Dave wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:28:36 -0800, "Capt. JG" said:

Yeah, I just heard this last night. My question is why did Bush lie about it
when he said everyone was aboard with the plan? Or, was he misinformed,
dumb, or making things up... it just makes no sense. Even Rove would know
that this would come out quickly.

I suspect we have here another instance of what we're seeing a lot of
lately--the bureaucrat who voices his views in the process of an agency's
reaching its final conclusion, doesn't prevail in the final analysis, and
decides to take his views to the press. It should definitely not be a
career-enhancing move for the leaking bureaucrat.


I don't often agree with you Dave, but here I think you're correct. For
crying out loud something on the order of 80, yes eighty of your major
ports are already operated by foreign firms, what's five more? The port
operators are not responsible for security, customs, screening of
containers, scrutinizing ship's manifests or crew lists, these duties
all fall to various Federal agencies.

What we are seeing here is typical posturing and blustering by
politicians from both sides, they are taking advantage of the rather
gullible mainstream media and the now frightened and paranoid general
populace's ignorance.

Cheers
Marty