Many following FireFox bookmark import

I've done this three times, all with the same result. Installed Safari 4; everything runs great until I import my FireFox bookmarks, after which I can't open new tabs, some sites won't launch at all, overall very slow to load during launch and new pages, lots of spinning beach balls.
Each time I delete everything Safari (app, preferences, etc.), reinstall, launch, runs perfectly, import FireFox bookmarks, disaster. Permission repair, etc., doesn't help.
Ideas, anyone?

Hi Jim
I suspect there may be corruption in the Firefox file.
Perhaps exporting from Firefox, then importing to Safari will give you a different result. First open Firefox. Go to the Bookmarks>Organize Bookmarks option. When the Bookmarks Manager opens, click on the Star shaped icon and select "export html" and save to your desktop. By default the file is named bookmarks.html
Then, open Safari. File Menu>Import and navigate to the file you just saved and select it.
This creates a separate collection in Safari's Bookmarks manager. Let's see if this alters the behavior from what you have been seeing.

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