02-19-2013, 09:58 AM
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United Arab Emirates pays millions for rebuilding of Joplin, MO
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ouri-town.html
After a devastating tornado wreaked havoc on much of Joplin, Missouri in May of 2011 the town found a financial savior in an unlikely source: the United Arab Emirates.
The tornado, which killed 161 people and destroyed six public schools, had left the community in an almost hopeless situation until the UAE reached out through their embassy in Washington.
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In lieu of the textbooks, the UAE made it possible for each student in Joplin, about 2,200 high schoolers, to have a MacBook laptop.
The nation has also put forth $5 million to rebuild a neonatal intensive-care unit in the town's hospital, which was also destroyed in the tornado.
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02-19-2013, 10:03 AM
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Der König der Grube
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Good, not all muslims are terrorists and hate americans.
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02-19-2013, 10:04 AM
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Der König der Grube
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"He never bitched, never moaned," Muschamp says. "He is the greatest example of a team player I've been around as a football coach."
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02-19-2013, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by PIMking
Good, not all muslims are terrorists and hate americans.
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It's almost like modernization and prosperity has an inverse relationship with propensity to engage in crime and terror.
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02-19-2013, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by PIMking
Good, not all muslims are terrorists and hate americans.
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It is a tangential point, but Muslim and Arab are not the same thing, although many Arabs are Muslims and vice versa.
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02-19-2013, 10:49 AM
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Good to know our state and federal tax revenue structures are so messed up we need to rely on foreign charity to rebuild and educate our children when the worst happens. But hey, we've got some pretty sweet military hardware (and civilian vehicles) that will guzzle down vast quantities of UAE oil into the forseeable future, so its the least they could do. 
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02-19-2013, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by orangeblueorangeblue
It's almost like modernization and prosperity has an inverse relationship with propensity to engage in crime and terror.
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Almost... 
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