tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post2644213682253423746..comments2023-03-21T17:58:03.942-07:00Comments on Clayton Cramer's Blog Archive (pre-Ambulance Chasers): It's Becoming Like A Frightening, Implausible NovelClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post-60126512101541917372010-06-13T15:24:21.921-07:002010-06-13T15:24:21.921-07:00I have been to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the ke...I have been to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the keeper of the "holy" sites of Medina and Mecca. The Saudis and the Bedouins do not give a rat's whisker about the environment. The ex-patriate joke was that the national birds were the building crane and the shopping bag (because you see them flying by all the time, since everyone just throws them out the window.)<br>We also joked that we could find our way between Riydh and Prince Sultan by at least three landmark methods: using junk cars as markers, using smoke columns from all the burning trash and oil, or using smells from the trash piles and filth. (The UAE, a much more modern place, where abayas and short skirts both go to the mall, has pristine water and immaculate cities).<br><br>I hope Harry and his brother are smarter than their parents,and that a reasonable IQ skips a generation in Royal Families. I've always thought that the reason the Queen has been hanging on so long is that she realizes her son is an idiot and has to be kept off the throne.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13764469470772631997noreply@blogger.com