What if anything will change now that Prince Abdullah is KING Abdullah?

[mopaul]

this ain't a nation of popular democratic rule, this is a kingdom. a damn wealthy and influential one too.

this is the guy bush holds hands with all the time when he visits. bush is always lying about developing domestic energy resources to alleviate our addiction to foreign energy sources, a.k.a. saudi arabia, and others. but it's all bushit of course, we can't get enough saudi crude.

king abdullah of course is decidedly pro american, but his many brothers and cousins and kings in waiting have different ideas, and some hate us with a passion. and don't forget, 15 of the so called hijackers were supposedly saudis. why would the saudi's attack us?
we hold hands with them in public for Oilah's sake!

[non sociopath skin]

1. Swap one hard-line bigoted reactionary for another and what do you get?

Another hard-line bigoted reactionary.

The Skin

[mopaul]

2. the stock market ponders

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/01/markets/stockswatch/

Oil prices topped $61 a barrel in early trading on concerns about what King Fahd's death could mean for oil supplies.

The September light crude futures contract for NYMEX gained 45 cents to $61.02 a barrel in electronic trading, while the September contract for Brent crude rose 64 cents to $60.01.
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meet the new king, same as the old king

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. We'll have to be specific

as to which King Abdullah we are talking about, because the King of Jordan shares that name.

BTW, "Abdullah" means "servant of God" Would that these men be true servants of God.

[wli]

7. I thought "abd" was "slave," but I guess "servant" works in context

Thanks for clarifying.

[Swamp Rat]

4. I wonder if sugar daddy Bandar Bush is gonna cut us a deal?

Maybe Dumbya will help him kill his brothers so he can become "King Bandar Bush of Saudi Arabia." Shouldn't oil prices plummet if Bandar takes over?

[mopaul]

5. bandar's not been doing to well

he's recently stepped down as american ambassador or whatever he was, amid rumors of failing mental health. he went from being practically a member of the bush vampire family, to nobody.

but with these folks, you never know. monarchial intrigue is around every corner, and so are assassins.

[Swamp Rat]

6. That does it! He's definitely gonna be the next king!

One major prerequisite for being a Bushevik is poor mental health... in fact, one must have a psycho killer personality.

Dumbya can 'jack him up' for the job with some high quality crack or sumptin'.

[Cobalt Violet]

8. Another excuse for gas prices to go up.

Better fill up now.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. probably one of the reasons for Bandar Bush returning.

the up-coming power struggle will be ugly.

[charlie]

10. One change

I'm gonna enjoy saying Prince Turki. There goes Turki and Chimp, holding hands again...

[jody]

11. Don't forget Chicken and Rice for Condi's close association with Dubya.n/t

[izzie]

12. What about Bandar? Think he left because of this?

I bet he knew some thing was going to happen.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. That's what i was thinking too