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2008-12-25 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Oil ticks beginning to feel the heat?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-12-25 00:26|| 2008-12-25 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 As you probably know, grom, the construction workforce is almost entirely foreign (mostly south Asians and Filipinos), so very few Gulfies will be feeling any pinch.

One of the odd but positive things about Dubai, where I took a few breaks during my Iraq gig - most of the people you dealt with from hotel staff to drivers to restaurant folks, largely Indians and Filipinos, were about as warm and nice as you could find. I enjoyed talking with them - I'd even sometimes find them reasonable people to talk about the "situation" with (more often than folks back here).

Posted by Verlaine 2008-12-25 00:50|| 2008-12-25 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Yay, more professional seethers, placard holders, and potential boombots when the jobbers are sent back to Mindanao and Lahore.

Also, yay.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-12-25 02:50|| 2008-12-25 02:50|| Front Page Top

#4 As you probably know, grom, the construction workforce

Yea, so? The important thing is less cash for oil = less cash to finance terrorism and bribe "Western" politicians and their think tank advisors.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-12-25 06:27|| 2008-12-25 06:27|| Front Page Top

#5 I misread that the first time: I thought it said UAW expects major job cuts.

On second thought, it might just as well have read that way. UAE, UAW, both of them are looking at getting hammered pretty badly.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-25 08:04|| 2008-12-25 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, its the Filipinos, Indians, et al doing the work. Not the Paleos. Hundreds of thousands of their 'brothers' unemployed and they hire infidels. Things that make you go hmmmmm... /sarcasm off

Posted by P2k on holiday 2008-12-25 08:33|| 2008-12-25 08:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Kuwait had a large number of Paleos working there when Sammy invaded. The Paleos welcomed the invaders with open arms. I think the rest of Arabia noticed.

Posted by Fred 2008-12-25 09:51|| 2008-12-25 09:51|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd hazard a guess that Paleostains are pretty good at playing both sides of the board.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-25 14:05|| 2008-12-25 14:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Kuwait used to have all manner of Third Country Nationals (TCN). Lots of busy little brown buggers from the PI. A majority of the natives won't lift a finger to do manual labor, so somebody has to do the work.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-25 14:08|| 2008-12-25 14:08|| Front Page Top

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