I know Dubai is booming but..

[h00t_h00t]

a 4rd world country

I lolled at that bit.

This is why freedom of speech is a bad thing.

[The_Canuck]

Global Warming is a Fallacy. the earth has cooled/heated over thousands of years. I agree greenhouse gases suck and we need to change that but i've yet to see any evidence that Greenhouse Gases melt ice caps or cause patagonian tree frogs to become extinct.

It's just a quick, simple blame name for a plethora of global issues.

I'm so glad i got that off my chest.

x2...

[kingofthering]

There's nothing you can really do. Many of the areas in the rural midwest lack quality educational facilities and moral values that those of us on the Eastcoast/Westcoast/Upper-Midwest are lucky to have. They're born, learn prejudice from the people around them, and have no other source of positive educational reinforcement. It's quite sad really, and it'll be like that for decades... until reforms are put in place.

Or until they run out of Shelby Cobras in their barns.

[Cotterik]

funny thing is, most of this is funded for by the mass-corporations of corner shops and restraunts that their families open in our country.

Funny, if there was any sort of mass development in the UK or the US, it would be heavily threatened by terrorism. But what threat does dubai have?

[F1_Master]

funny thing is, most of this is funded for by the mass-corporations of corner shops and restraunts that their families open in our country.

Funny, if there was any sort of mass development in the UK or the US, it would be heavily threatened by terrorism. But what threat does dubai have?

Running out of oil before everything is done?



However, a mall filled with tons of western tourists is a good point. Terrorists would see it as a way to get back at the US.

BTW, it's not a big issue, but why say people hate America? Wouldn't that technically be implying that people hate Canada, Mexico, Brazil, etc., etc. as well?

[Cotterik]

I'm talking about people in the middle east in particular. When i say america, in their case its merely the western society. But contrary to recent history, their actions and beliefs have been pointed towards the USA.

[Esperante]

Global Warming is a Fallacy. the earth has cooled/heated over thousands of years. I agree greenhouse gases suck and we need to change that but i've yet to see any evidence that Greenhouse Gases melt ice caps or cause patagonian tree frogs to become extinct.

It's just a quick, simple blame name for a plethora of global issues.

I'm so glad i got that off my chest.

The possibility that it is natural doesn't change the fact. The consequences WILL be disastrous and something CAN be done. It really doesn't matter who points their finger at whot.

[KonaGreen]

There's a great article in the new issue of National Geographic.
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0701/feature3/

It's only part of the article, so you'll have to head to a book store or newsstand to read the whole thing.

[Egg Nog]

There's nothing you can really do. Many of the areas in the rural midwest lack quality educational facilities and moral values that those of us on the Eastcoast/Westcoast/Upper-Midwest are lucky to have. They're born, learn prejudice from the people around them, and have no other source of positive educational reinforcement. It's quite sad really, and it'll be like that for decades... until reforms are put in place.

Yeah, unfortunately one of those reforms trying to be established is a major fraud; teaching the "science" of creation.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Yes. God is now scientific. It's like a cop out but somehow they still get their way. go figure.

If it's a natural phenomena (that is Global Warming) then really there is little we can do - we can't control the weather as much as we like to and when we do it's only in negative terms. all we can do is be prepared for their consequences.

[Pando]

Paris has the Eiffel Tower. Rome has the Leaning Tower Of Pisa, and the Colosseum..

In 8 days no one disagreed?

[kingofthering]

There's a great article in the new issue of National Geographic.
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0701/feature3/

It's only part of the article, so you'll have to head to a book store or newsstand to read the whole thing.

It went from shitty looking port city to a bustling city similar to Hong Kong. Strangely, they don't have to rely on oil.

[The_Canuck]

In 8 days no one disagreed?

Everybody knows Pisa is actually in Rome

[Esperante]

It went from shitty looking port city to a bustling city similar to Hong Kong. Strangely, they don't have to rely on oil.

Well, they do, but they don't drill it. They handle it via their ports.