Absolute Insanity
I hope you've been following this story about President Bush's pushing for transferring control of major U.S. ports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates. You heard me right. Arabs will be in charge of key U.S. ports in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami, and Philadelphia. In light of the obvious skepticism of political leaders Bush offered this meager assurance:
Golly, gee, I feel better now! Is this the same guy who missed the boat on 9-11 and the WMDs goof up in Iraq? Forgive me Mr. President if I don't take your assurance on this one. He doesn't stop there; he goes even further in his nonsensical reasoning:
Oh, so now we care what the world thinks? I thought that you said you'd have to do some unpopular things to protect the people? Arabs in charge of our ports? Are you kidding me?
This is where it gets scary. Congressional and senate leaders are suggesting a measure of caution by delaying this transfer of power. Well, is President Bush willing to listen? No way. He's threatening to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement.
This is close to despotism.
So, let me get this straight, Mr. President. Arabs can takeover all major U.S. ports without any of the delays suggested by Congress, but I can't get on an airplane without taking off my shoes, searching my bag, and inspecting my person? Is there something I'm missing here?
Folks, it's not the audacity of this administration that astonishes me, it's the lack of outrage on the part of the people -- especially the church. After more bombs start going off on U.S. soil are the Christian Bush-lovers going to write more books "thanking" the president?
With Arab control of the ports any future terror attacks can be blamed on Arabs. It's all about pretext when your push is for perpetual war. It should be obvious that there is no war for our freedom nor a desire to secure the homeland. If the borders can remain open and Arabs can control our ports, yet I'm being inspected by Homeland Security, then it's obvious that whoever is in charge of national security is either completely incompetent, or has something else in mind.
"If there was any chance that this transaction would jeopardize the security of the United States, it would not go forward."
Golly, gee, I feel better now! Is this the same guy who missed the boat on 9-11 and the WMDs goof up in Iraq? Forgive me Mr. President if I don't take your assurance on this one. He doesn't stop there; he goes even further in his nonsensical reasoning:
"It sends a terrible signal to friends around the world that it's OK for company from one country to manage a port, but not a country that plays by the rules and has got a good track record from another part of the world."
Oh, so now we care what the world thinks? I thought that you said you'd have to do some unpopular things to protect the people? Arabs in charge of our ports? Are you kidding me?
This is where it gets scary. Congressional and senate leaders are suggesting a measure of caution by delaying this transfer of power. Well, is President Bush willing to listen? No way. He's threatening to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement.
This is close to despotism.
So, let me get this straight, Mr. President. Arabs can takeover all major U.S. ports without any of the delays suggested by Congress, but I can't get on an airplane without taking off my shoes, searching my bag, and inspecting my person? Is there something I'm missing here?
Folks, it's not the audacity of this administration that astonishes me, it's the lack of outrage on the part of the people -- especially the church. After more bombs start going off on U.S. soil are the Christian Bush-lovers going to write more books "thanking" the president?
With Arab control of the ports any future terror attacks can be blamed on Arabs. It's all about pretext when your push is for perpetual war. It should be obvious that there is no war for our freedom nor a desire to secure the homeland. If the borders can remain open and Arabs can control our ports, yet I'm being inspected by Homeland Security, then it's obvious that whoever is in charge of national security is either completely incompetent, or has something else in mind.
