On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:22:59 -0800, chuckgould.chuck wrote:


The Bush family has a long history of being extremely, (and extremely
profitably) involved
in financial dealings with powerful mideastern and Arab interests

While I question Arab ownership of port operations, more importantly, I
question *any* foreign ownership of port operations. While Arab ownership
is new, the foreign ownership is not. These ports have been run by
British based P&O for years.

If you need a memory refresher, as I did, P&O was involved with the Herald
of Free Enterprise disaster. The resultant coroner's inquest charged P&O
with "corporate manslaughter" and the public inquiry stated that P&O
possessed a "disease of sloppiness" that permeated the companies
hierarchy. That's the company that has been in charge of our port
"security". God help us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsu...gation_Company