Finally an issue both the right and left can get behind

[Ugnmoose]

What a stupid son of a bitch. And how lucky we are. This whole port security outsourcing issue is something everyone, regardless of political pursuasion can get behind. If Bush thinks he has some political capital to spend on this one he truly is sucking down some heavy duty drugs or laying on the booze. It seems like every week now these morons do something totally asinine that is pissing off more and more people, including a large part of their base. Oh how I love it! They are frikking imploding before our eyes. Not even the MSM shills can blow this one off. The one damn issue that Bush had going for him - national security is now gonna be flushed down the bowl. Sionarra Chimpster and don't let the door to the White House hit you in the ass on the way out.

[Flabbergasted]

1. Alot more here than meets the eye vunfortunately.

Bush is taking orders!

[Ugnmoose]

2. Damn right

We all know Bush is just a puppet whose strings are being pulled by some very nefarious and powerful people. Every decision these cretons make is tied to money and special interest, usually their own. I am now convinced they are hell bent are raping the government and bleeding it dry while they stuff all they can into their pockets before they hit the exits. We cannot undo what they have already done. But we damn well can stop them from doing much more.

[Flabbergasted]

3. Amen Brother

[Telly Savalas]

4. Why didn't they get behind it before?

It's not like port operations are only now being outsourced.

[Ugnmoose]

5. Nobody knew about it

It was a very well kept secret - appalling ain't it? While no one likes outsourcing, it is one thing to outsource to British Companies and quite another to companies controlled by governments know to sponsor terrorists. Shit we should be boycotting the UAE not setting up trade agreements with them and allowing them to secure out ports.

All this tells me is that Bushco knows damn well that the Arab and UAE in partciular had nothing to do with 9-11, which is why they have no fear in letting them run our ports. The terrorists are living in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Telly Savalas]

6. How could nobody know who operated the ports?

It was a government secret that the ports were being operated by a private firm?

[Ugnmoose]

7. You and I didn't know

because it was never made public to us. This outsourcing to UAE is so controversial and outrageous that it finally came out, as it should.

[Telly Savalas]

8. It was public knowledge though.

Just not widely dissemminated. Which is kind of my point. To the extent that the operators of the ports are in charge of security (versus U.S. Customs and the Coast Guard), why should any private company which has no vested interest in the security of the U.S. be trusted more than a UAE company? It's more of worry that a company would provide lax security to save a few bucks than it is for a company to be in the middle of a chain of 6-degrees of separation between Osama Bin Laden and Kevin Bacon.

Shouldn't the folks who keep tabs on port goings-on have raised the red flag a long time before they reported this deal?

[iconoclastNYC]

9. Great post! It's a great wedge issue for us!!!

Hammer this issue to everyone you know, LEFT or RIGHT.....send them the link to Cafferty.....this is a winner for Democrats. BUSH is weak on SECURITY.