Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze
Actually they were publically slapped in the face, repeatedly by both sides of the political aisle and aren't happy about it.
Not a suprising reaction whatsoever. But our dingdongs in congress couldn't look a half-mile down the road to see what the reaction would be.
I hope the people on this forum who chose deliberately not to educate themselves about the issues are proud of themselves. Because I'm disgusted with them.
I agree.
Those Republicans in Washington who did this for reelection have just cooked their own goose. They look like democrat idiots now. They listened to the Democrats - to their own demise. They should know better than feel threatened by the democrats and liberal press. You'd think they would have figured that out by now.
Unless he's attempting to say Smoot-Hawley: I have no idea. :)
You are absolutely right. This gives our country a bad reputation for all future deals, too--all it takes is some grandstanding idiotic legislators to squelch any legally crafted deals. Our word isn't worth much, if this deal is blocked by these weasels.
Buzz off.
Because it is a gigantic insult to one of our most important allies in the War Against Terrorists. Like this is so hard to figure out? Who in their right mind would believe the Party of Treason gave a sh!t about National Security?
I think he meant Hawley-Smoot idiot. As in the Hawley-Smoot tariff act of 1930.
"1930, passed by the U.S. Congress; it brought the U.S. tariff to the highest protective level yet in the history of the United States...The act brought retaliatory tariff acts from foreign countries, U.S. foreign trade suffered a sharp decline, and the depression intensified."
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/HawleySm.html
I'm not for discouraging foreign investment in America - just Arab investment.
And Mr. Wythe nails it in once sentence.
"The thought of an Arab country operating our ports just doesn't sit too well with me."
Why? You can't imagine we could westernize them? Unless we are willing to kill them all, we are going to have to westernize the middle east to eradicate Islam. The latter method is being harmed by this block.
FR's moron content appears to be about 40% doncha think?
Schumer and Dean are high-fiving each other as we speak. They set the trap and the idiot Republican Congressmen fell for it.
On who's authority?
Our Navy needs those ports period!!!!
Blackmail? Are you kidding? If they were the ones saying WE were untrustworthy and shouldn't be allowed to do business in their country, what would you be saying then? We just slapped them in the face. They are reacting accordingly.
A little higher actually. LOL
Where do you come up with economic isolationism? I dont see this at all with this deal, pro or con. I agree, its all for show at this point, uae will have thier ports, it would be very bad for the USA to deny them at this point. Once again, you as a pro port person miss the entire point. Its not their money. This is a govt who is spending its citizens money in order to do a business deal. think about it.
I never said they did. What a completely irrelevant riposte.
It's about business AND alliances AND friends.
Do you have any friends you do business with? Try spreading the word that you won't do business with him any more because he's not trustworthy and see what happens: you'll lose the friend AND the business.
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