tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post114098982961812556..comments2023-09-25T21:22:28.439-04:00Comments on Cup Of Joe Powell: Racial ParanoiaJoe Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1141039683213650302006-02-27T06:28:00.000-05:002006-02-27T06:28:00.000-05:00The Krumm comments about turning in these young me...The Krumm comments about turning in these young men, and the aftermath aside, I do agree with Wednesday to a degree. As for the port situation, my two questions are this:<BR/>1. Why has this White House Administration used the "terrorist" safety card repeatedly and then set up a deal of this nature? I guess I should write "turrurrism" as that would be more accurate in the way Bush says it. Why is this Dubai company the best in managing this? And I don't really care if it's a company from the UAE or Great Britan honestly. It just seems to me a lost opportunity for American business.<BR/>2. Why can't we use an American company to handle a project of this magnitude? Why hasn't this been addressed? I live in an area that has lost dozens of plants over the last decade, and people who were making a living wage here have either lost everything they had due to taking a job making less money or have moved to where the work is.<BR/>And the latest AP story that says the White House will take a break as long as it doesn't impact the deal makes me question what in the world is really going on here?<BR/>As for Krumm's actions and then posting it on his blog, I think his behavior over these two men was reactionary. The paranoia in this country about non-whites has got to stop. If I remember correctly, it was a white guy named Timothy McVeigh that bombed the federal building in Oklahoma, so Mr. Krumm's actions make me scratch my head.Newscomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314104886871823355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1141015245291748822006-02-26T23:40:00.000-05:002006-02-26T23:40:00.000-05:00A mmost excellent point, Wednesday! I have yet to ...A mmost excellent point, Wednesday! I have yet to see or read much about why no American company can effectively compete to buy port operations?<BR/><BR/>Current Secretary of Treasury Snow, just happened to oversee the sale of international operations for the CSX railroad (where he had been CEO) to the same Dubai company wanting ownership of the currently disputed American ports, with a selling price of just over $1.15 billion in 2004.<BR/><BR/>Is it simply that some CEOs, and now administration officials have more desire to make as much money as possible rather than help encourage and develop the American economy??Joe Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1141011196367422852006-02-26T22:33:00.000-05:002006-02-26T22:33:00.000-05:00My major problem with this whole thing has nothing...My major problem with this whole thing has nothing to do with the UAE. I didn't know until this whole Ports issue came up that the management of some of our ports was in the hands of a British company. There are plenty of qualified and unempoyed Americans who could do the job just as well, and we just keep outsourcing these jobs to foreign nations. <BR/><BR/>I'm no isolationist, but come on! Our unemployment rate is ridiculous. We've got people with Master's Degrees who can't even get a job in this country, because all the jobs are going to foreign nations or illegal Mexican immigrants. <BR/><BR/>And kindly refrain (though I am sure you probably would...you seem a thoughtful and not racist fellow) from telling me how they will do jobs that Americans will not. An unemployed American with a family to feed will do a job, no matter what it is. Based on some of the jobs I have done for that very reason, I feel I'm slightly knowledgeable about this.evilisgoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633534389590885234noreply@blogger.com