Comments on: Lattes and Lashes: Saudi Religious Police Defend Their Arrest of American Woman Who Sat Next to a Man at a Starbucks

By: Yemeni Court Grants Divorce of 28-Year-old Husband and 8-Year-Old Wife « JONATHAN TURLEY

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:13:00 +0000

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By: Leading Saudi Cleric Calls for the Death of Two Journalists — Unless They Repent « JONATHAN TURLEY

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:13:38 +0000

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By: Saudi Coffee Police Strike Again: Professor Sentenced to Prison and 180 Lashes for Having Coffee With Student « JONATHAN TURLEY

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:59:17 +0000

[...] It is a scene much like the recent outrage over the arrest of an American businesswoman at a Starbucks, click here. [...]

By: Tubularsock

Tubularsock — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:28:26 +0000

“a helpful clarification from those who bring us weekly examples of why the separation of church and state is so essential for liberty.” RIGHT ON J.T.!

By: watajob

watajob — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:05:06 +0000

Dubya can’t be bothered with trivialities such as this. He’s too busy, still trying to get the moves down for that “sword dance”.

By: tominoman

tominoman — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:52:02 +0000

She is very lucky she is an American, or she would still be rotting in jail. When I was in Saudi we had a Phillipino nurse arrested for sitting with a man. She was given 40 lashs before being deported.

Alot of people claim to know what Saudi is really like. If you want to know, then read the book “Paramedic to the Prince” it was written by an American Paramedic that worked for King Abdullah. A real inside look into the Magic Kingdom. This is truly the best book written about Saudi Arabia in years.

Buy the book if you want a good read and a real inside look into Saudi. Written by American Paramedic Patrick Notestine. I could not put it down

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:41:56 +0000

As J.T. said in the opening paragraph, these examples of inhuman treatment of women in Islamic parts of the world demonstrate why it is essential that religion, no matter what the faith, never be allowed to be influential in our own government. Why any American woman would want to travel to either Saudi Arabia or any part of the Middle East and put herself in harm’s way is beyond me, and I’d resign from a job where her employer would force her to do so.

By: Vincent Caminiti

Vincent Caminiti — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:46:05 +0000

My article today about GWB closed with the words “This would be so much fun if it were fiction.” A good starting point for this topic.

Neil Bush, the other white meat, makes about $200K a year as a salary from his company Ignite!, but alas that dwarfs his consulting fees. Not only that, but he also can make single day gains of nearly One million dollars on one security and never be visited by the SEC, even though he was a consultant (read that-insider) of the underlying company. Yikes! Why didn’t he get involved and make a few calls to Uncle. Yes – my pretties – he addresses Abdullah as Uncle. Simple, there is no standing, but there is a tension between the religious right and the Saud family that carries a continuous threat of revolution. Nice then … if you have friends to have a few billion bucks worth of their military hardware and a few billion more of their consultants – hanging out eh??

The Mutaween look forward to this type of press. It emboldens their image and strengthens their cause. This woman is an American – but do we hear a word about this from the White House? Not on your life. Uncle says – stay out of it. Neil Bush, entrepreneur and family bag-man, doesn’t even need someone to tell him what to do. He picks up checks and orders the Hummus and heads back to the families quarters at the Royal Palace. He’s no fool – not in the colloquial sense anyway.

We don’t even see a reasonable sampling of the abomination of civility that has funded a great deal of the terrorism that has killed American soldiers. We scream about China’s human rights violations while we shop for $100.00 sneakers that come from there … while we fill up our SUV’s with 30 gals of the stuff Saudi ‘dreams are made of.’

America has an awful lot to do with the current condition of the world.