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Good. Now that I've neglected this log long enough to get rid of everyone I can... rule the world... Mwa ha ha !
No, but really. Come on, now. This business about the ports is ridiculous. "The Arabs" are not going to be in control of our ports, unless "they" are in control of the U.S. coast guard. I heard some apparently conservative JMU kids on WXJM last night complaining about it. Their logic (which is pretty funny in itself, because you can hear them figuring it out as they go, on the air) was basically that the Arab emirates needed to be shunned because, while they did not FUND the 9/11 attacks (thanks for clearing that up), they did allow their banks to be used to fund it. I think the dude said something like "they allowed themselves to be touched by terrorism."
Ok, now we're going to close the Boston airport for the same reason. For that matter, how about we close the Pentagon? It was certainly touched by terrorism when that plane hit it. Come on, boys, don't be silly.
There is so much to critique this administration for, and I am usually not one to pull back the reins in that department (read the Conyers Resolution and impeach the creep at once!), but people need to lay off the ports issue. I've heard it called "political grandstanding," but think about what the basis for critique is here: folks are upset because an Arab company is getting involved in our shipping business. No matter how you spin it, that's a racist concern. It only plays into Bush's should-be-nonsensical idea that critics of the empire don't want brown people to have democracy. So cut it out, already.
The thing that's really depressing about it is that this is an opportunity to grandstand. Basically, there's no political liability for equating Arab with terrorist in the public discourse. That's a disgrace, and nobody should take advantage of it to embarrass the prez. He is perfectly capable of embarrassing himself.
Good. Now that I've neglected this log long enough to get rid of everyone I can... rule the world... Mwa ha ha !
No, but really. Come on, now. This business about the ports is ridiculous. "The Arabs" are not going to be in control of our ports, unless "they" are in control of the U.S. coast guard. I heard some apparently conservative JMU kids on WXJM last night complaining about it. Their logic (which is pretty funny in itself, because you can hear them figuring it out as they go, on the air) was basically that the Arab emirates needed to be shunned because, while they did not FUND the 9/11 attacks (thanks for clearing that up), they did allow their banks to be used to fund it. I think the dude said something like "they allowed themselves to be touched by terrorism."
Ok, now we're going to close the Boston airport for the same reason. For that matter, how about we close the Pentagon? It was certainly touched by terrorism when that plane hit it. Come on, boys, don't be silly.
There is so much to critique this administration for, and I am usually not one to pull back the reins in that department (read the Conyers Resolution and impeach the creep at once!), but people need to lay off the ports issue. I've heard it called "political grandstanding," but think about what the basis for critique is here: folks are upset because an Arab company is getting involved in our shipping business. No matter how you spin it, that's a racist concern. It only plays into Bush's should-be-nonsensical idea that critics of the empire don't want brown people to have democracy. So cut it out, already.
The thing that's really depressing about it is that this is an opportunity to grandstand. Basically, there's no political liability for equating Arab with terrorist in the public discourse. That's a disgrace, and nobody should take advantage of it to embarrass the prez. He is perfectly capable of embarrassing himself.
posted by cultcrit at 12:47 PM
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