Thursday, September 28, 2006

Senator Inhofe's gallantry

Senator Inhofe's gallantry
James Inhofe caught my eye in 1998.  Some of you may remember that President Clinton had personally intervened in the process to give COSCO the lease on the former Long Beach Naval Station docks.  Not COSTCO, COSCO - Chinese Overseas Shipping Co.  A August 10, 1998 Insight article by Timothy W. Maier quotes him ...

    "Despite appearances, COSCO is not a benign private commercial enterprise. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of China's People's Liberation Army. It serves as the merchant marine of the Chinese military and there is every reason to believe it will do their bidding in terms of smuggling, intelligence gathering and weapons shipments. Considering China's long-term ambitions for superpower status in the next century, it would be foolish for America to surrender control of a strategically located West Coast port to an arm of the Chinese military."

Indeed, Inhofe was virtually alone in connecting the dots in this matter between Clinton, James Riady, Red China, and the Utah coal reserves that Clinton took out of play.  The only man with the balls to ask public  questions about what everybody knew privately to be true.  He did it again Monday when he stood before the Senate and talked about Global Warming.  Please read at least a few paragraphs. Oklahomans are smart folks, and I thank them for Inhofe.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rodger, I sent a link of this to our daughter earlier in the week. She is, right now, in Oaklahoma "meeting the parents" of her nice (also USAF) boyfriend. I, too, thought it was great... especially in comparison to our own Governator who is currently sucking face w/the Greenies.

BWT, Arnold, CA's fire season contributes more to global warming and air pollution than any Humvee. AND the current Day Fire, burning since Labor Day, was started by a "homeless"
BUM! NoT an SUV.

Talk about your Sheeze. Juice

Anonymous said...

You are welcome!
~Merrily

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Ha! I KNEW that would make you pop in!

Anonymous said...

Minor quibble - N.S. Long Beach, not San Diego.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Thanks ... that was a major FU. I leave the stove on all the time too, and keep forgetting to buy Depends.

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