Re: Can someone exlpain this to me?

[Kevin McAleavey <kevinmca () nsclean com>]

 Only Faux News can spin that one.   :(

At 12:07 AM 2/18/06, Unca Fergie wrote:
> WTF?
>
> Via The NYT.
>
> [snip]
>
> "Despite Fears, a Dubai Company Will Help Run Ports in New York"
>
> The Bush administration dismissed the security concerns of local officials yesterday and restated its approval of a 
> deal that will give a company based in Dubai a major role in operating ports in and around New York City.
>
> Representatives of the White House and the Treasury Department said they had given their approval for Dubai Ports 
> World to do business in the United States after a rigorous review. The decision, they said, was final.
>
> Dubai Ports World is buying the British company that currently operates the cruise-ship terminal on the West Side of 
> Manhattan, one of the biggest cargo terminals in New York Harbor, and terminals in Philadelphia, Baltimore and other 
> big ports.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/nyregion/17ports.html
>
> Figure that shit out, will ya?
>
> - ferg
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
>
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