what the hell is going on in DUBAI??????

[Cinderella]

this is absolutely nuts!!! whats going on over there?

http://www.dubai-architecture.info/DUB-GAL1.htm

 

[acptulsa]

A serious case of more money than taste. Re: McMansions, Hummers, and the fad fish of the year.

 

[brandon]

They didnt mention the revolving skyscraper on that page. I want to goto Dubai.

 

[Kludge]

Shit guys! We need to protect them from terrorists! Look how prosperous they are! Millions will die if we don't occupy their country RIGHT NOW!

We will be greeted as great liberators!

 

[torchbearer]

I wonder where all our country's wealth has gone?

 

[Kludge]

I wonder where all our country's wealth has gone?

Fulfilling our moral obligations to protect the world from devastation!

It's too bad our Arab counterparts do not understand the honorable sacrifices we are making...

For great justice!

 

[brandon]

We need to bring them democracy!

 

[Cinderella]

we need to liberate them as we did the Iraqis

 

[IPSecure]

This is what America should have been like, years ago...

 

[Hiki]

Dubai kicks ass. A true future metropolis.

 

[amy31416]

See what sort of Jetson's-esque niftiness you can build when you don't squander all of your money on blowing up other countries?

Dammit. They're going to out-Disney Disneyland.

 

[yongrel]

Dubai will be a really cool city someday (when they abandon Islamic law).

 

[Zolah]

This is what happens when you don't bomb the crap out of people, they get productive! We have to stop this.

 

[IPSecure]

Dubai, Halliburton, Cheney, Iran, and Sexual Slavery

Link

 

[slacker921]

They're putting their dollars into tangible assets.. ?
That's why they're also coming here to the US and buying our buildings at fire sale prices.. unload those dollars.

 

[Fox McCloud]

This is how fast I'd imagine the US would grow if we had a total free-market...not to mention fractional reserve banking was totally eliminated and the gold-standard re-instated.

The only difference is we wouldn't have such ugly architecture *chuckles*

it's a nice city, but they still have some major problems....like their 20,000 a year welfare plan for people v_v

 

[Truth Warrior]

What the hell is going on in DUBAI??????

Lots and lots of your tax dollars, at work.

You may just think of Dubai as a HUGE land based US aircraft carrier.

 

[FireofLiberty]

Oil money.

 

[amy31416]

Oil money.

It's only about 6% of their revenue:

A majority of the emirate's revenues are from trade, manufacturing and financial services.[7] Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6% (2006)[8] of Dubai's US$ 37 billion economy (2005).[9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai

 

[Daveforliberty]

Been there recently, going back soon. What would you do if you were being showered with FSNs rapidly losing their value?