The Dubai-ing of America

[KingM34]

A remarkable transformation is occurring in the desert sheikdom of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the ruling elite’s quest to turn the territory into the Singapore of the Middle East, the population is booming, billions in oil wealth is pouring into the country’s relatively free market, and unbelievably opulent projects are springing from the desert sands, such as the world’s tallest building and an exclusive community built on artificial islands in the shape of palm leaves.

More startling, this is just the beginning. A recent study by the government projects that the population of Dubai will reach five million by 2020 from 1.2 million today. Less than twenty percent of the population of Dubai is native born and this percentage will shrivel as the population of the emirate booms. Most of them live in government-built enclaves apart from all the foreigners who surround them.

The question is, why? What on earth do the citizens of Dubai benefit by this influx of millions of non- citizens? And what is the long-term plan for the management of these guests? Will they stay for a stretch and then return to the Philippines, or Pakistan, or Britain? Well, some undoubtedly will, but there will come a time some decades in the future when entire generations of people will have lived their entire lives as guests in Dubai and will undoubtedly begin agitating for official status. Within a blink of an eye, the natives of the emirate will become tiny minorities within their own countries.

Read the rest: http://theopinionator.com/Politics/dubaiingofamerica1.html

[blm]

1. GREAT POST - and this fascism is the real BFEE agenda that BCCI would have

revealed if all its documents were allowed to be made public.


And people better start waking up to the fact that even some of their favorite Dems have worked to keep it covered up for BushInc.

[Greyhound]

2. The big pile of shit in the living room that none of them will talk about.

Just drives me crazy, especially when I'm told over and over that if we just vote for the Democratic candidate everything will be fine. How the hell do they think we got into this mess?

[blm]

3. Parry says it perfectly - Hey Democrats, Truth Matters

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/051006.html

They can't admit it so they ignore it - because some Dems they adore were on the wrong side of the angels on these issues. And some Dems they target were the ones fighting the hardest to get the information opened to the American people.

It's a mindset they don't want to change. I used to be one of them - I fought to protect alot about Clinton - but the more I learned, the angrier I became because we would NOT be suffering this muscled version of fascism and imperialism if he hadn't closed the books on BushInc in 1993.

[blm]

4. kicking for REALITY

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[blm]

5. Y'know, King - this might get more attention in GD -

it really is an important post you made. More folks should see it.

[KingM34]

6. re: moving it to GD

As someone who is fairly new, would it be improper to repost it in GD?

[blm]

7. On some things it is, but this one would be appreciated, methinks.

In any case, I'll certainly give it a welcome.

[KingM34]

8. ok

Will do.