Dubai Port Deal: A Checklist

Someone much cleverer than I am--I think it was The Editors, but I haven't been able to find the original post--once observed that every major screwup by this administration is the whole administration in miniature--that each individual clusterfuck contains all of the elements present in the grand and ongoing clusterfuck that is the Bush Administration.

With that in mind, let's consider the brilliant idea of selling port management to the government of Dubai.

Cluelessness? Check.

Secrecy? Check.

Crony capitalism? Check.

Arrogant intransigence? Check.

Lying? Check.

Disregard for the law? Check.

Yes, it's all there. Reliability, it seems, is their strong suit.

[That's all, folks]