Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Any Port in the Sea of Corruption, Part 2

Thriving industrial societies have been swallowed up and the Earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption.
NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND VOLUME 3

Solving the President's Dubai Ports World problem has arrived at its logical next step. Bring in Halliburton. According to the New York Daily News, the Administration is pressuring DP World to take on an American partner and the company described as best equipped to the task is Dick Cheney's old firm. Of course, what an oil and gas exploration company knows about running a passenger cruise terminal would fit in a thimble, with room left over for a finger. But, this isn't about efficiency. It's about corruption.

If you think about it, it's reassuring, really. There just aren't that many totally corrupt businesses in the country if they keep having to go back to Halliburton.

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