"I love my King Abdullah!"

"......."I love my King Abdullah!” shouted 18-year-old Thamer Al Said, when asked why he was out on the streets with his friends. “All the people love him because he is a great man and he loves his people,” he continued, raising a picture of the king high above his head.
His sentiments were echoed by many on Riyadh’s streets Friday. Cars were spray-painted green and white and some owners had even gone as far as to have pictures of the king etched onto their rear windows. Stereos blared patriotic songs lauding the attributes of King Abdullah: “We love you, father of the nation. May Allah Bless you with a long life!”
“I think everybody here loves the king and you know, we all believe in him. We have a lot of problems, like anywhere else, but we want to find our own solutions. We don’t want our king to change."