[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: Absolutely fabulous bigotry

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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: Absolutely fabulous bigotry
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1162241658.shtml


   Sadly enough, the world's wealthiest Wahhabi Hillbilly did not become
   famous for this too-sexy-for-my-mustache shot.

   fabuloustalal

   His fame (or rather, his infamy) came when Giuliani [1]eloquently told
   the prince to take his $10 million check and shove it, with this
   "There is no moral equivalent for this attack. The people who did it
   lost any right to ask for justification when they slaughtered . . .
   innocent people ... Not only are those statements wrong, they're part
   of the problem."

   Rudy Giuliani will probably go down in history as the only human being
   who has ever turned down blood money..umm..a..bribe..oops, donation,
   from a Saud.

   However, in the [2]fabulous circles that the Prince travels in, he's
   still worshipped by all the right people.

   If there's ever a film of his life, it would be called "The Magic
   Muslim" and it would be modeled on the Peter Sellers' [3]The Magic
   Christian., If you're not a fan of silly old British satires, here's a
   review.

     Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers) is an eccentric billionaire who,
     together with his newly adopted heir (formerly a homeless
     derelict), Youngman Grand (Ringo Starr), start playing elaborate
     practical jokes on people. A big spender, Grand doesn't mind
     handing out large sums of money to various people, bribing them to
     fulfill his whims, or shocking them by bringing down what they hold
     dear...

     In the final scene of the movie, Guy Grand wanting to find out how
     far people can go for money, fills up a huge vat with urine, blood
     and animal excerments and sprinkles it avidly with paper money. In
     a choreorgraphic way, a crowd of gents approaches the vat and after
     some indecision starts stepping in to grab the cash. Having
     forgotten all sense of disgust many even start taking dives in it.

   Participants in recent orgies of excrement-diving include [4]Bill
   Clinton, realists like [5]James Baker, most governments worldwide,
   most universities, corporations and, most recently, [6]Georgetown
   University.

     Georgetown gets $20 million from prince promoting Islam. Just
     months later, university ejects evangelical Christians from campus

     The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown
     University has been renamed after Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
     donated $20 million to its projects. And while that may be just the
     tail, the dog appears to be moving away from its historic Catholic
     and Jesuit teaching philosophy too.

     The Center's leaders say it now will be used to put on workshops
     regarding Islam, fostering exchanges with the Muslim world,
     addressing U.S. policy towards the Muslim world, working on the
     relationship of Islam and Arab culture, addressing Muslim
     citizenship and civil liberties, and developing exchange programs
     for students from the Muslim world.

     The "Christian" part of the center's projects at the university
     that has a history of 200 years of higher education following its
     Christian founding, is conspicuous by its absence in its website
     plans for its 10-year future.

     But that won't be a surprise to leaders of a number of Christian
     evangelical groups whose leaders recently were told to leave the
     campus and not list Georgetown University as a site for operations
     in the future.

   [7]Phyllis Chesler also provided Georgetown University's contact info,
   if you'd like to complain:

   President John J. DeGioia
   Office of the President
   204 Healy Hall
   37th & O Streets, NW
   Washington, DC 20057

   Of course, if we're going to complain about this latest exercise in
   greed orgies and excrement diving, well have to complain to
   [8]everyone who accepts this blood
   money..umm..bribery..umm...generosity from Magic Mulsims like
   Talaweed.

   [9]carter talal 

   bush abdullah

   That's a lot of letters, but it's not such a bad idea....

References

   1. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/print.php3?what=news&id=90439
   2. http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/blogs/wolcott/2004/12/take_this_check.html
   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Christian_%28film%29
   4. http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/06/235426.php
   5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/interviews/baker.html
   6. http://faustasblog.com/2006/10/georgetown-u-bought-for-20-million.html
   7. http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/
   8. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/interviews/baker.html
   9. file://localhost/files/whataretheysaying-talalcarter.jpg