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Bush will veto any bill to stop port deal
AP ALERT

Posted on 02/21/2006 12:32:20 PM PST by Brian Mosely

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.


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To: devolve
Pinky, Your lips are moving but you're not saying anything! HA! Good girl!
1,441 posted on 02/21/2006 4:36:03 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Lazamataz
The Republican Party learned a long time ago to stop asking me for money. Nor do I work for their candidates, or support them in any way. My decision, some time ago, has been vindicated over and over again.

Thinking here. Support the GOP? Or upgrade to a better brand of Scotch? Decisions, decisions... :O)

1,442 posted on 02/21/2006 4:36:05 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie, because he didn't bake one.)
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To: Pelham

"A finalist in today's Morris Dees Best Post Award."

LOL!!!


1,443 posted on 02/21/2006 4:36:39 PM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: JCEccles

Where is your evidence? The stuff you posted about Dubai being a country was first discredited as was your assertion that they are a friendly, kumbaya-singing nation that harbors no ill will toward the US.


1,444 posted on 02/21/2006 4:37:20 PM PST by indcons
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To: Brian Mosely

Bush will veto any bill to stop port deal.


The bush legacy.

The sell-out of Americans.


1,445 posted on 02/21/2006 4:37:31 PM PST by WhiteGuy ("Every Generation needs a new revolution" - Jefferson)
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To: Brian Mosely
President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.

Tough talk, but I doubt he will do it. Even if he does his veto will be overridden. Bush couldn't win an election now to save his life.

1,446 posted on 02/21/2006 4:37:32 PM PST by SwordofTruth (God is good all the time.)
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To: Purrcival

bump......


1,447 posted on 02/21/2006 4:37:49 PM PST by tcrlaf
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To: buffmonster

That's it. Now I know you're an idiot Democrat. Only they will flip though the dial to find an opinion that matches their own instead of seeking facts.


1,449 posted on 02/21/2006 4:38:09 PM PST by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: Doohickey

"If you get your wish and the deal falls through, what then?"

Well, the "deal" is a buyout of P & O by DPWorld, which has not gotten final approval from either the British courts or every party in the United States that would be impacted by the acquisition.

So, if the deal falls through, then there is no problem. P & O will remain an independent business entity, and will continue to honor their contractual obligations to various ports on the eastern seaboard and gulf coast of the United States.

What did you have in mind, some sort of Chinese deal? That won't fly either; witness the firestorm over Chinese attempts to purchase Unocal last year, and their attempts at securing a long-term lease on the Port of Long Beach back during the Clinton Administration.


1,450 posted on 02/21/2006 4:38:36 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: KoRn

"Over it's NOT, till over it IS" Yoda Berra...


1,451 posted on 02/21/2006 4:39:01 PM PST by AmericanDave (More COWBELL....................)
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To: So Cal Rocket

there will be. Bush has just tossed the republican congress, standing for re-election in 2006, into the toilet. they are on their own now, and must act accordingly.


1,452 posted on 02/21/2006 4:39:18 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Stopislamnow
Come on people, its SCHUMER leading the charge against this.

Frank Gaffney broke the story, not Schumer or any of the dems.

link

1,453 posted on 02/21/2006 4:39:21 PM PST by texasbluebell
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To: indcons
Are you lazy? Or are you simply trying to tell me you have no evidence other than your "feelings"?

Conservatives generally think and leave the emoting to liberals.

I'm easy to persuade if the evidence is there. Where is it?

1,454 posted on 02/21/2006 4:39:41 PM PST by JCEccles
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To: demlosers
Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye.

Yep there sure is! Bush doesn't have to run any more for anything.

1,455 posted on 02/21/2006 4:40:02 PM PST by SwordofTruth (God is good all the time.)
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To: Flux Capacitor

I am still looking at this issue. I heard a lot about it on the radio while driving for 7.5 hours today. One thing is for sure: I won't let Jimmy Carter control my opinion on the issue. Whether he is for or against this contract makes no difference to me. Carter also speaks English, but doesn't mean we should take up another language.


It sounded like Tony Snow did a pretty good analysis of this issue today, and I am inclined to agree with it, so far. There appear to be a limited number of companies who do this work, all of which are outside of the US. Halliburton doesn't do this kind of work. None of the other companies (I think there were 3 of them) sounded any better. Snow also noted that the Coast Guard controls security at the ports, and these companies have no control at all on it.

I am ready to be further educated....


1,456 posted on 02/21/2006 4:40:03 PM PST by NCLaw441
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To: RegulatorCountry

P&O doesn't want to be in the "biz" anymore, which is why they're selling. If you took billions out of my pocket, I'd close up shop and tell you to kiss my ass. That leaves us with the Chinese, the Singaporeans, or Joe Taxpayer goes into the shipping business.


1,458 posted on 02/21/2006 4:40:54 PM PST by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: Doohickey
And after awhile, we'll quietly reopen the ports under Chinese management!

I missed it when Chinese people attacked America. I also missed it when China's Zen Taoists and Buddhists declared death to America. Just because these two options are the only ones talked about, does not mean that either one is a good idea.

1,459 posted on 02/21/2006 4:40:54 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever
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To: AmericanDave

or how about any arab country - acquiring the contracts to operate american nuclear power plants? would we do that?


1,460 posted on 02/21/2006 4:41:33 PM PST by oceanview
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