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    Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All

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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    Meh, they wouldn't be impressed by that hillbilly shack. Here's King Abdullah's summertime retreat. And yes, that's cruiser-sized yacht parked in the personal lagoon.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jeddah+saudi+arabia&sll=38.714447,-90.265388&sspn=0.078624,0.151405&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=21.665644,39.099934&spn=0.005853,0.009463&z=17&iwloc=A
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    Image of blahniksforlife blahniksforlife
    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    Friedman didn't pay for the house his wife is (or was) worth $100 million. That's her dough (and maybe her bad taste) at work.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    Bashing the architecture of the guy's house, Mr. Simon? So at what point would you say the attempt to achieve snark boomerangs and reveals the snarker, not the target, as the pretentious fool who most urgently needs to be taken down a notch?

    And doesn't Friedman offer a critic many more substantive targets than this?
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    also, can we start a bingo game, dead pool, betting pool, on his mistakes, errors and lies, a la "the friedman unit" that is now the official name for any time a lying ass and/or dumb flack for hire says "another six months is all we need"
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    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    the saudis can have him.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    Whoopsie. Didn't let me swap out the url. Try this one instead.
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    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    What does "ballin" mean?
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    There is absolutely nothing an American can do to impress an oil oligarch. Those homes are like little debauched countries unto themselves.
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    Image of ChillbearLatrigue ChillbearLatrigue
    07/26/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: They serve as examples that wealth and good taste are not synonymous.
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    Image of The-Littlest-Hobo The-Littlest-Hobo
    07/26/09

    In reply to Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
    This really doesn't have much to do with the topic on hand, but seeing that Jim Jones video reminded me of this, which I really don't think got enough attention.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    07/26/09

    @The-Littlest-Hobo: If my grandfather liked gangsta rap, he'd be into this. It's terrible. That being said, I enjoyed the effort put forth, here.
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    Image of The-Littlest-Hobo The-Littlest-Hobo
    07/26/09

    @Foster Kamer: Terrible, yes, but enjoyably bizarre. Apparently the guy who made is a teacher in Florida or something like that.
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