[paint_your_wagon]

Or something. I would never willingly travel to the Middle East.

I can’t imagine living where every step, utterance, or seemingly innocent slight could end up offending the wrong person, resulting in some bizarre punishment.

OTOH, I’m not so concerned about Obama traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet the new king. I’m confident that he is accustomed to their ways and will fit right in.

[jocon307]

“I would never willingly travel to the Middle East.”

Me neither.

[Leaning Right]

I’m not so concerned about Obama traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet the new king. I’m confident that he is accustomed to their ways and will fit right in.

What's the protocol here? Must Obama bow down as deeply to the new king as he did to the old king?

[kearnyirish2]

Never mind the Middle East; I avoid the areas here in the northeast that are basically Muslim colonies here. Within a few miles of my home are concentrations of them (in Jersey City, Passaic); I’ve still never even seen a mosque because I avoid their neighborhoods like the plague.

On the other hand, my town’s Boys Club has been converted to a Hindu temple, and that is of no concern to me at all.