tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post114054828883504487..comments2023-06-10T01:21:26.805-08:00Comments on The World According to Pooh: So, I'll AskPoohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1140587214014395032006-02-21T20:46:00.000-09:002006-02-21T20:46:00.000-09:00It could be a mere transcription error, and he was...It could be a mere transcription error, and he was being descriptive: "A great, British company..."Poohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1140577800804039212006-02-21T18:10:00.000-09:002006-02-21T18:10:00.000-09:00Did he really use "Great British" as an adjective?...Did he really use "Great British" as an adjective?<BR/><BR/>Sometimes even Glenn Reynolds stumbles across the truth, eh?Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1140557866219357432006-02-21T12:37:00.000-09:002006-02-21T12:37:00.000-09:00Of all people, Lindsay Graham nailed it: "Politica...Of all people, Lindsay Graham nailed it: "Politically tone-deaf."<BR/><BR/>Straight-up fucking hubris. They think they can do whatever the hell they want and either no one is gonna check up on them, no one is going to care, or they will ride out the story and end up with what they want in the end.<BR/><BR/>Bush is actually threatening his <I>first-ever veto</I> over this if Frist passes legislation to block the deal. <BR/><BR/>The White House is just swinging blindly these days... I think in their greedy rape and pillage of the coffers, they forget that the other Republicans in Congress actually have to run again.Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1140552673489383892006-02-21T11:11:00.000-09:002006-02-21T11:11:00.000-09:00I'm really, really trying to take a non-BDS view o...I'm really, really trying to take a non-BDS view of this story, but I just don't get it. Even given the payoffs you suggest, it doesn't seem worth it from the other side. How does this <I>not</I> become a political liability? Especially with Chertoff's next statement after the Katrina hearings being the proverbial 'nothing to see here'.Poohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1140551341727628052006-02-21T10:49:00.000-09:002006-02-21T10:49:00.000-09:00Key cronies involved:Treasury Secretary John Snow,...Key cronies involved:<BR/><BR/><I>Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose agency heads the federal panel that signed off on the $6.8 billion sale of an English company to government-owned Dubai Ports World - giving it control of Manhattan's cruise ship terminal and Newark's container port.<BR/><BR/>Snow was chairman of the CSX rail firm that sold its own international port operations to DP World for $1.15 billion in 2004, the year after Snow left for President Bush's cabinet.<BR/><BR/>The other connection is David Sanborn, who runs DP World's European and Latin American operations and was tapped by Bush last month to head the U.S. Maritime Administration.</I>Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1140551164655225412006-02-21T10:46:00.000-09:002006-02-21T10:46:00.000-09:00What universe? Why, "The Kleptocratic Universe of ...What universe? Why, "The Kleptocratic Universe of Bizarro Bush" of course.<BR/><BR/>Unserious about security = Serious about cronyism<BR/><BR/>I posted <A HREF="http://misterfurious.blogspot.com/2006/02/weakening-weakest-link.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, firedoglake <A HREF="http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_19_firedoglake_archive.html#114054046387733028" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com/2006_02_19_digbysblog_archive.html#114054826217421321" REL="nofollow">Digby</A>Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.com