Any Port in a Political Storm

via The Daily Kos - It would seem that, not content with stitching up all the juicy contracts to rebuild Iraq and then being handed to Haliburton (who have no connection whatsoever with the Bush Administration at all, lest we forget) Dubya and the Neoncons (sounds like an Episode of Dr Who) have signed over the running of most of New York City's port services to - wait for it - Dubai Ports World. Apart from sounding like a particularly uninspiring theme park, it would appear that DPW are trying hard to get a foothold in a range of locations, following their takeover of UK-based P&O. For a measly 6.8 billion bucks.

There has been criticism from all sides of Congress, and dark murmurings are being made about the lack of background checks on the directors of DPW, and the potential for security breaches. But that kind of thing doesn't happen in New York, does it? *cough*September 11th*cough*.

It's less House of Bush, House of Saud - more House of Bush, House of Fraud.