About Andy Hailey
Vietnam Vet, UT El Paso Grad, Retired Aerospace Engineer, former union rep, kid of a WWII WASP, Vet for Peace, universist, web admin, blogger - helping to expose America’s growing Authoritarianism.
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DP World rhetoric is everywhere. Here are some facts about managing terminals, not ports, inside and outside the United States, and about Dubai Ports (DP) World. The ports themselves are owned by local taxpayers and run by local governments. Port … Continue reading →
- Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5225495" target="_blank" title="What kind of relationship does the United States have with the United Arab Emirates -- particularly after Sept. 11? ">U.A.E. and American Policy</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5205334" target="_blank" title="New York Sen. Charles Schumer has criticized the deal, saying he is concerned about outsourcing services that affect national security.">Company's Takeover of U.S. Ports Raises Security Concerns</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5225229" target="_blank title="The British port operator P&O says its takeover by an Arab company will go ahead in spite of growing opposition in the U.S." >Marketplace: Concern over Control of U.S. Ports</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5225492" target="_blank" title="Federal officials insist the purchase does not pose a security risk. " >Resistance Grows to Arab Firm's Control of Ports</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5226999" target="_blank" title="Rob Cortel declares this issue as simple political grandstanding. There are no operational or security changes involved.">Who Should Monitor Security at the Nation's Ports?</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5227732" target="_blank" title="There are many levels of security at New Jersey's Port Newark, one of the terminals that would be run by Dubai Ports World. The workers at the terminal are nearly all American and that won't change, according to managers at the facility.">Port Newark Not Worried by Dubai Purchase Plan</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5228240" target="_blank" title="Michael Grey of the maritime journal Lloyd's List, talks with Madeleine Brand about DP World">Dubai Ports World at Center of Ports Debate</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5228627" target="_blank" title="News Analysis by Daniel Schorr">Could There Be More Behind the Port Dispute?</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5228338" target="_blank" title="30 minute discussion on why all the national security fuss is really baseless, cronyism, political grandstanding, and better port security at Dubai than in the US.">Debate Heats Up over Port Security</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5230511" target="_blank" title="Commentator Terence Smith visited one of the United Arab Emirates last year. In Dubai, he found a culture so capitalistic and ostentatious that he immediately understands why the U.S. government would be cultivating this rich nation's friendship.">United States, Dubai: Understanding the Links</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5229449" target="_blank" title="Observers and company employees talk about the history and operations of Dubai Ports World.">Dubai Ports World a Multinational Corporation</a>
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://edgeperspectives.typepad.com/edge_perspectives/2006/02/the_real_signif.html" target="_blank" title="The saddest part of the story is that DP World didn’t buy P&O to get access to these US terminal facilities. The real reason they acquired P&O was to gain access to P&O’s port operations in China, a much more rapidly growing market than the US.">Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: The Real Significance of the Dubai Ports Controversy</a>
Posted in Obsession with National Security
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In this fifth survey for the WAWG index, the group average jumped by 68 percent from January, 2006. Â Â The one reason for the large jump was a huge 1,017 percent increase for “election fraud”. The fraud jump continues the … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2006/01/in_2006_voting.html" target="_blank" title="The significance of the election fraud issue can not be overstated. The fate of our republic turns on how this issue is dealt with and resolved in the coming year">In 2006, Voting Fraud is the Keystone Issue</a>
Posted in WAWG Index
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It was late Friday afternoon and I arrived home from work to greet Mary. She had good news. Earlier that day she found an ad for a couple of Shih Tzu puppies. She called the number in the ad at … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/distemper/prevention.shtml#prognosis" target="_blank" title="Canine Distemper - Prevention & Prognosis">Most veterinarians recommend euthanasia for dogs that suffer progressive, severe neurological complications.</a>
Posted in Personal
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Regardless of whether another Bush appointee loses their job at the BLM, they are out there suppressing research that goes against the Bush administration’s policy. Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2006/02/05/news/community/asun01.txt" target="_blank" title="Damage control after logging study?">.: Corvallis Gazette-Times : Archives</a>
Posted in Media-Info Control
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Mr. Deutsch has now resigned. He lied on his resume about having a degree from Texas A&M. Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11128105/#060208" target="_blank" title="Everyone in this government is Michael Brown, from George W. Bush right on down.">Heckuva of a job, Deutschie - MSNBC.com</a>
Posted in Rampant Cronyism/Corruption
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To get an understanding of what this information sharing can mean, watch this visualization of the future under the post 9/11 “security-industrial complex”. Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/1545230" target="_blank" title="More than ever before, the details about our lives are no longer our own.">Democracy Now! review</a>, <a href="http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3731" target="_blank" title="More on Choice Point"> Webcast (Library of Congress)</a>
Posted in Corporate Intrusion, Obsession with National Security
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So, until we do know enough, let’s keep the lid on new climate change findings. Continue reading →
- Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5177273" target="_blank" title="NASA climate expert James Hansen went public with these accusations in The New York Times and The Washington Post.">NASA Scientist Feels Pressure Over Global Warming</a>
Posted in Media-Info Control
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In summary, membership changes in the Supreme Court, an uncompromising and partisan Congress, and the fundamentalist control of the Republican Party are abrogating states’ rights over moral issues that do not have the support of the majority of the voters. Continue reading →
- Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5009568" target="_blank" title="Alito's dissenting opinion in a machine gun possession case -- is being studied for indications of his views on the role of the federal government's power over individual states.">Case Studied for Clues on Alito's Views of Federalism</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4786011" target="_blank" title="Yet neither the highway bill nor the energy package had an easy road to passage. And it took a return to old-fashioned accommodation to get each done.">Congressional Compromise: Ailing But Still Alive</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4573633" target="_blank" title="Former Sen. John Danforth says the Republican Party has become the political arm of Christian Conservatives.">Danforth Decries Religious Influence</a>
Posted in Church/State Unification
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In this fourth month for the WAWG index, there was an average increase of 7.7 percent from December, 2005. Â Â Â January saw a 106 percent increase in obsession with crime and punishment from December, but this brings it … Continue reading →
I don’t like unauthorized wiretaps for the same reasons I don’t like random drug tests in the work place. First of all, random drug testing removes from ‘local’ management any requirement to do their job and manage their problem employees … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/" target="_blank" title="The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause">U.S. Constitution: Fourth Amendment</a>
Posted in Human Rights Abuse
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