What is * -really- up to with this port business? There has GOT to be

[karlrschneider]

something going on that we haven't doped out yet. Something wicked, methinks.

[MADem]

1. Maybe he is heavily invested in the subcontracting entities that will

do the actual work....maybe he or his paw made some kind of deal with the boys in Dubai to ensure certain subcontractors get work at these facilities...who knows?? Follow the money...find out who benefits....that usually provides the answer.

[karlrschneider]

5. You could be right, but he must know he couldn't hide it forever...

:eyes:

[MADem]

9. Hell, they aren't like Frist--they don't get caught fiddling with their

"blind trusts"--never put anything in writing, and whose the wiser? Use a go-between, a cut-away, and keep yourself distant from the portfolio...on paper, anyway.

[Miss Chybil]

2. I think he's selling us up the river. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I think the Patriot Act is cramping someone's style, and these ports

are the way around it.

[file83]

4. one of the steps in controlling a country is by taking over their shipping

ports. And/or destroying them.

[Joe_VB]

6. One word......"Money"

[karlrschneider]

7. I wonder if Carlyle has some sub rosa connections to this "company"...

hmmm

[Joe_VB]

8. I wouldn't doubt that at all......

[mdmc]

11. I bet Bush will bow out to dem+gop outcries

and will block this port deal. Halliburton (good ol American boys) will receive a no bid contract.

[MADem]

12. Even if they don't now, they could later

New boss, new subcontractors?? Hey, it could happen...and existing contracts can be broken for a variety of reasons....the love doesn't always last forever!

[AnneD]

17. like minds

roll down the same gutter....

[anitar1]

10. Yes, and I am waiting to hear it. N/T

[kenny blankenship]

13. Someone explain to me how Bush's brain worked out this contradiction:

For reasons of national security, we must not be hostage to foreign oil, prices for which are set by the majority producer nations around the Arab Persian Gulf, since everyone knows we are at war with extreme forces hailing from that part of the world, BUT-

but, we must sell our ports to them.

WTF?

[IsItJustMe]

14. PsyOps for the 2006 election

* is unpopular. The Repuke leadership has sucked up to the president in every insane thing he has done. Illegal dometic wire tapping, torture, etc.......

They need to show that they have some type of back bone before the next election.

What better way than to set up a straw man and allow the Repuke leadership to beat up on him a little bit.

And after all, What does the president have to loose?

My answer, Absolutly nothing.

Think about it. If you follow their tactics, they employ some pretty sophisticated operations to get their way. Just look at how they are manipuliting the media with the war in Iraq. It's beyond scary and the black bag seems to be wide open for this administration. Nothing is beyond them. And I do mean nothing.

[gatorboy]

15. Considering how Katrina, Iraq, the Cheney shooting story went.

I've come to the conclusion that these people are too moronic to set up any diabolical scheme that's close to intricate. I think it is what it is: Pure greed and arrogance on his part for not taking this seriously..

[Catherine Vincent]

16. I think there's something else to this also.

The Bush admin. is selling these ports to the UAE for a purpose other than money. I'm puzzled.

[malaise]

18. Follow the money n/t