If my friend told me he was giving my keys to another person, I would take my keys back. I would try to find someone else to hold them. If I couldn't, I'd keep the keys myself.
If it is a security risk, it does not matter that there are only 3 foriegn companies that can do it. Security is job 1. We find a way to get it done. If it turns out to not be a security risk (after much more thought and investigation is done), then nothing changes. The reason we aren't building US cars in the US anymore is that US car companies have a huge debt from pensions that is going to break them, that labor is much cheaper elsewhere, and that unions suck. For the ports, a new company coming in does not have decades of poor debt to cover, there is no benefit to outsourcing labor, since it has to be done here anyway, and they have to deal with the corrupt unions anyway. >From what I have read, there are many American companies with the ability to manage these ports (who are managing other ports both in the US and other countries right now). The choices are not as small as you think they are. On 2/22/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, but when your childhood best friend is sold you key to this other guy > what do you do? > > Sure you can change your locks, but you can't give a new key to your best > friend because he is just going to sell it again. > > You have the choice between UAE, Singapore, and maybe two other companies, > none of which are US based. All of which would have suspect intentions from > a government standpoint. > > An American company cannot afford to do it for the same reason they can't > afford to make cars in this country anymore. > > So what I want to know is, what do we do? We can pull the contract, piss off > the brits, and do a new bid, that we can't be certain Dubai Ports wouldn't > win anyway. Or we don't interfere. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197874 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
