CNN.com - Congress declares war on ports deal - Mar 9, 2006 CNN.com - Congress declares war on ports deal - Mar 9, 2006

irrational jingoism is the clear and unfortunate result of both dems and republicans maneuvering to avoid being cast as unpatriotic in the run up to midterm elections... another dumb result of our political system: everybody's so busy playing politics that nobody takes the time to even allow thorough analysis to determine whether this is at all bad.  ¶ 12:47 AM