tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post4267030929135191670..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-386815354079982252008-02-10T20:31:00.000-06:002008-02-10T20:31:00.000-06:00I looked at that city and invisioned deserted crum...<I>I looked at that city and invisioned deserted crumbling buildings, after the oil is gone. Of course, by then it will probably be underwater.</I><BR/><BR/>What a setting for a science fiction novel! (Hmmm...)Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-4825295734626512472008-02-10T05:33:00.000-06:002008-02-10T05:33:00.000-06:00Mac,Thats exactly what I thought. I looked at tha...Mac,<BR/>Thats exactly what I thought. I looked at that city and invisioned deserted crumbling buildings, after the oil is gone. Of course, by then it will probably be underwater.<BR/><BR/>StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-49640023583546928452008-02-09T20:39:00.000-06:002008-02-09T20:39:00.000-06:00Halliburton essentially moved their primary headqu...Halliburton essentially moved their primary headquarters there last year, hence the Cheney connection.David Biednyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684470018521439538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-52046408673907558882008-02-09T19:22:00.000-06:002008-02-09T19:22:00.000-06:00Dubai: oil capitalism gone insane.Makes you wonder...<I>Dubai: oil capitalism gone insane.</I><BR/><BR/>Makes you wonder what this place is gonna look like when the oil is gone.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-37983239647797218982008-02-09T19:12:00.000-06:002008-02-09T19:12:00.000-06:00Child slavery, indentured servants, slave workers,...<I>Child slavery, indentured servants, slave workers, foreign whores, etc. What a wonderful place to live, if you have no conscience. A psychopath's paradise.</I><BR/><BR/>I understand Dick Cheney owns some retirement property there....<BR/><BR/>(Not completely kidding. I seem to recall reading something about Cheney/Haliburton's connection with Dubai somewhere?...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-50612034594226114162008-02-09T14:45:00.000-06:002008-02-09T14:45:00.000-06:00Right. Like anyone whose income is within four or...Right. Like anyone whose income is within four orders of magnitude of ours would ever get past the front gate...Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-62052201566267695342008-02-09T10:41:00.000-06:002008-02-09T10:41:00.000-06:00Dubai: oil capitalism gone insane.Child slavery, i...Dubai: oil capitalism gone insane.<BR/><BR/>Child slavery, indentured servants, slave workers, foreign whores, etc. What a wonderful place to live, if you have no conscience. A psychopath's paradise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-29672584697261361142008-02-09T02:02:00.000-06:002008-02-09T02:02:00.000-06:00For some reason the entire link did not appear in ...For some reason the entire link did not appear in the post above. So just try Googling, "Does the road to the future end at Dubai" + "Mike Davis".Zubin Pastakiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405950348966235303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-13602030602269066612008-02-09T01:58:00.000-06:002008-02-09T01:58:00.000-06:00You might find this article by Mike Davis relevant...You might find this article by Mike Davis relevant (don't miss the imagery in the first section of the narration): <BR/><BR/>http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/5807/mike_davis_on_a_paradise_built_on_oil<BR/><BR/>"Sheikh Mo, who fancies himself a prophet of modernization, likes to impress visitors with clever proverbs and heavy aphorisms. A favorite: "Anyone who does not attempt to change the future will stay a captive of the past."<BR/><BR/>Yet the future that he is building in Dubai -- to the applause of billionaires and transnational corporations everywhere -- looks like nothing so much as a nightmare of the past: Walt Disney meets Albert Speer on the shores of Araby."Zubin Pastakiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405950348966235303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-74628912417078497282008-02-09T01:31:00.000-06:002008-02-09T01:31:00.000-06:00Only one problem. It's in the Middle East....There...<I>Only one problem. It's in the Middle East....</I><BR/><BR/>There's always a catch.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-88188127211155708042008-02-09T01:30:00.000-06:002008-02-09T01:30:00.000-06:00Good lord. It's like something out of a '60's or '...Good lord. It's like something out of a '60's or '70's science fiction novel. Only one problem. It's in the Middle East....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com