tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post114202545220491386..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: Your incompetence and arrogance is to blame, Mr. PresidentFr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1142098668147357372006-03-11T12:37:00.000-05:002006-03-11T12:37:00.000-05:00Father, I suspect that the visceral negative react...Father, I suspect that the visceral negative reaction to the deal was part of a larger, still-amorphous unrest with GWB's policies on trade.<BR/><BR/>His trade policies, which de facto have enshrined Red China as "good guys," have also created havoc in the Upper Midwesst. GM's rumored to be considering Chapter XI; Dana's already gone there, as has another Tier One supplier to the auto industry.<BR/><BR/>Strike One for Bush.<BR/><BR/>Then there's WallyWorld, a darling of the "conservatives" which has a long (and I do mean LONG)-standing reputation for abusing their suppliers, many of which are small-to-medium-sized US companies. Insofar as people are able to attach WallyWorld to GWB, it's Strike Two for Bush.<BR/><BR/>Finally, the Dubai Deal. Note this morning's column from Mark Levin (not exactly a leftywonk) where he reposts a FORBES article describing the very shady dealings which go on in Dubai.<BR/><BR/>Strike Three.<BR/><BR/>Too bad GWB thinks PJBuchanan's an irrelevant sidelines anklebiter. If there IS an intelligent Democrat out there, they could eat George for lunch on the Fair/Free Trade issue, all by itself.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1142083277239873862006-03-11T08:21:00.000-05:002006-03-11T08:21:00.000-05:00Fr.Working in international transportation for the...Fr.<BR/>Working in international transportation for the very large consumer goods company in the big city south of you I can tell you absolutely for sure that a company running the operations (cranes) at a port do not CONTROL the entire port. First - this company manages many ports that the US gets ships/cargo from - it would be MUCH easier to put bad stuff on there rather than fool with it hear. So - they already have the opportunity if they want to. Second - there are many companies that work together to make ports and ocean shipping hum - and I do mean hum. It is the MOST reliable of all shipping methods - over 98% on time. And the big companies that are involved - ocean vessels, logistics management, comapanies shipping the products - ALL HAVE BIG MONEY involved - both in contracts/reputation and equipment. The one thing I know about capitalists is that they would not let a company run the ports with their equipment unless they were very efficient, very good and very safe. So - I much more trust capitalism (even greed) than any government agency.<BR/><BR/>You have also hit the nail on the head that this is ALL POLITICS. And President Bush and his administration MISSED BIG TIME and the democrates will make hay with this for a long time. The Administration should have known that A. This was going to be a BIG political deal and treat it like that B. Get ahead of it and use the media and others to lay the ground work. C. Don't expect the apparent public pronouncements of the other side (tolerance and all that crap) to really be what they say when they see an opportunity to kill. National Security has absolutely nothing to do with this deal and Politics and playing that game well does. He's been in DC long enough to know and should have done MUCH BETTER.<BR/>God Bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com