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Dave wrote:
On 22 Feb 2006 09:25:48 -0800, "Joe" said:

I'm even OK with a chain of King Tut, or Abaulla Bob's gas (petrol)
stations. But somethings stinks with this port deal.

I'm not sure how I come down on the substance of this one, but one thing's
clear--all the screaming and yelling reflects pure Xenophobia rather than a
reasoned analysis. And now no matter how it's resolved, it will come back to
bite us.

I agree. There's no point in being hysterical about it. It was as
Frist said, tone deaf, on the part of the administration. What is
clear is that those who approved this (besides being politically
unsupervised children), seems to have gone around the safeguards that
are in place for this sort of transaction.. namely that a firewall
should be put up between the parent company and the US affiliate. This
is standard practice, but it wasn't done. Why? Also, is this the first
time that this sort of thing has happened in the last 6 or so years or
is this just the one that made the news?

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