The Dubai Port Deal

I wonder…why don't they outsource the executive branch of government?

Wait, it's already been outsourced to the Saudi royal family.

clever

haliburton subcontracting

Would it be possible to outsource the Iraq war to The United Arab Emirates, as well..?

Maybe we should put little crescent moons next to each and every little star of our flag.

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Maybe we should put little crescent moons next to each and every little star of our flag.

Or tear's.

i don't understand why people are getting their panties in a bunch about this, considering the only reason it is going to be managed by a company out of dubai is because that company bought out the brittish company that was already doing it! pretty racist if you ask me.

I have to agree. It does smell more like rascism than anything else. Many of the comments I've read by Baltimore's mayor sound just like something George Wallace would have said in the '50s. I agree that there is a legitimate security concern, but the vitriol is out of proportion.

We have nothing to fear from these Arab gulf countries…

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We're just being racists, as per usual.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Maybe we should put little crescent moons next to each and every little star of our flag.

Or tear's.

tears would work for a bunch of cry-babys!

or how about dollar signs? $$$$$$$$

Originally posted by Got Haggis?:
i don't understand why people are getting their panties in a bunch about this, considering the only reason it is going to be managed by a company out of dubai is because that company bought out the brittish company that was already doing it! pretty racist if you ask me.

There are clear distinctions between British and UAE ownership. How about the fact that 85% of the people in UAE hate our guts, think the 9/11 attack was well deserved etc; this is all documented in poll after poll:
http://www.mediamonitors.net/zogby80.html
If the British had these feelings I'd agree that we shouldn't have allowed them control either, but let's deal in reality

Amen! Not to mention the Arab method of war, Jihad. They seem to prefer the dirty-tricks style of mayhem. I say they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt if they wage war in this underhanded, guerilla manner.

Originally posted by edbert:

Originally posted by Got Haggis?:
i don't understand why people are getting their panties in a bunch about this, considering the only reason it is going to be managed by a company out of dubai is because that company bought out the brittish company that was already doing it! pretty racist if you ask me.

There are clear distinctions between British and UAE ownership. How about the fact that 85% of the people in UAE hate our guts, think the 9/11 attack was well deserved etc; this is all documented in poll after poll:
http://www.mediamonitors.net/zogby80.html
If the British had these feelings I'd agree that we shouldn't have allowed them control either, but let's deal in reality

I think we should put all the Americans of Arab descent in internment camps, just to be safe. I mean, you just can't trust those sneaky little camel jockeys. I saw one of 'em hanging out by the reservoir the other day.

Would this include Paula Abdul too? If so, then I am in favor.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I think we should put all the Americans of Arab descent in internment camps, just to be safe. I mean, you just can't trust those sneaky little camel jockeys. I saw one of 'em hanging out by the reservoir the other day.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar would have to go too.

Did you see Airplane?

Originally posted by just plain Dupek:
Would this include Paula Abdul too? If so, then I am in favor.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I think we should put all the Americans of Arab descent in internment camps, just to be safe. I mean, you just can't trust those sneaky little camel jockeys. I saw one of 'em hanging out by the reservoir the other day.

this whole issue is just pure red meat for the ignorant masses who say to themselves:

hmmm, i don't really know anything about international relations or our new allies in this war on terror, but it just doesn't seem right that some country with "arab" in its name is "running our ports"

in denouncing bush, lindsay graham said that this was "politically foolish" of him to do, which is completely correct, it's POLITICALLY idiotic because of all the fucking xenophobic morons who live in this country and can't process the higher brain functioning necessary to comprehend this deal and who are susceptible to red meat demagoguery by politicians on the left and on the right …. but that says nothing about the PUBLIC POLICY implications of the deal

this issue is probably dead in the water, but noone who is against the deal is actually talking about real issues, they're just using bush's weak political posture to rile up the blind-faith-ignorant masses

Thanks for unmuddying the waters, HoyaP. We all trust your sage Ivy League take on the "big picture". Your educational dollar is obviously being well-spent.

BTW, it's too bad Cheney can't just go out and shoot someone else to take the heat off of Bush.

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

hmmm, i don't really know anything about international relations or our new allies in this war on terror, but it just doesn't seem right that some country with "arab" in its name is "running our ports"

i havent gotten that far yet in my reasoning. I am still stuck on "why is a company from ANY other country running our ports???" (or your ports, for the sake of details)

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

this issue is probably dead in the water, but noone who is against the deal is actually talking about real issues,

so what are the real issues, hoya?

Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
i havent gotten that far yet in my reasoning. I am still stuck on "why is a company from ANY other country running our ports???" (or your ports, for the sake of details)

a completely legitimate issue … my point is that all these people opposing the deal aren't discussing the deal on public policy grounds, they're just using demagoguery to stir up xenophobic emotions in people like dupek

maybe companies from other countries should not be running key infrastructures like ports on our soil … but we're not having a reasoned discussion about this issue, talking about what we've done previously with our ports, discussing what responsibilities these companies have, etc … we're simply freaking out and appealing to the basest instincts of our most uneducated citizenry

by the way, it's convenient that UAE has "Arab" in it's name, isn't it? makes it alot easier for the real morons who might not understand what or where "Yemen" is to get riled up