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March 15, 2006
Twerp, Antwerp
Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy.
Thank you, CIA Factbook.
According to my sources, as of December, foreigners owned $2.2 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities out of a total of $4 trillion of privately held U.S. debt; as of 2003, 27 of the 145 U.S. refineries were owned by foreign-affiliated companies; German and French companies control drinking water and wastewater services for one in 12 Americans; Of 140,000 route miles of track owned by such railroads, about 8,000 miles are owned by two Canadian companies. And much, much more.
Once the Democrats found out that a. they have no real policy of their own; b. the President's "popularity" numbers are low and exploitable; and c. the foreigners weren't white (gasp!), they took the ball and ran with it, but much like Jim Marshall, they've taken it the wrong way. We can only hope this mistake by the liberals can be laughed at in the same way 40 years from now.
Comments
Mistake by the liberals? You're kidding, right? Maybe if Bush and the conservatives (you know, the GUYS IN CHARGE) hadn't spent the past 4 years making everyone afraid of the Middle East, or had taken the time to explain why this was a good deal instead of trying to sneak it through, it would have had a chance.
So let me ask you something, Sacki - how many foreign COUNTRIES control things like our ports? It's one thing for it to be a company in another country, something very different for it to be a government-owned company - especially when that country worked with the Taliban and says Israel doesn't exist.
PS - I'm glad I called this back when it was timely - on March 4th.
Posted by: The Furnace at March 15, 2006 11:12 AM
My sources say: Send in the clowns.
Posted by: j kendall at March 15, 2006 12:25 PM
File this under "no real policy of their own" -
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1728345&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Posted by: The Furnace at March 15, 2006 01:26 PM
