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Eldritch wrote: If they were real, "jackalopes" might actually be cute—but I still wouldn't recommend trying to mount one.

I always took that to mean mount as in mount a hunting trophy on a wall.

I'm sure you're right, Joe. I guess the one thing Dick Cheney is capable of arousing in me is "snarkiness." LOL

AlicetheKurious wrote:Eldritch, where do you think all those teevee shows, movies & computer games are made? They come from the good ol' USA, along with McDonald's & Pepsi.

Here in Egypt, they're beamed into our homes via...Saudi Arabia.

Oddly enough, the holding company for McDonald's and a lot of other, similarly beneficial companies, is Saudi Arabian as well.

Yes, the same people who are financing and promoting Islamic fundamentalism.

Go figure.

Well, I knew my country was busy exporting decadence, but I didn't fully realize the role Saudi Arabia was playing in this. Thank you for pointing it out. That this is the case makes sense too—especially as I remember the cozy relationship the Bush Family has with the Saudi royal family.

You know, Alice, I'd be interested sometime in a discussion here about "Facts People in the Mideast Wish Americans Understood." I'm sure it would be very informative for me and for many, many others besides.