tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783631.post114074753463592329..comments2023-09-15T04:39:23.858-07:00Comments on Aloha Dump: Enemy Guarding the Gates?Trickish Knavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01696133416274723867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783631.post-1140913823606654712006-02-25T16:30:00.000-08:002006-02-25T16:30:00.000-08:00OK, you had me worried there for a second. I thoug...OK, you had me worried there for a second. I thought that you had lost your mind and agreed with Bush when I had disagreed with him. I was looking at the color of the moon to see if it had turned red after I read your first reply. Glad we cleared that up!Trickish Knavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696133416274723867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783631.post-1140899823161879002006-02-25T12:37:00.000-08:002006-02-25T12:37:00.000-08:00I must have been unclear. I am opposed to the dea...I must have been unclear. I am opposed to the deal with the U.A.E., but I accept the argument that so long as hardly anything coming into the ports is being inspected anyway, it makes little difference who we're paying to not do anything. The real issue is the government's failure to implement higher inspection standards and to provide funding to make it possible.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13524483460829802534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783631.post-1140829221822923672006-02-24T17:00:00.000-08:002006-02-24T17:00:00.000-08:00Although a criminaly negligent 4-6% of the entry c...Although a criminaly negligent 4-6% of the entry containers are being inspected, does it make sense to award this contract to a foreign country? What will happen to the numbers then?<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I understand your point of view- Give the contracts to domestic companies first and if that fails then to foreign interests. Either way, more jobs will be created? Andy, it amazes me that you Trickish Knavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696133416274723867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783631.post-1140807165926514712006-02-24T10:52:00.000-08:002006-02-24T10:52:00.000-08:00Cooler heads have pointed out that it's not so muc...Cooler heads have pointed out that it's not so much who's running the ports that's the security risk, but rather the fact that to this day, as we approach 5 years after 9/11, only 4-6% of containers entering US ports are inspected in any meaningful way.<BR/><BR/>It's become a cliche, but the administration's decision to award these contracts to the U.A.E., while not harmful in the way that many Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13524483460829802534noreply@blogger.com