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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:56 PM Original message |
When you follow the money, the ports sale makes sense. |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. People need to take arms now. The Administration is seizing our ports. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. it doesn't help to overstate/misstate the case |
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Brothaman2k (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Very Astute |
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gilpo (601 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Correct, Let the Righties look like fools on this one.... |
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AZModerate (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Never Thought |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. glad to have you here, and a great big WELCOME! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. You know, I bet you're not |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Did you call in to CSpan this morning? |
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AZModerate (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Nope, it just appears to be a popular sentiment |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. We will fight another day. |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
72. Hi AZModerate!! |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #42 |
74. Welcome to DU |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
78. Kucinich is probably politically closer to you than either Clinton |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I agree. The facts are damning enough. Hyperbole isn't needed |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
77. The Brits shouldn't be involved either |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Tell me where to shoot. n/t |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. it's a Snow job.He's got those youthful good looks,why's he so greedy? |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I swear cbs said at beginning of show that they were going to do a report |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Makes as much sense |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's a fairly good accounting of whats going on... |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. your welcome, we're all in this together... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Acebass, In one of the articles you posted over at the link you gave |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The letter to Snow is in a PDF file in that thread... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Thanks, I read that, but that is not what that sentence is referring to |
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Brothaman2k (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. I hope this is America's wake up call |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. This is not the first time. I think that airport security is contracted |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. And here's who else is on that committee |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Zoellick (PNAC) & Hadley ?!?? |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. kick & recommend |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Kick and Recommend |
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schrodingers_cat (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. reported on CNN this evening.... |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why not sell JFK Airport to the Saudis... |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hey, blivet** has been saying that the oceans no longer keep us safe |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Lets outsource the President. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. How much public tax money was used to build these facilities |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. Mounting evidence proving, corruption and republicans go hand in hand |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Follow the money" always works with this administration. |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. Rice still planning her visit to UAE this week? |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Supposed to leave today~ |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. While the uniformed worry about illegal Mexicans entering the US?? |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
75. That one quote alone is enough to make me |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. Deleted message |
annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. BINGO!! We Have A Winner!! |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Truthout has it, too |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. excellent job! n/t |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. More on Carlyle |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. Well Done |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
34. I completely disagree with taking the high road here. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
35. It's a tradeoff!!!! Read this: |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. makes sense in the way that greed and covering up incompetence |
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Well_Seasoned (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
39. Careful folks … we are walking on thin ice here. |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. It has nothing to do with racism |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. No, the rallying cry is not that the UAE is "Arab". |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. UAE has "a sad history with terrorism." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Deleted message |
Well_Seasoned (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Wrong ... they aren't anti-Bill Clinton - but they are truth |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Your anti-Bill Clinton. I read what you said about him in the other thread |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. It has to do with hypocrisy... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. How about pointing out that * said the reason they did this |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. The six ports in questions are mostly on the east coast. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Most US ports are in 'blue states' |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Explanation please, Is it the UAE that is buying or the |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. It's a Dubai group - Dubai Ports World |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. You may feel sure, but all news stories say the Duabi royal family owns it |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Ah - thanks for the clarification. |
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Riverman (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. Dems on Top of This One - |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. This is our chance... |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Hillary's taking control... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'm gonna ask this again. Just can't get this out of my mind.... |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. It does look somewhat dicey... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I think that would be standard when any company is bought |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. TX! I think that is exactly what this is referencing. |
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Acebass (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. But this isn't your run of the mill business deal... |
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ToolTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
70. Who is in bed with the Emirates? |
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saberjet22 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
71. selling the port's security |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
73. 2002 Truthout article about CSX: Carlyle Group... |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
76. this seems to be in need of kickage |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
79. This reminds me of the night that SCOTUS made the eminent domain decision |
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