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Escuse my typos. I meant fallen. You knew that.
Bush Threatens to Veto Congressional Efforts to Block Port Sale
It seems amazing that we can have a President so disinterested in
governing that he has never vetoed a bill. Never in five years. I'll say
it again - five years in office, zero vetoes.
Now, he is threatening to use his first veto. So what is this special evil
bill that Congress is trying to pass? Cloning? Human-animal hybrids?
Mandatory viewing of 'The Bachelor' for everyone over 18? No.
In the face of growing Republican opposition, President Bush today
threatened to veto any congressional effort to block a deal that will
allow an Arab company to take over the management of six major U.S.
seaports, saying that any attempt to scuttle the arrangement would send "a
terrible signal to friends around the world."
Bush spoke twice about the matter this afternoon, first aboard Air
Force One as he flew back to the White House from Colorado, and again on
the South Lawn after he landed.
The president's unusually heated remarks appeared designed to head off
a groundswell of opposition to the deal, including from House Speaker J.
Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, two usually reliable
White House allies.
Bush talks tough about national security - but in issues like this, he
shows his true colors. He obviously does not care about national
security. He is not serious about national security, or the protection of
American citizens.
Why do I say this?
Because, handing the ports over to a company sponsored by the United Arab
Emirates, a country with troubling ties to terrorism would be the exact
opposite of protecting US citizens. Instead, it would be putting American
citizens in unnecessary danger just to make the UAE a quick buck.
Write to your local Representative and Senator and tell them about your
concerns of putting "one of three countries in the world to recognize the
Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan" in control of our
nation's ports.
Crossposted at FBIHOP
LP Tue, 02/21/2006 5:04pm
Effective government News and politics
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Hank Roth wrote:
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> 2006 and I must certainly be living in a parallel universe where the
> opposite of sanity prevails. I certainly must have falled into Alice's
> world. This president is certifiable. NO question about it. BUT what if he
> really doesn't care what you think? I mean, he doesn't. So why would that
> be? Because he holds the ultimate trump card: He can declare Martial Law.
> And he will before 2008.. Latest tape from ObL says he is determined to
> strike the U.S. I've heard that before. And so he did......
>
> Hank
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> Bush Threatens to Veto Any Bill to Stop Port Takeover
>
> By DAVID E. SANGER
> and ERIC LIPTON
> Published: February 21, 2006
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> WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 President Bush said this afternoon that he would veto
> any legislation seeking to block the administration's decision to allow a
> state-owned company from Dubai to assume control of port terminals in New
> York and other cities.
>
> (See any paper - see the NYT)
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