[Vision2020] Bush Unaware of Deal With UAE Ports Group

[Art Deco]

Dick, et al,

In my opinion (not always humble) what it says about President Bush in 
particular is that he has significant problems dealing with abstract 
concepts, a condition those around him take advantage of to promote their 
own agendas.

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Schmidt" <44schmidt at earthlink.net>
To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>; "Moscow Vision 2020" 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Bush Unaware of Deal With UAE Ports Group


> Last night on TV I saw where Bob Dole, husband of Senator Elizabeth Dole 
> R-NC was instrumental in making the deal happen. I suppose Lizzy didn't 
> appreciate my letter sent a couple days ago opposed to the deal.
>
> I can't believe Bush didn't know about this. This man is supposed to be 
> college educated. He is one of the most "out of touch with reality" people 
> in the country and says a lot about a college education today.
>
> Dick Schmidt
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:02 AM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Bush Unaware of Deal With UAE Ports Group
>
>
>> >From today's (February 23, 2006) Spokesman Review -
>>
>> At first, Bush claimed that agreement/disagreement of the sale was split
>> along party lines.  Wrong -
>>
>> "'Dear Mr President: In regards to selling American ports to the United 
>> Arab
>> Emirates, not just NO but HELL NO!' Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., wrote to 
>> Bush
>> in a one-sentence letter."
>>
>> You know . . . I've always kinda liked North Carolina.
>>
>> And now George Bush claims that he was unaware of the sale.
>>
>> HUH?
>>
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>>
>> Bush unaware of deal with UAE ports group
>> Many determined to prevent sale
>>
>> Jim Vandehei and Jonathan Weisman
>> Washington Post
>> February 23, 2006
>>
>> WASHINGTON - Faced with an unprecedented Republican revolt over national
>> security, the White House Wednesday disclosed that President Bush was
>> unaware of a Middle Eastern company's planned takeover of operations at 
>> six
>> U.S. seaports until recent days and promised to more fully brief members 
>> of
>> Congress on the pending deal.
>>
>> One day after threatening to veto any attempt by Congress to scuttle the
>> controversial $6.8 billion deal, Bush sounded a more conciliatory tone by
>> saying lawmakers should have been provided more details about a 
>> state-owned
>> company in the United Arab Emirates purchasing some terminal operations 
>> in
>> Baltimore and five other U.S. cities.
>>
>> "This is one where we probably should have consulted with, or briefed
>> Congress on, sooner," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told 
>> reporters.
>>
>> But congressional Republicans renewed their vow to prevent the sale from
>> being finalized next month and warned Bush, sometimes in taunting terms,
>> that an overwhelming majority of lawmakers will oppose the sale on 
>> national
>> security grounds. "Dear Mr President: In regards to selling American 
>> ports
>> to the United Arab Emirates, not just NO but HELL NO!" Rep. Sue Myrick,
>> R-N.C., wrote to Bush in a one-sentence letter.
>>
>> The administration on Jan. 17 approved the sale of a London-based company
>> that manages terminals at the U.S. ports to Dubai Ports World, owned by 
>> the
>> United Arab Emirates.
>>
>> In seeking to assuage critics, administration officials noted that the 
>> local
>> or state ports authorities and the U.S. Coast Guard would be responsible 
>> for
>> security at the six ports - not Dubai Ports World, which would be
>> responsible for running terminal facilities and loading and unloading 
>> ships
>> and storing the containers they transport.
>>
>> Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and House Speaker Dennis
>> Hastert, R-Ill., rejected Bush's call to allow the sale to go through 
>> early
>> next month, and they remain committed to delaying it, their spokesmen 
>> said
>> Wednesday.
>>
>> Republican lawmakers have been flooded with phone calls and letters from
>> constituents encouraging them to fight Bush over the port deal, even at 
>> the
>> expense of GOP unity on combating terrorism - arguably their best 
>> political
>> issue.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Take care, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> ********************************************
>>
>> "In America, anybody can become president.
>> That's one of the risks you take . . ."
>>
>> - Adlai Stevenson
>>
>> ********************************************
>>
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