Ports? Border? Terrorist Attacks?

It has been interesting sitting back and observing what has been going on in the political world without writing about it. It has also been hard, having my stress relief outlet taken away for what seemed like forever. But, I guess it's only been 10 days or so. Thanks to all who contributed while I was away, especially to Murph for working hard on an important piece. I will comment on that in a day or two. It's time that we begin preparing for the future. But, for now, I can't help myself.

Not much has changed. It seems that Boosh and the fools continued business as usual, and for the first time riled up the Republican robotic supporters in the process. Not only the base, but this time even those in office. They have begun to run from him like rats on a burning ship, but who could blame them? The only thing that a Boosh is good for now is raising a little money, and even that might not last much longer. One must wonder if it is worthwhile to have Boosh even raise money for those facing re-election, some don't even want him in their state.

Booshco also once again proved that they can do nothing but lie, shortly after bungling their way into another mess. First they say that Boosh didn't know of the UAE Port deal until he heard of the contraversy through the press. That didn't go over too well, kind of made people wonder if he had a grip on what was going on in his administration. Scottie-boy McClellan even said that this didn't rise to the level of even being "presidential," I believe. Sure. The "Prez" doesn't need to be bothered with something as simple as selling our ports to an Arab government. He's got a Civil War on his hands, after all. No time for a measly little port deal to be bothered with. Boosh was so out of touch that he immediately fired out the "veto" word. Oh my, that will stop them. But, it didn't.

So, they changed the story. A couple of days later McClellan says that Boosh actually heard about it a little over a week before the shit hit the fan. That shows that Boosh actually did have a clue, that he was on top of it after all. Of course he couldn't back off the veto threat, that would make him look weak. Knowing full well, of course, that any veto he offered would be overridden in less time than it took Apollo Ohno to win the gold medal in the 500 meter speed skating event. When it became obvious that this wasn't going to sell either, it became time to go to Plan C.

They then did what any good, lying, secretive administration would do, called their buddies and asked for help. Of course, the UAE were more than happy to accomodate. If this deal is legitimate, there is a lot of money to be made. If it's not, they could lose the avenue of allowing a few nasty weapons onto their ships. So, they are more than willing to ask us to delay the deal for 45 days so it could be properly reviewed, which, by the way, is what the law calls for. That should make this problem go away, but it won't. It won't because it doesn't address the issues that are the problem areas of this deal.

1) As of today Boosh has refused to acknowledge, that being that we are turning our ports over to a country, rather than a privately owned company from another country. Boosh hasn't accepted the fact that this really bothers people about this deal. Either he is the dumbest man on the face of the earth, or he thinks the American people are dumber than he is. The truth probably lies somewhere in between.

2) All this 45 day delay constitutes is a review by the same people who reviewed it in the first place. Sure, they will toss a couple of bones to Congress by giving them a little more information than they had before, but they in no way are willing to allow Congress to have what they want, which is the final say in whether or not this deal goes through. We were told that everyone who reviewed the deal from the beginning had no misgivings. Another lie. It turns out that the Coast Guard, the people ultimately responsible for checking the packages that come ashore, had some serious questions from the very beginning, and still do. They eventually agreed, but you can bet that there was some serious arm twisting that went on before they gave in. Meanwhile, back in Congress, this revelation has only made them madder, Bill Frist notwithstanding. Now that they know that they were lied to from the beginning, they are probably having flashbacks to when they agreed to let this madman invade Iraq. A couple of lies were tossed in there too, they recall.

The Democrats are having a great time sitting back and watching the Republicans fight this one out with their President, they see nothing but victory awaiting in the '06 elections. They had better not become too smug and take their eye off of the ball because this won't last forever. There are other issues that are a lot more important than this one, whether the average American realizes it or not. In the long run, it probably really doesn't matter who runs our ports. We obviously can't do it, so someone has to. When you are only inspecting 5% of the cargo that enters the country, you are sitting on a timebomb no matter who loads, unloads, or owns the ships. The fact that this has turned into a firestorm of contraversy is nothing more than a gift to the Democrats, albeit a rather fine gift. You couldn't ask for more if you are seeking to unseat a Republican in the next election, couldn't buy this kind of publicity, as they say.

For those who belive that 9/11 was simply a vehicle to get to Iraq, now is the perfect time for another "terrorist event." So get ready, folks, the next attack may be right around the corner. Maybe this time in middle America, just like Bin Laden threatened. Think about it. Republicans fighting Republicans, Boosh looking incompetent yet again. It might take a real distraction to bail him out of this one. Ever wonder why we don't pay more than lip service to our Southern Border? Hey, like with the Port deal, we need all the people we can find to blame for the next big one.

Cyclone