived from that will pay for everything. Oh, no, where have I heard that before?
Anyway, that's my theory.
Addenda:
1) Bush ordered several months ago the filling up of the Petroleum Reserve (nee, the Strategic Oil Reserve) to it's maximum capacity of 1 billion barrels of oil.
2) The Republicans increased the Petroleum Reserves' authorized capacity from 750 million barrels to 1 billion barrels. Why do I get the feeling that they are expecting a major, but temporary (they hope), disruption in U.S. oil supplies?
3) Don't forget Hugo Chavez and Venezuela, and his recent threats about suspending Venezuelan oil shipments to the United States.
4) Separate the two issues, the UAE deal and the security at our nation's major seaports. In other words, when Rumsfeld responded the way he did, was he referring to the UAE deal or the idea that security at our ports might be compromised? Since the update indicates that Rumsfeld was one of the principals who okayed the UAE deal, then it must have been the latter to which he was referring. That is, until the subject was brought to his attention this past weekend, the issue of how the UAE deal might adversely affect U.S. port security never crossed his mind. Gee, sounds just like the lack of Rumsfeld foresight into the "Fracas in Iraqus" aftermath of the attack on Iraq, doesn't it?
February 22nd, 2006 at 4:45 am#187. Comment by Mr. Evil — February 22, 2006
Thank you Mr. Evil. Well said in layman's terms.
February 22nd, 2006 at 5:49 amNow, everyone read it!!!!!
[...] The bottom line is that Bush is likely going to the mattresses because of these connections between Snow, Sanborn, and DPW. It’s a business deal that will surely make some of Bush’s friends a ton of money. As always, Bush cannot be separated from the money that put him into office. Conflicts of interest have never registered too highly on this administration’s moral compass and it doesn’t look like it will in this situation either. Bush has said he’ll veto legislation to block the sale, though it’s already leaking out that the administration didn’t do their due diligence to approve the deal, including Rumsfeld not knowing he voted to approve it! [...]
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:45 am[...] What strikes me more than the mortal danger to our republic is the stark way that this highlights the president’s deficiencies as a leader. Josh Marshall touches on this, and I would only add that if this deal is as ordinary as some claim then the president should be able to sell it to his country. A majority in both houses would be perfectly happy to get his back politically, as long as he gave them some time for coordination. Instead he basically blindsided them. Savage unsurprisingly took credit for getting this story out about a week and a half ago, but wherever it came from it seems like most Republican politicians heard about it for the first time when livid constituents began clogging their phone lines. Putting your allies in a position of panicked damage-control isn’t a great way to build support. Rumsfeld’s story is even stranger – he hadn’t heard about the deal until this weekend, even though he sat on the board that unanimously approved the decision? There’s another reason why some have argued that the few who survived the 2005 cabinet axe should have been the first to go. [...]
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:25 amF’ing George is in denial and we the conservatives in this country are going to hand him his ass over this.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 21, 2006 @ 4:50 pm
But you elected him… twice.
Comment by unbelievable
That's only because the Democrats keep running f'ing idiots and ratbastards like Gore and Kerry. The fact is George has his reasons for this (is this a trap set by Rove?)but whatever they are do not outweigh (in my opinion) the national security issue. George likes to keep the "moderate" moon god worshiping throat slitters as friendly as possible since we do buy their oil, use their ports, build military bases on their land and sell them lots of military goodies and I'm sure that's what is behind this.
It's unfortunate that the majority of shit for brains posters around there ignore the obvious and have to make up new conspiracies every time George makes a decision but I've come to expect it. After all what can you expect from a bunch of public school educated community college drop outs? Not much. The fact is these people are no smarter than those pathetic little S. Korean teenage assholes who would prefer to side with N. Korea if the US gets into a fight over there. Frankly, what kind of dialog can you have with people that either don't know or don't care what kind of regime is in place in N. Korea? This is the work of the Filthy Left. This is why we will destroy the Left in this country, whatever it takes. Take it to the bank. So, losers, get on board or get run over. That's your choice.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:33 am[...] The White House now says President Bush “didn’t know of port deal until it was done,” MSNBC reports. He wasn’t the only one. 10:37 am | Comment (0) [...]
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:38 amDubai: Donald Rumsfeld not consulted despite being on CFIUS board...
I think this tells you all you need to know (nofollowpolicy): Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, is a member of Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. As such, he was one of......
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:34 am[...] But it gets even weirder. The White House is saying that Bush did not know of the deal until it was approved. That being said, the federal government did not perform a mandated investigation before authorizing this deal, the beneficiaries have connections to Bush Administration officials, and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, who voted to approve the sale, claimed to know little about it. [...]
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:07 pmHey,unbelievable,sounds like i-right-i may be coming around.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:22 pmHey,unbelievable,sounds like i-right-i may be coming around.
Comment by MATTHEW
She's hot (for an older lady ;) so I'm just being nice to her. I've already come around and am way out in front of you guys. In other words if you're waiting for me you're going backwards.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:26 pmShe’s hot (for an older lady ;) so I’m just being nice to her. I’ve already come around and am way out in front of you guys. In other words if you’re waiting for me you’re going backwards.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 22, 2006 @ 12:26 pm
You make me sound like your gandmother's age. I'm only 39.
How old are you? You said you have kids in college... And that you always tell the truth... Which is it?
So, you're only being nice because you think I'm hot? Why?
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:36 pmHey,unbelievable,sounds like i-right-i may be coming around.
Comment by MATTHEW — February 22, 2006 @ 12:22 pm
He's not the pig he portrays. If he were he never could stand to be in here as much as he is. It would be like me spending hours each day at the White House. I couldn't do it unless I agreed with them on some level.
He just likes the attention he gets. Don't you, IRI... :P
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:39 pmThat’s only because the Democrats keep running f’ing idiots and ratbastards like Gore and Kerry.
You would vote for a Democrat? Really? If so, who?
George likes to keep the “moderate†moon god worshiping throat slitters as friendly as possible since we do buy their oil, use their ports, build military bases on their land and sell them lots of military goodies and I’m sure that’s what is behind this.
I'd like to believe that, but I don't trust these people who lust after power, money, and celebrity. Unfortunately, the people best qualified for the job (leadership) don't want it. Can you blame them?
It’s unfortunate that the majority of shit for brains posters around there ignore the obvious and have to make up new conspiracies every time George makes a decision but I’ve come to expect it.
Again, quit with the generalizations. Not everyone supports the conspiracy theories. But, not everyone has blind faith in this government either. And even Thomas Jeffesron prefered us to be a little skeptical all of the time, so that we'd be awake when tyranny actually occurs. I can't argue with that. I think the man was brilliant and very prescient. In fact, if we exhumed him and ran him for office, he'd most likely win - even dead :).
After all what can you expect from a bunch of public school educated community college drop outs? Not much.
Oh, so you're one of those rich boys who went to some private academy? Think you're better than other people just because someone could afford your education bill? Well, grow up, not everyone came from money. And why the hell do you think I came back here? To teach these smart kids without a trust fund to think for and value themselves. You think it's easy? Teachers and Administrators hate me for it. They want obedient little test takers, and not bright, thinking individuals. But at least I bother. But at least I'm doing something and not just bitching about everything.
Frankly, what kind of dialog can you have with people that either don’t know or don’t care what kind of regime is in place in N. Korea?
Well, if you are respectful of them and don't call them losers and assholes, you might be amazed what people are willing to hear. No, not all of them, look at my dialog with the liberal who resorted to calling me names when I disagreed with his conspiracy theory and couldn't be convinced otherwise. I know the left has extremists just like the right, I just don't go around calling them losres and expecting them to listen to me as a result...
This is the work of the Filthy Left. This is why we will destroy the Left in this country, whatever it takes. Take it to the bank. So, losers, get on board or get run over. That’s your choice.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 22, 2006 @ 10:33 am
Destroy? Somewhere I heard a comment from a doctor who said that testosterone is the most dangerous drug we have. Now I know why.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:54 pm[...] Even Rumsfeld didn’t know. [...]
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:54 pmDuh!. I voted for the other guys. A people get the leader they deserve. I told you so. Suck it!
February 22nd, 2006 at 1:42 pmHe just likes the attention he gets. Don’t you, IRI… :P
Comment by unbelievable
I like to make the little piggies squeal...and they do....they just can't help themselves. Attention I can get anywhere.
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:07 pmAttention I can get anywhere.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 22, 2006 @ 2:07 pm
Yes, I'd imagine a talking monkey would routinely draw quite a crowd :)
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:40 pmI think the dems gave George just enough slack to hang himself,and it appears this tact may have succeded.It appears that the rest of his storm troopers are scrambling to save their asses as we speak.It also appears that a company called CSX[very large presence here in mich]that deals in cargo containers and hauling equipment for said containers was purchased by DP World in January 05,right under our noses.I can only imagine what else this America hating idiot has sold these "terrists".George Bush is a traitor,plain and simple,and should be hung from the Golden Gate bridge along with the rest of these "terrist" enriching politicians.I can't believe that anybody will go to bat for these idiots after this fiasco,unless of course you're i-right-i,geez what a dope.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:43 pm.I can’t believe that anybody will go to bat for these idiots after this fiasco,unless of course you’re i-right-i,geez what a dope.
Comment by MATTHEW
I always vote the the lesser of two evils. George could be the anti-Christ and still be less evil than the talking Donks.
February 22nd, 2006 at 5:43 pmI-R-I, you're really Ann Coulter using an alias, aren't you. Were you born this way , or is it penis envy? Cuz you sure don't have the balls to put your body where your mouth(sorry, your asshole) is. signed, a vet.
February 22nd, 2006 at 8:22 pmI-R-I, you’re really Ann Coulter using an alias, aren’t you. Were you born this way , or is it penis envy? Cuz you sure don’t have the balls to put your body where your mouth(sorry, your asshole) is. signed, a vet.
Comment by bushhater
Just because you served long enough to get half way through basic before they found you on you knees in the head and canned your homo ass doesn't make you a vet.
February 22nd, 2006 at 8:54 pmThe question here is, who is running the government? Nobody knew about this deal. So who made the deal?
Also don't see messages to write your congressperson anywhere on this issue. Most questionable issues result in numerous mediums saying write your congressperson. Is that just an oversite?
February 23rd, 2006 at 12:27 amI-R-I, I served 2.5 years active duty during Vietnam, where the fuck are you? You're another god damned CHICKENHAWK.
February 23rd, 2006 at 7:07 amI would advise against antagonizing i-r-i.This guy is clearly unstable mentally and we have no idea what may speed up his burning fuse.This is the same type of individual that may walk into a Mac Donalds and waste everyone in the place because someone on buzzflash pissed him off.And i'm being dead serious here,this guy is whack,ignore at all costs.
February 23rd, 2006 at 9:02 amThis was a calculated move that EVERYONE is falling for.
The Repukes engineered this scandal so they can now say, during their re-elections speeches, that they stood up for the American people and "Stopped this deal".
What suckers the public is for falling for this OBVIOUS ploy to lift themselves in the polls.
February 23rd, 2006 at 9:32 amAnd i’m being dead serious here,this guy is whack,ignore at all costs.
Comment by MATTHEW — February 23, 2006 @ 9:02 am
Matthew,
I'm serious too. He's not as crazy as he sounds. I promise. He just likes the drama. More spoiled brat at times than bonafided whacko. Just ask him. He'll tell you.
And, last time I checked, he can't machine gun anyone to death through the computer screen :)
February 23rd, 2006 at 9:48 amHey,unbelievable,can you believe what this idiot running our country into the ground did this time?I'm beside myself figuring out if i should laugh or cry.These are the same dopes that got the entire country all whipped into a frenzy over "terrists" hiding behind every bush and then expect the American public to stand idly by while they give away the keys to the country that helped spawn 9/11 hijackers.What the fuck is this asshole thinking?And then you've got blind motherfuckers like this i-r-i guy going to bat for him still,even after he has metaphorically shit on all of us.Is it just me or has the whole country gone fucking crazy?
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:08 amAnd if what you say about i-r-i is true,then by all means antagonize away.But i-r-i if you have any pets please don't take your anger out on them,go beat your mommy or daddy cause they are the ones that have failed you my son.
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:12 amAnd then you’ve got blind motherfuckers like this i-r-i guy going to bat for him still,even after he has metaphorically shit on all of us.Is it just me or has the whole country gone fucking crazy?
Comment by MATTHEW — February 23, 2006 @ 10:08 am
He's actually been anti-Bush on this one. He just blames us for it instead of the people actually at the helm. If he's direct his intellect toward writing letters to his representatives instead of calling us names, he might find that more pro-active... but, I've never claimed to understand testosterone. A female friend of mine was on steroids once for a condition she had. She said that she doesn't know how you guys do it because while on the steroids, everyone she saw she either wanted to fight or f*ck...
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:21 amI-R-I, I served 2.5 years active duty during Vietnam, where the fuck are you? You’re another god damned CHICKENHAWK.
Comment by bushhater
If you're a Vietnam vet then you've lost something along the way. You're cheering on the same people that got your buddies killed and sang songs about it. You're supporting the same crew that made it impossible to win that war and caused the death of 2 million Vietnamese and Cambodians when we left them high and dry. You make it real difficult to say "thank you for your sacrifice".
Where was I? I was a kid watching that cokesucker and communist loving SOB Walter Cronkite gloat over every dead American on the evening news. Some things never change and that's why I don't watch any of the ratbastardcommiemofos on the evening news any longer.
All I can say is I'm sorry you are fucked up. Take a pill and forget about it.
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:39 amWOW,what an image that conjures up.And my apologies for referring to you as brother the other day,i had no idea you were of the female persuasion unbelievable,but that makes you all the more likable in my book.
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:44 amI-R-I lighten up ok,you've been exposed at being all bark and no bite.Now go take your thorazine and go back to sleep so you don't hurt yourself or those around you.
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:49 amAnd by the by just what is a cokesucker anyway?
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:50 amWOW,what an image that conjures up.And my apologies for referring to you as brother the other day,i had no idea you were of the female persuasion unbelievable,but that makes you all the more likable in my book.
Comment by MATTHEW — February 23, 2006 @ 10:44 am
No problem it happens a lot with a gender neutral screen name and a functioning brain :)
February 23rd, 2006 at 11:50 amI-R-I lighten up ok,you’ve been exposed at being all bark and no bite.Now go take your thorazine and go back to sleep so you don’t hurt yourself or those around you.
Comment by MATTHEW — February 23, 2006 @ 10:49 am
I'm sure I'll be verbally stoned for saying this... but, he keeps it interesting around here. And he is funny if you don't take him seriously.
In real life, he swears that he has manners, and I am inclined to believe that. All that expensive private school etiquette, after all :)
Occasionally I think it would be interesting to have everyone in the same room face to face and see how the dynamics would be. Initially, everyone would be probably polite, but over the long haul, I think it's good that we're all behind computer screens :)
February 23rd, 2006 at 4:46 pmhad no idea you were of the female persuasion unbelievable,but that makes you all the more likable in my book.
Comment by MATTHEW
Sexist pig.
She has big boobs too!
February 24th, 2006 at 2:57 pmSexist pig.
She has big boobs too!
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 24, 2006 @ 2:57 pm
You promised you'd behave... If you're gonna break your word, atleast be funny. This was just offensive.
February 24th, 2006 at 3:14 pmYou promised you’d behave… If you’re gonna break your word, atleast be funny. This was just offensive.
Comment by unbelievable
I thought it was funny calling him a sexist pig then mentioning your unmentionables. Speaking of cheesecake...
February 24th, 2006 at 5:21 pm[...] source [...]
February 24th, 2006 at 10:53 pmWhy does our goverment issue travel warnings for people traveling to the UAE? Why does the same goverment make a deal with the same UAE to run six US ports?
February 26th, 2006 at 12:03 am