Tuesday, November 30, 2010

He arrived in town on Monday of last week with an enormous entourage. He chartered three flights to JFK, arrived with a massive security team and a film crew, and left the airport in a convoy of 40 vehicles, including 20 for luggage alone.
The president? Nope, but damn close judging by the size of the entourage. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has taken over an entire VIP wing of a prominent New York hospital.

"Patients are grumbling that they have been moved out to other areas of the hospital, and that despite there being a number of unused VIP treatment rooms, they can't be moved into them because they are all reserved for the king of Saudi Arabia."
The king underwent surgery for a blood clot and a slipped disc last week. Witnesses told us his security army is a visible presence both outside and inside the hospital.
One law enforcement source told us that Abdullah -- who was visited in Saudi Arabia by four Cornell doctors who advised him he had to have the surgery in New York -- is a generous donor to the hospital and visited a month prior to his surgery.
Maybe the king can catch up on his reading of the Wikileaks debacle while he is recovering. I wonder if the president or Hillary will pay him a visit. I am betting that the president will.

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