http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/ Autoblog Comments for Your oil dollars at work - $9.8 million license plate auction in the UAE http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/
Karma]]>May 6th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 2:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/031215/15terror.htm

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2801017.ece

Granted, these articles are mainly about Saudi Arabia, but I think the general connection between huge oil profits for Arab countries (and Iran) and their ability to help fund the spread of a radical/militant form of Islam is pretty clear. So gas guzzle away. It's our soldiers that are paying the true price.
]]>May 6th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 7th 2008 1:50AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/From the previous one, which raised 14 mi., just for license "1":
"Proceeds from the auction go toward building a specialized emergency hospital in the U.A.E."
Yeap:
(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&refer=home&sid=aJ8EZTdrItjs)]]>May 7th 2008 8:46PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/ It says a TOTAL of $9.8 million. Not $9.8 million for one plate.
What about the guy who paid $675K for a Delaware plate? Or the low numbered liscence plates being auctioned in Cape Cod this summer?
]]>May 6th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/
If you have 45 minutes, I HIGHLY recommend the video
It is on the "richest people of the middle east", and it mainly focuses on their car collections.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6312295472862851569]]>May 6th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/
It discusses the formation of an Arab version formula1 (A1)
A man that has different colored cars for each day
a man that has a $ 10,000,000 car collection
and license plate buying]]>May 6th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/now i get it. these plates indicate there IQ


i can see big bucks for certain plates like "1" but crazy cash for some odd number.]]>May 6th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/May 6th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/your-oil-dollars-at-work-9-8-million-license-plate-auction-in/ Now paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a novelty plate like "F1" that don't confer any special benefits makes no sense at all.]]>May 6th 2008 11:24AM