tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post4486930343143420288..comments2023-12-24T06:13:49.857-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Closet Republican: Boycott the Middle East!Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-75592268720157550422007-07-04T00:34:00.000-04:002007-07-04T00:34:00.000-04:00PAT J: They always find things that offend them, ...PAT J: They always find things that offend them, that's what is so frustrating.<BR/><BR/>BOB: I agree with you. Maybe we should boycott the whole world... <BR/><BR/>PAPA J: Of course, a boycott would be impractical, but it's a nice pipe dream. And not sure what is strong enough to counteract such hate. It would take some major re-shaping and modernizing of that religion, and a concerted effort on the part of the Muslims to embrace peace not hate.<BR/><BR/>PAN: Yeah there's oil, but they need the west's help.<BR/><BR/>FRASY: I wonder why they don't employ their own people. There is such poverty even in the oil-rich countries.<BR/><BR/>KAREN: That must be frightening for your husband. You hear so often about oil workers etc. who are gunned down.. in the article I posted they also spoke of some oil workers in Yemen who were shot and killed. The authorities claimed it was a mentally ill man, but who knows the truth.<BR/><BR/>WOMAN: Maybe we should start a grassroots effort. In another life. :-)<BR/><BR/>STRAWB: You would need everyone to cooperate, and that would never happen. Ah well.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-65928759190168821452007-07-03T22:21:00.000-04:002007-07-03T22:21:00.000-04:00I'm there as well! If you cannot fight fair - fig...I'm there as well! If you cannot fight fair - fight with $$$'s. The bottom line is a huge incentive for cooperation!Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018768293766814480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-83847778565431783252007-07-03T19:10:00.000-04:002007-07-03T19:10:00.000-04:00I'm with u girl..where do we sign up!..haI'm with u girl..where do we sign up!..haWomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-78593140946193930582007-07-03T17:40:00.000-04:002007-07-03T17:40:00.000-04:00Some oil companies still drill offshore in Africa ...Some oil companies still drill offshore in Africa - Nigeria and The Ivory Coast for example. My husband is an engineer in the oil biz. He has been held hostage 3 different times on oil drilling rigs, twice off Nigeria, once off Algeria. It is a way of life. The locals are angry about poverty or whatever, and board a rig, armed, and demand money from the oil company. Then they leave and life goes on. Sometimes the outcome isn't so smooth.<BR/><BR/>Let's just say none of those countries you mentioned are on my desired vacation locales! And I am very happy my husband hasn't had to travel to Africa in several years.<BR/><BR/>He's felt safe in other spots, though. Even in Iraq in 2003,just before the war.Karen Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692791436106987353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-36530333458230751062007-07-03T17:24:00.000-04:002007-07-03T17:24:00.000-04:00They dont realise how much they are dependant on t...They dont realise how much they are dependant on the US.A boycott may work.<BR/>What you said about foreign workers in the mIddle Eastern countries is so true.A lot of the lower middleclass Indians work there in factories or as maids for the shiekhs.They are treated horribly and many times when they finish their jobs and decide to come back home with their earnings....the family is met by a corpse in a casket.No money,nothingFrasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855104479614125294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-25276372564540485272007-07-03T11:30:00.000-04:002007-07-03T11:30:00.000-04:00...and then there's oil......and then there's oil...Chris McClure aka Panhandle Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276465051258888541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-64154051663554178432007-07-03T11:23:00.000-04:002007-07-03T11:23:00.000-04:00Wow, I never imagined as much hate as I saw in th...Wow, I never imagined as much hate as I saw in the videos from your last two posts. I don't think we can fight such a powerful culture of hate without throwing the entire region into war. I don't think a boycott is strong enough to counteract such hatred. But what is?Papa Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553592541103800402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-49973911681139497642007-07-03T09:10:00.000-04:002007-07-03T09:10:00.000-04:00Part of me agrees - but then I think maybe we need...Part of me agrees - but then I think maybe we need to boycott the whole world, as there aren't many nice regimes around...bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-71998626024158418522007-07-03T08:06:00.000-04:002007-07-03T08:06:00.000-04:00good idea incog, if all they claim to be fighting ...good idea incog, if all they claim to be fighting against, islamic fundamentalists, where to up and leave what excuse would they have for their fatwah, but for some odd known reason i think they may find something that has wronged them.Pat Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142174423986806144noreply@blogger.com