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Michelle Obama navigates limits on women in Saudi Arabia

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  1. Margot2

    Margot2 Banned

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    Some friends and I wrote stories for our grandchildren.. about Arabia. Instead our friend Mike sent it to the king. He published it and then asked if he could publish it in Arabic with old photos. Of course we were thrilled. So .. it turned out we were invited to visit the kingdom..
     
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    I'm actually proud of Michelle. Good for her. She should have been bare shouldered and really stuck her thumb in their eyes.
     
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    Thats not true. My parents just moved back stateside after living in dubai for almost five years.
     
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  5. Margot2

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    1. American officials in Saudi Arabia typically do not wear headscarves, including at formal government functions. Michelle was following normal protocol.

    2 Former first ladies Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton did not wear headscarves on similar official visits to Saudi Arabia. Neither did former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

    3Saudi Arabia is officially ultra-conservative, but it is also heavily integrated into the global economy; unveiled Western women are extremely common in elite government circles like this one. Unveiled female Western leaders are common sights on Saudi media

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    http://www.vox.com/2015/1/28/7928167/michelle-obama-saudi-arabia-headscarf



    Its tough to deal with entrenched stupidity...........
     
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    Yes.. I would be interested.

    Dubai Public Wardrobe No- No's

    1. Lycra body con dresses
    2. Daisy Duke shorts
    3. Micro minis
    4. Belly/ crop tops
    5. Tube tops/ boob tubes
    6. Very short playsuits
    7. Anything with cut out or see through panels
    8. Mesh or Lace tops or dresses (these are ok if worn with something underneath)
     
    Margot2, Jan 28, 2015
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  7. zbr6

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    If it had been a Republican First Lady we would be hearing about how intolerant and insulting it was.

    Moochelle wasn't invited.

    Obama just wanted to score points with the feminazi bulls by shoving his hog bride in the face of the Saudis.
     
    zbr6, Jan 28, 2015
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    Moochelle.
    /ignore.
     
    justonemorevoice, Jan 28, 2015
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    When one both lectures people on their diets and has a 4 foot wide ass, one must expect a little mockery.
     
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    Do you have a problem with estimating measurements?

    Or are you just trolling and hating your First Lady?

    Either way, your comment is silly!
     
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    Why not deal in the facts instead of going partisan?
     
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    you are responding to your own post....
     
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    I'm trolling and hating because shes dictating to school kids whats healthy and whats not but clearly shes not a pinnacle of physical fitness herself.
     
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    Some Saudis don't agree with you.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/michelle-obama
     
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    The Saudis weren't outraged at all.. they are quite accustomed to seeing Western women and visiting dignitaries wearing Western clothing.

    These people are a bunch of dumb chits who have NEVER been anywhere.
     
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    Psssst..your knowledge is outshining these folks. :)
     
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    This is so amazing.

    I am fairly on in years, and there is not a single lack of administration in my years that did not encourage good food and positive dietary encouragement and demands to children.

    Of course, some of those administrations have ordered that a ketchup drop is the pinnacle of healthy eating! But yet, even the most craven of these "Thousands Points of Light" administration still claimed healthy eating was a Good Thing.

    But in all the years, ONLY the Obama Derangement Syndrome victims have decided to claim that giving good food to kids is a Communist Plot and another example of the Evils of Obama.

    Geez, grow up.
     
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    Then you remember Just say no to drugs, and the literacy campaign and JFK's presidential fitness test!
     
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    Ha except, before Moochelle, nobody went around taking home packed lunches away from kids and giving them fried fish sticks instead.

    And all of this is besides my point anyways that shes out there championing a cause that she herself doesn't take part in.

    If she slimmed down and then told people to eat right they would be words of merit.
     
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    Michelle Obama is a strong woman, and she does have a bigger frame. However, she is EXTREMELY fit, and she DOES watch what she eats. . .or she would probably be 40 lbs heavier.

    She IS doing what she preaches. . .and she knows first hand the difficulties many faced in keeping their weight down. She has slimmed A LOT, and she looks great! Your view seems to be warped by the fashion industry and the media who actually "photoshop" even the most slender among models!

    A 50 year old woman is not supposed to be skinny. . .and Michelle Obama is more fit than most 50 year old women.
     
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    Extremist in Saudi Arabia, no way!!:rolleyes:
     
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    I'm not into runway models.

    I'm also not into chicks with 4 horizontal feet of buttocks as is the case with Michelle Obama.

    Would the tests be the same, or would this be one of those normalized standards you liberals employ when dead weight cant hack it?

    Either way if you can set it up I accept the challenge.

    Wait a second, I thought you ignored me like 30 posts back.

    What gives here?
     
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