Cancel My Trip to Dubai, UAE

The UAE has banned Blackberry use.  Good luck selling those private islands they built a few years back.  I have avoided restaurants and golf courses where I can’t get service, I can’t see how I will go to en entire country where I will be disconnected from the world.  


Wasn’t Dubai supposed to be the new business hub of the world? They built the tallest skyscraper and luxury resorts, expanded their coast line.  The plan was to attract western business and tourism to a “progressive middle eastern nation”.  I don’t see how this policy helps that.  Who wants to have an office in the middle of the desert without Blackberry coverage? Not me.  

Honestly, I like most of us have seen the discovery channel program about creation of the Dubai Palm Islands and the World. The engineering was amazing and it looked like a place I might want to check out at some point.  Not anymore.  

While I am an iPhone guy, I am sure they are blocking that too.  Sorry Dubai, I will be vacationing in Montauk.  I hope my phone works there.

August and Everything After…

My first post in August.  Should be much quieter then last August when the Tea Party Emerged at Congressional Town Halls across the nation….

The NYS legislature will be back in Albany on Tuesday and the last piece of the budget may be passed… ah optimism…

I will be on Fox’s Strategy Room this Wednesday 10 am log on to http://live.foxnews.com/strategy-room to watch it live and get in on the discussion by emailing your questions….