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Yeah I'm expecting to wake up tomorrow to see something crazy, or that something crazy will happen tomorrow after all that Friday prayer shit

Dilbert_X wrote:

Apparently Mubarak has about U$70bn stashed around the world so I reckon he'll be pretty comfy running away.
I think thats the exact amount of aid the US has given Egypt.

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"Army backs Mubarek"... uh oh. .. I wonder if the well respected military is going to be well respected come this weekend.
http://m.yahoo.com/w/ynews/article/tops … frontdoors


http://www.google.com/m?q=protesters+en … CBEQvwUoAA

Orderly transition

just saw a tweet from a friend in Egypt, looks like Mubarek stepped down

http://www.cnn.com/

confirmed

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02 … p;iref=BN1

Last edited by lowing (2011-02-11 08:23:09)

DBBrinson1 wrote:

Kmar wrote:

"Army backs Mubarek"... uh oh. .. I wonder if the well respected military is going to be well respected come this weekend.
http://m.yahoo.com/w/ynews/article/tops … frontdoors

Of course they back Mubarek.  The leadership is well off.  Now the grunts?  That may be a different story.

@jsnipy... Bamster backs the uprising, I don't.

You know it was actually funny to watch the dance unfurl with this situation. Neither the conservatives nor democrats took an absolute position on this at first. But as Obama started to lean more towards the protestors we saw an equal amount of diametrically opposed conservatives shift to an opposite view in the media. I saw these views filter down through the typical subscribers as they regurgitated them across the blogosphere and social networks. The vast majority of americans don't give a flying Fuck about what happens in egypt. They'd rather be perceived as right, even if it meant that whole country burned to the ground. It's the ugliest form of narcissism there is. Good luck finding people to admit it though. Especially here.

ghettoperson wrote:

Am I the only one sceptical that the country is suddenly going to become a democracy and all will be peachy?

Who is saying that it will be sudden?

Clearly this guy^ is enjoying the conversation with himself.

Kmar wrote:

Clearly this guy^ is enjoying the conversation with himself.

DBBrinson1 wrote:

Kmar wrote:

DBBrinson1 wrote:

Of course they back Mubarek.  The leadership is well off.  Now the grunts?  That may be a different story.

@jsnipy... Bamster backs the uprising, I don't.

You know it was actually funny to watch the dance unfurl with this situation. Neither the conservatives nor democrats took an absolute position on this at first. But as Obama started to lean more towards the protestors we saw an equal amount of diametrically opposed conservatives shift to an opposite view in the media. I saw these views filter down through the typical subscribers as they regurgitated them across the blogosphere and social networks. The vast majority of americans don't give a flying Fuck about what happens in egypt. They'd rather be perceived as right, even if it meant that whole country burned to the ground. It's the ugliest form of narcissism there is. Good luck finding people to admit it though. Especially here.

The bamster is the definition of narcissism.  However, I think he was way behind the rest on this issue.  He was busy with a going away dinner party, followed by a superbowl party while the SOS (Hildo) was on vacation.   He was rightly slammed for not being on board with the Iranian uprising issue though.    But why would he support one revolution of 'freedom' and not the other?  Every now and then he shows his colors and proclaims his true allegiances.

I guarantee you the average American doesn't give a flying fuck about that region -just as much as the talking heads are dying to be right (as usually the case).  Were you veiled asking me if I care or would rather be right?  Personally, "fuck egypt and fuck that entire stone aged mentality, barbaric region" I could care less about them and hope Israel cleans their clocks if necessary.  However, I do care about the manipulative sons-a-bitches that use the guise of religion to enlist/brainwash people into 'jihad'.   I don't want any of them, anywhere on this planet and that's why I 'care' about Egypt.

Behind the rest? Who was leading the charge, and what was that message? Actually it would seem the primary message was the same in both revolts from Obama. A rather boring keep it peaceful position. Name me a politician that isn't a self promoting narcascist. Please. That goes for any so called talking head as well. I never understood how so many people can be so eagerly trusting of political commentators whilst maintaining that the government is out to get them. Talking heads openly and absolutley maintain their opinions for personal gain.

After seeing the president talk about moving to a more fiscally responsible budget and then seeing him berated for doing so by the typical right wing pundints, I really don't give a crap about what they say. They prefer to, in their mind, rub his nose in it .. instead of embracing the policy. Save the clap trap. I have heard the whole "but he was spending a lot early on" mantra. Their positioning is so predictable and juvenile. So tell me, what is the point of paying any mind to those people? If his every move has been completely decided upon prior to making it, even when those moves are agreeable, what's the point? It is obviosly no win.

The same goes for foreign policy. Americans need to grow the fuck up and stop treating real world life and death geopolitical situations like a daytime soap opera. Oh yea, we're real concerned about Egypt so long as it temporarily helps us maintain the entertainment value of the current news cycle. Pretty soon the cheese is going to slide off the cracker and we will stop caring enough to even mention it.
See Burma and Georgia for references.

I read somewhere that that one of the opposition leaders said that egypt needs a year of peace before democratic elections.