Bush stood up for them but I still couldn't blame them for holding a grudge against Congress. The problem could have been solved with an American-based wholly owned subsidiary of DFW running the terminals if Congress hadn't panicked.
You don't think that is what this solution is? Well, maybe not "wholly owned" but still.
"Bush doesn't look like a wimp that caved."
But is he a wimp who caved?
Dear God,
Please let it be Halliburton that takes over.
ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease!
I'm amazed at all this and it is sadly pathetic.
Who do they think DP will employ? Arabs? Nope, Americans - thats who. And do you think for one minute that if anything un-toward was going on that it wouldn't be reported? Do people not even trust American workers?
They still have to pay taxes etc - it's simply another company running another contract.
Meanwhile Harry Reid is furious that it wasn't their party's idea to halt the deal. The GOP beat them to it! Ha.
Dave, yessssss. Let's hold Chuckie Schumer to his original idea.
I hate to agree with Dave, but I almost think Haliburton would be better. I hate to agree with Jill but my party leaders have been absent of spine lately. I am glad thqt some republicans stood up.
My Lord can you imagine the fun we would have? Whatever could the left do? Talk about conflicted, hoo-boy.
Halliburton is the only company capable of handling such a contract at the present time.
The government can either keep saying that for the next 40 years, or can sieze this or any of the thousands of opportunities that appear every day to "encourage" the UAE to either spin off a portion of their newly acquired assets (including personel and contracts) no a entity which would have a spectacular IPO (based purely on public sentiment, I don't think the business model is that great) and create a company that could compete with Halliburton and possibly lead to some of those efficiencies created by competition I read about in my economics textbooks.
Or they could just give it to Niel Bush. I think that would be the most ironic move of the century. He's worked in security firms, he's had executive experience, he's hated by those on the left who know him more than both of his brothers combined. Hell I'd vote for Jeb if they just handed the ports deal to Niel.
It's probably either Neil or Neal, but i'm not enough of a fan of his to look it up. It's Bush's other brother.
Neil rocks.
And his daughter Lauren Bush is gorgeous. Did you know she's dating Ralph Lauren's son, David Lauren?
If they marry she could be Lauren Lauren. Lol.
Okay this is O/T but Ewwwwwwwwww......
http://
entertainment.tv.yahoo.co...3414040002.html
The only stand up guys here are Bush and the UAE, both of whom stood on principle, backed their friends and acted like adults. I am NOT impressed with congress.
Congress served the will of the people. They did their job in honestly represeting the views of the majority of their constituents. It's a sad commentary on the American People, but I'm actually a little impressed with Congress, this must be an election year.
Bush doesn't look like a wimp that caved
our Middle Eastern friends can't be mad at Bush on the matter since he stood up for them.
First off, this issue wasn't about Bush it was about free trade, which may suffer because of this.
But I agree that Bush does not look like a wimp that caved, he looks like a completely lame duck.
Foriegn leaders are going to hit him with "did you check with your congress on this." I look for a quote similar to that from Russian leaders in the next few days. Bush's international credibility took a severe blow on this one.
Bush's international credibility took a severe blow on this one
With whom? Sounds like the UAE decided to give him the best outcome.
Anyone else? The French?
Since I have generally caved in to this BS, let me say that this issue as much BS as there is. I can't stand the sound of George Bush's name but this is a BS issue. Of all the things you wimps have to be "scared of" this is the least. It's just moving freight for C's sake. Why don't you fools from Houston take time out from from discriminating against refugees from New Orleans and go down to the port and see what is actually going on.
The only stand up guys here are Bush and the UAE, both of whom stood on principle, backed their friends and acted like adults. I am NOT impressed with congress.
er...ditto.
huh, maybe that's how we got the gig...
They did their job in honestly represeting the views of the majority of their constituents.
what exactly did they do? nothing, as usual. nothing. they are pretty going good at doing nothing.
Bush's international credibility took a severe blow on this one.
what Dave in Texas said. and, to add, the first time Bush bends over backwards to defend a foreign country, and then there's a friggin' mutiny.
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Yeah Du Monde, we in Houston have treated the New Orleans refugees TERRIBLY.
*snort*
MacStansbury, exactly. Pretty ironic, huh? I love it.
The one time he should have told everyone to "get a life" he caves. I rest my case. It's all cynical politics.
RWS, yeah, so terrible that they want to stay in Texas instead of going back home. That's why Nagin and the rest are desperately waiting for them to come back before they have elections.
In fact I believe Nagin was in Houston recently giving a speech that complained how all these people were running for Mayor in New Orleans and "none of them look like us."
(in other words, they ain't "chocolate") 
And I ain't "Jay" fool.
And I ain't "Jay" fool
strike "Jay"
What are you trying to say dit?
Du Monde - you do know that RWS gave her time, dropped everything to go and help the refugees that came to Houston right? - I mean you did bother to look around this site yes?
Du Monde - you're funny
what are you trying to understand "you world"?
Simon, I know that she and the "girls" gathered up their their baskets of fruits and biscuits and went down to Fondren to help the "children," but probably were so busy giving alms that they understandably forgot to stop by the port to run off the terrorists. One can only sacrifice so much you know! Oh well, now I will be able to sleep in until the Sunday morning shows start because I know that, being forwarned, Sparkle will surely be down at the port "checkin those containers."
du monde,
what did you do?
I started for Austin, only to find that FEMA did not have it's act together. I offered a home, only to find that you could not link to someone who needed it. What did you do ditx?
By the way ditx, I did find a family for the house, they just didn't come from Louisiana. What kind of a family did you shelter ditx?
I dont think Congress was all that brave. They panicked and rather than lead, they merely followed the view that got out the gate first, like little lemmings.
We went to the expo center and laughed at the poor people. Keyed the buses and let the air out of a few tires. Threw an old sweater in the parking lot and said "there, ingrate"!
Even the donks win on this.
They get to oppose the President on something and actually have it come to fruition.
Not like it matters. They're still sunk.
RWR
rwr, they sure don't look real happy since a Rep congressman found a way to put the brakes on it, and they didn't. I thought Schumer was going to cry yesterday he looked to down. Reid was a sad man too.
They lost their issue.
Wait, was it Reid who tried to block the vote on the ammendment?
Who authored the amendment that lead to the UAE coming up with this solution?
Do you guys have any idea what the politics behind this were?
yes, we do
Then explain what Warner "put the brakes on".
Explain how Schumer should be in any way disenheartened by the events as they played out.
I didn't even see Reid on this issue, maybe you could provide a link?
Appropriations committee chairman Jerry Lewis attached the rider to a spending bill funding mil-ops Afghanistan and Iraq. What are you not getting about this?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...6030701229.html
there. the rest you can do yourself, I'm not your homework b*tch.
Is Jerry Lewis a Senator now?
You were talking about Senators earlier.
What went on over there?
The controversy spilled over into a separate congressional debate on lobbying reform. Frist suspended that debate after the chamber refused to prevent a vote on blocking the takeover.
The Republicans couldn't come up with the 67 votes needed to prevent the Senate from considering an amendment to the lobbying legislation.
After the vote, Frist, a Tennessee Republican, said he would delay action on the lobbying and ethics legislation until the Senate sponsors approved a list of amendments and blocked unrelated proposals. He gave no date for resuming debate, and Schumer, the sponsor of the ports amendment, said he still wanted a vote on that issue.
``We've had a totally unrelated amendment injected, I believe, for partisan purposes,'' Frist said.
So Frist tried to kill Schumer's Ammendment, and lost another cloture vote (quite badly). I'm sure Schumer was "almost in tears" about that.
Nothing like telling the country your unwilling to debate ethics reform unless you get your way on these things. Frist showed some real leadership there.
Are you reading contracts or something?
I said this: "a Rep congressman found a way to put the brakes on it", meaning Rep Jerry Lewis (I thought that was funny too), R-California, Chairman of the appropriations commitee, attached a rider to a war funding bill and killed the port/terminal deal. No way Bush could veto that.
Then I said Schumer and Reid looked like they'd been kicked in the nards when they were on TV that evening. The Rs took this issue away from the Ds, and they don't look too happy about it.
k?
"The Republican Congress gets to look like it stood strong?"
No, it get to look stupid, bigoted, and not having a clue about how business works. And if it's only going for "looks," then it needs to be replaced.
In fact, her stand on the Dubai Ports deal just cost my Republican representative my vote come elections time. I want my representative to be smarter than than, and to not dive to the bottom for a populist vote.
John,
Well, you certainly have a point, but election year is creeping up on us and if they don't care about the populist vote then they won't be there to do anything.
You have to be kidding, a win all around. This whole issue has been an embarrassment to this nation. It proves that the average American is an uninformed buffoon. And that's just Congress.
Well, naturally no one is as smart as we on the internet.
Spin spin spin...
"he looks like a completely lame duck. "
As a proud Mallard-American, I object to this characterization of disabled waterfowl as being one of weakness.
Fie on you racist humans!
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