Hot tips for our Saudi pals.

This just in from The New York Times:

Urgently trying to improve relations with the United States, the Saudi Arabian government is promoting a scholarship program that has already more than doubled the number of new Saudi enrollments at American colleges and universities since last year.^[1]

Whoopdidoo and kiss my grits.

Here are some a hot tips for the Saudi government if they're really interested in better relations with the the United States:

IT'S NOT ABOUT SENDING MORE STUDENTS TO THE U.S. YOU'VE ALREADY SENT PLENTY OF YOUR PEOPLE HERE AND YOU STILL HATE US.

HOW ABOUT YOU,

1. STOP SAUDI FINANCING OF MOSQUES IN THE U.S;
   
2. CALL ALL YOUR RADICAL MUFTIS AND IMAMS HOME;
   
3. FINANCE SOME REAL SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD THAT TEACH KIDS HOW TO THINK AND LIVE IN THE MODERN WORLD NOT JUST TO MEMORIZE THE KORAN; AND
   
4. STOP WAHHABI PROSELYTIZING IN THE U.S. AND EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE PLANET?

These are just suggestions, of course.

The State Department can make them sound nicer, maybe like they came from the Ripon Society, kamikaze political action arm of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

I sure won't.

Notes
^[1] More Saudi Students in U.S. By Joel Brinkley, The New York Times, 12/18/05 (emphasis added).