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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:45 AM Original message |
At 150 storeys, Burj Dubai towers above all the others |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Built with slave labor... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 04:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Just like everything at Walmart, except |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. And Filipinos |
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LadyAziz (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. here is an interesting documentary |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. The labor situation in Dubai is not good for workers, don't get me wrong |
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LadyAziz (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Dude, didn't you read what I said? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. "...hottest places to be..." Yep, the new Gomorrah. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. The media claims |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your gas money at work. |
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Jemmons (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 04:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So are you saying that the US is being exploited by the middle east? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. We build over there |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. It looks rather silly, doesn't it? |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The development model for Dubai is most impressive |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I probably shouldn't say this, but I like it, too. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I would like to as as well, but as Dubai pushes towards the 2million mark |
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JMDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Cool! |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. People used to say that about the WTC also |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Not exactly |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. it will look very interesting in 500 years from now |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. good target for al qaeda now that halliburton HQ is over there |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Just like the WTC was |
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LadyAziz (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I doubt it, |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I was just thinking the same thing! |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's an ugly eyesore. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Was it built by the Bin Laden Contruction company? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. So when oil becomes scarce how will they power the elevators |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. the elevators will be run by slave labor from the former middle class |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
72. LOL...Brilliant! |
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JMDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Not much solar energy around there... |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
73. The Eiffel Tower elevators use pig and ox grease |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Curious coincidence about that $20 billion price tag |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. There was an interesting article in latest Harpers on Dubai |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. For the record, it was "The Walrus", not Harpers |
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LadyAziz (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. Cool, |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. It somewhat surpasses the Tower Of Babel, doesn't it! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 07:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. An astute observation; it'll also explain why offshoring isn't what it's cracked up to be. |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Buy a Prius and stop sending your $$ to them |
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BestCenter (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
66. Dubai isn't an oil state. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
28. Other Dubai MEGAPROJECTS |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. People better pay attention |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 02:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Most have no clue how fast Asia is growing... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Despite obvious MSM coverage: |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Yet, what messages permeate the airwaves... bad products, oil barons, exploitation of workers, ports |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm sorry, but am I the only one who sees this as another |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Er? If you read the comments you wouldn't be seeing that bandwagon. (nt) |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I see plenty of admiration for a stupid, excessive waste of glass |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Not in this thread you don't (nt) |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
37. What is it with male dominated, patriarchal societies and |
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JMDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I think it's a power thing with multiple dimensions |
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BestCenter (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 03:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Or it could mean that Dubai is a small place and requires upwards expansion |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. They're expanding outwards, too |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Didn't you know? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. So then what is it? |
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BestCenter (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Wait, |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Since pyramids were build more for mortuary and religious |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. There are anthropologists who believe a lot of things |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Broad brush is the best you can do on a message board |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Oh fuck, not that BS pop sociology about "phallic buildings" again. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I agree. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. So all those toilets flushing, air conditioning and lighting needed |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Do you figure there are fewer toilets in "horizontal" building styles? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Also, high rises create urban sprawl because all those offices |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Huh? high density development is the OPPOSITE of sprawl. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Bingo you figured it out and don't even know it. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Laugh away. It makes the discomfort you feel that I might be right |
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BestCenter (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Yes, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. The new Freedom Tower won't be even that high. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
47. Invest in Dubai! (snark. We already have, unwittingly.) |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Your gas dollars at work nt |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. Sweden has the "Turning Torso" |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
55. So stupid |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Not really |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Yes, remember the bank building that burned in Los Angeles |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Yeah - I barely remembered that and dug around on the internet |
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