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US Move To Prevent Takeover Of Ports - Bias?
A state-owned business from the United Arab Emirates is negotiating the takeover of Britain's P&O, which is running various US ports. The deal is OK-ed by the President, but there is now a movement to prevent this citing national security. Legislation is being introduced by Senators Clinton and Menendez aiming at "preventing FOREIGN governments from acquring US port operations". What I do not understand is why Britain is not considered a foreign government since P&O has being running various US port operations, but the United Arab Emirates is! Are we biased? What if P&O is taken over by a German or French company? Is that accepted, but not by an Arab, Chinese or Indian company? Do anybody knows where the line is drawn? So little of the cargo coming in through US ports are examined, so does it really matter?
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1713400,00.html. |
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The arab country is Dubai. Geeese wonder if this has anything to do with our Presidents' family returning favors to them for $$$$$.
Just another example of Bushes "whoring out" the US for their own greed.
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Was it not Dubai that took Michael Jackson, don't we have to return the favor?
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Security at the border sucks. For all this effort in manpower and equipment they just don't check at the ports of entry. So many “illegals” ride in inside of the produce trucks, but you never hear about it – they don't even look. For three years now “Customs” has had an X-Ray truck sitting off to the side in Naco. I've crossed hundreds of times in the time it's been sitting there. The Mexicans have checked my trunk 20/30 times, but US Customs has yet never looked in my trunk and only used the X-Ray truck twice. This is a multi-million dollar piece of equipment, but because the “fix” is so solid and well established there's nobody you can safely ***** too.
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The pressure for W to do the right thing will increase exponentially everyday until then. This could turn into the BIGGEST blunder in the history of this country, possibly the world. That's how the world is. So open your own eyes and shut your mouth .
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Allowing weapons, etc to sneak into the country would be disasterous on the UAE's part, if they were to take control of the ports. I don't understand what all the fuss is about. As someone already mentioned, Dubai is very westernized, and having lax security would be detrimental to both parties' interests.
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Arguements of legality, private property etc. aside... it's just a bit strange that American companies are not operating American ports. Sorta reminds me of Indian casinos that have to be run by casino pros from Vegas.
Not a good trend nor omen.
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All of the vice squads in CA use Wilmington as a training ground. They use the area for about half the action movies you'll see, have a short stretch of freeway built for chase scenes (look for a refinery on the side) and when the LB Grand Prix is on the whole area becomes one big hooker convention. Side note. The reason for the 3rd/4th generations in the huge hooker community down there seems to come from the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Pacific Fleet was based on Terminal Island and so many were widowed, and without the death benefits of today, there became a bunch of new hookers that influenced the whole area right to today. It seems every girl in LB works the stroll once in a while. One family of sisters even has a certain look about them – Cameron Diaz (from Long Beach) has a little of that unmistakable look.
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Dr. Benjamin Franklin's 300th Birthday is being celebrated this year.
Ben Franklin was one of the founding Fathers of OUR Country. One of the the things he has been quoted in saying; You have a Republic, can you KEEP it? Well, can WE? |
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