I must give credit to Republicans in Congress for standing firm on this. They, as all politicians do, had an eye on the polls. They saw the damage this deal would do to them in the mid-term elections and stood up to Bush.
Ironic, isn't it that a man who proclaimed that he was a "uniter, not a divider" has succeeded in uniting both political parties against him.
In this case, the Republicans were right, and this must be acknowledged by this Yellow Dog Democrat.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Dubai government-owned company said it will sell its US port operations in a move that spared President George W. Bush a showdown with Congress.
Dubai Ports World (DP World) made the announcement after leading Republicans told Bush that Congress would block the takeover.
"Because of the strong relations between the United Arab Emirates and the United States and to preserve that relationship, DP World has decided to transfer fully the US operations of P and O Ports North America to a United States entity," said a company statement read by Republican Senator John Warner.
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Well, this liberal does not hate Christian conservatives. For one, I come from a family of ministers. My grandfather, my father, and two of my brothers were/are ordained ministers. One of my sisters is married to a fine minister. All of them in The Church of the Nazarene. If you want to know what I think of my father, you can read the blog entry "A Tribute to My Father."
Most liberals I know feel that conservatives are in their political values, but not in their moral values insofar as those include honesty, fidelity, integrity, sacrificial living and the like.
Your discussion of profit over national interest is good. I would take it a step further. The big problem I see with the type of conservatism you describe is that it places property rights over human rights. We cannot simply let the unregulated market place turn human beings into mere ciphers on the page. That would be unjust and the highest good of any society is the realization of justice for all.
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