Is George Bush-ler wrong with his PORT crap?
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Bush is a puppet for the wolfowitz doctrine and other high profile secret societies. He is not for the people, he is for corporations, and making money for him and his cronies. Not helping any of use americans. Bush is a good puppet.
806900
I think my hair stands straight up when I hear anything our Georgie boy says or does. I've been beginning to think that if someone were to say " green " he'd say " red."  To think this administration got into office twice, quite literally, makes me shake my head. The war in Iraq was based on lies. I do not condone the vicious brutality of Sadam, but I understand, somewhat, as to why his country was ruled in the manner in which it was; the tribes can't get along! We're stuck in another Vietnam. I'll take my son underground, before I give him up to such a sensless mess.
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Did you actually read your question before you posted it?\n\nIt is posolutely, absitively incoherent.\n\nAre you actually President Bush?
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Might as well Bush double talked that Port deal. Said it was off and a Year later the Same Corporation owns most US shipping.\n\nWe gave China most of Americas homes and land. Credit Card Wallmart debt is secured by peoples house value. China owns the debt China owns the mortgage.\n\nWe should sell the Army while we are at it. All those men in Iraq could drive over to Saudi Arabia and become the Saudi oil security force.\n\nGo big Red Go
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Bush likes to emulate John Wayne.  Just walk into the bar and challenge anyone to a fight.  Though the Duke never followed the Bush doctrine of "shoot first and ask questions later."  It would be nice if Bush were forced into having more chairs at the table, but his agenda does not call for the kind of help you describe.  Mayor Daly once said in Chicago, "our police are not here to prevent disorder but to preserve it."  I think Bush's plan for the middle east has all along been to destabilize the region,not to make it right.  The other countries you mention could all prove helpful, but that might disturb the no bid Halliburton contracts Cheney obtained for his company.  We can only hope.
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Bush supported a plan to allow a company in Dubai (not the UAE government) to provide security services for ports.  He did not try to "sell the ports."  As to why, it's probably lobbyists.  You will find that shipping companies are multi-national entities, with companies from all over the world handling the work.  For example, the port at Long Beach is run by the Hanjin corporation, which is Korean.\n\nAt some point, the world is going to have to do business with Middle Eastern companies, and maybe someone thought this was a good way to go.  However, the security of a port should be undertaken by local government, not by a commercial entity.  To bad local governments may not have the money to do so.
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Thank xxx we have George Bush and not Al Gore or John Kerry.  George may not have been the best in his class, but he has a vision for where things need to go, and I do generally agree with it.  I do wish he would spend less and do much more about the trade deficits with Japan and China.
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I see the Bush supporters are out in full force today. George W. Bush is, and will always be an idiot. He has not done one thing since he's been in office that even hints at beng intelligent.\n\nHe's nothing more than an overpaid prostitute. He gets paid lots of money to screw the American people.\n\nI guess that makes me a john, so I want my money back !!!
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Bush isn't selling the ports ... they already belong to a British company that is selling them to a company from the UAE.\n\nAnd US always has and will continue to be responsible for security at the ports, regardless of what company owns them
893857
Fishy, yes.  Also inevitable.  Oversight and accountability are clearly not tolerated by this administration.  The guy should have known better than to actually do his job!
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Thanks for the special mention of me in the question.  Katrina wasnt bush's fault.  Last time I check he didnt have power over the weather.  If he does, I could have done without the snow last week.  I dont see anyone going on and on about the appointment of Robert Kennedy to attorney general.  Mistakes are made.  However one should also keep in mind that the Mayor and Governor were both Democrats and both failed to call in the national guard.  As for his "faith based" decisions, pehaps we give him our support because the majority of U.S. citizens believe in those decisions.  Most of us arent in favor of the abomination known as gay marriage and many oppose the systimatic murder of unborn children by claiming its a constitutional right.  All one needs to do is look at a map of the 2004 Presidental election and the fact that many states passed marriage laws and/or amendments in that election to see how the majority of us feel.
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I'm not George Bush fan, but thanks nonetheless for this question.   Hopefully, some of those who are blinded by their hatred will learn to "simmah down" a little.  To be credible with criticism, you've got to maintain perspective.  I see some have already succombed to temptation, and demonstrated that they can't operate within the constraints of the question . . . sad really.\n\nMuch as I find to dislike about him, I also do find some good things.  He is willing to stick to his principles, even when he fully knows it is politically unpopular.  He has tried (unsuccessfully) to change the poisonous atmosphere in D.C.   He has complimented Clinton, minimized the attention placed on the Clinton destruction and plundering of the White House when they left, made real outreach to include Kennedy, Hillary, and other opponents.  All of which has been reciprocated by nastiness.   As you point out, he is a stellar role model for fitness.  And if you admire his wife Laura, as I do, you have to consider that she chose him for her husband: a pretty powerful endorsement.
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The trouble is that George Bush, no matter how resolute, has never understood the Arab world. He has blundered his way through territory that should have been about diplomacy and careful planning. Now, instead, we have a mess in Iraq and almost universal mistrust of everything American. His bully boy tactics have created a politics of fear. And yes, I do believe that his miscalculated entry into Iraq has been the source of discontent that has sponsored the growth of terrorism.
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Wow, somebody got a bee in their turban...\n\nBush Sr. among many other ex-Party and current leadership all have small stakes in the form of mutual funds which in turn are heavily invested in many Middle-East construction and shipping companies.  It is indirect, but it is a clearly linear relationship.  Bush Sr. alone stands to make about $7 million in capital gains when the whole deal goes through (for 26 ports, not just the few in the US, which ironically are the least profitable).
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Well, first off, the company is owned by the UAE government, which, while I wouldn't exactly say is a close friend of the U.S., is an ally.  Second, all the company is doing is taking over managing the ports -ownership will still belong to the various port authorities in each city.  The managing of the port will not involve controlling security -again, that responsibility belongs to the port authorities, to the Coast Guard, and to U.S. Customs & Border Protection.\n\nIt should also be noted that the government has been aware of a possible takeover of P&O by Dubai Ports World since last fall.  The only real reason a stink was suddenly raised was after some union members complained to the mayor of Miami.  The White House has said extra security precautions were taken in vetting this deal, but it was still approved.  Some maritime security experts also agree, since DPW will not have any control over security procedures.  What it's really about is politics & shoring up union support for the Democrats (plus to look like they're actually beating the GOP on national security for once), while for some Republicans, it's about either supporting their constituents, or attempting to "claim their independence" from Bush, whatever that means.\n\nFinally, after having perused the Gulf News (a major English-language daily in Dubai), I get the impression that they generally associate this sort of complaint with the GOP or "American rightists", but they are especially angry at the New York Times, since they generally see the Times as a paper which tries to counter cultural hatred or whatever.\n\nSo, it's not really a "takeover", since the ports will still be under U.S. ownership -rather, it's who they hire to handle the day-to-day operations.  The longshoremen's unions are freaked out because they don't want to lose any jobs -something that I doubt would happen, but union guys are particularly paranoid about that in my experience, to the point where they make it more inefficient to get work done.  But, I think were we to stop this deal simply because they're an Arab country, it would send the wrong message to the Middle East & the world in general.  So, yes, I think Bush is actually doing the right thing.
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It may not be.  Support for President Bush's administration comes mainly in the arena of his efforts to prosecute the war on terror.  That one issue alone has defined his time in office.  There have been mistakes, misjudgements, and he hasn't seen a spending bill that he didn't like.  He's grown government faster than most Democrats could have thought possible, which is saying a lot.  He has made efforts in providing additional funding for disabled people, education (although no child left behind is a really bad program), and, believe it or not the environment.  War time presidents are often consumed with the second guessing and bad press regarding the war that they are on the constant defensive.  So, even though I do support the effort in prosecuting the war on terror (I think that the threat was identified early enough that President Clinton could and should have handled it in the 90's) I don't think that this administration is one of the best.  But compared to Clinton's willingness to deploy the military every time he thought it would make a good photo op, I think George is doing the best he can.
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Those of you claiming that Prof Adam is saying these things are all Bush's fault by calling it the Summer of Bush, He never said it was Bush's direct fault, so maybe you're seeing something and believe it is eh?  And yes these things are directly Bush's fault, but as the President it is his job to repair them.  Lying to the American people, spying on them and starting a war in the wrong country (Note: War ALWAYS raises gas prices) is not the best way to repair things.\n\nIn any case, yes it's going to be another Summer or Bush.  Sure others have had corruption in the past, thing is, they either didn't get caught or didn't end of using the lies to the public to start a war.  Clinton I would say is guilty of the opposite lie, Not telling us enough of what is going on.  Bush makes up stuff to tell us instead.  I can't speak on Enviro Pollution cause I haven't heard anuything new on it but as far as the rest, yeah it'll happen.  Then expect some damage control right around November.