UAE Community Blog: The DP world deal on 60 minutes

03 May, 2006

The DP world deal on 60 minutes

9 comments:

Anonymous said...: This was posted here already some time ago.; 03 May, 2006 19:12
Dubai Sunshine said...: And someone should tell him that Dubai is NOT the capital of the UAE.; 03 May, 2006 22:48
Anonymous said...: the way everybody knows about it, you would think that it is!! yes i know it ;s not,and guess what,uae is not just dubai ,kinda like ,i guess india is not just mumbai or ythe UK is not just london etc.; 03 May, 2006 22:56
Anonymous said...: See this article where a Republican Senator has introduced a new bill in Congress for approval. If passed, it could have far-reaching impact on Dubai's investments in the U.S.

http://www.timesgazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=138553; 03 May, 2006 22:59
secretdubai said...: Canuck - I can't reach that link, even through *alternative* methods. It's not Etishite blocking it, it's refusing to accept this IP address or something.

Is there any way you can link to a screenshot of it or email me a pdf or transcript or something? It sounds interesting.

[my username here] at gmail.; 04 May, 2006 00:04
samuraisam said...: SD I emailed it to you as an .mht; hope it's compatible; 04 May, 2006 06:05
Ashraf said...: Dear Anonymous,

Could you please send us the link where it was posted (just so..I can read the comments under that post).

Thank you; 04 May, 2006 10:43
John B. Chilton said...: Andy Rooney can be amusing even when he gets his facts wrong. There's no excuse for him getting the capital of the UAE wrong. But it's understandable, perhaps, that he does not understand that no native of Dubai would do his job for 1/4 of what he gets paid.

And what about the internal contradiction in his essay? He points out the DPW is loaded with Americans running the business, and even suggests those Americans may be using Dubai's money for their own purposes. But then he turns around and does a riff on outsourcing and complains Americans don't do anything for themselves any more.

Maybe it's just that the world economy is a lot more integrated than it was when Andy was a youngster and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff was in place. American are still doing things, they're just more likely to be doing them for non-Americans. And the reverse. It's called trade, Andy.; 04 May, 2006 12:12
Ashraf said...: Thank You Crystal!

I enjoyed the comments on that post and its great to have a video when available, isn't it? :); 05 May, 2006 14:13

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