Monday, April 6, 2009

The Man from Mexia

I am enjoying this. 'Sir' Allen Stanford, who came to Houston from Mexia to make his fortune, was forced to fly commercial for the first time in 20 years.
"They make you take your shoes off and everything, it's terrible," he complained about the airport security that apparently came as a surprise to him.
Who else is from Mexia who came to Houston to make it rich? Oh yeah, I remember.

6 comments:

Jean ValJean said...

Yeah, but Anna Nicole at least left something for future generations to enjoy.

Bob said...

"Come check out Lou Minatti today, guys - he's got pics of three giant boobs!"

Rob Dawg said...

Both inflated their assets.

Noodles said...

You might enjoy this article on the dump that is Dubai.
http://tiny.cc/0m2s0

Lou Minatti said...

Holy crap, Noodles. That is a very sad commentary. The expats are just as despicable as the rulers.

Noodles said...

Agreed. Gotta love the Karma though. Use slave labor and find yourself living in a car. Use slave labor and watch the tiles fall off your pink castle hotel monstrosity. Use slave labor and swim in shit.

And the construction of Dubai. You know how all those homes built here during the bubble are falling apart- full of mold from crappy Chinese drywall and poorly installed windows with foundations unlevel etc etc? Because construction was going on so fast and furious using poorly trained migrants?Imagine that on the scale of Dubai, with their man made islands massive towers. How long before these start falling apart in the heat and dust?

I think you once posted a clip about the ghost towers in Asia. This is gonna be part deux.