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A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift
This entry presents criticism of Swift's 1729 satire A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of the Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick. See also Gulliver's Travels Criticism (1726).
A Modest Proposal is considered one of the finest examples of satire in world literature. Written in the persona of a well-intentioned economist and published in the form of a popular pamphlet, the tract argues that the problem of poverty in Ireland can best be remedied by selling the children of the poor as food for the wealthy. This outlandish thesis is a manifestation of Swift's outrage at what he saw as the scandalous economic and political policies of the Irish and English governments, and the author uses the assumed voice of the economist, an abundance of detail, literalized metaphors, and other ironic and parodic techniques to devastating effect. At the same time Swift directs his satire at Protestant-Catholic divisions, contemporary economic theories, and other targets. A Modest Proposal has long been judged an incomparable work of rhetorical brilliance, and it continues to garner new readers and additional critical attention to this day.
Biographical Information
Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 30, 1667 to Abigaile Erick Swift, seven months after the death of his father, Jonathan Swift, Sr. Swift graduated from Trinity College in Dublin in 1686. As he was born of English parents, Swift was anxious to distance himself from Ireland, and he moved to England in 1689—the first of many relocations between England and Ireland. While living at Moor Park in England, Swift served as a secretary to Sir William Temple, and it was there that he began his writing career. After receiving his Master of Arts degree from Oxford University in 1692, Swift was ordained into the Church of Ireland in 1694 and was stationed as prebendary of Kilroot, a poor town in northern Ireland. He disliked the experience, and two years later he returned to Moor Park, where he remained until Temple's death in 1699. Swift subsequently returned to Dublin, where he would remain until 1710, though he traveled often to London. Although he originally supported the Whigs, Swift was eventually won over by the Tories due to their support of the Church of Ireland's position regarding taxation. Swift served as the Tory ministry's main political writer, culminating in 1710, when he was asked to take responsibility for directing the Tory journal The Examiner. In 1713 he was appointed dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral. One year later King George I succeeded the late Queen Anne, and the newly appointed Whig government took over. Swift was left with no opportunity for further political involvement, and therefore returned to Dublin, where, over the next two decades, he became increasingly engaged in the Irish political landscape and wrote the majority of his most influential political satire. Swift, a longtime sufferer of aphasia and Ménière's syndrome, remained at St. Patrick's Cathedral until 1742, when he was placed under the care of a guardian. He died in Dublin on October 19, 1745, and is buried in the middle aisle of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
In A Modest Proposal Swift adopts the persona of a concerned economist who suggests that, in order to better combat the poverty and overpopulation of Ireland, the children of the poor be sold as food to the wealthy. As a result, he argues, not only will the population be reduced, but the income of the poor will increase significantly as they sell their children. In developing this outrageous thesis, Swift provides abundant detail, projecting the costs of child rearing (which will be saved if the child is eaten), estimating the portion of the population affected, and even providing specific ideas regarding the number of servings a child might provide. He suggests that the meat of the children of Ireland would be considered a delicacy to both the English and to Irish landowners, and would therefore be highly sought after for feasts and special occasions. Throughout, Swift's satire relies on the persona of the economist, an ostensiblly well-meaning visionary whose sympathy for the poor leads him suggest a remedy of murderous cruelty. His arguments, rationally presented, support a profoundly irrational proposition, and their appalling callousness radically undermine their benevolent intent.
Major Themes
Swift uses the absurd thesis of A Modest Proposal to attack contemporary English and Irish politics. He focuses on the metaphorical "devouring" of Ireland's resources by England's policies and by wealthy Irish landowners, literalizing the metaphor to attack the positions of both parties. At its core, his suggestion is that the English and the wealthy landowners of Ireland are causing the poverty and misery of the population. Swift's satire is by turns oblique and direct; in one instance he suggests that, while the meat of children likely could not withstand preservation in salt for long sea voyages, he "could name a country which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it." His allusion to England (deriving from its close proximity) also directly assaults the English misuse of Ireland. Swift does not spare Ireland, however. At one point he presents a list of alternative solutions to Ireland's problems, none of which were ever attempted. In the process he emphasizes the number and extent of Ireland's social ills and the indifference and neglect with which they have been treated. At the same time, through the use of the adopted persona, Swift also satirizes those who propose solutions to political and economic issues without consideration of the human cost involved. With devastating irony, Swift shows the inhumanity of schemes for alleviating the suffering of the poor that are solely based on rational principles.
Critical Reception
Somewhat surprisingly, A Modest Proposal received little sustained critical attention until the twentieth century. Most early critics extolled the work but treated it only briefly, judging it to be in a unique class of its own and therefore difficult to analyze. In the twentieth century scholars began to see the tract as more than a simple attack on particular conditions in Ireland, but as a penetrating interrogation of the political and economic theories that gave rise to those conditions. In his 1943 analysis of A Modest Proposal, George Wittkowski argued that the work's comedic parody obscured for earlier critics its examination of political affairs. Since then, sociopolitical interpretations of Swift's satire—such as those by Oliver W. Ferguson, Robert Mahoney, and John Richardson—have vied with analyses of its brilliant deployment of rhetorical strategies—including those of Samuel J. Rogal, Denis Donoghue, and Wayne C. Booth—to account for its enduring power. By consensus, however, A Modest Proposal, is deemed a masterpiece and a stunning example of the satirist's art.
Principal Works
A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome (essay) 1701
*A Tale of a Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind, to Which Is Added an Account of a Battel between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library (satire) 1704
Predictions for the Year 1708, Wherein the Month and Day of the Month Are Set Down, the Persons Named, and the Great Actions and Events of Next Year Particularly Related, as They Will Come to Pass. Written to Prevent the People of England from Being Further Impos'd on by Vulgar Almanack-Makers [as Isaac Bickerstaff] (satire) 1708
Baucis and Philemon (poetry) 1709
A Project for the Advancement of Religion and the Reformation of Manners (essay) 1709
A Meditation upon a Broomstick (essay) 1710
The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War (essay) 1712
A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture, in Cloaths and Furniture of Houses, etc., Utterly Rejecting and Renouncing Every Thing Wearable That Comes from England (essay) 1720
The Present Miserable State of Ireland (essay) 1721
†A Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer, Upon Occasion of a Paragraph in His Newspaper of August...
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George Wittkowsky (essay date January-October 1943)
SOURCE: Wittkowsky, George. "Swift's Modest Proposal: The Biography of an Early Georgian Pamphlet." Journal of the History of Ideas 4 (January-October 1943): 75-104.
[In one of the first major critical essays on A Modest Proposal, Wittkowsky remarks on the work within its contemporary economic context.]
There is an almost complete absence of sustained scholarship on the subject of Swift's Modest Proposal. The lesser works even of most major writers in English have been investigated with Gestapo-like thoroughness. Even the minor works of minor writers have received loving attention. And yet toward the Modest Proposal, a major work by a...
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Maurice Johnson (essay date May 1958)
SOURCE: Johnson, Maurice. "The Structural Impact of A Modest Proposal." Bucknell Review 7, no. 4 (May 1958): 234-40.
[In the following essay, Johnson weighs the influence A Modest Proposal derives solely from its syntactical and organizational format.]
A Modest Proposal (1729) has been singled out as the one incontestable example of poetic passion in English Augustan literature. Its pervasive irony, metaphorical contrasts, and paradox have been described as operating on a "grander scale than in any poem of its day." Simultaneously, it has been studied as an early Georgian tract dealing with contemporary mercantilist attitudes toward balance...
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Oliver W. Ferguson (essay date October 1959)
SOURCE: Ferguson, Oliver W. "Swift's Saeva Indignatio and A Modest Proposal." Philological Quarterly 38, no. 4 (October 1959): 473-79.
[In the following essay, Ferguson refutes the prior assumption that Swift was venting his saeva indignatio at England in A Modest Proposal, and instead proposes that Swift's anger was aimed at all social classes in Ireland.]
For two hundred years readers have admired Swift's Modest Proposal as one of the greatest pieces of sustained irony in the language. No one has failed to note the brilliance with which Swift balanced the opposing tones of the tract: the economic projector's studied...
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Louis A. Landa (essay date 1959)
SOURCE: Landa, Louis A. "A Modest Proposal and Populousness." In Eighteenth-Century English Literature: Modern Essays in Criticism, edited by James L. Clifford, pp. 102-111. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.
[In the following essay, Landa remarks on Swift's perception that Ireland's citizens may only become a source of wealth to the nation if the country seizes its natural opportunities and resources.]
Among Swift's Irish tracts is one entitled Maxims Controlled [i.e., confuted] in Ireland, written probably about the time of A Modest Proposal (1729), though published later. In this lesser known tract Swift examined 'certain...
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Charles Allen Beaumont (essay date fall 1960)
SOURCE: Beaumont, Charles Allen. "Swift's Classical Rhetoric in A Modest Proposal." Georgia Review 14, no. 3 (fall 1960): 307-17.
[In the following essay, Beaumont comments on the employment of rhetoric and its significance in A Modest Proposal.]
Jonathan Swift had little confidence in man's using his reasoning powers; therefore it is not surprising that he turned to the persuasive power of classical rhetoric to convince man of his sins and follies and to indicate right action. Having been thoroughly trained in classical rhetoric at Kilkenny School and Trinity College, Dublin, Swift made extensive use of the non-argumentative devices of ancient rhetoric in...
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Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr. (essay date 1963)
SOURCE: Rosenheim, Edward W., Jr. "The Satiric Victim." In Swift and the Satirist's Art, pp. 37-108. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1963.
[In the following excerpt, Rosenheim provides a brief review of the satire in Swift's observations of the economy in A Modest Proposal.]
Strangely enough, A Modest Proposal1 presents the reader with some of the same difficulties that are encountered in the Argument [against Abolishing Christianity]. With the exception of Gulliver's Travels, Swift's grotesque argument for infant cannibalism as a solution to the problems of Ireland is certainly the most widely read of his works....
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John W. Tilton (essay date 1966)
SOURCE: Tilton, John W. "The Two 'Modest Proposals': A Dual Approach to Swift's Irony." Bucknell Review 14, no. 3 (1966): 78-88.
[In the following essay, Tilton suggests that A Modest Proposal may be interpreted in two different ways; one concerning the aesthetic art of satire and the other as a contemporaneous utilitarian commentary.]
Supposedly agreement was reached long ago on the peculiar mode of Swift's irony in A Modest Proposal. If any principle seemed to be established in Swiftian criticism it is that a persona functions as the putative author of the Proposal. In the public-spirited Irish economist who methodically, reasonably...
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Samuel J. Rogal (essay date April 1968)
SOURCE: Rogal, Samuel J. "The Timelessness of A Modest Proposal." English Record 18, no. 4 (April 1968): 48-53.
[Rogal observes in the following essay that A Modest Proposal has endured as a work of consequence because its rhetorical composition overshadows its outdated subject matter.]
Ricardo Quintana labels A Modest Proposal as the "greatest of all the later writings on Ireland and his [Swift's] last prose masterpiece. …"1 Apparently he is at least equating the quality of the 1729 essay with the earlier, more developed, and better known Tale of a Tub, Battle of the Books (both 1704), and Gulliver's Travels...
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Samuel L. Macey (essay date 10 November 1968)
SOURCE: Macey, Samuel L. "The Persona in A Modest Proposal." Lock Haven Review (10 November 1968): 17-24.
[In the following essay, Macey examines Swift's persona as a conduit for satire and as a representative of the author himself.]
The subjective Romantic author—Wordsworth in The Prelude, for example—frequently sets himself up for direct examination by the reader. With the neo-classicist, however, objectivity is the goal, and one of the techniques for achieving this is to set someone else up "pinned and wriggling" against the wall, as do Pope for his sylph in The Rape of the Lock and Eliot for J. Alfred Prufrock. In one sense...
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Denis Donoghue (essay date 1969)
SOURCE: Donoghue, Denis. "Words." In Jonathan Swift, a Critical Introduction, pp. 117-159. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
[In the following excerpt, Donoghue remarks on the exuberant rhetoric of A Modest Proposal.]
Many features of [A Modest Proposal] are at once obvious and important; the tone of the projector fending off human and moral considerations in his economic zeal and yet, now and again, stumbling upon a cliché which conceals an ironic truth—as when the projector varies his diction and calls the people of Ireland 'souls'; or the tour de force of out-Heroding Herod by parodying the Massacre of the Innocents. The basic...
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Thomas Lockwood (essay date summer 1974)
SOURCE: Lockwood, Thomas. "Swift's Modest Proposal: An Interpretation." Papers on Language and Literature 10, no. 3 (summer 1974): 254-67.
[In the following essay, Lockwood examines the role of the "economic projector" or narrator of A Modest Proposal, and his objective, if appalling, irony.]
The Modest Proposal has always struck readers as perhaps the perfect work of its kind: breathtakingly to the point, unnerving in the extreme. It is so short and in a certain sense so sweet that one is naturally led to wonder exactly how Swift does what he does in this desperately funny, desperately bleak little performance. Until recently, students of...
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Wayne C. Booth (essay date 1974)
SOURCE: Booth, Wayne C. "Essays, Satire, Parody." In A Rhetoric of Irony, pp. 91-136. Chicago, III.: University of Chicago Press, 1974.
[In the following excerpt, Booth analyzes portions of A Modest Proposal, noting the irony of two contradictory readings.]
[It] is now time to turn to the difficulties offered by even more intricate contexts. For greatest speculative interest, I perhaps ought now to tackle one of the sources of famous critical disagreement—say, Swift's A Tale of a Tub, or the fourth book of Gulliver's Travels, or Melville's Billy Budd. But for the...
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Robert F. Willson Jr. (essay date autumn 1976)
SOURCE: Willson, Robert F., Jr. "A Modest Proposal: Swift's Persona as Absentee." Ball State University Forum 17, no. 4 (autumn 1976): 3-11.
[In the following essay, Willson disputes the general recognition of Swift's persona as an economic or political theorist, arguing instead that based on his puns and euphemisms, he is a decidedly antihuman figure.]
It is a melancholy object to encounter the number of critics who have taken their cue concerning the identity of Swift's persona in A Modest Proposal from Louis Landa's theory about the pamphlet's economic nature. Landa has argued that the Proposal was "another protest, in Swift's unique...
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C. N. Manlove (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: Manlove, C. N. "Swift." In Literature and Reality, pp. 114-24. London: MacMillan Press, 1978.
[In the following excerpt, Manlove investigates the reader's propensity to sympathize with advantageous outcomes in A Modest Proposal at the expense of devious measures.]
This satire is rather more a test of the reader than is the Argument Against Abolishing Christianity. Given that the Irish are sunk in animal misery, and that they would welcome the scheme outlined (117-18 [The Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift, ed. Herbert Davis, vol. 2, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1939.]), how many of us...
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C. J. Rawson (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: Rawson, C. J. "A Reading of A Modest Proposal." In Augustan Worlds, edited by J. C. Hilson, M. M. B. Jones and J. R. Watson, pp. 29-50. Leicester, England: Leicester University Press, 1978.
[In the following essay, Rawson examines various segments of A Modest Proposal and their effects on popular interpretations of the reading.]
The title is famous, but still bears examination: A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.1 The form of title is that of many 'modest proposals' and 'humble petitions'...
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Robert Hunting (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Hunting, Robert. "Cathedral Dean and Patriot." In Jonathan Swift, pp. 79-93. Boston, Mass.: Twayne, 1989.
[In the following essay, Hunting views Swift's A Modest Proposal not only as a warning to the Irish, but also to the British against taking advantage of them.]
A Modest Proposal is the most brilliant of a long series of Irish tracts by Swift. Ireland first learned about the Proposal in an advertisement in the Dublin Intelligence for 8 November 1729: "The late apparent spirit of patriotism, or love to our country, so abounding of late, has produced a new scheme, said in public to be written by D—— S——, wherein the...
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Lloyd Davis (essay date May 1992)
SOURCE: Davis, Lloyd. "Reading Irony: Dialogism in A Modest Proposal." Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association 77 (May 1992): 32-55.
[In the following essay, Davis discusses dialogism and its role in the ironic portrayal of Ireland's sociopolitical situation in A Modest Proposal.]
That Swift's A Modest Proposal is firmly placed in two canons of English, those of composition and literature, suggests that it fulfils certain values emphasized across the discipline. Two discursive features that have been frequently valued in this work and have seen it elevated into the tradition are style and character....
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Robert Phiddian (essay date summer 1996)
SOURCE: Phiddian, Robert. "Have You Eaten Yet?: The Reader in A Modest Proposal." Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 36, no. 3 (summer 1996): 603-21.
[In the following essay, Phiddian considers the position of the reader in A Modest Proposal, who experiences revulsion at the suggestion of eating babies to bolster economic prosperity.]
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my Acquaintance in London; that a young healthy Child, well nursed, is, at a Year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome Food; whether Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boiled; and, I make no doubt, that it will...
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Robert Mahoney (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: Mahoney, Robert. "Swift's Modest Proposal and the Rhetoric of Irish Colonial Consumption." In 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, Vol. 4, edited by Kevin L. Cope, Laura Morrow, and Anna Battigelli, pp. 205-14. New York: AMS Press, 1998.
[In the following essay, Mahoney discusses the religious implications of A Modest Proposal, suggesting that Swift is actually alluding to the fear that Ireland's Catholics might "consume" the Protestant colony.]
The satire of Swift's Modest Proposal turns on the theme of consumption, with cannibalism as its governing trope. The specifically Irish orientation of that trope...
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John Richardson (essay date October 2001)
SOURCE: Richardson, John. "Swift, A Modest Proposal, and Slavery." Essays in Criticism 51, no. 4 (October 2001): 404-23.
[In the following essay, Richardson suggests that the attitudes of a society of slavery influenced and shaped the irony of A Modest Proposal.]
There are two key elements to A Modest Proposal: a dreadful familiar situation, which has grown to seem less dreadful for being so familiar, and a dreadful unfamiliar solution, which seems more dreadful for its strangeness. The rhetorical effect of this ought to be simple. The strangeness of the solution ought to resurrect the reader's sense of the dreadfulness of the familiar situation, and...
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Further Reading
Borkat, Roberta Sarfatt. "Moral Mathematics in Jonathan Swift's Modest Proposal." Eighteenth-Century Life 1, no. 3 (March 1975): 64-67.
Discusses Swift's estimates of birth rates and birth weights based on new knowledge.
Coleborne, Bryan. ""We flea the people and sell their skins": A Source for A Modest Proposal." The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats 15, no. 2 (spring 1983): 132-133.
Offers a possible source for the work.
Gilmore, Thomas B., Jr. "Swift's Modest Proposal: A Possible Source." Philological Quarterly 47, no. 4 (October 1968):...
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Why I'm not returning to downtown New Ulm
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Back in January 2013 I married a woman from the Philippines. We went through the immigration process and this last December she finally received her visa to move to the US. We live in Shakopee and have driven through St Peter many times on our way to visit family. Every time we drive through downtown St. Peter my wife would always comment on how beautiful the old buildings looked, I told her, "If you like this you'll love my hometown." So, on July 11, we made plans to tour New Ulm. We hit all the usual tourist spots. For lunch I thought I'd treat her to an authentic German meal at the Kaiserhoff. We parked next door in front of the Pub and Patio on Minnesota. After lunch, my wife wanted to stroll the downtown area. So we walked down Minnesota, stopping in at the Gutentag Haus and detouring up Center St. to visit the County Museum finally reaching the oid Tilimans Bakery. Crossing the street we headed back up Minnesota. At one point we looked to our right and saw the German-Bohemian Immigrant monument so we left Minnesota to explore German Park, [significantly improved from when I left town in 1993). We then returned to Minnesota Street, bought some fudge at Hope and Faith Floral to eat while we waited for the 3 p.m. Glockenspiel. My wife was delighted. She never thought she would experience anything quite like New Ulm. So we returned to the car only to find a parking ticket.
I looked around to find a sign stipulating parking restrictions. I did finally, find it halfway down the block. And yes, it seems I did overstay my two-hour limit quite significantly. And that's why I'm never returning. It seems counterproductive to me that a city would spend so much money to beautify its downtown area to attract shoppers and tourists and then punish them for spending too much time enjoying the experience. So the next time someone asks, "Why is downtown struggling?" the answer is Target and Wal-Mart don't give their customers parking tickets.
Francis Klinkner


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (121 votes).
In short: Tough But Very SatisfyingIn full: My first off roader. Very wet and hilly and that Sibury Hill phew!! ran to within 10m of the top, must make it up there one day, so will have to come back!The feeling of achievement after is great. well organised and marshalled and a good warm before hand. Thanks to all organisers.Date of review: September 27, 2013
In short: cracking challengeIn full: Speaking as an "old git" of 66, this is a really demanding but rewarding race. I did it in 49mins 34secs-11mins faster than last year- so was well pleased with my performance, if the rain keeps off next Nov I'll try to better that and NOT walk up Silbury! Overall organisation was excellent the soldiers marshalling very polite and encouraging, a hard task in such miserable weather, and they did a grand job pushing the cars out of the muddy parking field! I agree that with all the resourses at their disposal they could have recorded times and had a few trophies. As one of the older runners in most races I would have loved to know how many of you young whippersnappers I beat! See you all next year-if you're tough enough-lolDate of review: November 6, 2012
In full: This 10k must be the most demanding ever especially after torrential rain all night and morning! Sidbury Hill was a killer but, tahnkfully, the majority of us walked it. The organisation was excellent, well done to all involved.Date of review: November 6, 2012
In short: Glad I did it, but maybe not the best first 10kIn full: I'm very glad to have finished the race, but in retrospect this was not the optimum race for a first-10ker. The course is a fairly challenging route through Tidworth Camp and around the edge of Salisbury Plain, including an ascent of Sidbury Hill (660 feet). The weather did not help: rain overnight had made the course very muddy and soft underfoot, and there was a high wind in places. However, on the plus side, I found other runners very friendly, and cannot speak highly enough of the soldiers who manned the waypoints who were consistently cheery and encouraging. And there was a real sense of satisfaction in having got around.Date of review: November 5, 2012
In short: Gruelling - enough said!In full: My 1st 10k. Did my 1st HM in September which was a baby compared to this!! The hills were awful and everyone I saw walked the Sidbury Hill. Too many hills for my liking but I still managed 1hr 6mins. Didn't help with the torrential rain all night and morning. It was cold, wet, very muddy and slippery. If there hadn't been so many hills I would have enjoyed it more.Date of review: November 5, 2012
In short: cold, wet, muddy, hilly, funIn full: Tough course - very muddy and one very steep hill which most people (including me) walked up.Event was very well organised, lots of marshals and plenty of toilets. Goody bag was spot on - bottle of water, banana, mars bar and I used the plastic bag to put my muddy shoes in. I like the dog-tag medal too.Date of review: November 5, 2012
In short: Tough course but great nonetheless!In full: After torrential rain all night and morning, the course was a mudbath in places! It made the already difficult terrain even more tricky - no doubt contributing to the great atmosphere. The hill was an absolute killer, and that was before the 5k mark, but the view from the top of the plain was breathtaking and provided a welcome excuse for a rest.The army marshalls were fantastic - I loved being called Ma'am when I was handed my water at both stations. They marked the course very clearly and cheered us on too, which we needed!Overall, a very gruelling event but definitely a worthwhile sense of achievement.Great medal too!Date of review: November 4, 2012
In short: Challenging for a 1st 10kIn full: I am from Suffolk, this was my 1st ever 10k.......OMG!! Sidbury Hill= Ouch!The rain made this run interesting to say the least. 1hr 7min which I am pleased with . First 5k is all up hill/mountain!! (as I said im from Suffolk, the land of no hills!. The rain turned the parking into a bog!Date of review: November 4, 2012
In full: great 10 k, always testing, great route, good value, a race for a good cause, Date of review: November 7, 2011
In short: too much tarmac and concrete !In full: the 10k is not advertised as a fun run so why aren't there any timings and prizes - The Army could easily do this ! Far too much tarmac on the 10k - the 3k was all on grass - we could do with a lap of the polo field! please think about altering the course !Date of review: November 7, 2011
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Recipe researcher Sheila Kern offers up everything you need to get your Cinco de Mayo party started with recipes for guacamole, mango salsa and enchilada casserole. Enjoy!
Cinco de Mayo Guacamole
From www.avocado.org (California Avocado Commission)
Serves 12
2 ripe Fresh California avocados, seeded and peeled
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1/3 Cup diced tomato, seeded and well drained
1/4 Cup chopped green onion
2 serrano chiles, chopped
1/4 Cup cilantro, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
Cut avocados into 1/2 inch cubes.
Stir in lime juice.
Fold in remaining ingredients.
Guacamole is best made as close to serving as possible.
For short-term storage, seal in an airtight container with a piece of plastic wrap against the surface of the guacamole.
Serve with tortilla chips.
Cinco de Mayo Guacamole with a Southwestern Kick
From www.avocado.org (California Avocado Commission)
Serves 12
4 California avocados
1 Cup roasted corn kernels
1 medium lime
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped, or to taste
1 tsp ground cumin, or to taste
1 tsp salt
Coarsely mash (do not puree) California avocados. Fold in remaining ingredients. Squeeze limejuice into mixture. Serve with blue corn chips or deep-fried flour tortilla chips.
Serving Suggestions
Serve with blue corn chips or deep-fried flour tortilla chips.
Classic Guacamole
From www.avocado.org (California Avocado Commission)
Serves 8
4 ripe Fresh California avocados, seeded and peeled
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tomato, finely chopped
1/4 Cup finely chopped onion
1/4 tsp ground cumin
3 drops hot pepper sauce
Tortilla chips
Using a fork, coarsely mash avocado with lemon juice and garlic.
Stir in remaining ingredients to blend.
Garnish as desired and serve with tortilla chips.
Mango Salsa
1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted, and diced (about 1 1/2 cup)
1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
1 Jalapeno chile, minced (include ribs and seeds for a hotter taste if desired)
1 small cucumber, peeled and diced (about 1 cup)
3 Tbsp fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
3 Tbsp fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Also good with diced red bell pepper and jicama.
Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. If the salsa ends up being a little too hot or acidic for your taste, you can temper it by adding some diced avocado.
From www.great-salsa.com
1 large mango, peeled, diced
3 tablespoon red onion, minced
3 tablespoons diced green pepper
3 tablespoons diced red pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tsp. minced fresh chives
1/2 large avocado, diced
Mix all ingredients except avocado in large bowl.
Add avocado to salsa and stir gently to combine.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Layered Chicken and Black Bean Enchilada Casserole
From www.allrecipes.com
Servings: 8
2 cups diced chicken breast meat
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (4.5 ounce) can diced green chile peppers, drained
1 (10 ounce) can red enchilada sauce
8 (6 inch) corn tortillas
2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and spray with vegetable cooking spray. Saute chicken with cumin and coriander until chicken is cooked through. Transfer to a medium bowl. Stir in the cilantro, black beans, and green chile peppers.
Spread half of the enchilada sauce over the bottom of an 11x7 inch baking dish. Place 4 tortillas over the sauce, overlapping if necessary. Spoon half of the chicken mixture over the tortillas, and sprinkle with half of the cheese and half of the sour cream. Spoon the remaining enchilada sauce over the cheese, and make another layer of tortillas. Layer the remaining chicken mixture over the tortillas. Cover dish with a lid or aluminum foil.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove the cover, and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top and dot with sour cream. Continue cooking, uncovered, for an additional 5 to 10 minutes, or until cheese melts. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Enchilada Casserole
From www.emerils.com
2 pounds lean ground beef
1 medium-size onion, peeled and chopped
4 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 small can chopped green chilies
Salt and pepper to taste
12 (5 to 6-inch) corn tortillas
1 (16-ounce) can black or red beans
One-and one-half cups grated cheddar cheese
2 (14-ounce) cans Mexican stewed tomatoes
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Brown the beef and the onions in a large skillet over medium heat. Reduce the heat and add the chili powder, cumin, and chilies. Cook, stirring, for 5 to 10 minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper.
Grease a 13x9-inch dish and spread 6 tortillas on bottom. Pour the beef mixture, and then the beans over the tortillas. Cover with the remaining tortillas. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top. Pour the tomatoes over the cheese. Bake until the casserole begins to brown around the edges, about 1 hour.
Spinach Enchilada Casserole
1 16 oz. container sour cream
12 oz. shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 10-oz package frozen spinach, thawed and drained
1 20 oz. can green enchilada sauce
18 6 inch corn tortillas
1 onion, chopped
1 2 oz. can chopped black olives
1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine sour cream, spinach and 3/4 of the cheese.
2. Into a 9×13 inch pan, pour a small amount of enchilada sauce to coat bottom of pan. Layer 6 tortillas on bottom of pan.
3. Layer half of the spinach-sour cream mixture, half of onion and 1/3 of the olives over the tortillas. Repeat.
4. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over the final layer of tortillas.
5. Sprinkle with remaining olives.
6. Bake for 20 minutes.
7. Cut into squares and serve.
They aren't authentic Mexican dishes, but Pillsbury has some tasty recipes that are easy and family friendly.
Easy Crescent Taco Bake
From www.pillsbury.com
Makes 6 servings
1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
3/4 cup Old El Paso Thick 'n Chunky salsa
2 tablespoons Old El Paso taco seasoning mix (from 1-oz package)
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
Shredded lettuce, as desired
Diced tomato, as desired
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. Place in ungreased 9-inch square pan or 10-inch pie plate; press over bottom and up sides to form crust.
2. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in salsa and taco seasoning mix; simmer 5 minutes. Spoon meat mixture in crust-lined pan; sprinkle with cheese.
3. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown and cheese is melted. Served topped with lettuce and tomato.
A 4.5-oz can of Old El Paso chopped green chiles can be added to the meat mixture. Serve with additional salsa, sour cream and avocado slices.
Taco Pizza
From www.pillsbury.com
Makes 6 servings
1 can (11 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated thin pizza crust
1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
1 package (1 oz) Old El Paso taco seasoning mix
1/4 cup water
1 can (4 oz) Old El Paso chopped green chiles, drained
1/4 cup sliced ripe olives, drained
2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend (8 oz)
1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup seeded chopped tomato (1 large)
Crushed corn chips, if desired
Old El Paso salsa, if desired
1. Heat oven to 400°F. Spray or grease 15x10-inch or larger dark or nonstick cookie sheet. Unroll dough on cookie sheet; starting at center, press dough into 15x10-inch rectangle.
2. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef, taco seasoning mix and water as directed on package. Spoon evenly on dough. Top with chiles, olives and cheese.
3. Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted. Top with remaining ingredients.
Mexican Sloppy Joes
From www.pillsbury.com
Makes 8 sandwiches
2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations refrigerated flaky dough sheet
1/2 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
2 tablespoons Old El Paso taco seasoning mix (from 1-oz package)
1 cup Old El Paso® Thick 'n Chunky salsa
1 cup shredded Cheddar-Jack with jalapeno peppers cheese blend (4 oz)
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon cornmeal
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Unroll both cans of dough on work surface; press into two 12x8-inch rectangles. Cut into total of 8 rectangles.
2. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until thoroughly cooked. Stir in taco seasoning mix and salsa; simmer 5 minutes. Spoon about 1/4 cup meat mixture in center of 1 dough rectangle. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons cheese. Fold rectangle over to form triangle; press edges with fork to seal. Place on cookie sheet. Brush with egg; sprinkle with cornmeal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
3. Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until deep golden brown.
Be careful when you seal the edges of these baked sandwiches. Make sure no filling is at the pastry edges, so you get a tight seal, and none of your tasty filling leaks out!


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Skip to comments.Christmas Quiz; How Much Do You Really Know?
Posted on 12/22/2008 10:15:06 AM PST by NYer
Take the "Christmas Quiz" at Christian History. Ten questions, among them:
Apart from a famously repetitive carol, what do the "twelve days of Christmas" refer to?
Which of the following best describes the origin of the candy cane?
When did Christians first start celebrating Christmas on December 25?
In 614, Persian invaders sacked Jerusalem. Amidst the destruction they wreaked, however, they left the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem intact. Why?
It's multiple choice, and you get your score at the end. No cheating--that'd be referring to Wikipedia.
Honor system. Have fun!
8, but one I was just stupid (the candy canes) and the other I disagree with (the date of Christmas).
I took some lucky guesses and got 7.
5 and I guessed at a lot.
Yikes! I've got some studying to do. I'm sure my kids would blow me away on this one.
I got 5.
Tough quiz.
me too
I got 6 and feel the failure. I will endeavor to do better.
"Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee! On my birthday so Dec 25 is the right day!
5 here........
9 I missed the last one.
Which book of the Bible says that three wise men visited Jesus?
None. they only mention the gifts not the number of bearers.
You're correct. It was a trick question. Too many people assume that three wise men visited Jesus, because Matthew says that they brought three gifts, although the Bible doesn't say that there were three wise men. My dad is a Lutheran pastor, and he said that, while he was in seminary, he read that 15-18 wise men visited him.
I just used this one on my high school students. They are of all denominations, and not one got it.
Matthew. Can I bump my score up to 9?
I, obviously, don't know Jack, LOL! I only got six of them right. That was HARD, but now I know things I didn't know before and will flaunt this newly found knowledge at Christmas Dinner.
Thanks! :)
OK, trick question. In that case it doesn't say three gifts either. It only says gifts, and their contents. If there were 45 wise men and they each left 2 gifts, that would make 90 gifts. That might be enough to build a church with.
Merry Christmas.
No, Matthew doesn't say that three wise men visited Jesus. Matthew says that wise men visited him and brought three gifts. Many people assume that there were three wise, one for each gift, but the Bible doesn't say that there were three wise men. My dad is a Lutheran pastor, and, while he was in seminary, he learned that there were 15-18 wise men.
OK, where does it say "three gifts"? It only mentions some substances. It there were 18 wise men and each brought 5 gifts, that would make 90 gifts. Now that is what I call a Christmas!
It doesn't say the words "three gifts." The second chapter of Matthew states, "Then Herod secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, 'Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.' When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. " You're correct. Each of the 15-18 wise men might have given one container of gold, frankincense, or myrrh. If that happened, Jesus would have received 15-18 gifts.
That is a possibility--one gift per person. But it does not say one gift per person. Each person could have given many gifts or none at all. For example, wise man #1 could have give two gifts of gold. Would the gifts have been in the form of bouillon or rings or bracelets? It does not say. So take your pick.
But to limit each person to only one gift is reading specifics into the text that are not there. It does not say how many gifts each gave.
my results exactly. Who says December 25th wasn't the day? All the ancient churches celebrate around that date. Why are there no records of people complaining that the Nativity feast day was moved?
Merry Christmas!
Going to have the Midnight Mass Marathon this evening . . . we do a "pre game show" while folks who haven't been since last year are trying to find seats. We'll play and sing traditional motets and carols for 1/2 hour before the service. You don't realize how long 1/2 hour is until you have to sing!
Both my husband and I play in the handbell choir AND sing in the Traditional Choir. There are two other handbell ringers who sing, too. So there's a lot of scampering back and forth as the singers run to take their places at the handbell table, and vice versa. Somehow we will survive, we always manage to.
1/2 hour? Before Midnight, we're singing for an hour - including the Poulenc "Gloria" (God, help us. St. Cecilia, pray for us). And then some of us are singing the 5 pm with the brass quintet and then 10 am tomorrow. Being in the choir at the Mother Ship is a lot of work. I'm not in the bell scholette, but they're joining us, too.
Tomorrow - two martinis and bed.
We aspire to more and better music . . . but we gotta get more people!!!!!!!
6... I got lucky!
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Honoring her husband's service
This certificate authorizes pension payments of 8 dollars per month to Helena Potter. Helena was the widow of Civil War veteran Private Warren Potter, Company D, 156th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry. Helena's payments were to begin August 8, 1893, and "continue during her widowhood."
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The partnership will leverage both Micron and Nanya's manufacturing technology, strengths and experience. As part of the joint venture, a 200mm Nanya manufacturing facility in Taiwan will be upgraded to 300mm technology starting this year, with the facility coming online for production in 2009. In addition to MeiYa, the parties will jointly develop and share future process technology technology.
"This partnership brings greater scale and efficiency to the DRAM manufacturing operations of both parent companies, and Micron is pleased to officially enter into this joint venture with Nanya," said Mark Durcan, Micron's president and chief operating officer.
Both parent companies will own 50% of the joint venture initially, and each will contribute $550 million in cash by the end of 2009. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval in Taiwan, and is expected to close within the next few months.
Nanya already has a joint-venture with Qimonda AG, former memory business unit of Infineon, called Inotera Memories. Meanwhile Micro Technology is not involved into any DRAM joint-ventures, but co-owns IM-Flash joint-venture with Intel Corp. Back in the days Micron wanted to acquire Hynix Semiconductor and even was rumoured to be aiming Qimonda before its spin-off from Infineon, however, with no luck.
Joint-ventures between DRAM companies are not new. It is a costly process to develop fabrication technologies and build a fab to produce memory chips, but it is also uneasy to fully utilize manufacturing capacities. Joint ventures allow memory makers to share the costs and then utilize capacities more efficiently. Another way for large memory vendors like Micron to acquire additional production capacities is to trade process technology for capacity, though, such relationships are not as stable as joint-ventures.
"We are sure that MeiYa will demonstrate the synergistic combinations of Nanya and Micron's strength in the DRAM industry. Nanya has a very high expectation for this new entity," said Dr. Jih Lien, Nanya's president.


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Re: Judiciary Committee Republicans: Delay for Delay's Sake
Date: June 15, 2011
This Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the nominations of three of President Obama's judicial nominees: Steve Six (for the Tenth Circuit), Marina Garcia Marmolejo (for the Southern District of Texas), and Michael C. Green (for the Western District of New York).
Actually, the committee was originally scheduled to vote on these three nominations a week earlier, on June 9. However, because Republican obstructionism has become the rule, not one person ever believed for even a second that the committee would actually vote as scheduled. And no one gasped in surprise that day when Senator Chuck Grassley, the committee's ranking Republican, announced that his party was exercising its prerogative to hold the vote over by a week.
That's because since President Obama took office, virtually every one of his judicial nominees has had his or her committee vote delayed by Republicans by at least a week. This is true for Supreme Court Justices, circuit court judges, and even district court judges. The routine use of this hold, without cause and almost without exception, is unprecedented.
Looked at in isolation, it might not appear all that harmful. However, it is part of a larger set of procedural roadblocks the Senate GOP uses to obstruct confirmation of qualified nominees whose only "fault" is that they were nominated by a Democratic president. The cynical abuse of this tactic makes clear that the actions of Senate Republicans toward President Obama's judicial nominees is based on partisan politics, not principle.
Voting on a federal judicial nomination is an extremely serious responsibility and one that requires diligent research and thought. So if senators sincerely have questions that have not been answered, or genuine and substantial concerns about a nominee's fitness for the bench, then no one should begrudge them an extra few days to gather additional information.
But when Republicans exercise this option for every nominee, even those who are strongly supported by their home state Republican senators and have no opposition whatsoever, then their sincerity must be called into question.
The Senate has confirmed more than 70 of President Obama's nominees without opposition. In every case but four, committee Republicans exercised their prerogative to delay committee consideration of these consensus nominees by at least one week. That begs the question: Why? What did they need to learn during the delay? That is a question that should be posed to every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee about every one of these consensus nominees.
Take the nomination of Sue E. Myerscough for a judicial emergency district court seat in Illinois as a typical example. She was first nominated in July of 2010, was deemed unanimously well qualified by the ABA, had a committee hearing in September, submitted responses to senators' written questions, had her committee vote scheduled and delayed two weeks, was approved by the committee without opposition on December 1 ... and was one of the 43 qualified nominees needlessly denied a floor vote when the lame duck session of Congress ended.
By the time President Obama renominated her in early January, she was so well known to the committee that they did not require her to testify anew or to submit new responses to written questions. She was scheduled for a committee vote February 3, but committee Republicans exercised their option to delay that vote to the 17th, at which point she was again approved without opposition, leading to her unopposed confirmation by the Senate in March.
Senator Grassley and his fellow Republicans on the committee should explain why they demanded that the committee vote be held over a week. There was no information they lacked, since they did not have her re-testify or submit new written responses to questions. They had no serious concerns about her nomination, since they had already supported her in 2010 and ended up supporting her again once the vote was allowed. Can they cite anything they learned during the week's delay?
Sue Myerscough's nomination is hardly unique. No matter who the nominee is, no matter how qualified, no matter if confirmation is needed to address a judicial emergency, all the nominees have something in common: They were nominated by a Democratic president, and that is all the reason Republicans need to obstruct the process and sabotage the judicial branch of the United States government.
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Skip to comments.Right-wing hysteria v the Dubai ports deal
Posted on 02/28/2006 1:44:45 AM PST by Brian Allen
I relentlessly criticize the left-wing media for lies, deceptions and omissions (LDOs). I take a back seat to no one smacking the left up side the head. So I wake up this morning with this tragic right-wing propaganda:
Because of the heightened concern over keeping America safe, it's amazing to think the federal government would put management of major U.S. ports in the hands of foreign companies.
Who do you think operates our ports now, you dimwit? And who would turn security of our ports over to a mere owner? Please.
Like the "emotional" "unpatriotic" left, our blindingly patriotic conservatives were first in line to savage our President, Secretaries of State and Treasury as political idiots for "turning our port security over to a terrorist organization" like the UAE (a totalitarian state of Muslims). As most knowledgeable patriots have come to realize, Muslims march to another tune. Theirs is a patient march toward the evangelical conversion of humanity by ANY MEANS to the cult of Islam and their "prophet" Mohammed.
It is easy to see why conservatives are upset. It took 4 entire years for the Republican administration to identify the "terrorist" enemy as Islamofascists preferring to "believe" like our liberal media still does that there is a mass of Muslims who have no interest in turning the world into a Caliphate. Such naive thinking doesn't warrant credibility at any level. Conservatives are well served to keep the pressure on an Administration that stumbles with a Harriet Miers when a Samuel Alito was in the wings.
There are two things wrong with our instant rejection of the UAE takeover of the present British management. First is the belief that intelligent and patriotic ministers of democracy like Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, John Snow as well as George W. Bush would turn our very vulnerable target-rich ports over to our enemy. When you think about it, don't you question your knee-jerk rejection of their decision? Is there something you don't understand?
Second is the fact that the shipping business in the world is run by foreigners. Our brain-dead Congress has made so many restrictions on the business; everyone avoids flying the American Flag like the plague. With a "leftist-like" inflexibility is it any wonder that no American company ever bids for the management of the subject ports? And with customers like Wal-Mart cutting your profit margins to survival levels, why even bother.
I have been a subscriber to the Journal of Commerce, the bible of the shipping business for several years. It has informed me that the worldwide shipping business is world unto itself. When John Kerry was pounding on the electorate that he would protect Americans jobs, the JOC featured Kerry's picture on their cover and the accompanying article that blatantly stated that Kerry was "one of us" and to ignore his political pandering because he is in our pocket. Free trade from a "bought and sold man".
Shipping is the grease that makes the world's economic engine purr. Expenditures are measured in trillions not in millions or billions. To be competitive, governments the world over approve any expenditures to facilitate trade. As a result, you can ship products around the world cheaper than loading them on a truck and shipping them to the next town.
The rejection of Dubai Ports as the owner of the previously British management company sends a shot across the bow of Islam. It is too convenient to believe that some subtle management of this issue isn't involved. It is a remarkably convenient response to the militancy of an Islamic population gone berserk over cartoons. Hey fellas, you can't buy America even if you have the cash; because you are MUSLIMS. It is quite a message.
The propaganda, however, is an overblown response. Our ports operate under American laws. Our longshoremen are a patriotic mafia with millions of eyes searching for those who would jeopardize their $120,000-a-year jobs. Port security is overseen by the American Coast Guard and Homeland Security.
Plans, diagrams, electronic surveilance, security protection is available to all. Just visit any port and they will willingly show you how well-protected you are. Believe me there are no secrets. They are ready to blow a dingy out of the water that threatens a tanker. Dubai Ports would be out of that loop. Manipulating debits and credits is a far cry from manning the guns and radar.
Our ports are insulated from a passive management in Dubai. They operate under our laws with our people. What security secrets there are, are well known to world-wide port operators like Dubai already; security is a non-issue. However, conservative hysteria aside, what is the best course of action.
On one hand, if we approved the deal, we have an opportunity to demonstrate inclusion which could be used as a hammer over the Arab street. There is no doubt that such approval would be a priceless bit of Western propaganda. You have to believe W wants that tool.
Yet on the other hand, in the present clime, let's send a shot across Islam's bow. It would be a great counterpoint to the mushiness of our media and to our government's lingering inertia over publicly discussing the reformation of that political cult into a real religion. Let's reject the Dubai takeover.
But conservatives best not jump out the window like their liberal opponents every time we are faced with a thorny issue. They always present opportunities. It is best to weigh the facts carefully and let the cauldron steep for a while. We don't want this conflict to last too long: we have an early tee time. And dont be deceived, the operation of the ports would not change a whit under Dubai Ports, we would merely be sticking them with the bill.
Many thanks for posting this! :-)
This guy says it all. So I hope this issue is closed, or soon will be, because this article lays it all out.
Yep, hypocrisy, amazing our spineless senators "step up" to the plate when Dems are behind them, yet would do nothing about theft of US tech by the Chinese & Panama canal sale under Clinton, cowering in fear.
It's them & their false wealths, not Bush, who should be mediaticaly impeached or genocided.
I'm getting a little bit tired of being called a 'dimwit' a 'dupe', a 'hysteric' and other insults because I'm a little bit concerned with something that might be used to harm America and Americans; that I have concerns that a bunch of politicians might just be making a mistake or having personal, rather than patriotic agenda for decisions and wanting further information on their ' just trust me' statements.
While I'm still a little bit concerned about this situation, I'm willing to give the Bush Administration benefit of the doubt and 'toss the dice' that the Dubai ports deal may be a good idea... But I'm not blind enough to refuse to see that it has the potential for disaster.
And the next person to insult me as an ignorant knee-jerk fool might get a 'virtual punch in the nose'.
I find it amusing that Ann Coulter slams the Bush admin for the deal because Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton approve of it, but that puts her in bed with the likes of Mo Dowd who reflexively churned out one of her tri-weekly I Hate Bush columns and savaged the deal. I don't think Coulter likes the idea of snuggling (metaphorically speaking) under the sheets with the preeminent leftist loony scribe in the country. So what is it Ann?
We are not dimwits for insisting American ports be controlled by Americans. Our lives are at stake.
If we Americans have to suffer the constant humiliation of being treated suspiciously as we pass through the airports of our own country, we have an absolute right to demand American control of our own damn ports.
I don't hear a cry for allowing the United Arab Emirates to screen passengers at U.S. airports.
This "big happy world" crap of all people of the world just sitting around the campfire singing Kum-Bay-Yah is responsible for getting a lot of Americans killed.
This is OUR country. Many of our ancestors died to create it and keep it. American citizens have got to demand the protection of our sovereignty and throw politicians out of office who would so cavalierly and irresponsibly toss border control away for a dollar.
Our politicians and corporate executives are throwing away our country, our culture and our security.
Jeez. The guy can't make up his mind. This article is a mass of contradictions.
<< We are not dimwits for insisting American ports be controlled by Americans. >>
You may not be a dimwit but you may be a halfwit and are most certainly, whether wittingly or halwittingly a liar.
"American ports" are "controlled by Americans" and that a terminal or two here and there will be leased and operated by yet another foreign company will make not the slightest difference to our security.
Meanwhile Saudi Arabian Airlines and Aeroflot and Air China and every other Arab and Chinese and Russian and a score of other potential enemies has a cargo terminal and/or agent at every American Airport and fly their aircraft all over our country all day and all night.
And because Putzy Schumer and Dingy Harry Reid and Babs Boxer and "China" Feinswine haven't demagogued airport terminals for you this week your ignorance provides you bliss.
JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST.com: "EXCLUSIVE: DUBAI PORTS FIRM ENFORCES BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL" by Michael Freund (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned.") (Updated February 28, 2006)
I heard the Coast Guard was also concerned. Maybe they know something you don't.
No that is a security issue every country has the right to protect their borders, but to treat an Allie or business partner differently than others just because they are "Arab" could make you Xenophobic.
Not sure if you read this or not.
<< They are not perfect. Look at the southern border. They can be wrong.
Oops, I guess it makes me a racist xenophobic nativist to have noticed that we have a southern border. >>
You're absolutely spot on with our southern borders.
But insofar as those crossing from up there are of an entirely different calibre of evil than the poor old Central American Indians pouring in from the south, don't neglect our northern border - or our airports. Like our ports, past, now and in the future controlled exclusively by Americans, they're as bad.
<< So what is it Ann? >>
Maybe her muslime boy friend spurned her? Hell hath no greater fury, Im told .....
I don't think it's a good idea and can't help but think there are some missing pieces to the way this came about. And Bush saying he didn't know about it before makes me think there are many more questions than answers at this point. And I don't trust Arabs - any of them.
<< I heard the Coast Guard was also concerned. Maybe it knows something you don't. >>
Or maybe I know incredibly more than you can feel?'
Me and the Coast Guard, that is.
Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
Press Release Date: Feb. 27, 2006
Contact: Cmdr. Jeff Carter
(202) 267-1933
WASHINGTON - "What is being quoted is an excerpt of a broader Coast Guard intelligence analysis that was performed early on as part of its due diligence process. The excerpts made public earlier today, when taken out of context, do not reflect the full, classified analysis performed by the Coast Guard. That analysis concludes that DP World's acquisition of P&O, in and of itself, does not pose a significant threat to U.S. assets in [continental United States] ports.
Upon subsequent and further review, the Coast Guard and the entire CFIUS panel believed that this transaction, when taking into account strong security assurances by DP World, does not compromise U.S. security."
thanks! It was ridiculous that the media jumped all over this last night. Especially CNN. Hate to watch, but always best to know the other side's game plan. Two things I learned from watching them.
1) DUBAI will have absolutely NOTHING to do with CNN. Nothing. No interviews, nothing. They can't stand Lou Dobbs. He, of course, is playing this for all it's worth. Reminds me of an O'Reilly wanna be. He only wishes.
2) I also heard CNN claim that the 45 day 'redo' is not the 'redo' it appears to be. Apparently the deal goes through on March 2 regardless. Anyone else hear this?
I wonder what got them to change their assessment?
One more thing, I'm having trouble finding this anywhere on the net. Any chance you can provide a link. Thanks!
Dont know but AQ probably shouldnt know either...
Foreign powers bought the Democrats a long time ago. Why don't we care about that?
"The rejection of Dubai Ports as the owner of the previously British management company sends a shot across the bow of Islam."
Oh, gee ... wouldn't want to do that. Islam is such a great and trustworthy friend! /sarcasm
I don't care if we allowed Britain to manage the ports. The UK is our best ally! There is no comparison between the UK and UAE.
Arguing with somebody over the internet is a lot like running in the Special Olympics. You might win but you're still retarded.
Hutchison Port Holdings along with PSA Singapore Terminals, Dubai Ports World and Denmark's APM Terminals handle nearly eight out of every 10 containers destined for the United States. Ever wondered why there are so few American shipping companies operating terminals overseas?
He implies it but doesn't say it, so I will:
1) There are no American companies to take over P&O. All potential bidders are foreign entitities.
2) DP World would not be "taking over ports", they would be taking over certain business operations (lesser or larger) within each individual port, e.g., stevedoring only at the Port Of Portand, Maine.
For all intents and purposes, yes, this is a done deal. Dubai Port World very graciously offered to delay the transfer in order for the idiots in Congress to review the facts and to give more time for the facts to get out to the American people so they would be more comfortable with the transfer.
Dubai Port World made a legal business deal that was approved by the appropriate authorities. There is no reason for them not to take control of the lease whenever they want.
Could the reason the Dems are pushing so hard about port security not have a thing to do with acutual security in the US, but growing the federal government by adding the dock workers to the federal work force? Just as they did for the airport screeners?
You were just shown a link to an article that PROVES the story you linked was WRONG.
But never mind that.
Thank you for sanity in the face of mindless rant and blather.
They've been trying to shove the unions down our throats everywhere else, why not?
Most people don't understand what goes on at ports. Why should they? They never needed to. The supply chain worked for most consumers without any requirement for them to think about how that Made-in-China item they want got from where it was made to the shelf.
Now ports are in the news thanks to a Democrat effort to make people think Democrats care about security and a whole lot of people fell for it.
In the last couple of weeks a small band of Freepers who do know something about ports, or shipping, or Dubai, have attempted to engage and educate the Freepers who fell for it. The results of that can be found at keyword: ports. Lots of negative emotions expressed on those threads. Lots of people didn't think before hitting Post, and now those opinions are archived.
The Freepers who fell for it are feeling defensive now. We should be gentle with them.
If we turn this down, there might be riots.
DHS spokesman stated in OPEN SESSION yesterday, that those concerns no longer exist. The Coast Guard is satisfied, and voted in favor of this deal. Minutes later they went into closed session. Later lieberman and collins (wow, there are two staunch Bush supporters) came out and stated "they still had concerns".
Thanks for your insight. The more information the better in the face of hysteria.
"I wonder what got them to change their assessment?"
Truth and facts.
I'll take Chain of Command for $500, Alex.
This time the media had partners in the hysteria and that is unforgivable.
We made Hannity a household name and his hubris and lack of intellgience has led us to this point.
Now the piper must be paid.
It makes me wonder if you have been in an airport since 9/11
Do read post #14, right here on FreeRepublic!!!
With the help of many Republicans this may very well be the story that cements that image.
A good article fatally injured by the use of "you dimwit" to refer to "dear reader."
We have to be vigilant not to become deluded into thinking the media is winning. They only win if we allow them to win.
I can understand that you'd still be alarmed given that you've bought in to the MSM and Rat refrain that P&O "controls the ports", which is a flat out lie.
In fact, P&O - along with hundreds of other foreign and domestic business entities - control *businesses within the ports*, not the entire port itself.
Examples: at the Port Of Portland, Maine, P&O runs the stevedoring operations, not the entire Port Of Portland (which includes huge petro operations including Exxon).
At the Port Of Miami, P&O retains 50 percent ownership (not 100 percent) of several terminals (not all) along with 50 percent of stevedoring.
You'll really need to do the legwork yourself, since the MSM cannot seem to distinguish between "running the port" and "running one of many businesses that operate within a port".
Go here:
...or here:
Click on each yellow ball to see what kind of business P&O runs within the larger operation of the port itself (to wit, to see that P&O does not in any manner whatsoever "control the port".
With all the support the UAE has already given to WOT, I doubt the rest of the Muslim world could get any madder than they already are.
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