What if the Bin Laden Company bought our ports.

[stray cat]

That should be ok with Bush - right. After all the Bin Laden company is not associated with Osama Bin Laden in any corporate way expect by family ties. The company is not directly involved in terrorism. Besides the owners of the ports are not responsible for their actual security - our coast guard does that.

[pauldp]

1. good analogy.

After all Oasama was just the "black sheep" right?

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Americans might have trouble getting past that brand name.

[Jacobin]

We could even re-name NYC to "BidLadenVille"

Ya know, just as a sign of respect and to show that we hold no grudges and want to be friends with that family.

[AndyA]

3. What if the Bin Laden Company bought our ports?

Bush is saving the White House for them...

...tired of living in caves, dontcha know.

[MadMaddie]

4. * would say that we shouldn't worry about security...

We should trust his judgement!!

[FormerRepublican]

5. Well, it didn't stop Neil Bush from taking a trip to the ME on the...

...bin Laden dime very shortly after 9/11, so I think George would think it's OK if they buy our ports!

"BILL BERKOWITZ: Well, he -- in January, 2002, he visited Saudi Arabia and a visit that was sponsored by the Saudi Bin Laden construction group and also the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, he was the fellow that offered $10 million to help the victims of the World Trade Center that Mayor Rudy Giuliani turned down. And he had made several trips to the Middle East throughout the early 90's. In fact, after his father left office, he went and lobbied the Kuwaitis for some Enron dealings. So, he's -- and, in fact, just the other day, when he recently remarried last week, there was several Saudi Arabian guests at the wedding."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/12/1534244

[reDEMption]

6. Maybe he'd be less inclined to blow them up...

What businessman would torch his own investment?

[stray cat]

7. Now thats an interesting defense philosophy

Welcome to DU!

[Julius Civitatus]

8. This UAE company is associated to the CARLYLE GROUP

as it was reported by the Lou Dobbs show in CNN.
So I guess the Bin Laden family will be making a chunk of change out of the transaction...

and the Bush family too.

In the end, it's all in the family, like the mafia dons that they are.