Who Cares About The Ports When They Already Control That Perfect Likeness Of Whoopi?
Chuck Schumer and Peter King will be bummed to hear that sensitive New York landmarks are already compromised:
Dubai Holdings, the state company of Dubai, already owns the Helmsley Building, the Essex House, and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, which boasts American-as-apple-pie wax renditions of eight presidents—and self-appointed national conscience George Clooney. Dubai International Capital is the third-largest investor in DaimlerChrysler, and through investments with the Carlyle Group and JPMorgan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has dollars and dirhams in a wide range of U.S. companies. Each Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee, Baskin-Robbins sundae, Hertz car rental, and Alain Ducasse dinner New Yorkers buy makes the sheikh richer.
You may be more concerned that the Carlyle Group now owns Dunkin’ Donuts, in which case New York Magazine buried the lede here . . .
Posted: March 20th, 2006 | Filed under: Makes Jack Bauer Scream, "Dammit!"