Totally OT query to the financial wise men. I seem to recall that Dubai World was the firm that the Bush administration wanted to grant management over some U.S. ports. (The uproar of opposition to this deal, combined with comprehensive immigration reform certainly are seminal to preparing the ground for the Tea Party movement.) Until now it seems to have been CW that Dubai was a bright spot in weathering the financial panic. Now they tell me that Dubai may be the flashpoint for a second round of financial collapses. Coincidence? Any other entry in the Taxonomy of Creeps?