Dubai Is Nuts!!!!

[mitch]

oh yes they are

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/

[joncha]

WHAT IN MONKEY BALLS IS GOING ON OVER THERE?

[Eli]

Dont we all love oil money?

[techumseh]

Fifty bucks a tank X 100 fills/yr X 100 million vehicles = Dubai madness.

[Asher]

Originally posted by techumseh
Fifty bucks a tank X 100 fills/yr X 100 million vehicles = Dubai madness.

Actually, Dubai isn't an oil-rich city. Only a tiny fraction of their money is from oil revenue.

Also, can I get a statement from you on why NHL players hate Edmonton so much?

[Ecthy]

Where do the UAE get their money from if not oil?

[Asher]

Why do you need money when you pay your workers pennies a day?

[Lawrence of Arabia]

so where are all the poor going to live?

[Ecthy]

If it was that simple then bangladesh could have just the same.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by joncha
WHAT IN MONKEY BALLS IS GOING ON OVER THERE?

Interesting things.

[Ecthy]

The funny thing is once the entire Arab world gets sucked up in the United Arab Republic which will be strongly fundamentalist, all that sh!t will be torn down

[techumseh]

Originally posted by Asher

Actually, Dubai isn't an oil-rich city. Only a tiny fraction of their money is from oil revenue.

Also, can I get a statement from you on why NHL players hate Edmonton so much?

If you listen to Don Cherry about hockey, you'll simply be misguided. If you adopt his approach to political and economic matters, you will be totally out to lunch.

Tell us, where does Dubai get the majority of its revenue that allows it to afford all this 'over the top' development?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
so where are all the poor going to live?

Easy.

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

The massive construction projects currently in Dubai have required more construction workers than there are citizens of the city (note: over 80% of Dubai's population consists of expatriates/non-citizens). This has led to massive importation of low-wage workers, especially from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. [6] Most of these workers are forced to give up their passports upon entering Dubai, making it very difficult to return home. NPR reports that workers "typically live eight to a room, sending home a portion of their salary to their families, whom they don't see for years at a time." Others report that their salary has been withheld to pay back loans, making them little more than indentured servants. [7] The BBC has reported that "local newspapers often carry stories of construction workers allegedly not being paid for months on end. They are not allowed to move jobs and if they leave the country to go home they will almost certainly lose the money they say they are owed. The names of the construction companies concerned are not published in the newspapers for fear of offending the often powerful individuals who own them." [8].

[Geronimo]

I wish every country was "F*cking Nuts!!!!".

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Ecthy
Where do the UAE get their money from if not oil?

Check the wiki page on Dubai for a little insight on their economy. They seem to be doing several somethings very well.