RE: Bordergate & Portgate
I was jokin' with ya...
Yes, I knew that. Don't worry about it.
...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.
Wishful thinking. And it's just as much about Pubbie Kool-aid as my comments were about black helicopters. I think Bush is a simpleton, but I don't think he's a complete idiot (well...). If he actually believes that more welfare-state Hispanics will vote for him (and his) because he made Swiss cheese out of the border, then he truly is the babbling moron the left makes him out to be. And the second half of that response is cover language for more of Bush looking out for his buddies. After Bush leaves office, I can make a pretty solid prediction: someone or several someones with very close ties to the Bush family will get caught red-handed trafficking in illegals for the benefit of their payroll.
...but I don't believe he's doing what he's doing because Fox wants him to do it.
I can't imagine why not. Every time Fox utters something on the subject Bush either repeats it or gives it a healthy amen. The fact that Pubbies weren't in open revolt when Bush embraced the man whose recorded public position was that it was perfectly acceptable for illegals to shoot and kill border patrol in order to exercise their "right" to invade our country speaks volumes about the degenerate nature of partisan politics. But I digress...
First, Dubai Ports aren't buying any ports; they are just taking over the management of the terminals at these 6 ports.
I'm hard pressed to see the difference. Even David Limbaugh points out the fallacies of that subterfuge.
Second, the US are still in charge of security.
Meaningless. See David Limbaugh's article again. Also, I already addressed this. US security is completely dependent on port management to even have a sliver of a chance at meeting their requirements.
Three, only two companies made a bid to purchase this British company (the other company was from Singapore); Dubai Ports had the better bid.
This is what the neo-con talking heads keep missing. It is only partly about Dubai. It would have been no better or worse if Singapore had bought the ports. Only a few of the punditry have mentioned it, but this has all the same problems as the PRC buying a major US oil company. And this goes to the heart of the matter. Bush only sees his pals, the Dubai Emirs in this. He doesn't see the hundreds of people employed by the Emirs. It's the same as his border policies. He only sees Vicente Fox and the government of Mexico, he doesn't see the members of Hamas, disguised as Mexicans, crossing the borders. He doesn't consider the militant Muslims (or worse yet, potential future militant Muslims) who will be seeing manifests of cargo coming and going and who will be in charge of setting those same manifests.
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.
US ports policy is border policy, my friend. While it is true that Bush didn't create that situation, he has done nothing to correct it either. The glaring hypocrisy of a policy that suspends habeas corpus in the name of security, but simply winks at the most obvious gaping holes in border security is breathtaking to say the least.
...but saying that this port deal was approved because Bush is long time buddies with the Dubai Emirs is quite the stretch.
Then the alternative is that Bush is exactly the smirking moron that the left says he is. Is that what you would prefer to believe?
Yes, I knew that. Don't worry about it.
...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.
Wishful thinking. And it's just as much about Pubbie Kool-aid as my comments were about black helicopters. I think Bush is a simpleton, but I don't think he's a complete idiot (well...). If he actually believes that more welfare-state Hispanics will vote for him (and his) because he made Swiss cheese out of the border, then he truly is the babbling moron the left makes him out to be. And the second half of that response is cover language for more of Bush looking out for his buddies. After Bush leaves office, I can make a pretty solid prediction: someone or several someones with very close ties to the Bush family will get caught red-handed trafficking in illegals for the benefit of their payroll.
...but I don't believe he's doing what he's doing because Fox wants him to do it.
I can't imagine why not. Every time Fox utters something on the subject Bush either repeats it or gives it a healthy amen. The fact that Pubbies weren't in open revolt when Bush embraced the man whose recorded public position was that it was perfectly acceptable for illegals to shoot and kill border patrol in order to exercise their "right" to invade our country speaks volumes about the degenerate nature of partisan politics. But I digress...
First, Dubai Ports aren't buying any ports; they are just taking over the management of the terminals at these 6 ports.
I'm hard pressed to see the difference. Even David Limbaugh points out the fallacies of that subterfuge.
Second, the US are still in charge of security.
Meaningless. See David Limbaugh's article again. Also, I already addressed this. US security is completely dependent on port management to even have a sliver of a chance at meeting their requirements.
Three, only two companies made a bid to purchase this British company (the other company was from Singapore); Dubai Ports had the better bid.
This is what the neo-con talking heads keep missing. It is only partly about Dubai. It would have been no better or worse if Singapore had bought the ports. Only a few of the punditry have mentioned it, but this has all the same problems as the PRC buying a major US oil company. And this goes to the heart of the matter. Bush only sees his pals, the Dubai Emirs in this. He doesn't see the hundreds of people employed by the Emirs. It's the same as his border policies. He only sees Vicente Fox and the government of Mexico, he doesn't see the members of Hamas, disguised as Mexicans, crossing the borders. He doesn't consider the militant Muslims (or worse yet, potential future militant Muslims) who will be seeing manifests of cargo coming and going and who will be in charge of setting those same manifests.
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.
US ports policy is border policy, my friend. While it is true that Bush didn't create that situation, he has done nothing to correct it either. The glaring hypocrisy of a policy that suspends habeas corpus in the name of security, but simply winks at the most obvious gaping holes in border security is breathtaking to say the least.
...but saying that this port deal was approved because Bush is long time buddies with the Dubai Emirs is quite the stretch.
Then the alternative is that Bush is exactly the smirking moron that the left says he is. Is that what you would prefer to believe?
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