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(AP) Interesting Arab leaders gave Condi Rice over $300,000 in jewelry last year, possibly in the hopes that they might sheik her booty   (hosted.ap.org) divider line 54
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AirForceVet [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 09:50:23 PM  
Funnier than my submission on the same story, but nowhere near as unPC.

 
rocinante721 2008-12-22 09:55:01 PM  
Sheik D'Jabuti would be more apropos

 
gonzoliga [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 09:55:15 PM  
She can't keep a bit of it...

Nope. Not one bit.

She's about to be unemployed and un-bedazzled.

 
Bufu [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 10:08:41 PM  
Oh, she'll do alright, gonzoliga, I have to think.

 
snocone [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 10:10:17 PM  
Makes you wonder what "little gifts" our fearless leaders gave away.

 
platkat [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 10:12:15 PM  
gonzoliga: unemployed and un-bedazzled.

FUN-employed and DE-dazzled!

 
FreakPuppet 2008-12-22 10:13:35 PM  
rocinante721: Sheik D'Jabuti would be more apropos

p-userpic.livejournal.com

 
SangamonTaylor 2008-12-22 10:30:41 PM  
gonzoliga: She can't keep a bit of it...

Nope. Not one bit.

She's about to be unemployed and un-bedazzled.


It'll go to the Bush library museum I'd imagine.

 
Sun God [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 10:40:34 PM  
She has been rich for a number of years. Unlike lots of other non-black people. As provost at Stanford, she was very anti-affirmative action.

 
ecmoRandomNumbers [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 11:05:09 PM  
Not to accuse, or anything...

Oh what the hell: I wonder how many rings and diamond necklaces were passed under the dinner table and just got stuffed into her bra or pocket without being reported.

It's not like they patted her down in Customs when she came back.

/just sayin'
//i'm sure they have a bank account for her when she retires to the UAE.

 
Churchill2004 [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 11:12:28 PM  
Sun God: She has been rich for a number of years.

gcaptain.com

No shiat.

 
kbarham 2008-12-22 11:30:23 PM  
AirForceVet: Funnier than my submission on the same story, but nowhere near as unPC.

OK, what was your headline?

 
MyRandomName 2008-12-22 11:32:49 PM  
Only two people so far saying the administration is keeping these or "under the table" gifts. Not bad, expected more.

 
YakBoy42 2008-12-22 11:34:07 PM  
i104.photobucket.com

/approves

 
bhandler 2008-12-22 11:36:37 PM  
Subby: I have a feeling you could have deployed a 'sheik yerbouti' headline with a lot more funny.

 
shanrick [TotalFark] 2008-12-22 11:37:51 PM  
FTFA: jewelry worth far more than a quarter of a million dollars

She's probably lost more than that down in her couch cushions.

 
HoyaSaxa 2008-12-22 11:40:39 PM  
I, for one, would paper bag it. Maybe not even. Hmm, quandry.

 
Corvus 2008-12-22 11:43:25 PM  
I can't wait to see those who complained in the past so adamantly about the new Secretary of State's spouse got money for his charity while she wasn't even the Secretary of State go crazy about this.

This should drive them completely insane that the current SoS was personally taking gifts.

I have no doubt the will be in here going crazy calling for Rice's head. Or maybe they were just being partisan douchebags.

You think?

 
godofusa.com 2008-12-22 11:47:18 PM  
$300,000? Isn't that how much Michelle Obama makes for working at a hospital?

 
AmazingRuss 2008-12-22 11:58:13 PM  
gonzoliga: She can't keep a bit of it...

Nope. Not one bit.

She's about to be unemployed and un-bedazzled.


She can be my buck toothed pickaninny of loooove, any time!

 
kasmel 2008-12-23 12:00:53 AM  
This is a non-issue to me. Not a fan of Condi, in that I do not believe that she's been an effective international representative, but in many cases it would be an insult not to accept gifts of this type.

I don't think she should be able to keep them, but certain cultures get real unhappy when a present is turned down, and things really have to be seen in context.

 
Klippoklondike 2008-12-23 12:02:31 AM  
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"If there wang is this small, they better have $300,000 grand in jewelry!"

 
Korovyov [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:03:29 AM  
Rather quaint -- and perhaps something that could be interpreted as either gallant or patronizing, depending on precisely how done.

 
Klippoklondike 2008-12-23 12:03:32 AM  
there = their

 
kasmel 2008-12-23 12:05:18 AM  
Klippoklondike: there = their

300,000 grand...

 
Klippoklondike 2008-12-23 12:06:55 AM  
kasmel
Klippoklondike: there = their

300,000 grand...


yeah yeah...no more drunkposting...:(

 
brandxofttl 2008-12-23 12:11:15 AM  
i42.photobucket.com

Unavailable for comment.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:30:48 AM  
Sun God: She has been rich for a number of years. Unlike lots of other non-black people. As provost at Stanford, she was very anti-affirmative action.

The oil ring around her vagina is proof.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:32:04 AM  
godofusa.com: $300,000? Isn't that how much Michelle Obama makes for working at a hospital?

I hate when those damn liberals actually make money for working. It sets a poor precedent.

 
Fart_Machine 2008-12-23 12:34:11 AM  
godofusa.com: $300,000? Isn't that how much Michelle Obama makes for working at a hospital?

Maybe someone can explain to you the difference between gifts and salary.

/I'm probably feeding a troll

 
CruiserTwelve [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:36:24 AM  
Klippoklondike: "If their wang is this small, they better have $300,000 grand in jewelry!"

I don't think Condi is interested in wangs.

 
Elmo Jones 2008-12-23 12:39:07 AM  
Fart_Machine:
Maybe someone can explain to you the difference between gifts and salary.

/I'm probably feeding a troll


In a word, om nom nom nom.

/That is one word, right?

 
Sun God [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:48:32 AM  
Sabyen91: Sun God: She has been rich for a number of years. Unlike lots of other non-black people. As provost at Stanford, she was very anti-affirmative action.

She has a vagina? I guess that's where Cheney was secluded.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:51:06 AM  
Sun God: Sabyen91: Sun God: She has been rich for a number of years. Unlike lots of other non-black people. As provost at Stanford, she was very anti-affirmative action.

She has a vagina? I guess that's where Cheney was secluded.


I hear she calls it her bunker.

 
Rob Anybody 2008-12-23 12:52:51 AM  
brandxofttl: Unavailable for comment.

I'm sure he would've humbled her.

 
Sun God [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:55:06 AM  
Sabyen91: Sun God: Sabyen91: Sun God: She has been rich for a number of years. Unlike lots of other non-black people. As provost at Stanford, she was very anti-affirmative action.

She has a vagina? I guess that's where Cheney was secluded.

I hear she calls it her bunker.


Cheney calls it her tanker, with a little bit of leakage.

 
AmazingRuss 2008-12-23 01:00:12 AM  
Sabyen91: Sun God: Sabyen91: Sun God: She has been rich for a number of years. Unlike lots of other non-black people. As provost at Stanford, she was very anti-affirmative action.

She has a vagina? I guess that's where Cheney was secluded.

I hear she calls it her bunker.


...and I'm packin' a bunker buster, baybee!

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 01:09:38 AM  
Sun God: Sabyen91: Sun God: Sabyen91: Sun God: She has been rich for a number of years. Unlike lots of other non-black people. As provost at Stanford, she was very anti-affirmative action.

She has a vagina? I guess that's where Cheney was secluded.

I hear she calls it her bunker.

Cheney calls it her tanker, with a little bit of leakage.


Heh, poor seals.

 
Sun God [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 01:27:17 AM  
Sabyen91: Cheney calls it her tanker, with a little bit of leakage.

Heh, poor seals.


He has a small bladder.

 
Phil Herup 2008-12-23 01:53:23 AM  
YakBoy42: /approves


Came for the Zappa



/Bobby Brown

//Jewish Princess

//Gold Jerry... Gold!

 
whidbey [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 02:58:13 AM  
Phil Herup: Came for the Zappa



/Bobby Brown

//Jewish Princess


But Zappa made fun of people like you...are you a masochist?

 
HappyDaddy 2008-12-23 06:51:01 AM  
Corvus: I have no doubt the will be in here going crazy calling for Rice's head. Or maybe they were just being partisan douchebags.

You think?


Or, perhaps they'll read the article and learn (if they didn't already know) that she keeps none of it because the law requires it to be turned over to the GSA.

Moran.

 
notmtwain [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 08:04:44 AM  
What I want to know is what the GSA does with the stuff? Sell it on Ebay? Put it in the big warehouse with the Ark? Lend it out for weekends to staff?

 
liam76 2008-12-23 08:37:08 AM  
MyRandomName: Only two people so far saying the administration is keeping these or "under the table" gifts. Not bad, expected more.

I think you can add Corvus to the list of moran's.

notmtwain: What I want to know is what the GSA does with the stuff? Sell it on Ebay? Put it in the big warehouse with the Ark? Lend it out for weekends to staff?

Unfortunately they probably can't sell it because that would be an insult, so it is probably kept in museums and possible used by high ranking staff that visits that country.

 
bullwrinkle 2008-12-23 09:00:59 AM  
I'd sheik her booty

 
Tanukis_Parachute 2008-12-23 09:09:04 AM  
SangamonTaylor: gonzoliga: She can't keep a bit of it...

Nope. Not one bit.

She's about to be unemployed and un-bedazzled.

It'll go to the Bush library museum I'd imagine.


most likely go to the state departments displays at main state or the archives. they have displays of gifts given to secretaries there.

/works for the state dept
//getting a kick

 
demanton [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 09:14:15 AM  
shanrick: FTFA: jewelry worth far more than a quarter of a million dollars

She's probably lost more than that down in her couch cushions.


Maybe she'll find WMD's in there while she's looking for it.

 
MyRandomName 2008-12-23 10:43:14 AM  
It is quite astounding the number of people who don't realize that she doesn't get to keep the "gifts".

 
goodbomb 2008-12-23 12:06:13 PM  
who in the middle east could possibly craft such fine jewelery?

\international conspiracy

 
AirForceVet [TotalFark] 2008-12-23 12:10:16 PM  
kbarham: AirForceVet: Funnier than my submission on the same story, but nowhere near as unPC.

OK, what was your headline?


Get a TF account and use the FIND function on "rice."

 
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