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Gulf Arabs Fiddle While World Economy Tanks - Big Cars Rule Gulf ......
DUBAI June 21, 2008; Lin Noueihed writing for Reuters reported that luxury sports cars, gas-guzzling SUVs, even tank-like Hummers all jostle for space on Gulf highways, their owners buoyed by record oil prices that have forced some motorists to ditch cars for bicycles in the West.
Not only has government-subsidized gasoline prevented motorists in the Gulf Arab region from feeling the pinc...
Cheers And A Jeer...
Cheers to the La Porte County Branch of the NAACP for trying to bring more visibility to the annual Juneteenth celebration. With a community picnic in Oak Hill Park on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the organization provided a city-wide celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, the day Union Gen. Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troop...