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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-21-07 11:32 PM Original message |
Burj Dubai sets global records (World's Tallest Building) |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. Must be crowded over there. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. just starting to get that way... city will be @ 2million soon if not already |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. How far along are they with The Palm Jumeirah? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. All the islands are coming along... there are multiple island projects now |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. The architecture may be marvelous in its engineering, but the esthetic doesn't speak to me. |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Speaking of the "freedom tower".............. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Be careful when you criticize slave labor... do you boycott every |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Hey I do not condone slave labor ANYWHERE.. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Saudi prince???, Dude you don't even have the right country |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Is not a Saudi prince... UAE and KSA are not even in the same |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I stand corrected on that part.. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Not a controversy... workers face struggles across the planet |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not yet! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Interestingly enough by eyeballing the design, they can about as many |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Yeah, I immediately thought of the CN Tower |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Looks like work was halted a bit in March 2006 |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. Go have a look at this Slideshow: |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not to mention... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. At least we deal, live, etc. with the sweatshop workers here |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Again.... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So, we should bury everything that Capitalism has done then? |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Of course I would... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Blood money... tell me the currency that doesn't have that stain? |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hell there are none... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Murderous regimes... that's why I left the US |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well I do envy you much for that... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It's about balance for... I am teaching the future leaders over here |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. LOL Hmm I wonder who that could be? n/t |
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LadyAziz (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Continue your good work |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. They must have kissed and made up then |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Source please... ? |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Certainly! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. So a right-wing anti-Muslim site that has the headline on its frontpage of "Totalitarian Democrats |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. The relationship between UAE royals and bin Laden |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
28. Is that the new Halliburton Building? |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. I can't imagine... |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. I look forward to visiting next year |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Don't come during Summer |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. haha...that hot? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. betweem 45-50 cent. today and about 70% humidity |
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LadyAziz (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Lucky You |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. The capital of the NWO n/t |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Will it be decades or centuries or just a few years |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. what future will dubai have when the oil is gone? |
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Knightly_Knews (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. There is a power that is rarely mentioned.......... |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. without drastic reductions in the AMOUNT of power used |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Dubai has built on the 'American' non-sustainable model |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. How will they get to the top floors? nt |
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