Post #247,241
3/8/06 4:28:31 PM
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Fain enough...
..although as Yendor said, there weren't two companies bidding, there was one company buying another..and the buyer was of Arab origin. HTH
jb4
"Every Repbulican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'."
&mdash an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration
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Post #247,242
3/8/06 4:30:57 PM
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I didn't say that...
...Alex-the-Devil did. :)
-YendorMike
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Post #247,244
3/8/06 4:36:06 PM
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Ooops!
How can you mislink something without a link? Oh, yeah, just have baby shit for memory!
(But doncha just wish you had said it? Just a little...?)
jb4
"Every Repbulican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'."
&mdash an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration
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Post #247,257
3/8/06 5:44:32 PM
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IcLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #247256 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=247256|IcLRPD]
lincoln
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Post #247,255
3/8/06 5:44:20 PM
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Minor nit but you are correct. It was a purchase.
The point was that we don't have companies really capable of doing it. Thats the indictment.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #247,258
3/8/06 5:50:55 PM
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terms of the purchase are suspect
that no reveiw by the US or the deal was off
right to hire/fire all steveadores, thats a crock, make it a condition that they use the longshoremen. Those guys would sniff out a wrong cargo in a heartbeat if there was a buck involved.
my 2 cents.
thanx,
bill
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Post #247,259
3/8/06 5:55:15 PM
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I heard on the radio that
the Dubai company wanted the right to store all documents back at the corporate headquarters in the UAE. That would make it awfully difficult for US lawyers and politicians to request and receive them for inspection.
lincoln
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the United States.
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Post #247,290
3/8/06 9:50:32 PM
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What about the Israel boycott issue?
I thought The US had a prohibition against doing business with companies that participate on the ban of trade with Israel. U.S. law bars firms from complying with such requests or cooperating with attempts by Arab governments to boycott Israel. [link|http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/8556/Dubai_Ports_Company_Active_In_Israel_Boycott.html|Link] Since Dubai Ports World is a wholly owned subsidiary of the government of Dubai, I think there might be a problem here. -----------------------------------------
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Post #247,291
3/8/06 9:52:06 PM
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ssh,
dubai does trade with Israel
thanx,
bill
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Post #247,293
3/8/06 10:03:41 PM
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So they break the law in interest of profit?
That sounds familiar.
Just as in my country the rule of law is used to punish those who order torture be done in contravention of said law, I'm sure the criminals of Dubai who trade with Israel against their law will be punished in similar fashion.
Man, it must be the way I tell 'em.
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Post #247,318
3/9/06 8:44:45 AM
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What law is that?
Can't break one that doesn't exist.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #247,322
3/9/06 9:20:31 AM
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There you go again.
Throwing the cold dash of facts on a hot, steaming rant.
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Post #247,325
3/9/06 10:05:50 AM
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Oops. sorry. Let me help
UAE are our friends. They are a western style federalised group of small states...and damnit, they're generally nice guys.
Besides, all they are responsible for is scheduling cargo. Offloading with be longshoremen. Security will still be coast guard, customs, DHS.
What is the big deal?
While it may be "justified"...its racism.
And they want to pass a law that says only US companies can handle infrastructure. Wasn't McVeigh a US citizen? Wouldn't we be disqualified on the same grounds? Don't we have an equal population of psychos among us?
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #247,331
3/9/06 10:24:39 AM
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Minor nit
"9/11 changed everthing". After years of fear mongering, the Administration reaps what it sows. It may, objectivly, be racism. But that they expected it to pass without a shitstorm reveals an appalling lack of awareness.
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Post #247,335
3/9/06 10:48:16 AM
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No argument there
but I don't think it even made it to that level until the newspapers broke it.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #247,337
3/9/06 10:50:31 AM
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Well duh!
but I don't think it even made it to that level until the newspapers broke it.
Kind of tough for a shitstorm to be kicked up until the population has a hint of what is going on.
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Post #247,323
3/9/06 9:40:29 AM
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Absolutely not.
They steal underwear in the interest of Profit!
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #247,327
3/9/06 10:06:59 AM
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The dreaded plot....
...of international panty raids!
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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