nycyn
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posted on June 18, 2002 09:01:56 PM new
(I can't sleep again. This is geting old.)
Anyway, I've been thinking about this guy. Who is he? Another rich kid gone haywire? I mean, beyond his betrayal to the Taliban in terms of providing his kids with private computer instruction, as far as we've been told, he lives in caves. No palaces and a supply of nubiles? Does he really believe the crap he espouts? (Assuming he's not dead.) Did he sell off his stock intending to live in superduper-grandeur eventually, or use the profits to attempt a takeover of some sort.
Who is this guy, do you think?
Cyn
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krs
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posted on June 19, 2002 02:50:28 AM new
He's neat. One look in his eyes tells you that there's no harm to come from the guy. A very gentle person, soft spoken and humble, but extremely intelligent. A philosopher. A person who would much rather enjoy intellectual pursuits than fight, but also a man who loves Arabia as a patriot. Arabia for Arabs, he might say, and if the rest of the world had simply left the area alone we might never have heard his name unless it were through some scholarly journal or by association with a university.
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nycyn
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posted on June 19, 2002 04:48:01 AM new
krs, you are a danger to others!
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Linda_K
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posted on June 19, 2002 06:52:39 AM new
nycyn - When you're having trouble sleeping, have you ever tried a nice warm bath? Soaking in a tub of very warm water really relaxes ones muscles and helps calm the nerves.
Light a couple of candles [rather than the bathroom light] put some soft music on you enjoy and maybe [if you indulge] a glass of wine. Everytime a thought, that causes worry/stress, comes up force yourself to think of something positive.
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gravid
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posted on June 19, 2002 08:57:43 AM new
I think very few people choose to go out aggressivly looking for trouble krs.
But isn't his objection to Americans being in the Kingdom more religeous objection to infidels setting foot on the holy soil than any objection to them influencing the Saudis politically?
Doesn't that seem a little extreme that non-believers should not be allowed to visit the whole Arabian Peninsula?
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clarksville
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posted on June 19, 2002 12:33:05 PM new
I don't know who Osama bin Laden is, but I do know what he isn't.
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auroranorth
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posted on June 19, 2002 04:29:52 PM new
He 's a jerk, in Ghetto speak, HIs Mama
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krs
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posted on June 20, 2002 10:44:38 AM new
Gravid,
[i]"But isn't his objection to Americans being in the Kingdom more religeous objection to infidels setting foot on the holy soil than any objection to them influencing the
Saudis politically?"[/i]
Yes, in large part, and no, he seems to object to the westernization of standards about as much as he does the setting of feet.. He's an idealist, perhaps not the most realistic, but why does everyone here think that it's just fine for us to expect any standard that we might adopt be the measure of their society? Simple - we want what they got and fear losing access to it. Were it not for that I doubt there'd be much interest on the part of us infidels in visiting the arab penninsula.
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gravid
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posted on June 20, 2002 10:59:25 AM new
Well for sure if it were not floating on oil it would be pretty useless bunch of sand.
The Saudis didn't even bother to establish a border with Yeman for years because all that waterless empty quarter didn't even have nomads.
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krs
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posted on June 20, 2002 11:25:51 AM new
I wasn't here to answer you until now, Gravid. I posted the first one here about an hour before I left to drive to Washington, and posted the second almost as soon as I returned.
If they only knew. I took over $50,000 worth of guns up there and put them in storage. Imagine the news if I'd have been stopped!
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gravid
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posted on June 20, 2002 12:44:37 PM new
Man the cops would have peed their pants when you opened your trunk. I am sure they would have arrested you for SOMETHING.
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krs
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posted on June 20, 2002 12:56:18 PM new
LOL!
Not the trunk either, I went in a station wagon. I had them all packed as though to ship them in individual boxes and the bunch of them filled my Subaru Outback right up to where I couldn't use the inside rearview mirror. I had a folder with an inventory, my licenses, proof of application to move my BATF license, my CA DOJ Certificate of Eligibility, and proof that I am relocating interstate but I think they'd still have made me go with them to unpack it all to verify that there was nothing class 3 or explosive aboard. Not an exciting prospect.
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gravid
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posted on June 20, 2002 01:02:45 PM new
Could you make it quick officer? I'm meeting my army up in Washington. That's a fine looking Glock you have there. Would you be interested in a quick cash transaction? Oh - Word to the wise I'd stay out of Seattle tomarrow if I were you.
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krs
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posted on June 20, 2002 01:21:50 PM new
I was going to say that I was on my way to visit my ex wife 
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auroranorth
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posted on June 20, 2002 07:08:34 PM new
ex wives do not need weapons they have pms
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kraftdinner
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posted on June 20, 2002 07:26:44 PM new
What gets me, is MEN thought PMS was an imaginary thing for decades. Ahahahahhahah! What a bunch of dough-heads!!
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auroranorth
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posted on June 25, 2002 08:29:01 PM new
Very few newspapers will even go near the PMS defense when used in a court case.
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