1 posted on
02/25/2009 5:34:43 AM PST by
SJackson
To: SJackson
Dubai...biggest bubble ever.
In 50 years or less, the ME oil is going to run out. Then they will go back to living in the 7th century WITHOUT the west's money and talents...
2 posted on
02/25/2009 5:46:03 AM PST by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Wonder if they want to buy some ports.
3 posted on
02/25/2009 5:49:50 AM PST by
SJackson
(a tax cut is non-targetedÂ…no guaranteeÂ…theyÂ’re free to invest anywhere that they want, J Kerry)
To: SJackson
I have a great idea. Since these places are already built and half empty. send the Gazans there.
This is a much more pleasant place than Gaza. The buildings are modern , and Gazans arent working doing anything that should stop them from going. Don’t repair Gaza, send them to this modern ghost town.
4 posted on
02/25/2009 5:52:23 AM PST by
Venturer
To: SJackson
My understanding is that Dubai has no oil revenue unlike say Abu Dhabi. From an earlier WSJ article it sounds as if Abu Dhabi is not extending any financial help to Dubai and may well come in and buy some of these assets for pennies on the dollar.
I’ve also heard those manmade islands in the form of Palms and I believe another island project designed to look like a map of the world are literally sinking. I’d always wondered how successfully from an engineering viewpoint those small intricate islands could be built. Getting proper compaction on engineered fill is not always easy on dry land much less in a gulf. I know the huge indoor ski slope was filled with engineering and construction problems.
6 posted on
02/25/2009 6:15:41 AM PST by
bereanway
(Sarah get your gun)
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BUMP for later reading...
7 posted on
02/25/2009 6:55:32 AM PST by
MplsSteve
To: SJackson
some see it “as though it were a con game all along.”Gee, ya think?!?!
9 posted on
02/25/2009 7:21:24 AM PST by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: SJackson
Money doesn't buy class.
Look at our own Kennedys, for example.
12 posted on
02/25/2009 7:52:46 AM PST by
happygrl
(BORG: Barack 0bama Resistance Group: we will not be assimilated)
To: Landru
ping
I am deeply saddened at this news...
;^)
15 posted on
02/25/2009 9:26:41 AM PST by
FBD
(My carbon footprint is bigger then yours)
To: SJackson
Dubai’s biggest problem is that they are Muslim. It’s at the top of the list of problems facing every Muslim.
16 posted on
02/25/2009 10:06:33 AM PST by
monday
To: SJackson
I say we go and buy their ports.
21 posted on
02/25/2009 11:03:17 AM PST by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: SJackson
Daniel Pipes? I thought he was dead and gone. he’s certainly not worth his salt and a dreary voice from a deep rut in the trail beside the new Interstate hiway.
22 posted on
02/25/2009 11:14:32 AM PST by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
To: SJackson
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24 posted on
02/25/2009 1:08:28 PM PST by
PsyOp
(Put government in charge of tire pressure, and we'll soon have a shortage of air. - PsyOp.)
To: SJackson
What’s the deal with banning Israelis from participating in tournaments? Arent the Arabs supposed to be capitalist in Dubai?
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29 posted on
11/27/2009 1:32:35 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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