Bordergate & Portgate

Steve opines:

That's actually a pretty cheap shot, Andy.

I was jokin' with ya... I thought the smiley face :-) at the end of the sentence would have tipped you off that I was just pulling your leg.

Vicente Fox, ex-president of Pemex, still very deeply connected with the company, and longtime acquaintance of the Bush clan has pursued a policy of encouraging incursion by illegals. George Bush, short of holding hands with him as they strolled around the park, has adopted a policy that accommodates Fox in his every desire.

Have the black helicopters been circling Brown Mtn??? :-) With regard to the borders, one could make a better case that Bush wants to pull more of the hispanic vote and that illegals do the jobs that others don't want. Now, I totally disagree with Bush over the borders, but I don't believe he's doing what he's doing because Fox wants him to do it.

Now, the Dubai Emirs, Bush oil acquaintances from way back, want to buy some ports in the US. Guess what happened? This is not exactly rocket science.

Now, this ranks up there with the theory that both Bushes went to war in Iraq because of their ties to "Big Oil." First, Dubai Ports aren't buying any ports; they are just taking over the management of the terminals at these 6 ports. Second, the US are still in charge of security. Three, only two companies made a bid to purchase this British company (the other company was from Singapore); Dubai Ports had the better bid. Dubai Ports runs ports all over the world; matter of fact, they are world leaders in port management.

Now, I don't have any problems having a good debate over who should control US ports (I didn't realize the vast majority of US ports are being run by foreign companies, with the west coast ports being run by the Chinese.), but saying that this port deal was approved because Bush is long time buddies with the Dubai Emirs is quite the stretch.