What the FUCK is Bush thinking??? WHY did he just sell this whole fucking country up the river and what the fuck are we going to do about it??? The Arab Nation running 6 major ports in the USA WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT???WE ARE SO FUCKED!!!
Why doesn’t he just MOVE there is he thinks those primitive assholes are so great? And not a word of explanation or any forewarning at all!!!
I AM HAVING THE HISSY FIT OF MY LIFE!
HELP ME!
You know that there are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing, don’t you?
You do need help, but I am not professionaly qualified to give you the sort of help that you need.
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Um . . .
America! FUCK YEAH!
That’s all I got.
Fuck Hans Blix!
It really is bizarre. Why wasn’t Halliburton given the contract?
See, kids, this is why cocaine use is bad.
Why is anyone upset over this? Didn’t Michael Moore tell us “There is no terrorist threat”? I thought Bush simply used fear tactics to keep us all in line. Now I’m supposed to believe that there really are terrorists out there trying to kill us? 
Yeah, we know* anyone* who comes from an Arab nation must be a terrorist, or in league with them. They couldn’t* possibly *just want to make money. No sir-- they just want ports so they can get all their terrorist buddies in here! That’s why we’ve been having so many attacks lately!
Ahem.
Linkeypoo.
We’ve secretly replaced Not a Well Woman’s Rice Krispies with air-puffed crack. Let’s see what happens.
I don’t think Bush could have done much, considering these were private deals. At minimum, he could have stalled the deals, but that’s probably it. Although I agree, I don’t like it either. And if your stomach doesn’t turn just a little bit, I’d have to wonder why.
Please. Lame-ass rant.
- The ports in question are already run by foreigners - Brits, to be exact. What, brown people can’t run ports?
1.5. Since one of the 9/11 hijackers came from the UAE, that means the country has ‘terrorist ties’. I haven’t seen such bullshit since I fell down a hill in a dairy pasture.
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Management of the port does not include security. That would be covered by the Department of Homeland Security’s various subsidiaries, as it is now.
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Chill.
My first reaction is WTF? too. But let’s talk details: What exactly will be under UAE control? Exactly? Aren’t there still government agencies that have jurisdiction there, etc.?
Again, it doesn’t sound like a good idea to me either, but I’d like to see the details laid out. Is there any remote chance that the owner’s politics are irrelevant to the day-to-day operations? My assumption is otherwise, like most of you, but are we just kneejerking here?
Anyone?
Not since The Grapist has there been such a perfect merger of post and screen name.
Look, I ma sorry if you think I am over reacting but one does not have to be on CRACK (thanks for the insult) to see that a move like this has “bad idea” written all over it.
I know that it was run up to now by a foreign country, but this is too much. The brits have not been a terrorist threat to us, and I just don’t know where this shit came from all of a sudden. It just sems like one more way that we are letting ourselves become vulnerable. Scuse me for giving a shit and wanting to do something about what seems to me just another issue in which we have NO SAY!!!
Look, I am sorry if you think I am over reacting but one does not have to be on CRACK (thanks for the insult) to see that a move like this has “bad idea” written all over it.
I know that it was run up to now by a foreign country, but this is too much. The brits have not been a terrorist threat to us, and I just don’t know where this shit came from all of a sudden. It just sems like one more way that we are letting ourselves become vulnerable. Scuse me for giving a shit and wanting to do something about what seems to me just another issue in which we have NO SAY!!!
Amen.
Do I think this is a tremendously good idea? No, but that’s because I don’t think ports should be controlled by any foreign companies, be they British, UAE or Zimbabwean.
Do I think it’s a prelude to some sort of terrorist assault? No, because the U.S. Coast Guard and the DHS will still handle the responsibility of securing the ports.
But what exactly did you do here? You didn’t even provide a link to what you were so upset about. Now, if you would have opened up a thread in GD to debate the merits of such the situation then I could see you getting so upset about how the posters reacted but as it is you just came across as a raving lunatic on crack.
Not to poop all over your feelings of outrage, but could you give a bit more rational explanation as to why the rest of us should be hurling profanities? I fail to see why “the arab nation” cannot run the ports. Did we hand it over specifically to the terrorists?