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SoCalDem

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Mon Aug-18-08 10:45 AM
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S A! ....S A! .... S A.... !

News Item: ". . .

Saudi Arabia does not allow women to compete in the Olympics or take part in any other major sporting events. . . ."

Saudi Arabia Olympic Medal Count Update:

Gold: 0. Silver: 0. Bronze: 0.

Aaaw..now we'll never know how the SA anthem sounds:rofl:

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derby378

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Mon Aug-18-08 10:49 AM
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1. Hell, even IRAN allows female athletes to compete...

Edited on Mon Aug-18-08 10:50 AM by derby378

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

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SoCalDem

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Mon Aug-18-08 10:50 AM
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2. I hope they don't dive..

They would drown in all that "gear" they wear :)

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derby378

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Mon Aug-18-08 10:55 AM
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3. Did you happen to catch that Anthony Bourdain episode in Saudi Arabia?

Women can swim there, but there's that little problem with the vice police nabbing any Saudi woman who wears a conventional swimsuit. So they've made do with improved fabrics that cover skin without slowing the swimmer down.

In fact, current female Olympic swimmers do roughly the same thing, but with more of a technological edge.

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SoCalDem

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Mon Aug-18-08 10:57 AM
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4. I always forget when Anthony's on.. and when I do remember, it's always a show I've seen

:grr:

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TexasObserver

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Mon Aug-18-08 10:57 AM
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5. I've always wondered, and I don't think it inappropriate ....

... do Saudi men have the smallest wieners in the world? Because that would go a long way in explaining why everything about their laws are so messed up.

It's just a question. I'm not accusing them of it, just saying it sure would explain why they don't want women ever free of their supervision. Do Saudi men suffer from penis envy?

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SoCalDem

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Mon Aug-18-08 10:59 AM
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6. I think they are all obsessed with women's bodies and cannot bear the thought that some other man

might look at their Mom, sister, wife in the same way THEY look at women..

It's all so 7th grade..

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TexasObserver

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Mon Aug-18-08 11:00 AM
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7. All this noise about women's freedoms for Iraq, and they've always had more freedom than in Saudi!

Edited on Mon Aug-18-08 11:00 AM by TexasObserver

That's the Bush's man crush, the Saudi family.

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SoCalDem

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Mon Aug-18-08 11:01 AM
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8. Until we decided to give them "freedom"

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TexasObserver

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Mon Aug-18-08 11:02 AM
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9. And look what has happened to the female professionals of pre war Iraq.

Edited on Mon Aug-18-08 11:02 AM by TexasObserver

GONE. They have left the country, and may not return. Where is it safe for them?

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SoCalDem

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Mon Aug-18-08 11:03 AM
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10. Gone or dead..or covered up and in hiding until they can get out..

and what's left? dead-enders with chips on their shoulders and hate in their hearts

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Submariner

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Mon Aug-18-08 11:23 AM
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11. In the '70s I worked for a company involved with ARAMCO

The Saudi's visited our Boston office for a 2 hour morning meeting and then were limousined over to the Playboy Club for the rest of the day to play with the Bunnies. They seemed obsessed with getting as much sex as they could before returning to SA.

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TexasObserver

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Mon Aug-18-08 12:26 PM
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12. I do recall some Saudis who came to Houston in the late 70s

... and early 80s were hard partiers who did like the gentlemen's clubs.

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