What our oil dollars buy.

2008-06-27 08:03:10

#1

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6951|Global Command

Dubai in 1990;

2003:

Today:

15-25% of the worlds cranes are in use in Dubai.

Now let's look at Floral Park in downtown Santa Ana, a home for sale built in 1950;

From downtown Santa Ana from this years Mayday Rallies, one half mile from Floral Park ;

With the profits from our gas dollars they get decadent lifestyles and fablous wealth. With our border policy, we get our country trashed and African American youths are being driven out and/or put in the ground.

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2008-06-27 08:27:32

#2

AutralianChainsaw: Member; +65|6620

WOW

all that in only 28 18 years

Who said that Arabs cannot do anything with money..

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2008-06-27 08:37:08

#3

CaptainSpaulding71: Member; +119|6779|CA, USA

AutralianChainsaw wrote:
WOW

all that in only 28 years

Who said that Arabs cannot do anything with money..

oh...they can do things with money - that's not the problem. they use the money to pay others to do it for them rather than do the hard work themselves. most of that construction work is outsourced.

Ernie Pyle (famous war correspondent) reported that back in WW2 when our troops were in North Africa, the US troops would pay an arab 5 bucks to dig a ditch and he'd come back with 2 others, pay each a buck and keep the 3 bucks as profit. maybe i am wrong. i look at this as an aversion to doing the work whereas others might look at this as being clever to turn a profit. different viewpoints i guess.

it would be interesting to see what would have become of these countries if they couldn't just stick a straw in the ground and extract $$$ from the earth. that is, if they actually had to manufacture goods, produce technology rather than importing it. i believe they have the brain power to do this - it's just a matter of willpower in my mind.

2008-06-27 08:37:55

#4

icecold2510: Member; +31|6715

18 years btw

And holy fuck did Dubai change.

That's incredible how everything grew so fast....

2008-06-27 08:39:45

#5

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6977

Most of those buildings are empty wastes of space...

2008-06-27 08:54:52

#6

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6922|so randum

CameronPoe wrote:
Most of those buildings are empty wastes of space...

Same could have been said of New York at one point.

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2008-06-27 09:25:16

#7

JahManRed: wank; +646|7050|IRELAND

They have the oil, you don't. Deal with it.

The Petrodollar has helped keep your economy buoyant for decades. So you get yours as well as the Arabs.

Coincidence that Saddam announced he was switching to the pertoeuro before his invasion and:

"March 2006, the Tehran government has plans to begin competing with New York's NYMEX and London's IPE with respect to international oil trades – using a euro-based international oil-trading mechanism."

American oil companies and particularly banks have been creaming off the Petrodollar for years. You have nothing to complain about.

They know the oil wealth is going to slow down so they are preparing for tourism. Its all financed by the Prince.

2008-06-27 09:59:44

#8

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7022|132 and Bush

Some of those pictures looked kinda like Vegas. Addiction is a very lucrative business.

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2008-06-27 10:44:50

#9

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6745|New Haven, CT

FatherTed wrote:
CameronPoe wrote:
Most of those buildings are empty wastes of space...
Same could have been said of New York at one point.

I would say not. New York wasn't just built to look impressive.

2008-06-27 10:48:27

#10

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7043|London, England

nukchebi0 wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
CameronPoe wrote:
Most of those buildings are empty wastes of space...
Same could have been said of New York at one point.
I would say not. New York wasn't just built to look impressive.

One example, the Empire state building:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Sta … e_Building

2008-06-27 10:54:51

#11

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6745|New Haven, CT

Oh, I guess not. Yet, most of New York buildings weren't empty.

2008-06-27 12:40:10

#12

The#1Spot: Member; +105|6961|byah

It seems like they know how to manage their money compared to the US. Kuwait I believe has the strongest currency in the world.

2008-06-27 12:51:30

#13

God Save the Queen: Banned; +628|6765|tropical regions of london

its dangerous to be a hispanic at night by yourself in the streets in pasadena.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/gangs/ci_6080071

"Leron Brown, 31, of Altadena, died Monday in the most recent gang violence that has its roots in the mid 1980s, but surged last year when a series of race-based attacks known as SOM for "Sock On Mexican" - lead to the deaths of Erica Hindman, 21, and Acevedo Fortino, 20, in late August and early September."

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2008-06-27 13:26:41

#14

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6951|Global Command

God Save the Queen wrote:
its dangerous to be a hispanic at night by yourself in the streets in pasadena.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/gangs/ci_6080071

"Leron Brown, 31, of Altadena, died Monday in the most recent gang violence that has its roots in the mid 1980s, but surged last year when a series of race-based attacks known as SOM for "Sock On Mexican" - lead to the deaths of Erica Hindman, 21, and Acevedo Fortino, 20, in late August and early September."

What in the name of Jesus does that have to do with anything regarding this thread?
You blockhead.

2008-06-27 13:28:11

#15

God Save the Queen: Banned; +628|6765|tropical regions of london

ATG wrote:
What in the name of Jesus does that have to do with anything regarding this thread?
You blockhead.

ATG wrote:
With the profits from our gas dollars they get decadent lifestyles and fablous wealth. With our border policy, we get our country trashed and African American youths are being driven out and/or put in the ground.

2008-06-27 13:30:55

#16

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6951|Global Command

Again. What is your point?

2008-06-27 13:33:09

#17

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|7093|UK

The Saudis are currently earning around $1bn a day with the current prices by pumping approx 11 milion barrels a day.

They going to start building cities in the desert the first one being 150sq km in size....which is about the size of the west bank.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle … 446923.stm

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2008-06-27 13:33:52

#18

God Save the Queen: Banned; +628|6765|tropical regions of london

I was just countering what you wrote? Im kind of wondering why you even added that part in there. I was following along until I saw that, then you lost your message, because all I saw was another indictment on hispanic americans.

2008-06-27 13:37:34

#19

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6951|Global Command

My message is valid.
Look at their progress. See why.
Look at Santa Ana. See why.

Again. It is a condemnation of the policy. I don't fault a man that comes here. I can fault his lifestyle. You can't exploit a system that is not enforcing the law of the land. The very system is exploiting the citizens and laying waste to the middle class.

2008-06-27 14:10:04

#20

Vax: Member; +42|6273|Flyover country

Dubai is quite a story.

Along with the exploding real estate, they have those crazy man made islands that can be seen from space ffs

https://www.dubaiforlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/dubai-aerial-photos-03.JPG

As well as some freaky / innovative ideas..revolving skyscrapers ?

https://www.fahad.com/pics/dubai_rotating_building_1_sm.jpg

It seems out of control, like something has to give.

Anyway, I was reading about the recent move of Haliburton's offices there-- and this puzzled me at the end of this article, they say that "oil is only 3% of the GDP" there...it's all services ?

2008-06-27 14:30:22

#21

blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|7067

JahManRed wrote:
They have the oil, you don't. Deal with it.

if it gets bad here I think U.S. will invade them lolz and stealz the oil

2008-06-27 14:57:08

#22

TrollmeaT: Aspiring Objectivist; +492|7094|Colorado

Yes the wind turbines inbetween each floor is quite inovative, they plan to build one in england & new york as well, the one in dubai is opening 2010-2011. You can park your car in the apartment lol!

2008-06-27 15:08:38

#23

SGT_Dicklewicz: Member; +33|7046

Someone e-mailed me this the other day. Kind of raises a good point.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel.
OPEC nations buy U.S. Grain at $7.00 a bushel.
Solution: Sell grain for $136.00 a bushel.
Can't buy it? Tough! Eat your oil!
Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled filet of camel ass!!!

2008-06-27 15:36:58

#24

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6890

SGT_Dicklewicz wrote:
Someone e-mailed me this the other day. Kind of raises a good point.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel.
OPEC nations buy U.S. Grain at $7.00 a bushel.
Solution: Sell grain for $136.00 a bushel.
Can't buy it? Tough! Eat your oil!
Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled filet of camel ass!!!

Then OPEC stops buying US grain, causing the US agricultural industry to tank causing farms to be shut down causing a massive food shortage causing anarchy to reign which means we will need to rely on Batman and his army of vigilantes to restore and maintain order.

Bad idea.

2008-06-27 15:43:55

#25

Lotta_Drool: Spit; +350|6605|Ireland

God Save the Queen wrote:
I was just countering what you wrote? Im kind of wondering why you even added that part in there. I was following along until I saw that, then you lost your message, because all I saw was another indictment on hispanic americans.

I think he was refering to the 12+ million Mexicans that have broke into our home.

There are Americans and nonAmericans that need to gtfo of the US. Nothing was said that you should be taking offense too.

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