[Vision2020] Bush Unaware of Deal With UAE Ports Group

Thu Feb 23 16:39:05 PST 2006

OR he is no different than the presidents before him who do not deal in
basic business dealings such as this one. I wonder that you expect him to be
involved in every and all aspects of the inner workings of government. It
has been this way for much of our history and the continued attacks on Bush
are not going to hold up in history.

If we do discover a complete theory..of everything...we shall all,
philosophers, scientists and just ordinary people,
be able to take part in the discussion of why it is that we and the universe
exist if we find the answer to that,
it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason...for then we would know
the mind of God.
Stephen Hawking
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Bush Unaware of Deal With UAE Ports Group

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?
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 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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