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Dubai skyscraper closes in on tallest building in Mideast
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| Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Posted on 01/17/2007 12:35:41 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
01/17/2007 12:36:57 AM PST
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: MinorityRepublican
the cylindrical Burj, which was designed by American architect Adrian Smith
Spread rumors that Smith is jewish and see how long it takes for the Religion of Morons to blow it up.
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posted on
01/17/2007 12:43:17 AM PST
by
peyton randolph
(What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal - Albert Pike)
To: MinorityRepublican
Well they'll never have to worry about a group of fanatical Southern Baptists hijacking an airliner and taking out their precious skyscraper while screaming "Praise JESUS!"
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posted on
01/17/2007 12:59:33 AM PST
by
mkjessup
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
01/17/2007 1:21:04 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: Dallas59
Those are American dollars at work. Pains me to see that.
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posted on
01/17/2007 2:30:16 AM PST
by
gotribe
(There's still time to begin a war in Iraq.)
To: Dallas59
Dubai has Jewish residents and many Jewish visitors. I am not sure how openly they could practice their faith. Dubai is open to Christianity:
In early 2001, ground was broken for the construction of several additional churches on a parcel of land in Jebel Ali donated by the government of Dubai to four Protestant congregations and a Roman Catholic congregation. Construction on the first Greek Orthodox Church in Dubai (to be called St. Mary's) began at the end of 2005. The land for the construction of the church was also donated by the government to the Greek Orthodox community of Dubai.
Financial support to non-Muslim groups from the Dubai government comes in the form of donated land for the construction of churches and other religious facilities, including cemeteries. They are permitted to raise money from among their congregants and to receive financial support from abroad. Christian churches are permitted to openly advertise church functions
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posted on
01/17/2007 3:02:21 AM PST
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
I'M SHOCKED!!!
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posted on
01/17/2007 3:09:06 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: Dallas59
You may be right (I'm not sure) about the level of anti-semitism present in Dubai. Putting that aside for a moment, it is truly awesome what Dubai is doing in terms of their economy. Look at every other pathetic arab nation wasting their oil. The pictures you present are an incredible testiment to what is possible when hate is pushed aside. I congratulate them for what they are doing.
To: MinorityRepublican
What burns me is that they are doing this on a foundation that has to be sand all the way down to China (or whatever is on the other side from where they are...), and all we can build on the granite foundations of Ground Zero is the dorky-in-the-extreme Freedom Tower.
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posted on
01/17/2007 3:45:41 AM PST
by
gridlock
(Isn't it peculiar that no matter what the problem, the government's solution is always "more taxes".)
To: gridlock
One thing I have to admire about them is that given all this cash - they are implicitly saying screw the environmentalists. Do you realize how difficult it would be to propose building man made offshore islands in the U.S.? You couldn't live long enough to see the end of the Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, etc., etc. etc. lawsuits.
To: MinorityRepublican
dozens of stories taller than the world's current tallest building, the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan Wow! But I'm still waiting for Sky City.
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posted on
01/17/2007 5:39:04 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: gotribe
Those are American dollars at work. Pains me to see that. We have to go nuclear in a big way. Stupid enviro-whackos.
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posted on
01/17/2007 5:40:52 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: Aquinasfan
Sky City?...too Jetsonian...I'd like to see Frank Lloyd Wright's proposed "Mile High" skyscraper come to fruition...
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posted on
01/17/2007 5:46:35 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I'd like to see Frank Lloyd Wright's proposed "Mile High" skyscraper come to fruition... It looks exactly like the photo in #2. I think Frank got ripped off.
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posted on
01/17/2007 5:48:23 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: Aquinasfan
Yeah, but at 2,300 feet, the plans for Dubai are only about half as ambitious as what Wright's plans called for...
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01/17/2007 5:55:20 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
To: peyton randolph
Spread rumors that Smith is jewish and see how long it takes for the Religion of Morons to blow it up.Not necessary. It is a symbol of commerce and capitalism, and as we all know Jews control all the money, so the connection is already mad. But the Muslims are nothing if not patient. They will wait until the building is finished and fully occupied before they destroy it.
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posted on
01/17/2007 6:02:02 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(All we are sa-a-a-ying, is give Beast a chance.)
To: Fresh Wind
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posted on
01/17/2007 6:02:42 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(All we are sa-a-a-ying, is give Beast a chance.)
To: iowamark; Dallas59
They definitely hate Israel if not all Jews, and have a bit of a slavery problem. That's why there were no high level visits to Dubai when W was pushing the ports deal.
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posted on
01/17/2007 6:02:44 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Fresh Wind
Yeah it's no good to have all that oil money if the Jews cancel their credit line (old Mel Brooks joke)
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posted on
01/17/2007 6:07:08 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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