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There’s practically nothing on Ask Jeeves…
THE DUBAI DEAL [Jonah Goldberg]
A very, very small point: People keep using Dubai and UAE interchangeably. But Dubai is just one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates. So when people say that DPW is “state owned” it’s really more like state owned — like if Texas or New Hampshire owned a company. Right? Or am I missing yet another thing?
Posted at 12:33 PM
Sixpack Chopra said,
February 25, 2006 at 20:19
Tell me again why this dude has a job?
shystee said,
February 25, 2006 at 20:56
Silly Jonah. All he had to do was ask Alistair British Person for the plot to “Any Storm in a Port”.
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February 25, 2006 at 22:46
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Pinko Punko said,
February 26, 2006 at 1:00
He’s the kind of guy that just spews total bullshit and then posits that he might be “missing something”. Jonah G’s blind spot is a million degree multi-dimensional sphere surrounding him in every plane of existence, except for those planes that contain food.
Ron Mexico said,
February 26, 2006 at 2:23
World’s Laziest Pundit (TM) strikes again!
Anna in Cairo said,
February 26, 2006 at 14:24
This issue is causing a lot of confusion for a lot of people, actually. I’ve been following the story since last week and many against the deal claim “government owned” wihtout specifying the difference between Dubai the state and UAE the country. Also, most Americans probably don’t research the story to the poitn where they would realize that the emirates are sort of more than states and less than countries – it’s a federation situation, maybe analogous to the Confederation more than the current US federal situation. But you are right that it seems a lot easier for Jonah to say “Wow, I just don’t get stuff” rather than doing a quick search so that he will get it better.
windy said,
February 26, 2006 at 20:15
‘many against the deal claim “government owned”‘
What, and states don’t have governments?
windy said,
February 26, 2006 at 21:22
…and why not simply say “sheik-owned.”
Pooh said,
February 28, 2006 at 2:35
But you are right that it seems a lot easier for Jonah to say “Wow, I just don’t get stuff” rather than doing a quick search so that he will get it better.
If the Derb hadn’t already locked the paleolithic thing down, Jonah would be an excellent candidate for “unfrozen caveman pundit”
“These ‘facts’ and ‘arguments’ make no sense to me. But then I am merely a simple caveman thawed from the even simpler time called the Cold War”
SFAW said,
March 2, 2006 at 9:35
“People keep telling me that I need to either ‘get a clue’ or ‘buy a clue’. I haven’t seen any clue stores or repositories. Can someone please send me a link or pointer to help me find one of these places?”
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22shit+for+brains%22&btnG=Search