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While the high price of gasoline lowers our standard of living
here's what it's doing for Dubai.

What they started with in 1990

A small taste of What the United States could accomplish
if we had Politicians who cared about anything but themselves and invested
our tax money wisely instead of spending it where we get nothing in return.

The same street in 2003 and in 2007

This was last year. Dubai is said to have 15 to 25% of all the worlds cranes.

The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become
the largest waterfront development in the world.

The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all. All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree. Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.

The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million. 30 x 300 = 9 billion dollars. How much have we spend on New Orleans? Do we have anywhere near as much to show for it? The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only 7 star hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea. Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.

The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete in 2008. At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be the world's tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40 percent taller than the current tallest building, the Yaipei 101.

The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world from the Burj Dubai. Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters. That would make it more than 30 percent taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building.

Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice the size. Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 sq. miles) at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.

Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world. This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned.

This is not a hotel it is owned by Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi

This Audi A8 is not silver in color it is made out of silver

What does all of this tell us about our power hungry politicions that can't protect our borders? Politicians who have spent more than this in Iraq and talk mainly about getting out, not WINNING in Iraq.

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