Bummer that Dubai chickened out of the deal to take over running P&O's port operations in America. After all, the UAE city-state wasn't exactly about to boot out all the Pommie (Brit) operatives in the port operations and replace them with guys in beards and turbans, and now it looks like we'll be stuck with the nation whose airport security brought us September 11, 2001 (see earlier posting). Too bad - if the Brits had been running American airport security that day, those 19 guys wouldn't have gotten out of the parking lot. Come to think of it, if the Israelis had been running it they wouldn't have gotten past the front door of their apartment buildings. Consumers know the virtue of shopping around; Congress loves the vice of illogical xenophobic populism. We're all the worse for it.
Recent Posts
- MLB drops the ball again
- Bush gets it right (for once) on immigration
- Sports fans waste time with brackets, fantasy picks
- What do the anti-war protestors want?
- Take it easy, Colts fans - Rhodes will be fine
- Edwardsville, IL schools let dead cats out of bag
- Barry Bonds took steroids? No kidding
- Don't give potential visitors to Australia reason to swear
- So now we're stuck with American port security?
- Let athletes take drugs and publish it.
Where else to go
My favorite bloggers
- Quoth the Raven
I am a 35 yr old, Australian, living in America, who collects rare books, loves to read, write and play guitar.
Recent Comments
- Gordon on Bush gets it right (for once) on immigration
- Jerry on Don't give potential visitors to Australia reason to swear
- Faith on Don't give potential visitors to Australia reason to swear
- Richard Silverstein on So now we're stuck with American port security?
- Susan Moberly on Our ports should be run by foreigners
« Let athletes take drugs and publish it. | Main | Don't give potential visitors to Australia reason to swear »
Comments
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
This is rich. DPW is going to tranfer the port operations to an American company? Are there any that can handle it? Our shipping industry has been on the decline since the mid-1950s. That's why 80% of imported cargo is handled here by foreign companies.
This is a sad & outrageous day. A black day for America, for democracy, & for tolerance.
Posted by: Richard Silverstein | March 09, 2006 at 07:17 PM