good to hear sardonicus- i was in the same position when i finally had to say " yeah clinton should be impeached" although i didnt want his opponents to win......maybe this is what our country needed to bring us all together

this is just crazy....to say on one hand we are in iraq to spread democracy (which may have erupted into full blown civil war today)and on the other hand we give control of our ports to a country where the people have no right to vote.............. after we kill this deal we need to remain addamant that ALL US ports be managed by american firms...... think of all the tax money going back to other countries that should be here. when we control all of our ports we will gain more economic strength as well as growth

dubai ports will still pay some local taxes but the majority goes back to dubai- which along with bahrain, is the financial hub of the whole middle east, much like wall street in the usa

one thing that isnt being mentioned is that the Bush admin has taken out huge long term loans to finance our budget shortfalls, from the Saudi's and the financial centers of the middle east and from china who has ben given control of many other ports along with huge control in the Panama canal