I want to know why Pres. Bush is selling the United States and its people who elected him down the river?
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Because he is just a tool of the Republican Party, and has no integrity. It may be interesting to note that Treasury Secretary Snow (who's dept approved this deal) used to be CEO of CSX Corp. CSX was bought by the same UAE Govt-owned company that now wants to control our ports. Hmmmm, there wouldn't be any connection there would there?\n\nAlso, the differences between letting a British COMPANY own our ports and a Government (UAE) own our ports is HUGE, especially when that Govt has a bad track record in direct support of terrorists -- two of whom were on the 9/11 terror squad. Wake up, people.
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I think he's trying to show the American people that he's a good president. But to me,he's an A**hole,I feel he doesn't even care about his people or what he's doing to this country,we are so much in debt it ain't funny anymore,and what country out there is going to help us,Nobody that's for sure.America is suppose to be the riches country but we're the poorest.He cares more about the outsiders,than his own.
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No, you can blame Bush for his energy policy and his inaction. When the same thing happened to Clinton (the prices went up) he released the strategic reserves causing a glut and the prices came down. Bush is in California touting something that isn't going to be feasible for years. I do think that he and his family are profiting by this.
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Bush isn't selling the ports ... they already belong to a British company that is selling them to a company from the UAE.\n\nAnd US always has and will continue to be responsible for security at the ports, regardless of what company owns them
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Bush is a puppet for the wolfowitz doctrine and other high profile secret societies. He is not for the people, he is for corporations, and making money for him and his cronies. Not helping any of use americans. Bush is a good puppet.
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Obviously, loyalty to a friend is more important to Bush than the safety and well-being of the US. He is surrounded by cronies who lie to him and protect him from the truth. His audiences are carefully selected so that he gets only favorable feedback. Everything has been ruined by this administration: our environment, our military, our economy, you name it.
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Your question answers itself, of course it's his pals and cronies doing it that's one of his perks. Being a devout Christian he will tell you that," He's casting his bread upon the waters and after many days it shall return".. This in  plain language means he is buying friends and influencing people,the Bush Family never miss a chance to line their pockets!.
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Ask the owners of transnational companies..... America is a mere puppet in their hands.....You are toooooo naive... and an idiot, indeed, to ask such a silly question...
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Because you allow your government to sell you their story, which leads to a (mostly) blind public that supports the acts they despise. Public relations executives in the white house are responsible for this deceit, like George Bush's favourite personal advisor, Karl Rove. Gocernments and corporations are working together more than ever to mutually increase financial benefit, with a pathological persuit of profit and power.
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lol, good question. I love that you are aware of this. Most Americans have no idea that Bush really did this. My guess is that Bush has a lot more money and power. For some reason the republicans are rubber stamping everything for Bush. There is no debate. It's crazy. There are "secret combinations (deals)" in our gov't right now. How else could this have been legalized? I feel bad for our troops right now.
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I'll tell you what he's not doing.  Trumpeting the good economy to get some support for the Republican party.  The DOW is the highest its ever been.  New home ownership is higher than it is ever been.  Unemployment is below 5%, which is virtually no unemployment.  The economy is strong as ever and Bush is doing nothing to get the word out.
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They are selling the world out from under us.  The way things are going now, in 20 years, there will be no such thing as private ownership in this country; everything will be owned by major corporations.\n\nWhen will you fundamentalists figure out that Bush isn't a REAL christian?  No christian would look upon violence so favorably.
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See it started back when GW sr was the vice president. Him and his buddies: Donald "the liar" rumsfield, Dick "dead eye" Cheney, etc got to together. This group made a pack, you know like blood brothers, for world domination. It starts with putting massive quantities of LSD in the the water supply so Americans don't realize they have illegally tampered with poll results in the state of Florida. This continues with the events of 9/11. Thinking they can enrage the populous into a war. Bush and his merry men come up with this WMD story which is helped along when his old good friend Saddam "the mad man" Hussein keeps throwing out the UN inspectors. So the boys realize HEY we could make mad money off this whole war thing. Dead Eye your company haliburton will get crazy contracts for construction and defense. Dad and his oil Barron's will get to make millions of dollars via the stock market and the American people with their non fuel efficient cars. Yeah that's the ticket.\nBut see not all of America drinks water, not every one was so easily fooled and most of us know the deal. \nI think it more like people who don't like \nBeing told "told you so!"\nYou want to bet on it? (and they end up losing)\nAdmitting their were GRAVELY wrong and too many Americans and Iraqis died.\nThe fact the hijackers from Saudi Arabia not Iraq.\nSo it got to be an ego thing?
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It is a program where President Bush sells out the United States.
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It may have something to do with oil. \n\nIt would not be the first time that the president misled the people for personal gain.
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Cause poor people from states that vote for Republicans go to wal mart and buy stuff that is made in China.\n\nThats a smart @ss answer, but essentially,  up until about a month ago I was all oh my gosh China is the enemy.\n\nChina just wants to sell America goods cause it makes them money.\nThey have a problem in that their one child policy is going to cause a shift in population to where they have a lot of elderly.\n\nEssentially the same thing here, with the baby boomers about to suck off social security.\n\nChina has a big air force,  and they are the second largest nation that is a consumer of oil on the world market, but . .\nthe biggest buyer of Chinese goods on the world stage is the United States.\n\nSo you say what about that they own 350 billion of US debt?\n\nTo that I say, I voted for Kerry who would have raised taxes reducing our need to borrow from foreign entities.\n\nIn short, stop being an @ss yourself and playing the liberal bad conservative good game.\n\nIts politically fashionable to say o no the President is selling these ports to the arabs, have you jumped on that bandwagon too?\n\nI'm defending the President on this.  Its a private transaction to sell the management not the security of the port to a firm.\n\nKuwait and Dubai own stock in Chrysler, but no one freaks out over that ownership.
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I do not object to this sale.  Please TRY to understand: Those ports are NOT being sold at all.  They will still be owned by Americans; Americans will still provide security; Americans will still work at the ports.  All that is being sold is the company (P&O) that manages freight handling at the ports.\nWe are not being sold down the river.  The government of Dubai will not receive classified info on our military shipments from the ports.  Who cares if they know how many Barbie dolls and sneakers are being shipped to the US?\nShutting Muslims out of the US business community for no good reason only serves to alienate them, and hinders our ability to fight terrorism.