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I was reading about Saudi Arabia earlier, it's quite a strange place (compared to some of the western world). Their royal family is especially interesting, they
by citricsquid 14y ago
I was reading about Saudi Arabia earlier, it's quite a strange place (compared to some of the western world). Their royal family is especially interesting, they have something like $1 trillion USD to their names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud
- w1ntermute 14y agoAnd very close ties to the Bush family: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bush,_House_of_Saud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bush,_House_of_Saud In Saudi Arabia, 95% of exports and 70% of government revenue come from oil, one of the big reasons I'm cheering on Musk/Tesla. Once oil is irrelevant, backwards religious bigots, from Saudi Arabia to Texas, will become irrelevant too.
- AJ007 14y agoThey will become irrelevant as far as Americans watching CNN are concerned.