Dubai, DuBois, Doo Doo or Any Port in a [shit]Storm

You remember that whole Ports Deal thingy? What happened to that? I guess the Dubai company involved decided it wasn't very good PR and sold the whole deal to a more U.S.-palatable subsidiary of itself (i.e. one not based in a country with the word "Arab" in it's name). I'm sure the whole thing will re-surface after mid-term elections when the Democrats have enough votes to move forward with their impeachment proceedings. Man, what is with that new political strategy? Anyway...

In the meantime I thought I would put this snippet from Marketplace out there for consideration. It's a pretty thought provoking perspective on the national security issue but not from an "Us vs. Them" point of view so much as a "Hey, in a global market place is it really smart to privatize parts of our national infrastructure?" point of view.

real audio clip from marketplace 03.01