Much Ado About Nothing, Yet

Move along. Nothing to see here. Ports deal? It ain't no thang. Congress gets forty five days for a briefing on security measures and such, and all will be just dandy, business as usual. Except for this little tidbit that the London High Court hasn't even approved the DP World's takeover of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and the judge has delayed his decision until Thursday:

In London on Tuesday, a high court judge delayed until Thursday a decision on whether to approve DP World's takeover of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Two shareholders and a joint venture partner of the British company objected to the deal. The judge had been expected to approve the deal Tuesday.

As an aside, Trent Lott was rather upset with President Bush's vehement claim that he would veto any legislation presented to stop the ports deal:

Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said the White House was "slow to react" to the criticism. Lott also called the president's threat last week to veto legislation Congress passed "very unwise.""It offended me. He threatened me," Lott added.

Oooohh burn! I wonder if Bush will still be welcome to sit on the front porch of Lott's newly built Mississippi home?




http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060301/D8G2J1QO0.html


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050902-2.html