NEW: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince gives Bush family w/ $130,000 of jewels.

[Lex]

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As seen on yahoo news today--



Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, seen here with US President George W. Bush in 2003, presented the Bush family 130,000 dollars worth of fine jewelry (AFP/File/Luke Frazza)


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040802/photos_pl_afp/040802195552_5oa9c5ts_photo1

[Walt Starr]

1. QUID PRO QUO!!!!

This should be blasted over every news station out there!

The Saudis have bought the White House!

[Trajan]

2. Nice find ....

What sycophants ! ....

They are BOUGHT and PAID FOR by the Saud Family .... They have been tied at the hip for 5 decades now ....

When George Bush wakes up in the Morning: Does he NOT first think about how the Saudi are doing ?? ...

HE does ....

Asshole ...

[Lex]

3. If you have a yahoo.com account, rate the story high

so it and the picture will stay bumped up to the top of the news photo section and more people who check yahoo will see it.

[Skidmore]

4. Man, they're cheap too--a bunch of 2 bit hookers.

Shoulda held out for a fully functioning oil well.

[Yogi]

5. It's a 5

n/t

[gatorboy]

6. Gee, don't they make a nice couple? n/t

[pnorman]

7. I think there's a federal law that requires

all such gifts to be turned over to "the nation", when they leave office. I also have a recollection of Ronald Reagan and/or Nancy screwing up on such gifts.

pnorman

[spanone]

Are these guys actually Holding Hands?????

[GiovanniC]

9. Shiny Happy People

Don't ya know?

[spanone]

8. dupe

[Lex]

10. I saw that later, but the title of that thread

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didn't really indicate the content of that thread.

Sometimes that is how dupes happen, imho. :)

[rocktivity]

11. Isn't there a rule against accepting gifts from foreign heads of state?

I vaugely remember a brouhaha about somebody--Japanese?--giving a president's wife--Carter's?--an honorarium and it was immediately put in a safe and allegedy forgotten about.

:headbang:
rocknation

On edit: According to post #7, it was Regan's wife.

[Red State Rebel]

12. They are not allowed to keep the gifts.

I think they can keep anything worth under $50.00 or something like that but it all becomes state property. It could possibly be displayed at this library when it's built.

[msanthrope]

13. Link to rate photo......

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040802/photos_pl_afp/040802195552_5oa9c5ts_photo1