View Full Version : Dubai Hotel opening "Can be seen from space."
Now that looks sweet!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7740887.stm
InB4some1say"lookwhattheydowithourgasmoney".
Discuss.
EDIT. can someone edit the title for me... :lol:
WildBillyT
11-21-2008, 10:19 AM
I'd love to visit there someday. I hear it's awesome.
Only place in the world with a seven star hotel- that you have to take a boat to get to.
SupermanX24
11-21-2008, 12:22 PM
hmm, looks like we're beat on 4th of july fireworks. That was whoa. lol
sweetbmxrider
11-21-2008, 03:26 PM
"Hot Wings" from 105.7 the hawk had a good rant about this in the morning. not going to lie, i hate the place and i love it. its insane.
Ktulu990
11-21-2008, 04:57 PM
wow that was nuts
79CamaroDiva
11-21-2008, 05:06 PM
yup. def want to go...
edpontiac91
11-21-2008, 05:29 PM
Just goes to show you what they do with the "little" extra pocket change they make when selling crude oil to us! :moon:
baddest434
11-21-2008, 06:19 PM
"lookwhattheydowithourgasmoney" :lol:
pretty amazing i watched a show on disco channel showing them building that simply amazing!
Anti_Rice_Guy
11-21-2008, 06:29 PM
"lookwhattheydowithourgasmoney" :lol:
pretty amazing i watched a show on disco channel showing them building that simply amazing!
Isn't the disco channel too new for you? Shoudn't you be watching the big band channel?
"Hot Wings" from 105.7 the hawk had a good rant about this in the morning. not going to lie, i hate the place and i love it. its insane.
And what reason do you have to hate a whole country?
WildBillyT
11-21-2008, 06:59 PM
"Hot Wings" from 105.7 the hawk had a good rant about this in the morning. not going to lie, i hate the place and i love it. its insane.
I'll bet he's never been there and doesn't know anybody who has, either.
BonzoHansen
11-21-2008, 07:22 PM
And what reason do you have to hate a whole country?
Because....
:rofl:
SteveR
11-21-2008, 08:42 PM
Nice. Now all they need to do is finish the underwater hotel. Looks like a fun place to go, but I dunno, its looking more and more like an even more superficial version of Vegas.
ZeroCool8891
11-21-2008, 09:09 PM
oh wow they finshed it, i remeber watching it on tv a few years back saying it would be awsome, and they still making it and all.
DevilDougWS6
11-29-2008, 01:07 PM
dubai is an extremely nice place to visit. surprising to a lot of ignorants out there the people are very friendly, there is very low crime, and it is not all desert. one of the richest countries in the world.
sweetbmxrider
11-29-2008, 01:44 PM
And what reason do you have to hate a whole country?
the fact that they waste money on some of the most ridiculous things while people die every day for no reason other than ignorance. something you are rather familiar with.
I'll bet he's never been there and doesn't know anybody who has, either.
it was directed towards the celebrities and how they want everyone to go green yet went to the party in dubai, where they took their private jets, and lived their insane lives.
Knipps
11-29-2008, 02:45 PM
the fact that they waste money on some of the most ridiculous things while people die every day for no reason other than ignorance. something you are rather familiar with.
go look in a mirror.
NJSPEEDER
11-30-2008, 07:12 PM
That was a sweet fireworks display. $20,000,000 is a lot of coin to drop on sparklers, but I am gonna say the results are wroth it.
That hotel looks insane.
As far as Dubai wasting money, ummmm, they have it to waste, so why not. If you look at the quality of life in some of the middle eastern countries, the average person lives better than in most of the US. I can't say I agree with a lot of what they do, but I know that most of the middle east it not nearly as backwards as they are often given credit for.
-Tim
sweetbmxrider
11-30-2008, 07:44 PM
That was humorous :lol:
why are you laughing?
go look in a mirror.
dude don't. you don't know me, you don't know anything about me. this is a much larger scale.
NJSPEEDER
11-30-2008, 09:18 PM
What scale is it?
Fact is that we as Americans glorify the waste of expendable income on a scale that puts the rest of the world to shame. All the while millions of citizens live in absolute poverty or die from pointless violent crimes everyday.
I am as proud an American as you will ever find, but I am also an honest one. We have a lot of improving to do before we point out the flaws of the rest of the world.
-Tim
sweetbmxrider
11-30-2008, 10:04 PM
exactly, and we funded all of this. wasting millions of dollars on a party is insane! you could do soooo much more with soooo much less. its just a sickening thing.
NJSPEEDER
11-30-2008, 11:36 PM
We funded Dubai?
UAE is one of the richest and most developed nations in that region. What are they getting from us? Money for oil? That is commerce, I can't see blaming anyone for that.
It's their money, let them spend it how they want.
-Tim
wretched73
12-01-2008, 08:23 AM
Saying that they are wasting there money on this is absolutely ridiculous. They say most of their money comes in through oil..... Now what happens when they run out of oil? Boy o boy now they have a pretty sweet hotel that is drawing a ton of money through tourism. Make sense now?
WildBillyT
12-01-2008, 08:31 AM
Just to set the record straight-
Dubai is the financial center of the UAE. Their gas and oil revenue accounts for only 6% of the UAE's production. A lot of them got rich on things other than oil sales.
wretched73
12-01-2008, 08:39 AM
I believe the country was still built off of oil, I'm just saying they are getting away from that and tourism is something they are taking advantage of
WildBillyT
12-01-2008, 08:44 AM
Yes, but they are not getting rich directly off of current oil prices like people think they are.
sweetbmxrider
12-01-2008, 04:04 PM
well whatever. they still blew a ton of money on nonsense. if you guys are ok with it, well that is your deal. i personally hate that they waste so much on such crap yet people die everyday who don't have the basic necessities to survive. it simple doesn't make sense to me and i simply won't accept it. telling me the money came from another area or that the rich will continue to get richer doesn't disprove my point. over it/
NJSPEEDER
12-01-2008, 04:19 PM
If you are so deeply troubled by waste you shoudl really turn your good intentions to local situations and not worry about what billionaires on the other side of the globe spend their coin on. There are a lot of great local charities right here in NJ that can help you make a difference in the lives of those in need.
-Tim
WildBillyT
12-01-2008, 04:50 PM
well whatever. they still blew a ton of money on nonsense. if you guys are ok with it, well that is your deal. i personally hate that they waste so much on such crap yet people die everyday who don't have the basic necessities to survive. it simple doesn't make sense to me and i simply won't accept it. telling me the money came from another area or that the rich will continue to get richer doesn't disprove my point. over it/
O RLY?
Take a look at our culture.
******** who can catch a ball get millions of dollars while inner city teachers barely squeak by. And we idolize them and give a rat's ass about their lives. TV shows about celebrities who blow money on diamond encrusted cell phones and wreck Ferraris are popular while some people still can't afford to go to college. We as Americans are pissed off when we can't waste gas driving everywhere because we are too lazy to walk or car pool. As a society we are allowed to have a throw-away mentality from things as trivial as TVs (hey, if they aren't HD we don't want them) down to cars (it hit 100,000 so it's as good as scrap). Hell, look at us on here. We spend money trying to make our cars go faster when all most of them do is go back and forth to work or school and extra power is completely unnecessary. They have an indoor ski slope which is a collossal waste of money. Well, so do we, at the Meadowlands, and more are slated to be built in NC, GA, and Las Vegas.
Please. It may be more obvious that they are blowing a lot of money but we are just as (if not more) wasteful as a society.
http://www.thegurr.com/images/work/print/short_sweet/pot_kettle.jpg
sweetbmxrider
12-01-2008, 06:02 PM
and that sickens me. i don't follow celebs or sports because its the biggest crap ever in terms of dollars and sense.
Knipps
12-01-2008, 08:45 PM
and that sickens me. i don't follow celebs or sports because its the biggest crap ever in terms of dollars and sense.
That'd be an awesome statement if you actually meant sense and not cents :|
Tru2Chevy
12-01-2008, 09:03 PM
That'd be an awesome statement if you actually meant sense and not cents :|
I figured that he did, which is why he spelled it that way....
- Justin
Knipps
12-01-2008, 09:06 PM
I figured that he did, which is why he spelled it that way....
- Justin
You forget, this is the internet where there = their = theyre = thurr :lol:
sweetbmxrider
12-01-2008, 09:28 PM
its like the third time i used "dollars and sense". maybe i should coin it? even i think that was lame :sad: i am usually pretty good at spelling but everyone makes mistakes. so yes, i did mean it.
well whatever. Well that is a GREAT and intelligent response you got there to his perfectly valid point. :lol:
Oh, and I was laughing at you. You asked. :shrug:
Frosty
12-02-2008, 10:30 AM
It's their money in their part of the world, who cares. If you want to bitch look at companies like Walmart who consistently post record profits yet pay their employees absolute crap wages, no benefits etc. Screw the middle east, we need to worry about what we do in this country with our own people.
sweetbmxrider
12-02-2008, 02:19 PM
Well that is a GREAT and intelligent response you got there to his perfectly valid point. :lol:
Oh, and I was laughing at you. You asked. :shrug:
you are something.
i don't shop at wal-mart, i know.
you are something.
Thank you. :mrgreen:
NastyEllEssWon
12-03-2008, 03:29 AM
wow bmx i never had a problem with you on this board...your a cool guy....that happens to be speaking out of his ass at the moment.
So according to you everyone should wear the same clothes...drive smart cars and hybrids and churn our own butter. You own a v8. you dont NEED a v8. hell you dont NEED a car. a lot of people from inner cities would argue that your living an extravagent life and should share your riches.
i grew up extremely poor in trenton and know the value of the dollar...i also know the pride that comes with building something out of nothing with the money that you earned.....exactly what DUBAI is doing...building there country into something that can sustain themselves after the oil crisis.
if you think that hotel is cool...check out their 300+ man made islands to replicate the world...
http://www.usnews.com/dbimages/master/5232/FE_DA_080616dubai.world.JPG
wretched73
12-03-2008, 07:23 AM
So according to you everyone should wear the same clothes...drive smart cars and hybrids and churn our own butter. You own a v8. you dont NEED a v8. hell you dont NEED a car. a lot of people from inner cities would argue that your living an extravagent life and should share your riches.
COMMUNIST!
j/k lololololol
rscamaro73
12-03-2008, 08:11 AM
dubai is an extremely nice place to visit. surprising to a lot of ignorants out there the people are very friendly, there is very low crime, and it is not all desert. one of the richest countries in the world.
X 20 bazillion :)
Been there, love it. If you can imagine a tourist location, this is it. MANY speak engrish, or enough to get you where you need to go. Clubs are fun, drinks are cheap, and for you single men, there's TONS of prostitutes from all over the world :)
For you Rugby fans, they host the Sevens (or whatever its called). People from ALL OVER THE WORLD go there to compete. Now you're talking a pub party at night. If you haven't partied with Scotts, Brits, and a gang of rugby fans (and players), you've missed out !!! Guiness flowing like WATER.
Anyhows....to get ON my rant..... Kylie Minogue......like Chris Tucker used to say.
Damn.
http://www.tustrucos.com/wallpapers/Famosos/celebridades-Kylie-Minogue/Mt-Kylie-Minogue.jpg
http://www.poster.net/minogue-kylie/minogue-kylie-photo-kylie-minogue-6234350.jpg
And to even THINK she's 40.....oh the things I'd do to her 5'0 frame :shock::mrgreen:
sweetbmxrider
12-03-2008, 05:15 PM
wow bmx i never had a problem with you on this board...your a cool guy....that happens to be speaking out of his ass at the moment.
So according to you everyone should wear the same clothes...drive smart cars and hybrids and churn our own butter. You own a v8. you dont NEED a v8. hell you dont NEED a car. a lot of people from inner cities would argue that your living an extravagent life and should share your riches.
practicality outweighs necessity right now for me. call me a hypocrite.
i am looking into an 82 isuzu i mark diesel. wanna go biodiesel with it. i have bikes too, i ride them. if i lived in the city, i would walk/ride everywhere. when i talk out of my ass, sometimes **** gets caught inbetween the good stuff. its bound to :-P
NJSPEEDER
12-03-2008, 05:39 PM
Diesel would be the best thing for this country if only the tax hound politicians and enviro-tards would let it. Low sulfur = lower emissions than most gas engines. Before I lost my job I was actually considering a TDi Jetta among the cars I want to buy.
-Tim
NastyEllEssWon
12-03-2008, 05:50 PM
practicality outweighs necessity right now for me. call me a hypocrite.
i am looking into an 82 isuzu i mark diesel. wanna go biodiesel with it. i have bikes too, i ride them. if i lived in the city, i would walk/ride everywhere. when i talk out of my ass, sometimes **** gets caught inbetween the good stuff. its bound to :-P
that hotel right now is their ''practicality outweighing necessity''. they can get along without any problems with their current economy, but after the oil is done and over with they will have their tourism to buckle them down.
as for calling you a hypocrite...i didnt use those words...you did. :wink:
sweetbmxrider
12-03-2008, 10:23 PM
no matter what i say i'm wrong. well someone's facts are wrong. first its crude oil didn't support this. now its crude oil built it and what is left is self-supporting. in any event, biodiesel ftmfw. especially turbo!
WildBillyT
12-04-2008, 08:24 AM
no matter what i say i'm wrong. well someone's facts are wrong. first its crude oil didn't support this. now its crude oil built it and what is left is self-supporting. in any event, biodiesel ftmfw. especially turbo!
Yeah, you are wrong. There was no reversal. :mrgreen:
Crude oil DOESN'T support this DIRECTLY right now.
Crude oil DID build Dubai and that region into what it is now.
sweetbmxrider
12-04-2008, 03:29 PM
ok i fail. white flag. throwin in the towel. though i have heard that they want oil back up to $75+ a barrel. :shrug:
bubba428
12-06-2008, 09:38 AM
Just to set the record straight-
Dubai is the financial center of the UAE. Their gas and oil revenue accounts for only 6% of the UAE's production. A lot of them got rich on things other than oil sales.
but they wear the rag on there head and talk all dirka dirka, so surely they must be the same ********. (sarcastic statement) IF by any chance they spent money that they made from us why be mad at them? where the dumb ****s that spent the money. if somebody gave you 20,000,000 you'd probably pay off what you owe and blow the rest on the nicest house, cars, clothing, and what ever else yo may want...If thats how they wanna spend the money they made thats their problem
bubba428
12-06-2008, 09:43 AM
ok i fail. white flag. throwin in the towel. though i have heard that they want oil back up to $75+ a barrel. :shrug:
they can jack the price of oil but the fact of the matter is the demand is going to keep going down because nobody has the money to be going out as much...for it being the holiday shopping season Atlantic city has been dead. "The Walk" hasn't been doing much at all, people are taking public transportation...the last few years has changed the way we use fuel...
ok i fail. white flag. throwin in the towel. though i have heard that they want oil back up to $75+ a barrel. :shrug:
Every export nation would want that...
Frosty
12-16-2008, 11:51 AM
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/chill-out-dubai-refrigerated-beach.php
What do you guys think about that? :rofl:
Anti_Rice_Guy
12-16-2008, 01:47 PM
That's awesome!
sweetbmxrider
12-16-2008, 02:30 PM
yeah i heard it on the radio. no comment.
ok, i didnt read this whole post before, but now that i did i must comment...
bmx'er.. ok if you think Americans waste money and don't help anyone, stop your bitching and do something about it, because otherwise you are just as guilty and need to shut up. Matter of fact, join the military, we aren't getting rich here, so no need to worry about all of our disposable income to get rid of and contrary to popular belief, we are out there helping people in other countries. The majority of Americans don't know whats going on overseas and never will, they just say "pull out", true we should in theory, but they don't know how many men women and children will be killed the second we are no longer present. Do something where you may need sacrifice yourself for another or for a greater good, then you'll have true heart. So post up when you are enlisted, till then, don't ever say how Americans don't help anyone. Also don't tell me i "don't know you" etc, cause i have no problem with running into you one day and giving you a whole speech in person.
ok that's it, im sorry,, but that really annoyed me.
sweetbmxrider
12-19-2008, 04:01 PM
could you quote where i said that americans don't help etc...? i love how its do something about it, like i don't do anything. i sit here and bitch. i have no problem with the armed forces, don't know where that came from. i have considered enlisting, i am waiting for the family business to settle before i leave it.
my whole discussion here has been the fact that unemployment in this country is out of control. americans living off of welfare is around an all time high. people living below the poverty line is growing everyday. americans can't afford to live in america. yet our celebs can go run around wasting millions of dollars on lavish lifestyles and rarely think any wrong about it. until everyone has the basic necessities to live day by day, i'll think these outlandish ****s over there are POS and can eff off. cooling sand so people don't burn their feet? come on. go in the ****ing water or wear sandals.
i don't know where you got the idea that i think americans don't help etc, i think our pockets are getting emptied and we are bending over and taking it.
the best thing this country ever did was practice neutrality and isolationism.
basically how your saying we waste so much money yet people are dying in other countries who cant even afford the bare necessities. The thing is that if we dont spend it, we actually hurt the economy too by not having it in circulation, but if we spend it then we waste it, according to you. So therefore the only reasonable solution would be to use it to help those in those "other" countries you previously mentioned about. Or is it just that you believe we need to make due with what we got and live our lives? regardless if they have the money and wanna spend it... let them.
sweetbmxrider
12-19-2008, 04:32 PM
the fact that we funded dubai and now rich asshats from here are living it up disgusts me. we need to fix america first. the rich spending their money on excess doesn't trickle down fast enough to save our economy. the middle and lower classes need help to get this country back on its feet. you can let them spend the money and enjoy it. it just makes me sick seeing people can make **** that blows your mind, yet people can't eat, sleep under a roof, or get the medicine they need to live.
i originally said i love it and hate it. its ****ing crazy what money can buy you but its ****ing crazy what money can do to you.
btw its dieing not dying.
btw its dieing not dying.
Um... try again?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dying
lol
ah yes, all those poor sick people with no money, out there making metal formed stampings with machinery...
sweetbmxrider
12-19-2008, 05:55 PM
well it looks like i am wrong no matter what i say, so i guess i will conform with you guys and drool over what others have and look past what others need. thats humanity for ya.
i love how you can't post anything relevant to what i said with regards to the topic at hand, tsar. great contribution buddy.
well it looks like i am wrong no matter what i say That has been established previously.
i love how you can't post anything relevant to what i said with regards to the topic at hand, tsar. great contribution buddy.
I'm glad that you approve my generous contribution to this thread. I just though I should point out the fact that you shouldn't really correct people if you do not even know how to spell a word. And as far as other contributions, I have already stated that I think your IQ does not exceed common room temperature. Therefore, I do not think arguing or debating with you is going to produce any relevant results. I'm not interested in rebuttal such as "well, whatever" as previously declared by you.
Have a nice day,
DevilDougWS6
12-20-2008, 11:22 AM
Adam does share a good point that the super wealthy over paid "rockstars" in this country, and others, spend way too much money on rediculous, unecessary items. BUT, it is their income i suppose and they should spend it to keep money moving, but the amounts of money they have and the small percentage of "rockstars" is barely enough to support any type of circulation of currency. While unemployment is at an all time high, and a lot of American's can barely afford to live here anymore.
And i think a lot of the problem MAY have to do with the fact that we are trying to help a ton of other countries at the same time, and also spending a lot of money militarily speaking.
oh well, what can WE do about it?
Adam does share a good point that the super wealthy over paid "rockstars" in this country, and others, spend way too much money on rediculous, unecessary items. BUT, it is their income i suppose and they should spend it to keep money moving, but the amounts of money they have and the small percentage of "rockstars" is barely enough to support any type of circulation of currency. While unemployment is at an all time high, and a lot of American's can barely afford to live here anymore.
And i think a lot of the problem MAY have to do with the fact that we are trying to help a ton of other countries at the same time, and also spending a lot of money militarily speaking.
oh well, what can WE do about it? Important part highlighted. :mrgreen:
sweetbmxrider
12-20-2008, 12:26 PM
tsar, you are such a funny guy. your ignorance proves my point every time. the fact that you turn an argument into a personal attack on myself further drives my point home. until you can man up and contribute to the previous discussion, keep your head up your ass. :D
thanks doug, at least someone can understand what i am saying and respond to it in a friendly manner.
:dancinglock: i feel threatened from the personal attacks in this thread
IROCZman15
12-23-2008, 02:43 AM
i think that all the cool construction projects that are going on in dubai are simply awesome; some serious hardcore engineeing, planning, creativity, and hard work. these projects are insane if u think abt them. im glad to see history be made. do i wish it was in the usa? oh yea, but its cool to just have it occur and be visible/available now.
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