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Nostradammit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 01:21 AM
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John McCain wanted to turn our port security over to a foreign government.
If anyone thinks this man has the judgment or the temperament to be commander-in-chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/26/mccain-port-sale-overblown-since-uae-is-freer-than-china/
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 01:23 AM
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1. Mclame does all sorts of lame brain shit. That's what lame brains do.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 01:28 AM
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2. Personally I didn't have a problem with the Dubai ports deal...
Edited on Fri Sep-05-08 01:29 AM by Hippo_Tron
In the sense that it was being given to a foreign contractor. We're the only industrialized country that has absurd xenophobic laws like Exxon-Florio.

Now whether or not port security should be privatized at all is the more serious question here.
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Nostradammit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 01:36 AM
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3. Um. I don't even know how to respond to that.
It sure as hell should not be privatized but at the very least it should not go to a foreign government.

Especially one with an abysmal human rights record. Or is that sentiment too xenophobic for your tastes?
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WA98070 Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 01:40 AM
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4. FYI, they were already controlled by a British Company (P&O), who was bought by...
Edited on Fri Sep-05-08 01:42 AM by WA98070
Dubai Port Worlds, an Arab company. We will outsource everything if we continue down this "FREE TRADE" road.

Last time I checked they were controlled by AIG an "American" multi-national insurance company.
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Nostradammit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 01:49 AM
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5. It was controlled by the United Arab Emirates at the time
it was being debated in the Senate.
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