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Saudis ask for aid if world cuts dependence on oil
Associated Press ^ | October 8, 2009 | AP

Posted on 10/08/2009 5:35:06 PM PDT by RoadKingSE

BANGKOK — There are plenty of needy countries at the U.N. climate talks in Bangkok that make the case they need financial assistance to adapt to the impacts of global warming. Then there are the Saudis.

Saudi Arabia has led a quiet campaign during these and other negotiations — demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climate; oil; saudi

I can't wait to see those goat humping Sheiks in the Middle East standing in line begging for Obama Dollars like these morons in Detroit.

1 posted on 10/08/2009 5:35:07 PM PDT by RoadKingSE
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To: RoadKingSE

Why don’t they just rub their magic lamps?


2 posted on 10/08/2009 5:36:09 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: RoadKingSE

Let’s offer to develop a porkulus program for them, shall we?


3 posted on 10/08/2009 5:36:16 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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To: RoadKingSE

Fuck#m the house of Saud was selling oil to the Nazi’s during ww2 their oil killed our boys back then.


4 posted on 10/08/2009 5:36:49 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
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To: RoadKingSE

Aid, from the US president who bowed to the Saudi King? You bet your sweet bippy the 1st US Muslim president will come to the aid of his King. You betcha!


5 posted on 10/08/2009 5:39:07 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Depression Countdown: 50... 49... 48...)
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To: RoadKingSE

Perhaps we should just remind the Saudis that now might be a good time to permanently force OPEC to lower oil prices in a mighty way....hee hee...that they must remember that we will remember those creepy price hikes when the future begins to rely less on oil.


6 posted on 10/08/2009 5:47:51 PM PDT by Republic
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To: RoadKingSE
"The world needs ditch diggers too, Danny." - the judge in Caddyshack.
7 posted on 10/08/2009 5:49:35 PM PDT by labette ( Humble student of Thinkology)
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To: RoadKingSE

I believe the House of Saud has even more pull in DC than the Israeli lobby does. I would not be shocked at all to see a bailout for the Saudis, masquaraded as something. Hell, we already gave taxpayer money to foreign banks to bail them out. Nothing surprises me anymore.


8 posted on 10/08/2009 5:50:49 PM PDT by RAO1125 (Revolution's are for Marxists. We need a Constitutional Restoration)
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To: RoadKingSE
Those filthy oil lice have some nerve. Their wealth has long since eclipsed the wildest tales of treasure and fortune from the Arabian Nights.

If their playboy princes and sheiks could lay off throwing away the nation's wealth on the French Riviera, they could build a permanent fund that would spin off enough interest and dividends to keep their descendants in well-fed prosperity until the end of time.

-ccm

9 posted on 10/08/2009 5:52:25 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: beethovenfan

If the Saudis would simply stop funding AQ they’d have all of the money they need.


10 posted on 10/08/2009 5:53:37 PM PDT by G Larry ( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
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To: RoadKingSE

>> demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels.

I’ll give ‘em $100 if they let me take a dump on their big black rock.


11 posted on 10/08/2009 5:54:57 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: G Larry

AQ hates the Saudi royal family for allowing us to build bases on their holy lands as well as for “choosing” the US military to defend them against Iraq in 1990/91 instead of the Mujahadeen.


12 posted on 10/08/2009 5:55:52 PM PDT by RAO1125 (Revolution's are for Marxists. We need a Constitutional Restoration)
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To: RoadKingSE
"Saudis ask for aid if world cuts dependence on oil"

Maybe we can get Iowa to send you some donated pork and Kentucky could add in some bourbon.

13 posted on 10/08/2009 5:56:11 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Buck Ofama!!)
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To: ccmay

Shoot, I remember reading that even if Kuwait never produced a barrel of oil ever again after the Gulf War, it could live off “investments” forever.

Doubt they piss EVERYTHING away.


14 posted on 10/08/2009 6:00:50 PM PDT by ROTB ("By any means necessary"=EvilExcusd "The urge 2 save humanity is [often a ruse] for the urge 2 rule")
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To: RoadKingSE

Solid gold bathroom fixtures don’t just grown on trees ya know.


15 posted on 10/08/2009 6:01:01 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: RoadKingSE
...demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels.

Oil producing nations? Like Canada, North Dakota, Montana, Texas, Wyoming, for starters.

Send my money to the saudis for not producing oil, and North Dakota, Montana, Texas, and others are liable to be separate nations by the time that dust settles.

16 posted on 10/08/2009 6:02:04 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: RoadKingSE

Ha Ha Ha!

They broke America with their pricing. Tell them to go to Allah and pray.


17 posted on 10/08/2009 6:04:41 PM PDT by ncfool (Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
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Dear Sheik....

Go O yourself!


18 posted on 10/08/2009 6:14:36 PM PDT by Michigan Bowhunter (Democrat socialist liberal scumbags.....how did we let this happen!)
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To: RoadKingSE; bamahead; djsherin; dcwusmc; Bokababe; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; NFHale; ..

No subsidies for terrorist coddlers!

Let the Saudis eat their own sand!


19 posted on 10/09/2009 1:05:00 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Kick corrupt Democrats *AND* Republicans out of office in 2010!)
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so your tellin me that they didnt diversify their 401ks ???


20 posted on 10/09/2009 4:48:30 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force... Like fire, a dangerous servant & master. GW)
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To: rabscuttle385; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued

LMAO Saudis. The royals are mega billionaires, let them give aid.


21 posted on 10/09/2009 4:33:45 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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