Today's Nuze: February 22, 2006 

THE PORT DEAL  -  THIS COULD BE BUSH'S FIRST VETO?  HE'S JOKING, RIGHT?

I've tried ... tried hard ... but it's no use.  I just can't understand why George Bush is so invested in this idea of turning the operations at six essential U.S. ports, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia, over to a foreign government ... and an Islamic foreign government at that.

Security experts are pretty much in agreement that if -- and I think it's a "when" rather than an "if" -- a nuclear device is ever smuggled into this country, the weapon will arrive in a container through one of our ports.  Do you think that these containers are screened?  Actually, many of them are.  But where and how they are screened is critical.  Most of the screening actually takes place in a foreign port before the containers are loaded onto a ship for the trip to America.  Are any of those containers screened here?  Yes.  A few.  A very few.    The primary method of screening is for our security officials to look at the container manifests while those containers are at sea to determine which containers will be opened for further screening.  What is being proposed here is to put a foreign government, an Islamic government, in virtual control over just how those manifests are prepared and how they will read ... especially the manifests for containers being shipped from a port operated by an Islamic government TO a port being operated by an Islamic government.  

Let this swirl around in your brains for a moment.  The wonderful, peaceful religion of Islam is involved in most of the shooting "hot" conflicts around the world.  I can't cite the exact numbers right now, but we probably have factions shooting at one another in about 130 or so locations on every continent --- with the possible exception of Antarctica.  In about 97% of those conflicts you will find Muslims on one side or another.  There is only one major world religion out there that has as one of its basic tenants the goal of world domination.  That religion is Islam.  There is only one religion out there with a sizable faction that has declared war on our country, and which is dedicated to the goal of killing as many of us as they possibly can.  That religion is Islam.  

Though far too many people don't realize it, the Western world now finds itself smack in the middle of World War IV, the war against Islamic terrorism.  (World War III was commonly referred to as the "Cold War."  It was a world war nonetheless.)  On just what level does it make sense to the President of the United States to turn over the operations of six critical American ports to an Islamic government ... especially an Islamic government with established ties to terrorists who have already struck and killed thousands of Americans?

So this is where George Bush wants to use his first veto?  How many budgets has he signed?  Six?  We've seen non-defense government spending increase throughout his administration at record rates, and never a veto.  Never.  Not even a hint of a veto.  So now Bush has finally found something he wants to veto?  He wants to veto any bill that would prevent the turnover of six critical ports to a Muslim government?  Pardon me, but what the hell is going on here?

Bush pretends .. and it has to be pretending .. not to see why people are so worked up over this.  On the one hand he suggests that this is all about anti-Arab prejudice.  Please, Mr. President.  Give us a bit more credit than that.  Then Bush says:  "I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a [British] company."

OK ... where do we start.  As you read through this list keep this fact in mind:  Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, the company selling the American ports operations to Dubai Ports World, is a private company.  Peninsular is not owned by the government of Great Britain.  Dubai Ports world is a state-owned company, owned by the United Arab Emirates.  So, what we have here is a private company selling its rights to operate these six ports in the Untied States to a government ... an Islamic government. (96% Muslim)  So, to answer Bush's question as to ...why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a [British] company." let's start with this correction.  It's a Middle Eastern government that's being held to a different standard than a British company.  Governments often use deadly force to accomplish their goals.  Private companies do not.  There, President Bush is your reason No. 1 for a different standard.  Now that we've established that rather important difference ... let's move on to compare Great Britain to the UAE.

1. Great Britain is not an Islamic Nation.  The de facto state religion there is Anglican, the Church of England.  My extensive research shows that the Anglican Church has never, at least in modern times, committed an act of terror against the United States.  Nor has the Church of England demanded that Israel be wiped off the face of the earth.  Additionally, the Anglican Church has not announced it's intention to subjugate the entire world under Anglican rule.
    
   
2. The UAE IS an Islamic Nation.  Review Item No. 2 above.
   
   
3. The 9/11 hijackers did not use Great Britain as an operational and financial base for the planning and funding of their attacks on the United States.
   
   
4. The 9/11 hijackers DID use the United Arab Emirates as an operational and financial base for the planning and funding of their attacks on the United States.
   
   
5. None of the 9/11 hijackers came from Great Britain.
   
   
6. Two of the 9/11 hijackers came from the United Arab Emirates
   
   
7. Great Britain did not recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.  The Taliban, you may remember, provided the operational base for the operations of Al Qaeda.
   
   
8. The United Arab Emirates DID recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.  Good move.
   
   
9. Great Britain recognizes the government of Israel.
   
   
10. The UAE does NOT recognize the government of Israel.
    
    
11. Supporters of this move will tell you that there are already foreign companies already running most of American port operations. 
    
    
12. We're not talking about a foreign company here.  We're talking about a foreign government.  

There just must be something here under the surface.  Something unseen.  Something undisclosed.  The Bush White House just can't be this blind to the legitimate concerns of the people and of those in Congress who are concerned about this move.  

NO BIGOTRY IN OPPOSITION

An Arab-American group is upset about the opposition to the Dubai Ports World deal taking over 6 of our shipping ports in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami, and Philadelphia.   They say some of the rhetoric being used amounts to bigotry.  The head of something called the Arab American Institute complained that "I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here."  Poor baby. 

This has nothing to do with bigotry, but rather common sense.  When it comes to national security, bigotry doesn't enter into the equation.  It's all about cold, hard facts.  If we turn over the port security to a company from the Middle East, will they defend it as vigorously as an American company would?  Would there be one employee who might look the other way when an Islamic terrorist wants to put a little something extra in a shipping container?  Who knows.  This is a risk that many Americans don't want to face.

The deal is a bad idea.  Bigotry has nothing to do with it.  Perhaps we should ask the people whining about bigotry whether or not they would like to put the Israelis in charge of their port security.  Then you can sit back and listen to the hypocrisy. Cuts both ways, doesn't it boys?

By the way .... I wonder if the head of the Arab-American Institute has ever commented on Islamic bigotry against other religions or the United States.  Somehow I rather doubt it.

BUT JIMMY CARTER THINKS IT'S ALRIGHT

You just knew that Jimmy Carter was going to butt in here somewhere.  Well, our amazing 39th president has spoken up.  And just where to you think this apologist for Hugo Chavez, this apologist for dictators, would stand on the issue of turning the operation of these American ports over to an Islamic government?  Why, he's for it, of course!   Jimmy Carter thinks this is all such a great idea that he's actually praising George W. Bush for the move!   There you go.  The man who gave away the Panama Canal thinks that virtually handing over these American points is just swell. 

Then again, Jimmy Carter has never met a terrorist he didn't like.  He's even spoken out in support of Hamas recently.  Maybe if the Dubai Ports World deal doesn't go through, he'll recommend that Al-Qaeda bid on the contract.  After all, we should give everyone a chance, right?

This is how you know the deal is a bad idea.  Jimmy Carter supports it.

CARTOON PROTESTS --- WILL THEY RESULT IN VICTORY FOR ISLAMIC WAR ON FREEDOM?

The protests over those Mohammed cartoons seem to be dying down, but there are victories to celebrate in the Islamic world!  Across Europe, and even in this country, much is being said about putting some types of controls on the "free" press in order to make sure that no newspaper so offends the wonderful, peaceful religion of Islam ever again.  

Islamic jihadists are perfectly willing to take their victories over the decadent West in small increments.  Here it looks like they may be on the verge of winning restrictions on the free press.  That's quite a victory.  The jihad marches on.

WELL ... DUHHHHHHH.

Barney Frank made an appearance on Neil Cavuto's Fox News Channel show yesterday.  Barney had his thong in a bunch over the fact that the gap between rich and poor is, in his estimation, growing.  Barney is upset that much of the increased wealth over the past few decade has gone into the pockets of the already-rich.

Hey, Barney.  Here's a basic fact of life for you to chew on. It is true that the rich keep getting richer ... and that is because they keep doing the things that made them rich. Ditto for the poor.  You should be bright enough to figure that out for yourself.

HEARING TODAY I FLORIDA FOR TEEN MONSTERS

There's going to be a hearing in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida today for the three teenaged thugs who beat a homeless man to death with a baseball bat.  We're starting to hear some of the typical excuses.  Peer pressure, troubled homes ... all that nonsense.  Me?  I'm hoping for life in prison for every single one of these tough teen thugs.  In blunt language ... to hell with them.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

This might work as a port-a-potty for, er, number 1 but what if you've gotta do the other? More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

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