A company based in Dubai, U.A.E., Dubai Ports World, has purchased Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation, a British- owned company, which manages six U.S. seaports. The deal, at $6.8 Billion, will place Dubai Ports World in management of these ports.
In case you're interested, the ports they are tasking control of are: New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami, & Philadelphia. That's EVERY major East Coast port, and a state-run MiddleEastern country is going to run them? I don't even think that the old British company should have run them. You just can't outsource safety!
Dubai was the location of a nuclear technology sale, led by a Pakistani scientist named A.Q. Khan. More importantly, Two of the hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks were from the U.A.E. They also got money from Dubai-based banks.
There has been rising concerns in Congress over the sale. Congressmen, Senators & Reps., Democrats & Republicans, many do not believe that this sale is right. I wholehearted-ly agree. The President & his "servants", however, defended the deal. President Bush even threatened to use his very first veto of his Presidency in the event Congress tries to block it. Ooh, scary. I just hope Congress doesn't shove it's tail between it's lega and "bow to the Chief".
It was reported (yesterday, I believe) that the President had "no knowledge" of the sale, until it was complete. That's sad. It also shows one of two things: the White House staff conspires on political behind the President's back, then presents it to him with that famous Washington spin, OR the President really is an idiot, and he has all his staffers do his work for him.
Hey, I have a GREAT idea! After this is a done deal, let's outsource our Border Patrol to Mexico! It'll save money and decrease American jobs, all at the same time! And this Blog has just been outsourced to China!
-Adam (counting down the days to the 2008 election)
4 comments:
Adam, I wish there were a lot more young adults like you! You give me hope for our future. It is wonderful to see more youth use their brains and figure things out on their own, instead of believing the s....t our government tries to spoon feed us.
Well thank you, I appreciate that. Our government will, I fear, never give us the straight answer. They should, even if it costs them re-election. However, they are mostly, if not fully, concerned with elections.
The Dubai company is owned by the UAE government. So we have a situation where Bush trusts another government to handle our ports more than our own government. Outsourcing is becoming a bit absurd.
You've got it right, craig. We used to give our jobs to companies in other countries; now were just giving our safety to other countries THEMSELVES.
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