Information Overload

New and more information is emerging on an hourly basis on the "Port" situation. Although it's frustrating to hear so many different opinions and conflicting "facts," it's even more frustrating when extreme leftists come down on what seems to be the "right" side of all this. The information overload doesn't serve any of us very well in the short term, but it's good to have as much debate as possible. We don't need to be in a hurry to come to a conclusion in this matter. We have some time to weigh all sides of the issue.

The good thing about all this is the apparent passion out there. Maybe we're not so apathetic after all. The fact that politicos came out against this so quickly is testimony that their constituents wasted no time in contacting them in vast numbers. I contacted my Representative, Sam Johnson very early on to let him know that I was very much against this "sale."

I'm still against it. But lots of info is coming in and I may moderate down the line.

I hear the people of the UAE are perplexed at our consternation over their acquisition of our ports. My question to them is, would they be willing to have an American or Israeli firm manage their ports. And shouldn't we expect them to recognize Israel as a sovereign nation before we sign any deals with them?

It's not that we don't already do business with them and vice-versa, but there are questions to be asked and agreements to be made before we rush into anything rash.