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Monday, February 27, 2006
Still More Port Stuff
Dennis the Peasant is on a serious rant about this. Seriously serious. Now, personally, I am happy the whole mess happened, because now maybe we'll actually take a long, hard look at port security irregardless of P&O and Dubai Ports World. I do hang my head with chagrin over taking media reports at face value-- I really ought to know better by now. And yes, I did jump to conclusions over who oversaw what at the six ports without really knowing what I was talking about. My bad-- I will strive to do better in the future.
So, what now? Well, DPW has agreed to extend the contract until a further review can be done, which is excellent-- because I still don't trust that everything is kosher. And that's more a function of my general distrust of the Bush administration's oversight, or lack thereof, than of a distrust of the DPW in particular or the UAE in general. If all is well and good, sign the deal and then lets begin looking at the haphazard and ineffectual security... mishmash that characterizes homeland security at our ports.
Oh, and while we're at it, could we lose the term "homeland"? I hate that. Sounds like a term Kruzhchev or Castro would use.
So, what now? Well, DPW has agreed to extend the contract until a further review can be done, which is excellent-- because I still don't trust that everything is kosher. And that's more a function of my general distrust of the Bush administration's oversight, or lack thereof, than of a distrust of the DPW in particular or the UAE in general. If all is well and good, sign the deal and then lets begin looking at the haphazard and ineffectual security... mishmash that characterizes homeland security at our ports.
Oh, and while we're at it, could we lose the term "homeland"? I hate that. Sounds like a term Kruzhchev or Castro would use.
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: 1:54 PM
: 1:54 PM
Good one Nick.
Nice, subtle points, both of them. In fact, I would go one further: Since it's inception, I've found the use of 'Homeland' just a bit too similar to the use of 'Fatherland'.
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Nice, subtle points, both of them. In fact, I would go one further: Since it's inception, I've found the use of 'Homeland' just a bit too similar to the use of 'Fatherland'.
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