Arthur C. Clarke was reincarnated as a country

Tip o' the hat to KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR (!!???) (yes I read his blog) for reminding the world that Dubai is cornering the market on hippie capitalism, Overlord style.

I encourage you to read the entire post, but if you don't have the patience then consider the following facts:
A. in 2009 Dubai will be home to Hydropolis, the first underwater hotel!
B. they built this shit:

AN ISLAND IN THE SHAPE OF A PALM TREE


aahhh!