Of Deals and Unnecessary Drama

I never thought the day would come when I agreed with George Bush.

I mean, we have been diametrically opposed on practically everything. Social programs, education, the environment, the economy. Wiretapping and the Patriot Act. And, most of all, war.

So I thought I had fallen into the twilight zone when he said what I wanted to hear on the port deal. It was business.

Not to hear the media and Congress talk about it. You would swear the evil Moslems had been given carte blanche to pillage and murder.

More than anything, I feel embarrassed by this whole situation. Americans are once again showing their narrow-minded xenophobia and complete ethnocentrism. I know this is what America stands for because I grew up as an American and I've heard these attitudes many, many times.

Enough with protectionism and isolationism. Can we only be part of the world when we want to bomb the hummus out of a Muslim country?

I have two words for my fellow Americans. Grow up.