I know that we do have a lot of foreign ownership in these industries, but I feel any vital infrastructure should be American owned, or at least have a great deal of oversight.
I mean we don't live in a nice world. -- Tim Heald [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:42 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Dubai Port deal scrubbed How about oil companies, electrical, or other utility companies? larry On 3/10/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good. then we've established one function that should not be > outsourced, even to the closest allies. > > What about corner markets, gas stations, rental properties or car dealerships? > (I think we will probably agree that we are OK with foriegn ownership > of these items, yes?) That's another boundary. > > This all comes down to a public discussion of what things we as the US > are willing to outsource and what things we are not. > > > On 3/10/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a world in which North Korea has the only company capable of > > doing it, then what we know about North Korea today would be completely different. > > > > Hell they might actually have electricity in that world. > > > > But really what I was saying was a joke. Of course there shouldn't > > be any outside contractor dealing with our nuclear weapons, in fact, > > I don't think that applies only to foreign companies or governments. > > I feel that they should only be dealt with by the Military directly. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:59 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Dubai Port deal scrubbed > > > > > > Why? What would make them neccessarily allies? The fact that they > > > understand the technology? > > > > > > And even if they were allies, does that neccesitate they will be > > > allies tomorrow? What about Iran, they used to be close allies. > > > > > > And even if we could guarentee they will always be allies, do we > > > share the same level of security trust with all allies? > > > > > > And if we do, aren't there some things we just don't want even > > > close allies to be handling for us? Why don't we let them run our elections? > > > Heck, why do we even need our own military? I think Canada can > > > take care of all of us. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199560 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
