Who thought in this lifetime I would agree with Frist and Hasert

[LynneSin]

:crazy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/politics/21cnd-port.html?ex=1298178000&en=48df19708da19828&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

Bush Threatens to Veto Any Bill to Stop Port Takeover
By DAVID E. SANGER
and ERIC LIPTON
Published: February 21, 2006

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — President Bush said this afternoon that he would veto any legislation seeking to block the administration's decision to allow a state-owned company from Dubai to assume control of port terminals in New York and other cities.

Mr. Bush's rare veto threat came as Republican leaders and many of their Democratic counterparts called up today for the port takeover to be put on hold. They demanded that the Bush administration conduct a further investigation of the Dubai company's acquisition of the British operator of the six American ports.

"After careful review by our government, I believe the transaction ought to go forward," Mr. Bush told reporters who were traveling with him on Air Force One to Washington, according to news agencies. "I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company. I am trying to conduct foreign policy now by saying to the people of the world, 'We'll treat you fairly." '

The confrontation between Mr. Bush and his own supporters escalated rapidly after the Senate Republican leader, Bill Frist, and the House speaker, J. Dennis Hastert, joined Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Gov. George E. Pataki and a host of other Republicans in insisting that the transaction must be extensively reviewed, if not killed. That put them on essentially the same side of the issue as a chorus of Democrats, who have seized on the issue to argue that Mr. Bush was ignoring a potential security threat.

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I live 20 miles from those ports in Philadelphia and I know that I don't want UAE & Dubai (a country associated with terrorists) coming in there taking control of our ports. And the fact that Bush is willing to veto this bill that even Republicans support means that something very dangerous is happening here and this needs to end now. My only hope is there are enough Democrats & Republicans that can work together to override the veto and prevent this takeover.

[jwirr]

1. This port issue is one all Americans should be agreeing on.

We all want our national defense in our own hands. This is the issue where all parties meet. The only people who want this idiot move are the very wealthy who stand to benefit economically from it. If this goes through this is the issue that should be the center of any impeachment trial.

[rpannier]

2. You got that reversed

cat-killer and hazard are agreeing with you.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. My head is exploding too

[xiamiam]

4. i was just thinking the exact same thing as i heard scarboroughs lead

for his show this eve...kinda scary..and the show hasnt started yet..but 100% of the time this guy makes me sick..and im afraid we happen to be on the same side re the ports...have a feeling his spin will be different from the way i feel but we'll see...