Unintentional CNN Comedy at Gregor Smith

March 13th, 2006, Early Morning | permalink

CNN Poll CNN weighs in on the big US Ports to be owned and operated by a Dubai based company hullaballo with quite possibly the best poll in the history of polls… Who would you rather have overseeing operations at US ports? An Arab-based ports company or US-based mafia…

For real, I’m not making this up!

And to make it even more bizarre, as of right now and after nearly 56,000 votes, the Mafia leads by a near 2 to 1 majority.

CNN Poll Result

So basically 2 out of every 3 Americans would rather have organised crime running their ports as opposed to a legitimate company that just happens to be based in the Middle East. Says it all really…

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1 duane March 13th, 2006, 10:03am (18 minutes later)

So basically 2 out of every 3 Americans would rather have organised crime running their ports as opposed to a legitimate company that just happens to be based in the Middle East. Says it all really…

They aren’t just some company in the middle east, though. I don’t want the mafia controlling it either, but it could be argued that they are the better of two evils in this case.
2 Greg March 13th, 2006, 10:11am (26 minutes later)

Well, the UK High Courts had no qualms with them taking over P&O, so they can’t be that evil…