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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:08 PM Original message |
Saudis Outraged Over Women-Drive Proposal |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. does anyone know the "reasoning" behind the prohibition? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I believe its based on a standup comedy routine circa 1957 |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The article gets into the meat of it -- they would be tempted too much |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Are you kidding? |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. no i am not kidding |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Well, they haven't chained them. |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. geez, i am not trying to start a flame war............ |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. not a bright question |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 07:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. thanks for that.................. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Good question. I think no good answer. The only place in the entire |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. It's all about power |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Exactly. |
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Colorado Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. This is one of the most repressive places in the world, with |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. thanks for the reply |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. But we've been stealing their country's weatlth long before Gulf I! |
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Colorado Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. Well - "stealing" - I don't think so. They're getting paid BIG |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 07:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Here's the truth and it ain't pretty |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. thanks very much |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. No, I don't know which one gets cited |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. * buddies aren't real tolerant about women's rights, huh? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. you won't hear Laura Bush say shit about this, eh? |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Exactamundo. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Evil DMV officers forced her to kill and she's too zonked out to care. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
67. let Daddy Dub kissy-kissy huggy-huggy with the hands that slap |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Women can't drive and wear a veil? How are they mixing with men, |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like a nice opportunity for Karen and Pickles |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. I remember reading in the press about 20 years ago that the |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Prob ally true, |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. Thank you. This is what I understand from what I have read, |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Yes and No |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Daily Show's Guest this week (Tuesday?) plugged the fact |
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freedom_to_read (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Gerald Posner was his name |
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obnoxiousdrunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I think it was Craig Posner. |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Whatever the guy's name was.... |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. "conservative country where the subject of women drivers remains taboo." |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Those women are in more need of freedom than any Iraqi ever was |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Too bad Bu*h didn't lie about WMD in Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. And their oil reserves are more than that of Iran and Iraq combined. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Who on earth would want Saudi citizenship anyway? |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's like the fundy right was hired to write the reason for the ban |
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AndreaCG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. Our friends the Saudis |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yes, good point. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The Saudis are friends of the Bush Crime Family, which makes |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Please change your thread topic or mods will lock this thread |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. The Title IS the title on the AP Article, unless it gets changed. Here is |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I was responding to post #29 before it was combined with this thread |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. ohhh... no wonder I got confused! Thanks! n/t |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. LOL - I bet the 'Welcome to DU' comments were the most confusing! |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You should change the post title to the article title for LBN: |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. self delete (found out this thread got combined... Thanks!) n/t |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Here's another even more horrifying example of their oppressive regime |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Reading stories like that makes me wonder sometimes why we don't.. |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. and we all know that's just a fictitious tv show.... |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I fantasize about an energy breakthrough making oil obsolete. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Hey |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. This is why cuckoo-bananas and the American Taliban love the Saudis. |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Anyone remember the protest by Saudi women? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. Saudis also ban The Beatles' "Baby you can drive my car" |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Not to mention the yellow submarine. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Perhaps Robby Gordon would like to drive for the Saudi race team? |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. These are Bush's best friends. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. Poor Saudis... |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 05:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. um.... I don't know, but I would bet statistically speaking |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
56. Bush walks hand in hand with the Saudis |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
60. Yo Saudis |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
63. obviously the women in SA will have to be burka-free in order to drive. |
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PDXWoman (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
64. Regime change? |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. our frigging "allies" |
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