I can't believe it
I actually agree with Bush.
This crap about blocking a company based in the UAE from taking over administration of a few US ports is irrational racist fear-motivated behavior.
What does congress hope to prevent?
Non-US company running US ports? Sorry. Current state is that they're run by a UK based firm.
It's more likely that congresspeople fear having a company based in a country with brown-skinned Muslim folk, which employs some brown Muslim folk in charge of letting things in and out of the country. The congress folk imagine a network of shifty Hollywood caricatures all in cahoots, all knowing which container on that big ship holds the "special" cargo, all collaborating to bypass proper procedures and paperwork, while masked guys with machine guns look on. Because, of course, they're all working together. You know. The middle-eastern types. That's why attacking Iraq is OK based on 9/11, because, they're all brown Muslims. They're all alike, and they're all plotting to get dirty bombs into New York.
And, of course, a company that operates ports world wide would gladly commit financial suicide by letting something terrible enter the US on their watch, since it would please Allah. I mean, why keep your reputation intact and the money coming in when you can lose all your customers, property and rights around the world once the inevitable post-attack investigation pins the blame on your already warily regarded firm. Martyr the firm. Allah be praised. Cash flow be halted. Arabic Islamic business thinking, of course. Because they're all terrorists. Even the babies.
Of course. So thinketh our wise congress people.
So if Bush gets the nutjobs in congress to eat it on this one, I'll be pleased. Free markets: 1, Racist regulations:0.
This crap about blocking a company based in the UAE from taking over administration of a few US ports is irrational racist fear-motivated behavior.
What does congress hope to prevent?
Non-US company running US ports? Sorry. Current state is that they're run by a UK based firm.
It's more likely that congresspeople fear having a company based in a country with brown-skinned Muslim folk, which employs some brown Muslim folk in charge of letting things in and out of the country. The congress folk imagine a network of shifty Hollywood caricatures all in cahoots, all knowing which container on that big ship holds the "special" cargo, all collaborating to bypass proper procedures and paperwork, while masked guys with machine guns look on. Because, of course, they're all working together. You know. The middle-eastern types. That's why attacking Iraq is OK based on 9/11, because, they're all brown Muslims. They're all alike, and they're all plotting to get dirty bombs into New York.
And, of course, a company that operates ports world wide would gladly commit financial suicide by letting something terrible enter the US on their watch, since it would please Allah. I mean, why keep your reputation intact and the money coming in when you can lose all your customers, property and rights around the world once the inevitable post-attack investigation pins the blame on your already warily regarded firm. Martyr the firm. Allah be praised. Cash flow be halted. Arabic Islamic business thinking, of course. Because they're all terrorists. Even the babies.
Of course. So thinketh our wise congress people.
So if Bush gets the nutjobs in congress to eat it on this one, I'll be pleased. Free markets: 1, Racist regulations:0.
posted by Kenneth at 10:01 AM
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