Deaf, Dumb, AND Blind

Impossible to believe, but El Presidente stated today that he would veto any bill prohibiting foreign ownership of firms entrusted to guard U.S. ports.

This just may be the incident necessary to get Congressional Republicans off their collective butts to do what’s right. G.W. has never vetoed a single bill, but now, for what can only be his own selfish interests, he is standing on “principle” to allow a Dubai-based firm to purchase the company that guards six major American ports, including Baltimore, NYC, and New Jersey.

I don’t have anything against folks outside the U.S. having an equity stake in U.S. firms (I wish U.S. firms would actually incorporate in the U.S. instead of some Banana Republic in order to avoid paying income taxes), but this entire episode proves just how politically blind G.W. is…in addition to being deaf and dumb.

At least Tommy was cute.

Scandal

Scandal
(Noun) an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage

(Synonyms) wrongdoing , ignominy , disgrace

Illegal wiretaps on U.S. Citizens
Dubai running ops at 8 major U.S. ports
Abu Grab Torture
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Iraq will pay for the war with oil sales
Plamegate
Hurricane Katrina
Halliburton No Bid Contracts in Iraq reconstruction
Tom Delay (too numerous to mention)
Bill Frist (see above)
Cheney's Energy Task Force
Jack Abramoff
Halliburton overcharged the U.S. Army for fuel in Iraq
Harriett Myers for the U.S. Supreme Court
Imigration Policy
Halliburton doing business with Iran while Cheney was CEO
Wiretapping the United Nations
Medicare and Student Loan Cuts
Tax Breaks for the Top 2% Income
The EPA claiming NYC air is safe after 911
John Ashcroft's illegal campaign contributions
G.W. AWOL during the Vietnam War
Guantánamo Bay Torture
Iraq: The Case for War
Mishandling North Korean Disarmament
Mis-judging Palestinian Elections
Iran-just about every aspect
Karen Hughes US undersecretary of state for public affairs
Cheney's Got a Gun
Uranium from Niger
Cutting the NREL budget days after saying the U.S. needs to reduce oil imports
Selling off public lands for mineral and tree mining