Dubai wants to buy Knight-Ridder and Albertsens

[donsu]

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_584.shtml


More Clinton/Dem connections to Dubai, more hypocrisy



In the March 8 edition of the San Francisco Examiner (PDF download of the print edition here), columnist P.J. Corkery’s editorial “Will Dubai get what it wants in the Bay Area?” reveals how the United Emirates government-controlled Dubai Investment Group is backing a bid to acquire the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, following a failed bid for the Albertson’s grocery chain. There is no question that Dubai is on a buying spree for US assets.

But what is of even more interest is who is doing the fronting, lobbying and buying for Dubai. To quote Corkery at length :

“The Yank partner of the Dubai Investment Group is quite a well known name. He is a big-time Democratic contributor and grocery store magnate, Ron Burkle of Beverly Hills . . . Burkle’s bidding entity is called the Yucaipa Cos . . .

. . .

“Yucaipa’s chief marketing guy is Bill Clinton . . . Burkle pays Clinton $10 million a year, my sources report, for his services -- which are mainly to drum up money in Dubai. Bill flies to Dubai so often on Burkle’s Boeing 757 that he calls it “Air Ron.” . . . Clinton, of course, has lately been defending the Dubai ports deal, while his wife opposes it . . . Oh, and also on Yucaipa Cos. board is the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

“This global capitalism just leaves me spinning.”
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we the people have been raped

america is dead

[madaboutharry]

1. Well, if they buy Albertsons

it may be a good thing. The one near my house is a dive.

[niyad]

2. "my sources report"??? proof, please. does this jerk whine about the

carlyle group, and the *family relations with the binladens?

[AX10]

3. another other sources to confirm/deny this?

[peacetalksforall]

4. So Bill is involved in the selling of our assets. If Dubai buys Knight R

and this Burkle guy and Clinton are working on it - will Knight Ridder become a Dem paper outlet? Or are Burkle and Clinton really in the camp of Republicans for aiding in the selling of our assets. And is Carlyle or similar really behind it?

If we are so terribly in debt and Condiliar and Don want another 91 billion for Iraq (to really spend on preparations for Iran) - does anyone know which is the next assets to go?

[napi21]

5. This may be the answer to the question posed on CNN.

When they reported Dubai has decided to divest itself of US interests, the reporter said the "ports" were only 10% of this Deal, the rest were financial, but they didn't have any more info right now.

I wonder if this is the rest of the deal?

[caligirl]

6. I'm not sure I buy this. In fact I don't buy it.

[caligirl]

8. James Baker is behind the Dubai deal,

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/

[woodsprite]

7. Ya know, the more I see about Clinton being in with all this,

the more uncomfortable I feel. Especially after seeing him pal around with "Ole Daddy *"

[caligirl]

9. I really do think there is push to tie Clinton to this while ignoring the

real culprits, Bushies and Baker.

Who is Micheal Rupport of from the Wilderness?

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ciadrugs/gray_money.html

[caligirl]

10. Rush Limpballs is pushing this crap, today too, sad to see DU

posters buying it and posting it here.

Another thread on Limpballs
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x617211

[FrenchieCat]

11. They always do......

They always do....