Bush ceding US ports to the enemy?

No... Bush didn't know about it until then. But his administration was the one that made the deal.It's Bush's responsibility to know what his appointees are doing. Ideally, the buck should stop with the boss.Either way though, Bush is threatening to veto any attempt to stop the deal. So whether he knew about it then or not, he's firmly behind it now.

---

"We had survived to turn on the History Channel
And ask our esteemed panel, Why are we alive? And here's how they replied:
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died."
-Andrew Bird

See, that's not true. Control of a port is not something that two business can decide on their own. The government has to be in on it. The administration was indeed aware, and involved.

quote:

---

President George W. Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration

---

(Emphasis mine.)

quote:

---

"The president made sure to check with all the Cabinet secretaries that are part of this process, or whose agencies or departments are part of this process," the spokesman said. "He made sure to check with them -- even after this got more attention in the press, to make sure that they were comfortable with the decision that was made."

​

"And every one of the Cabinet secretaries expressed that they were comfortable with this transaction being approved," he said.

---

And all this aside, you're still ignoring the fact that now that he does know about it, Bush is heartily supporting the deal.

quote:

---

Bush has pledged to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement

---

This message has been edited by [Dan's Clever Alias], 02-23-2006 11:36 AM

---

"We had survived to turn on the History Channel
And ask our esteemed panel, Why are we alive? And here's how they replied:
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died."
-Andrew Bird

But was that because it was blasphemous, or because it was a shitty movie?

It's a paraphrase of "nattering nabobs of negativism", which is how Spiro Agnew referred to the press.Because when suggesting that accusations against the executive branch are unfounded, Agnew is apparently a... good choice for quoting?

---

"We had survived to turn on the History Channel
And ask our esteemed panel, Why are we alive? And here's how they replied:
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died."
-Andrew Bird