Do You Know That AlJazeera is Owned By US Government?
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Sorry, without more proof than your personal observations, I don't believe you.  In fact, I find your assertion absolutely preposterous.
1003228
fraud, all of those kind of companies are fraud.  The US government is investigation them right now.
981743
Not the American people but the American government, and not only by Iraqis and Afghanis, but literally by most people in the world.  As to why, it's unlikely that you'll get the answer from your mainstream media!
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Well, first off, the company is owned by the UAE government, which, while I wouldn't exactly say is a close friend of the U.S., is an ally.  Second, all the company is doing is taking over managing the ports -ownership will still belong to the various port authorities in each city.  The managing of the port will not involve controlling security -again, that responsibility belongs to the port authorities, to the Coast Guard, and to U.S. Customs & Border Protection.\n\nIt should also be noted that the government has been aware of a possible takeover of P&O by Dubai Ports World since last fall.  The only real reason a stink was suddenly raised was after some union members complained to the mayor of Miami.  The White House has said extra security precautions were taken in vetting this deal, but it was still approved.  Some maritime security experts also agree, since DPW will not have any control over security procedures.  What it's really about is politics & shoring up union support for the Democrats (plus to look like they're actually beating the GOP on national security for once), while for some Republicans, it's about either supporting their constituents, or attempting to "claim their independence" from Bush, whatever that means.\n\nFinally, after having perused the Gulf News (a major English-language daily in Dubai), I get the impression that they generally associate this sort of complaint with the GOP or "American rightists", but they are especially angry at the New York Times, since they generally see the Times as a paper which tries to counter cultural hatred or whatever.\n\nSo, it's not really a "takeover", since the ports will still be under U.S. ownership -rather, it's who they hire to handle the day-to-day operations.  The longshoremen's unions are freaked out because they don't want to lose any jobs -something that I doubt would happen, but union guys are particularly paranoid about that in my experience, to the point where they make it more inefficient to get work done.  But, I think were we to stop this deal simply because they're an Arab country, it would send the wrong message to the Middle East & the world in general.  So, yes, I think Bush is actually doing the right thing.
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The official answer is that the people of the USA own the radio waves, not Howard's station.   So therefore the U.S. government, allegedly acting on our behalf, can regulate what he says.   \n\nI think that's stupid, but apparently I'm in the minority - a lot of people are afraid their kids might turn on the radio and hear what he's saying (I say parents need to be responsible for that, not the nanny state!)
995237
did you know china pays most of the u.s. debt? so technically.. they own us. think about it.
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I was listening to a history expert and he actually said that America is the richest country and the dumbest one. Yup, all in the same sentence.  Doesn't surprise me at all.  People here listen to CNN and other news media and assume it is truth.  It's so sad.  Even the BBC is more truthful (not by much).
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www.english.aljazeera.net\n\ntheirs the website..i think u can watch online..\n\ni watch via satalite..cable..but i dont live in america..so i hav no idea what sat provider can access aljazerah.. just ask around ur cable company
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check out al jezeera web site.  They like to put that sort of crap onto the internet.
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The United States government could compete for the contract, if it so chose.  But what generally happens is that the US government does not actually do the work, but subcontracts it out to private companies.  That is what happened in the UAE ports deal.  The US was subsidizing out security operations to a private company.  However, in the UAE, the government actually owns, operates and profits from certain companies (capitalistic societies, especially the US, try to minimize this).\n\nSo the US government is in charge of the port security. They hire a company to oversee it on behalf of the government.  That company is bought by a company that is owned by the UAE government.  Since the late 1990s, a good number of US ports on the West Coast have been operated by China in the same manner, and the UAE actually oversees a number of other ports from late 2002 that they were given in another contract.\n\nCompetition of any type is good in a free-market, as long as it is done fairly and ethically.
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No the truth is that other countries have much tighter control over their media so it's not very likely that other countries are going to get the full story.
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Radio is operated from the revenue they earn from advertising. They will run just about any advertisement as long as it does not violate decency rules. Apparently Israel decided to advertise.
820906
there are many satellites mapping the earth and not all of them are owned by the US gov. regardless of what paranoid europeans want to believe. The french own the SPOT sattelites and quickbird and orbview are privately owned. Different sattelittes monitor and are used to map different features such as land use and land cover, ocean temperatures, weather, geological data, ecological data and a host of other things
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You ask the question with the premise that main-stream media isn't corporate controlled by a few individuals with specific interests.  The media isn't "regurgitating" propoganda, it is creating it wholesale.  Our media conglomerates were quietly de-regulated in 1981 and can no longer be considered "independent" news sources.  Couple this with the fact that, by and large, popular press has ALWAYS been about selling newspapers, ad space, etc.\n\nIf you want a real clue as to what is happening you must unfortunately do your own research, which means cracking a real 1st-tier history book.
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Yes http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051224/483/cds10712242143
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Not that directly.\nCITGO its a company owned by PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela), and PDVSA is owned by all venezuelans (its a publuc company) and managed by goverment.
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Noone "gave" the US its claim. We made the claim. And Ke Ke you should put your email address on so i can email you.