i don't think i'm going too far out on a limb here to predict that the DPW port deal will never happen.
between liberals protesting the fact that it is a government-owned company, conservatives upset because it is an arab company, the revelation that coast guard had raised security concerns about the deal but were ignored, an american public that is overwhelmingly against the deal (not to mention bush's lowest approval rating ever being attributed, in part, to this scandal), and a bipartisan bill to overturn the block the transfer that is likely to pass by a veto-proof margin, it's hard to imagine that this deal will actually happen.
if it does, it will be a true testament to the power of the american plutocracy. as mixed as my feelings are about this deal (i'm ultimately against it, but think that a lot of people are reaching the same conclusion based on bad information or bad reasons), that fact is becoming the main reason i really want this deal to fail. if it goes through despite such overwhelming opposition, it will prove once and for all that this country has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of multinational business interests. i'd like to believe that when those interests diverge from our national interests and the overwhelming views of the american people, that our national interest and public opinion would prevail. that's what democracy is supposed to be all about.
