more on american rascism
So, we are all up in arms... not because we are killing Arabs in the Middle East, but because some of their rich are going to finish a deal soon that would give them ownership of several American ports.
The rich in question are, specifically, the government of UAE, which is our ally... right? But here we are, watching the ruling cadre of evil in Washington trying to outdo each other on who can hate Arabs more and, in consequence, protect Americans.
I guess the Democrats particularly are convinced that there is a worldwide brown-skinned Arabic speaking conspiracy to destroy America by investing in our country in upwards of millions of dollars. Yes... I can imagine the room full of cigar smoking Shiekhs... "yes... lets pour our money into their economy... it will be the downfall of the infidel West..." I'm sorry, but I find it easier in fact to imagine a room full of Democrats smoking cigars and plotting the downfall of the Arab rich, not the other way around. I don't like the Arab rich any more than I like white rich people, but honestly, folks, there is no Arab speaking conspiracy out there to which all brown skinned Arab speakers are a part of... they aren't taking over the English company with their primary objective finding a way of destroying us. You'd think Americans would get this... the UAE's primary objective is money, not helping a rag tag bunch of idealogists perpetrate bombings in our ports. Most of those guys hate the UAE too; the UAE has no interest in helping them out just because they happen to share a skin tone and a language. Get the fuck real, you idiot democrats, and stop trying to out-rascist the Bush administration.
The rich in question are, specifically, the government of UAE, which is our ally... right? But here we are, watching the ruling cadre of evil in Washington trying to outdo each other on who can hate Arabs more and, in consequence, protect Americans.
I guess the Democrats particularly are convinced that there is a worldwide brown-skinned Arabic speaking conspiracy to destroy America by investing in our country in upwards of millions of dollars. Yes... I can imagine the room full of cigar smoking Shiekhs... "yes... lets pour our money into their economy... it will be the downfall of the infidel West..." I'm sorry, but I find it easier in fact to imagine a room full of Democrats smoking cigars and plotting the downfall of the Arab rich, not the other way around. I don't like the Arab rich any more than I like white rich people, but honestly, folks, there is no Arab speaking conspiracy out there to which all brown skinned Arab speakers are a part of... they aren't taking over the English company with their primary objective finding a way of destroying us. You'd think Americans would get this... the UAE's primary objective is money, not helping a rag tag bunch of idealogists perpetrate bombings in our ports. Most of those guys hate the UAE too; the UAE has no interest in helping them out just because they happen to share a skin tone and a language. Get the fuck real, you idiot democrats, and stop trying to out-rascist the Bush administration.
posted by thankgodforpbr at 2/24/2006 11:48:00 AM
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oh this is a shame, my admiration for your blog just went down several notches...i guess i expected more from a law student...but to reduce criticisms of the UAE deal to just "american rascism" is just plain silly.
There are serious questions that the Bush Administration, YET AGAIN, need to be held accountable. Let's set aside the fact that this deal was set forth in an illegal fashion (sidestepping the mandatory 45-day investigation when the aquiring company is a foreign government), let's review some of the possible exceptions for wanting to prevent the UAE from acquiring U.S. ports:
The banking system of the UAE was the major conduit for providing funding to the 9/11 attackers-
UAE does not recognize Israel
UAE stonewalled efforts to investigate and track the al qaeda bank accounts after 9/11
UAE was and possibly still is a major transfer point for shipments of nuclear technology to iran, libya, north korea...
just some of the things that may concern some people...so unfortunately your canned attack on Democrats rings hollow (not to mention the fact that there is outrage on the Republican side too)
I haven't come to conclusion on the UAE deal. I am curious as to your evidentiary support for the claim that "[m]ost of those guys hate the UAE too"
Let's get some practice on reductim ad absurdums... and I hope that I can regain some of the respect I have lost from the anonymi...
1. The UAE loves its money
* they are filthy fucking rich
* they want to remain filthy fucking rich
2. The UAE also loves terrorism and the rag tag bunch that would love to attack American ports
3. They give some of their richity rich rich richness to these ragtags after they have acquired many ports all over the world...
What happens? They lose the money, on this deal and many others. They can't fucking afford, with the scrutiny they and the other Arab governments are under, to support any terrorist group. They like their money to much to gamble with it, no matter how much they might believe in that radical form of Islam, which we have no evidence of their support.
Please site evidence, anonymous, for 3. As I remember, Bush stone 9walled investigations after 9/11 too, and I too have a hard time recognizing Israel when they keep wanting to redefine their borders and every other day another few square acres of Palestinian territory become "eretz Israel".
As I will continue, most of the rank and file of the Teamsters have no idea of the things that you believe to be true regarding the UAE. They are scared "cause some of the Ayyyrab speakin scumbags gonna be in our ports"... and fucking Charles Schumer, who based on his comments today should get the "dumbass idiot of the year award" said today that he doesn't mistrust UAE because they speak Arabic but because they "have a nexis with terror. If this deal was with Chechnya or East Timor (@!@!) or any other country with a nexis with terror..." he'd be just as protestant. However.. Chucky... Chechnya aint a country that can form contracts like this one, and East Timor does not have a historic nexis with terror except its 25 year American supported occupation by Indonesia, which Democrats supported up until 1997.
It is American racism because these things of which you speak, anonymous who know has lost his faith... I mean respect... are not the things being cited. The end point of everyone's objections is their fear that somehow the UAE is going to turn over our ports to Al Queda or some other terror group. Look at what they are saying... there is no argument. It is just A) UAE is arab... 2) they could support terror. There is nothing in between to link the two, and so ultimately it is a fallacy.
And yes, even more than Al Queda hates us, they hate rich ass debauched regimes in the Middle East, which from their point of view, are extremely sinful and exploit Islam in order to control their populace while living the good life.
What "thankgodforpbr" sez rings true. But that's politics for you. In order to move the sheeple one must sometimes resort to extreme rhetoric. I'm not an "ends justifies the means" kind of guy. On this issue I just think the politicos are treating us to a bit o' Machiavellian antics.
Oh, I don't know...isn't kind of fun to watch Bush get caught in the trap he laid?
And on that note...check out:
http://www.tpmcafe.com/node/27165
Ports and Politics
By Ivo Daalder
"In the last few days, many have commented how, on the port deal, Bush has reaped what his incessant fear-mongering has sown. There’s only so many times you can talk about killing “them” over there so you don’t have to kill “them” over here, and only so many times you can tell people that they're either with us or with “them” for the Americans to believe that all of “them” are dangerous and bad.
So it’s no wonder that Americans are opposing the port deal — by 64% to 17% in a new Rasmussen poll. But the damage to Bush may now go well beyond this one particularly deal. In the same poll, Americans indicate that they now have greater trust in Democrats in Congress to ensure our security than they do in the president (albeit by a small, 43% to 41% margin). And Rove wants to run the mid-term elections on national security? Fine. Bring it on. "
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/014148.html
Coast Guard Warned Bush Administration of UAE Port Security Gaps
At a senate committee hearing today, it was disclosed that the Coast Guard had provided earlier warnings on gaps in intelligence with respect to port security and the UAE:
Citing broad gaps in U.S. intelligence, the Coast Guard cautioned the Bush administration that it was unable to determine whether a United Arab Emirates-owned company might support terrorist operations, a Senate panel said Monday. The surprise disclosure came during a hearing on Dubai-owned DP World's plans to take over significant operations at six leading U.S. ports.
``There are many intelligence gaps, concerning the potential for DPW or P&O assets to support terrorist operations, that precludes an overall threat assessment of the potential'' merger,'' an undated Coast Guard intelligence assessment says. `The breadth of the intelligence gaps also infer potential unknown threats against a large number of potential vulnerabilities,'' the document says.
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