The United Arab Emirates company that was attempting to take over management operations at six U.S. ports announced today that it will divest itself of all American interests…Forgive me for being an apathetic lout, but I just don’t even care about this anymore. If the Bush administration isn’t serious about port security, starting with making sure that every container that comes into the US via our ports is safe, what difference does it make? Let stinking Dubai Ports World take over management of our ports. It’s up to us whether we’re going to require the implementation of sufficient security measures, and if Bush isn’t interested in doing it, and the only Democrat willing to harp on it is John Kerry, then who fucking cares? Let me know when it’s more than a political football and someone actually plans to do something one way or another.
The issue appears headed in one of two directions -- a veto confrontation between the president and Congress or a decision by the company to abandon its takeover plans.
In the meantime, I’ll be over here fighting to retain my bodily autonomy and preventing gays from being turned into officially sanctioned second class citizens—and wondering just how long I have to watch you nitwits in D.C. distract yourselves from addressing anything of real consequence with political games of one-upmanship before I can legitimately claim taxation without functional representation.
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