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This has to be watched very closely by anyone with even a passing interest in world stability, I may be wrong but I believe that the Wahabi (sic) strain of Ilsam started there

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/ency ... 13745.html

Puritanical Saudi Islamic sect founded by Muhammad ibn-Abd-al-Wahab (1703–1792), which regards all other sects as heretical. By the early 20th century it had spread throughout the Arabian peninsula; it still remains the official ideology of the Saudi Arabian kingdom

Most of the holiest Moslem sites are there. Whoever controls Saudi Arabia has tremendous influence. Not sure if a western-friendly guy would be good for us or not, with the extremists and all. Possibly the best for us would be a Moslem extremist who is also a separatist.

Accountable wrote: Possibly the best for us would be a Moslem extremist who is also a separatist.
Do they make such a thing?

i had dinner with one of Fahd's sons once, at disney world. just him and me and 14 bodyguards. very formal, very creepy.

Why is his brother taking the throne and not one of his sons???? Am I just being very politically stupid???

lady cop wrote: i had dinner with one of Fahd's sons once, at disney world. just him and me and 14 bodyguards. very formal, very creepy.
Wow!!! I had dinner with a bodyguard once.

so Clint, how's that flea situation? hahahahahahaha....you know i luv ya! :-4

lady cop wrote: so Clint, how's that flea situation? hahahahahahaha....you know i luv ya! :-4
I just have the pets now. There were a bunch of them under the hat that couldn't be trained. I hope PETA doesn't mind because they met their maker. I should have taken the hat off sooner. Thanks for asking. :wah:

and what are their names? you have any pics? :-2

lady cop wrote: and what are their names? you have any pics? :-2
They are very spiritual and don't want their pictures taken. I just refer to them by their number. #1003 has a broken leg.

Far Rider wrote: I was a body guard once!
I was at a dinner and the Governer was the speaker. My seat was right in front of the podium. This guy sat down next to me and as soon as he did I asked him if he was security for the Governor. He said "shhhh". We had an interesting (quiet) conversation about his job.

Far Rider wrote: In CA. they have whats called the governers guard... its small police force of I belive no more than 1800 members, but they answer directly to the governer in times of emergencies, they are his private police force.

I was recurited for this group, and I didnt want to have nothin to do with those guys! Not that they were bad guys, some good buddies on it... but what do I do when I have to chose between the state and the feds?

Seemed to me you could get placed in a very bad position.
The thing I remember most about the conversation I had was that the Governor liked to run and the guy I was talking to said he had a hard time keeping up.

It sounded like pretty boring duty then. I imagine it isn't so boring now.

Scrat;94152 wrote: The ruling family also faces growing demands for a more open government from the kingdom's diverse reform movement, some of whose members have been jailed in the past year for signing petitions calling for a constitutional monarchy as well as rising public concerns over unemployment, declining education standards and an active Islamic militant movement.


Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

BBC News - Saudi Arabia's new King Salman promises continuity

Perhaps the citizens of Saudi Arabia might, this time, stop the House of Saud from dictating Saudi politics. Today would be a good day to draft a new Constitution rather than put it off for yet another decade.