<p>The numbers of foreign vs. US operated port terminals in the US.</p>
<p>Barrons, I’m shocked! I didn’t know you listened to NPR.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5234177[/url]”>Most U.S. Port Terminals Are Foreign-Run : NPR;
<p>he thought it was time for “car talk”?</p>
<p>I actually listen to NPR every day. With a 45 minute average commute time I get most of the news on NPR. I also listen to it most of the day in my office. KUOW mostly but the other one in the car–better signal.
I’m at work now and have on The Mountain–Sunday Brunch which I also like a lot. Mellow stuff for old folks who still like to think they are cool.</p>
<p>kind of sad isn’t it, we are trying to set up a whole new country, but can’t operate our own property…so much for best in the world</p>
<p>I KNOW our own campanies can do this, and it seems that many Americans are working for these foriegn operations, does it have to do with the tax status and not paying corporate taxes in the us?</p>
<p>Isn’t that why many cruise ships have foreign registartion</p>
<p>What we must look like that we can’t even take care of our own ports</p>
<p>88=HH=Heil Hitler</p>
<p>Also if you’re a Ham radio operator, 88 = hugs and kisses (basically an affectionate way of saying 73, which is simply “best wishes”)</p>
<p>Shucks, I thought it had to do with pianos. 88 keys but only 7 octaves. Guess I like the world where black and white is clearly defined. :)</p>
<p>I thought this was about Hitler as well</p>
<p>How many of them are owned by socialist firms (owned and operated by foreign governments?) And how many of the U.S. operated ones are socialist firms?</p>
<p>They seem to be trotting out a lot of Americans to showcase how safe they will be and well managed…what kind of taxes do they pay, what kind of accountability with regards to workers, safety, job security, pensions, time off, etc. Are their books open to us?</p>
<p>Mini? Who cares if they are government or privately owned?? We do business with all kinds of overseas companies or is this news to you? Who do you think sells us oil? Many airlines that fly to the US are owned by foreign governments as are many ships I am sure. </p>
<p>What is your point?</p>
<p>CGM, I am sure they are governed by the same rules as Toyota, Honda, Shell, Beyer and a thousand other foreign companies doing business in the US. Did you not know that foreign companies operate pretty much like all other ones in the US.</p>
<p>Who cares? I do. I would LOVE to see a U.S. government-owned-and-operated company, closely regulated by the Department of Homeland Security, in charge of our ports, as well as our aiports. </p>
<p>It is a BIG issue, a very BIG issue. It is not that a UAE company is bidding for control of our ports. It is that a foreign government is! What’s in the contract regarding what happens if the government changes? Are we so sure that UAE will not alter its anti-democratic form of government? Or that another, less friendly part of the same princely line doesn’t hold sway? And who decides?</p>
<p>I’m glad you are so sanguine about socialism, I really am, but I think it would be better if it began at home.</p>
<p>Were the ports not managed by a FOREIGN company before the Dubai proposed take-over? </p>
<p>How different will the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company be after the take-over? </p>
<p>Why do we talk about six ports when P&O, the parent company of P&O Ports North America, is leasing terminals for the import and export and loading and unloading and security of cargo in 21 ports? 11 ate on the East Coast, ranging from Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida, and 10 on the Gulf Coast, from Gulfport, Miss., to Corpus Christi, Texas.</p>
<p>Why were we not worried about it before? </p>
<p>Why are we not worried about the fact that foreign-owned companies operate many ports in the United States? For example, companies from China, Denmark, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan run docks in Los Angeles, California.</p>
<p>Why are we not worried that most ports on the West Coast are controlled by a much more dangerous and despicable breed of social terrorists aka unions?</p>
<p>They weren’t owned and operated by a foreign GOVERNMENT.</p>
<p>What exactly is the difference operationally?? A private concern can “go bad” as well as any government. At least we have some diplomatic control with another government. I have heard the Chinese firms are not much different than government controlled ones as the government is very close with the operators and in China you only operate with the approval of the same government.</p>
<p>And they will not “control” our ports. They will operate a loading and unloading facility–one or more of several–subject to the security plans and inspections by US agencies. Worry about some crazed pilot working for a foreign owned airline deciding to fly into a US facility–that is much more likely–and they arrive daily.</p>
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<p>Why? You can live with that almost anywhere around the world, so why drag it here?</p>
<p>Honestly, if this is so important to you, why are you here? Go back to the socialist utopia! If the fact is that you have a mission to convert every nation to socialism, then give up your so-called “tolerant” attitude and just say so. You’re so sure of yourself and the superiority of the socialist vision, go live it.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is that when societies’ and nations’ are intertwined, they are much more likely to engage each other peaceably. “If traders don’t cross borders, armies do.”</p>
<p>I love people that feed at the public trough and want to tout socialism.</p>