"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:55:53 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...

The majority of the employees will be American. Maybe a few execs
will
be Arab. I understand that the Dubai company is the largest operator
of
port operations in the world. Most ports are leased out to companies.
Do not understand why. Port of Oakland, which I grew up by and dad
did
a lot of work on ships there when I was a younger me, is run by the
Port
of Oakland. A quasi-government operation. Same as Port of San
Francisco. Why can not NYC run there own port?

Actually, I thought they did. The Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey runs the three major airports, all of the cross Hudson bridges
and
tunnels, including the PATH trains, has it's own police force, and, I
believe, owns the ports this UAE company is to run.

http://www.panynj.gov/

All true, but there's still something odd about the current situation.
The
Senate (including some of Bush's most typical and automatic Republican
supporters) want to introduce legislation to slow things down a take a
closer look at the deal. But, Bush says he'll veto any bill which
meddles
with the purchase of the company. That should strike ANYONE as a bit
strange. It's almost as if he has some sort of personal stake in the
purchase.
He does seem a little out of step on his threaten vetoes. Remember when
he threatened to veto the torture bill?

There are so few viable reasons for this. Dare I venture (again) into the
theory about his intellect? Or....wait...here's a good one: His advisors
are "plants" from the other side of the aisle! They're being paid (by
dark forces) to feed him lame ideas.

The whole deal is rather bizarre. But, then, so is the entire concept of
allowing a foreign national corporation "operate" our ports, especially in
light of the world "terrorist" situation since Bush assumed office.
Only US companies should be allowed to handle port or airport operations
in this country. And not "shell" companies controlled by overseas
interests.


Meanwhile, he's got 500+ people in prison in Cuba for who-knows-what, but
he's willing to trust all the personnel of a company from the Middle East.