If you take the time to think back, the people opposing the Islamic Center in NYC

[RB TexLa]

are the same pieces of shit who opposed Dubai Ports World operating ports in the US.

[RandomThoughts]

1. That is a different issue.

That was part of George Bush trying to sell off all of America to the middle east money people.


It was not about religion, but about trying to defeat America, since America has things like better wages and still some unions. It was race to the bottom.

[Hello_Kitty]

3. The OP writer is all about the race to the bottom

He thinks it makes him hip and multicultural.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. The Republic Hate Team liked the Dubai ports and not forgetting Lieberman?

[WinkyDink]

7. I don't follow the grammar here.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. trying to fit it in quickly

[Maru Kitteh]

26. Can't you will like our post? Me too!

:toast:

Very funny. :thumbsup:

[Clovis Sangrail]

4. different issue /nt

[RB TexLa]

5. No, bigotry/racism, it's the same issue. Exact same.

[WinkyDink]

6. Oh, right. Foreign control of our PORTS is GOOD!

[NYC Liberal]

8. No it's not.

There were valid reasons for being against the Dubai deal, even if you disagreed with them.

The ONLY reason being given for opposing the community center is that it's "offensive" or "hurtful" with the subtext being "...because it's being built by a Muslim group." As if Muslims didn't die on 9.11. As if Muslims aren't offended or hurt by terrorists.

[RB TexLa]

9. Racism masked with nationalism is still racism

DPW got the contracts by buying another foraging company that no one complained about.

[NYC Liberal]

19. Except there were legitimate, non-racist reasons

for opposing the Dubai deal. Yes, there were also racist reasons but those were not the ONLY ones.

If you can think of a reason for not building the community center that doesn't include it being "insulting" or "hurtful" to the family of the 9.11 victims (the unsaid reason being that it's being built by a Muslim group), I'd love to hear it.

[RB TexLa]

21. There was no reason to not have the best port operators in the world operate our ports.

[NYC Liberal]

23. If you think real hard, I'm sure you can think of reasons

why it was a bad idea, other than bigoted ones.

[RB TexLa]

24. There aren't any reasons other than that. And that's not an acceptable reason for decent human

beings.

[RB TexLa]

10. Racism masked with nationalism is still racism

DPW got the contracts by buying another foraging company that no one complained about.

[Clovis Sangrail]

11. for some I'm sure it was racism - but not for all

there are/were legitimate issues with foreign control of ports that have nothing to do with racism.
the mosque issue has no other possible context
*and who has the right to control ports isn't something that's enumerated in the bill of rights ...

so again - NOT the same issue.
(this isn't to say that there weren't some people motivated by racism re: the ports issue)

[seattleblue]

12. Now Howard Dean is a racist

I sometimes wonder if any leader will be able to survive the ever evolving purity tests people create.

[Clovis Sangrail]

13. Howard Dean is a politician /nt

[JI7]

15. so what is that supposed to mean ? you think he is racist ? he is doing it for politics?

maybe he just believes what he does because it's how he feels. has nothing to do with politics or what others think.

[Clovis Sangrail]

18. my guess?

Howard's a pretty good guy but he's a politician ... meaning he's used to listening to what "the people" are saying and responding accordingly.
After being inundated re: the mosque story he was apparently won over to the idea that maybe even though they are legally allowed to build a mosque there that it wasn't a good idea - and that it was OK to voice his opinion on that.
.. and it *is OK to voice his opinion on that.
Just like it's OK to say you don't want "the blacks" in your neighbourhood... people might call you a racist prick but it *is your right to say that.

Somehow this issue has made otherwise decent people think it's A-OK to discriminate against a religion.
It's not.

[Name removed]

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[JI7]

16. haha, that's like saying if you are anti war you hate the troops

[RB TexLa]

17. Not really

[TheKentuckian]

20. Horse shit. I didn't want the ports under any foreign control

Being against the looting of the commons and giving over security of our ports to another country is not racism.

I'm disgusted by your trying to fly your free trade/privatization crap under a false flag of multi-culturisim.

[RB TexLa]

22. The company they got the contracts from was foreign, P and O. But they were caucasian

owned, so no one really had said anything about them. It was only after non-caucasian foreigners were going to operate the ports that people cared about it.

[TheKentuckian]

27. I liked none of it. No Brits, no Dutch, no French, no Ethiopians, no Japanese

None of it. None of it none of it.

What the hell do you want a foreign country operating your nation's ports for? The notion is fucking absurd only a madcap privatizer has any interest in such an arrangement. I don't even want it in private hands so why would I think Dubai would be a good idea?

Your pushing your agenda, not any theory. You know good and well there are very distinct arguments and points of view. There may be some overlap but the brush you're painting with was too broad to even bring on accident.

You want to sell that opposition to privatization and globalization is racism despite not knowing who you are talking about. You just hope to ride the white guilt like Clinton did selling his gawdawful trade agreements.

You people are terrible.

[EstimatedProphet]

28. IT'S THE RB TEXLA SHOW!

This week, RB takes us on a tour of America's port cities! Join us for the fun!

[dionysus]

29. jerk.. you made me ruin my keyboard!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

and listen to the greatest hits!!

"i don't drink with you"

"i got ran over by a car and i walked to the hospital"