Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Camels & horses storm into Tahrir Square as protesters clash in Cairo
Evidently being on horseback or on camels won't get anyone to the other side of Liberation Square in Cairo. The protestors achieved a great deal in having President Mobarak's resign from elections. It becomes a political issue now that there are obvious differences between the demonstrators. It has to be settled with an election or the resignation of the President. No authority is simply going to commit the nation to anarchy.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
The trouble really started in 2006 out of Western fears of extremists.
...It also was seen (click title to entry - than you) as an effort to block the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which made unprecedented gains in recent parliamentary elections, from promoting an independent candidate for president in 2011.
Mubarak's allies in the upper house of parliament and in his party said the planned delay was, in fact, a step toward greater democracy because it would allow time to put in place a new law for greater decentralization....
The citizens of any country cannot be oppressed forever, when 'the flag' of free elections are promised as a solution to problems. In Lebabon, we are seeing the same paradigm.
Speculation as to weyher 'The West' should even be involved with these countries is a very goog question. The West always has designs on their assets when in fact, that is what oppresses them in the first place. We have been here before, in that, the needs of the First World requires the oppression of others to insure trade, stc.
"W" was correct, in that, invasion and occupation is necessary to secure American's standard of living under the old paradigm,
So.
Now, that there is peace and transition, what are the Plutocrats to do?
Mubarak's allies in the upper house of parliament and in his party said the planned delay was, in fact, a step toward greater democracy because it would allow time to put in place a new law for greater decentralization....
The citizens of any country cannot be oppressed forever, when 'the flag' of free elections are promised as a solution to problems. In Lebabon, we are seeing the same paradigm.
Speculation as to weyher 'The West' should even be involved with these countries is a very goog question. The West always has designs on their assets when in fact, that is what oppresses them in the first place. We have been here before, in that, the needs of the First World requires the oppression of others to insure trade, stc.
"W" was correct, in that, invasion and occupation is necessary to secure American's standard of living under the old paradigm,
So.
Now, that there is peace and transition, what are the Plutocrats to do?
NBAD sees Q4 profit jump 71% amid Egypt exposure (click here)
By Reuters
Tuesday, 1 February 2011 5:40 PM
...NBAD also said it has about $400m exposure to Egyptian entities. The North African state has been racked by political unrest as protestors demand the end of president Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule....
Ah, the reassuring words, "Made in the USA and "Electric car" and mass transit. Ah, to be so bold as to say it.
Will there be an interim government leading up to free and transparent elections?
The 2010 map is at the title to this entry. ...According to the survey’s findings, 2009 marked the fourth consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline—the longest consecutive period of setbacks for freedom in the nearly 40-year history of the report....
What is occurring in Egypt, Tunisia and now Jordan is what other First World Democracies hope for, a peaceful movement of the people to a transition to free elections and freedom Rarely, if ever, do they expect it to happen, especially considering "The West" loads these governments against this reality. But. through peaceful protests the people are asserting their rights.
Quite stunning isn't it? To have tanks stopping their columns to protest with the people. That wasn't in the script, was it?
The current movement now in Egypt started in Palestine under Israeli mentoring to stop illegal placement of a barrier fence. Interesting that Israelis should be the mentors for freedom to what is 'nornally' defined as their enemy. Yet, the leaders of Jordan and Egypt have stood shoulder to shoulder with Sharon at peace talks for this very reason. To stop tbhe hatred and find harmony,
The people don't want much. They want their government to lead through freedom and peace and not war. They want control of their nation's assets to be responsible global citizens. They want to move out of poverty and have better qality of life. They want the Middle East to stop the violence and enjoy peace. Quite a noble aspiration for any peoples. Some would say it is long over do. There is no threat here. They are unarmed and do not seek power through violence, but, through empowerment. Not every revolution has to have a war to mark its beginning,
Monday, January 31, 2011
Egypt needs change, but, President Mubarak is not a demon.
Egypt has always had visionaries and peace makers among its leaders.
Then-Vice President Hosni Mubarak, left, and President Anwar Sadat, right, attend a military parade in Cairo with the president in 1981 to commemorate Victory Day. Moments later, a group of military Islamist fundamentalists with allegiance to the al-Jihad group killed Sadat in a shooting spree.
The Egyptian people do not have to hate their President to demand the change they want. Th Egyptian people have a good history and one they can be proud of. The people are seeking a better country for themselves and their children. President Mubarak is doing the right thing for his people, at least he is trying to please them.
Egypt in msny ways has been a 'reformer' country in the Middle East, along side of Jordon.
I believe the concern, as next year's elections draw near, is whether or not Egypt leadership will represent the will of the people or take on the characyeristics of a monarchy. There has to be some concern among all Egyptians to the 'opportunity' for diverse leadership.
Egypt's economy has faultered a bit since 2008, but, that is the case with any country that has tourism as an integrated part of its GDP. Folliwing the investment banks failure of 2008, Egypt had paqlpable changes within its ecomy. It was already experienced 11.7% inflation, but, it jumped to 16.2% in 2009. Recentky the inflation rate in Egypt has fallen to 10%, I am convinced this is a factor in the unrest in the country. Presideny Mubarak had liitle to do in causing that, but, I am sure the people are unhappy he could not protect them. The Egyptian unemployment rate during this time has remained 8 to 9 percent, so it the 2008 impact has been felt in the general economy and the cost of products primarily.
There is strife in Egypt and the people grow tired of it. It is time for the country to change and embrace the will of its people. There is no reason why the peope of Egypt have to hate their President in order to move more aggressivelt into the future, This just the next step for Egypt. The global community should continue to encourage President Mubarak to step aside and allow peaceful transition to occur.
...Tempers flare outside a government bakery as the smell of hot baladi (country) bread wafts out from the ovens. There is pushing and shoving as a worker appears at the window to hand out plastic bags of the rough, round flat loaves - each weighing a standard 160 grams (5.5oz)- to customers.
"I've been here since before six and this is what I get," grumbles Umm Islam, her face contorted in fury. "My husband is retired and I have five children and it's not enough."
Others complain of their pitifully small incomes and shortages. In the last two months 11 people have died in bread queues, either from exhaustion, heart attacks, brawls or accidents....Ian Black in Cairo
Egypt in msny ways has been a 'reformer' country in the Middle East, along side of Jordon.
I believe the concern, as next year's elections draw near, is whether or not Egypt leadership will represent the will of the people or take on the characyeristics of a monarchy. There has to be some concern among all Egyptians to the 'opportunity' for diverse leadership.
Egypt's economy has faultered a bit since 2008, but, that is the case with any country that has tourism as an integrated part of its GDP. Folliwing the investment banks failure of 2008, Egypt had paqlpable changes within its ecomy. It was already experienced 11.7% inflation, but, it jumped to 16.2% in 2009. Recentky the inflation rate in Egypt has fallen to 10%, I am convinced this is a factor in the unrest in the country. Presideny Mubarak had liitle to do in causing that, but, I am sure the people are unhappy he could not protect them. The Egyptian unemployment rate during this time has remained 8 to 9 percent, so it the 2008 impact has been felt in the general economy and the cost of products primarily.
There is strife in Egypt and the people grow tired of it. It is time for the country to change and embrace the will of its people. There is no reason why the peope of Egypt have to hate their President in order to move more aggressivelt into the future, This just the next step for Egypt. The global community should continue to encourage President Mubarak to step aside and allow peaceful transition to occur.
Fear of unrest grows as soaring wheat prices strain Egypt's creaking economy (click title to entry - thank you)
"I've been here since before six and this is what I get," grumbles Umm Islam, her face contorted in fury. "My husband is retired and I have five children and it's not enough."
Others complain of their pitifully small incomes and shortages. In the last two months 11 people have died in bread queues, either from exhaustion, heart attacks, brawls or accidents....Ian Black in Cairo
More judicial activism on healthcare.
To state a federal law cannot mandate health insurance is one aspect of the law, BUT, to state the entire law has to be REPEALED 'if' the higher courts find this finding to be valid; provides no 'case law' or valid constitutional reason why the entire bill relies on one provision.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson's decision is already flawed and completely obvious he threw caution to the wind. It is an irresponsible decision from all perspectives.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson's decision is already flawed and completely obvious he threw caution to the wind. It is an irresponsible decision from all perspectives.
“I must reluctantly conclude (click title to entry - thank you) that Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the Act with the individual mandate,” Vinson wrote in his decision. “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void.”
Where does it state it is NOT severable? A parent's RIGHT to maintain health insurance for a dependant college student has nothing to do with an individual mandate. THAT is already demonstrated in its early implementation.
Where does it state it is NOT severable? A parent's RIGHT to maintain health insurance for a dependant college student has nothing to do with an individual mandate. THAT is already demonstrated in its early implementation.
If the entire law revolved around an individual mandate then no aspect of it could be implemented independantly,
Then Judge Vinson introduces MORE FICTION into the decision by referring to a watchmaker.
Since when does Papa Gepetto sit on the bench? If that is what decides the law then all a judge needs is a ruler.
It is all political theatrics.
Clyde Roger Vinson (click here) is with US District Court for the northern district of Florida.. He joined the court in 1983 after being nominated by President Reagan. Vinson is serving on “senior status (semi-retired).”
Vinson graduated from the Naval Academy with his Bachelor's Degree in 1962 then served six years on active duty on the US Navy as a Lieutenant from 1962 to 1968 during the Vietnam conflict before completing his JD at Vanderbilt University Law School in 1971.
Vinson spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a Private practice attorney in the State of Florida from 1971 to 1983.
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins, Vinson was nominated by President Reagan on September 9, 1983 to a seat vacated by Lynn Higby whom at the time was assuming senior status. Vinson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 4, 1983 on a senate vote and received commission on October 5, 1983. Vinson served as the chief judge from 1997 to 2004 before later assuming senior status on March 31, 2005.
Old faces dominate Mubarak's new government
An image grab taken from Egyptian state television Al Masriya shows members from Egypt's new cabinet being sworn in by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) in Cairo.
Image Credit: AFP
...Newcomers (click title to entry - thank you) to the government include Mahmoud Wagdi as Minister of the Interior; Jaber Asfour as Minister of Culture; Zahi Hawass, Egypt's chief archaeologist, as Minister of the newly created Ministry of Antiquities; Mohsin Al Noumani as Minister of Local Development; Ayman Abu Hadeed as Minister of Agriculture; Sarniha Syed as Minister of Trade and Industry; and Ebrahim Mana'a as Minister of Civil Aviation.
Finance Minister Yousuf Boutros Gali has been replaced by Jawdat Al Malat, who has headed the audit office and gained some popularity for addressing corruption, one source said....
At least I know what the tanks in the street are all about and it isn't the government.
...Newcomers (click title to entry - thank you) to the government include Mahmoud Wagdi as Minister of the Interior; Jaber Asfour as Minister of Culture; Zahi Hawass, Egypt's chief archaeologist, as Minister of the newly created Ministry of Antiquities; Mohsin Al Noumani as Minister of Local Development; Ayman Abu Hadeed as Minister of Agriculture; Sarniha Syed as Minister of Trade and Industry; and Ebrahim Mana'a as Minister of Civil Aviation.
Finance Minister Yousuf Boutros Gali has been replaced by Jawdat Al Malat, who has headed the audit office and gained some popularity for addressing corruption, one source said....
At least I know what the tanks in the street are all about and it isn't the government.
An Egyptian Army soldier gestures to a crowd as he stands atop a tank in Cairo. (Reuters)
Change is coming to Egypt: El-Baradei (click here)
Published: Jan 30, 2011 23:48
Updated: Jan 30, 2011 23:48
CAIRO: Top dissident Mohamed El-Baradei told a sea of angry protesters in Cairo on Sunday that they were beginning a new era after six days of a deadly revolt against President Hosni Mubarak.Nobel peace laureate El-Baradei, mandated by Egyptian opposition groups including the banned Muslim Brotherhood to negotiate with Mubarak's government, hailed "a new Egypt in which every Egyptian lives in freedom and dignity."
"We are on the right path, our strength is in our numbers," El-Baradei said in his first address to the protest epicenter on Cairo's Tahrir Square. "I ask you to be patient, change is coming."
Six days of nationwide protests have shaken Egypt and left at least 125 people dead. The president has sacked the government, appointed a vice president and a new prime minister. But that has failed to quell the protests.
Parliament Speaker Fathi Surour on Sunday made another concession, saying the results of last year's fraud-tainted parliamentary elections would be revised....
Ecumenical Prayer Service for the victims of Egypt’s New Year’s Eve church bombings (click here)
Christian denominations join for Ecumenical PrayerSservice at St Paul’s Cathedral then press conference at Federation Square for the victims of the Coptic Church bombings in Egypt
"We are on the right path, our strength is in our numbers," El-Baradei said in his first address to the protest epicenter on Cairo's Tahrir Square. "I ask you to be patient, change is coming."
Six days of nationwide protests have shaken Egypt and left at least 125 people dead. The president has sacked the government, appointed a vice president and a new prime minister. But that has failed to quell the protests.
Parliament Speaker Fathi Surour on Sunday made another concession, saying the results of last year's fraud-tainted parliamentary elections would be revised....
Ecumenical Prayer Service for the victims of Egypt’s New Year’s Eve church bombings (click here)
Christian denominations join for Ecumenical PrayerSservice at St Paul’s Cathedral then press conference at Federation Square for the victims of the Coptic Church bombings in Egypt This Friday 7th January 2011 at 1pm, Australian Church leaders from all Christian denominations and notable dignitaries will gather at St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne at an Ecumenical Prayer Service for the victims of Egypt’s New Year’s Eve church bombings which took place in the Northern City of Alexandria and claimed 23 lives and wounded over 80 Coptic Christians. His Grace, Bishop Suriel, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions, has offered an open invitation to attend the Ecumenical Prayer Service, praying for peace within the church and for an end to the persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt and in the Middle East. Along with Melbourne families of the victims, the congregation will together mourn the loss of life and pray for the injured. “Over the past few years, religious persecution of Christians in the Middle East has reached extreme forms of human degradation with constant attacks not only on the minority Copts of Egypt, but all Christians throughout the region,” Bishop Anba Suriel said....
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters (click here) turned to the army and to a retired diplomat to maintain momentum in efforts to unseat Hosni Mubarak, but as the president's Western backers called for change, he met with the generals who can keep him in power.The outcome of six days of unrest, which has killed more than 100 people, rocked the Middle East and rattled global investors, hung in the balance. Troops have let Egyptians bellow their rage at Mubarak's 30 years of autocracy. But the generals have yet to show whether they will keep him on or ease him out....
TUNIS (Reuters) - Thousands of Tunisians (click here) turned out on Sunday to welcome home an Islamist leader whose return from 22 years of exile indicated that his party would emerge as a major force in Tunisia after the ousting of its president.The reception for Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda Party, at Tunis airport was the biggest showing by the Islamists in two decades, during which thousands of them were jailed or exiled by president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali.Ghannouchi was exiled in 1989 by Ben Ali, who was toppled on January 14 by popular protests that have sent tremors through an Arab world where similarly autocratic leaders have long sought to suppress Islamist groups.Protesters in Egypt demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule have been inspired by the example of Tunisia. Egypt's main opposition group is also Islamist, but played no part in organising the protests there....
His Grace, Bishop Suriel, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions, has offered an open invitation to attend the Ecumenical Prayer Service, praying for peace within the church and for an end to the persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt and in the Middle East. Along with Melbourne families of the victims, the congregation will together mourn the loss of life and pray for the injured. “Over the past few years, religious persecution of Christians in the Middle East has reached extreme forms of human degradation with constant attacks not only on the minority Copts of Egypt, but all Christians throughout the region,” Bishop Anba Suriel said....
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters (click here) turned to the army and to a retired diplomat to maintain momentum in efforts to unseat Hosni Mubarak, but as the president's Western backers called for change, he met with the generals who can keep him in power.The outcome of six days of unrest, which has killed more than 100 people, rocked the Middle East and rattled global investors, hung in the balance. Troops have let Egyptians bellow their rage at Mubarak's 30 years of autocracy. But the generals have yet to show whether they will keep him on or ease him out....
TUNIS (Reuters) - Thousands of Tunisians (click here) turned out on Sunday to welcome home an Islamist leader whose return from 22 years of exile indicated that his party would emerge as a major force in Tunisia after the ousting of its president.The reception for Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda Party, at Tunis airport was the biggest showing by the Islamists in two decades, during which thousands of them were jailed or exiled by president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali.Ghannouchi was exiled in 1989 by Ben Ali, who was toppled on January 14 by popular protests that have sent tremors through an Arab world where similarly autocratic leaders have long sought to suppress Islamist groups.Protesters in Egypt demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule have been inspired by the example of Tunisia. Egypt's main opposition group is also Islamist, but played no part in organising the protests there....
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters (click here) turned to the army and to a retired diplomat to maintain momentum in efforts to unseat Hosni Mubarak, but as the president's Western backers called for change, he met with the generals who can keep him in power.
The outcome of six days of unrest, which has killed more than 100 people, rocked the Middle East and rattled global investors, hung in the balance. Troops have let Egyptians bellow their rage at Mubarak's 30 years of autocracy. But the generals have yet to show whether they will keep him on or ease him out....
TUNIS (Reuters) - Thousands of Tunisians (click here) turned out on Sunday to welcome home an Islamist leader whose return from 22 years of exile indicated that his party would emerge as a major force in Tunisia after the ousting of its president.
The reception for Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda Party, at Tunis airport was the biggest showing by the Islamists in two decades, during which thousands of them were jailed or exiled by president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali.
Ghannouchi was exiled in 1989 by Ben Ali, who was toppled on January 14 by popular protests that have sent tremors through an Arab world where similarly autocratic leaders have long sought to suppress Islamist groups.
Protesters in Egypt demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule have been inspired by the example of Tunisia. Egypt's main opposition group is also Islamist, but played no part in organising the protests there....
Corruption is also a concern of the Eqyptians.
...The fact that tycoons (click title to entry - thank you) close to the regime play an important role in politics is seen in Egypt as a sign of corruption, while Mubarak's son and previous heir apparent Gamal is also closely linked to the political-business milieu....
The USA can do very little to secure Egypt. We aren't going to be invading, nor should the USA even think about it. The best the USA can do is lend support to the people and demand the Egyptian government restrain from violence.
I believe Mr. El Baradei can be instrumental in reasonong with the people. Confrontation should be minimized. The people of Caoro cannot continue to destroy their city.
...As much as the U.S. (click here) would like to see protesters succeed in replacing Mubarak with a democracy, an Egyptian revolution, just like any revolution, would have to be organic and internal to be legitimate and successful....
I believe Mr. El Baradei can be instrumental in reasonong with the people. Confrontation should be minimized. The people of Caoro cannot continue to destroy their city.
...As much as the U.S. (click here) would like to see protesters succeed in replacing Mubarak with a democracy, an Egyptian revolution, just like any revolution, would have to be organic and internal to be legitimate and successful....
The danger in Cairo is significant as Abrams tanks seem worthless and guns are randomly being used against the people.
A resident doctor at the hospital who was assisting with surgeries yesterday told Al-Masry Al-Youm today that most of those admitted were not wounded, but dead. He estimated the number at more than 50....
...Deaths from live bullets aside, the use of rubber bullets can be just as serious. Shot from as close a range as the riot police were to protesters, they easily pierce the skin and organs. Furthermore, because police were shooting at the head, eyes, and chest, rather than at non-fatal body parts, casualties rose, according to the same doctor....
There is looting going on, but not for stealing, but, for supplies to mosques.
Egypt in turmoil
A column of Abrams tanks lines(click here) the street as Egyptian demonstartors gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Barrack Obama in my backyard Keehi Lagoon part 2
The Obama victory will be again won at the grassroots.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Pawlenty begins his nationwide book tour with a "Macaw-caw" moment.
Pawlenty, of course, is referring the purchase of MSNBC by Comcast.
Pawlenty was looking not just for donations, but, conversion of Comcast to 'the dark side.'
Repuglicans just cannot help it. Corrupt to the core and it just oozes out of their pores. The statement comes in at the end of the hour long talk. It isn't the Press Club video. Sorry. It was his first book stop on C-Span.
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (click here for video). Pawlenty talked about political issues. Topics included the policies of President Obama, jobs creation, health care, education, and the federal debt. He recently wrote his memoir, Courage to Stand. Following his speech he responded to written questions from ..
"Courage to Stand" book tour
Egyptians need to begin to honor the curfew, for very good reasons called self control and preservation.
CHAOS itself will become an enemy and harmful to the Egyptian people.
While the government does not want confrontation with its citizens, there will begin a level of disorder simply because of the demonstrations with huge masses of people. The Egyptian government will see it their responsibility to return FUNCTION to social infrastructure and will move toward that end. I sincerely hope th Egyptian government will continue to show great restraint during this time to allow citizens their understanding of how 'their self direction' back to discernable order is in their best interest regardless that differences may still exist.
...Through the day, (click title to entry - thank you) past the smoldering headquarters of Mr. Mubarak’s party and beside the travel agents who catered to tourists his government seemed to favor, youths took it upon themselves to organize traffic, snarled by the withdrawal of the despised police from the streets.
Young boys cleaned incinerated refuse from a night of looting that left more than a few ashamed. Others dragged makeshift barricades before the Egyptian museum, the receptacle of a glorious culture whose more modern incarnation has stagnated for decades. A few sweaty young men, fired by the euphoria of what they called a revolutionary moment, even dispensed water to the thirsty....
The Egyptian people have been heard. The USA government is on a path now to address the stress and disress of the people. The Egyptian people will not be abandoned, at least under this President.
The people of any country are not capable of changing the path they are on without outside influences from the global community, With allies to Egypt witnessing the sincere concerns and problems of its people the dialogues will change and the well being of the Egyptian people will take a higher priority.
It is my hope the Egyptian people will consolidate their voice with represntatives of the people to 'dialogue' with the global community that will 'in turn' insist on change the people now demand, I do not recall a time when Egyptian society wasn't highly valued and acclaimed in the Arab world as a leader to moral conduct and decency, It is now time for allies to hear the cry of the Egptian people and respnd 'in kind' to their pleadings.
I am grateful the USA has a strong ans compassionate President that made it a priority to speak 'to the people' and connect with their ability to be heard in a peaceful manner. I hope restraint will win the day and change is delivered to the Egyptian people.
..."This cycle of suspicion and discord (click here) must end," Obama said in a widely anticipated speech in one of the world's largest Muslim countries, an address designed to reframe relations after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led war in Iraq....
The change President Obama addressed must not end in tragedy for the Egyptian people. That would be a mistake.
All the concern about Wall Street is nonsense. The people of Egypt do not want to harm their country or their children's future, the Egyptians want a better future for their chilldren, not one that rises from the ashes of war or civil conflict, Egyptian assets will always be Egyptian assets.
While the government does not want confrontation with its citizens, there will begin a level of disorder simply because of the demonstrations with huge masses of people. The Egyptian government will see it their responsibility to return FUNCTION to social infrastructure and will move toward that end. I sincerely hope th Egyptian government will continue to show great restraint during this time to allow citizens their understanding of how 'their self direction' back to discernable order is in their best interest regardless that differences may still exist.
...Through the day, (click title to entry - thank you) past the smoldering headquarters of Mr. Mubarak’s party and beside the travel agents who catered to tourists his government seemed to favor, youths took it upon themselves to organize traffic, snarled by the withdrawal of the despised police from the streets.
Young boys cleaned incinerated refuse from a night of looting that left more than a few ashamed. Others dragged makeshift barricades before the Egyptian museum, the receptacle of a glorious culture whose more modern incarnation has stagnated for decades. A few sweaty young men, fired by the euphoria of what they called a revolutionary moment, even dispensed water to the thirsty....
The Egyptian people have been heard. The USA government is on a path now to address the stress and disress of the people. The Egyptian people will not be abandoned, at least under this President.
The people of any country are not capable of changing the path they are on without outside influences from the global community, With allies to Egypt witnessing the sincere concerns and problems of its people the dialogues will change and the well being of the Egyptian people will take a higher priority.
It is my hope the Egyptian people will consolidate their voice with represntatives of the people to 'dialogue' with the global community that will 'in turn' insist on change the people now demand, I do not recall a time when Egyptian society wasn't highly valued and acclaimed in the Arab world as a leader to moral conduct and decency, It is now time for allies to hear the cry of the Egptian people and respnd 'in kind' to their pleadings.
I am grateful the USA has a strong ans compassionate President that made it a priority to speak 'to the people' and connect with their ability to be heard in a peaceful manner. I hope restraint will win the day and change is delivered to the Egyptian people.
..."This cycle of suspicion and discord (click here) must end," Obama said in a widely anticipated speech in one of the world's largest Muslim countries, an address designed to reframe relations after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led war in Iraq....
The change President Obama addressed must not end in tragedy for the Egyptian people. That would be a mistake.
All the concern about Wall Street is nonsense. The people of Egypt do not want to harm their country or their children's future, the Egyptians want a better future for their chilldren, not one that rises from the ashes of war or civil conflict, Egyptian assets will always be Egyptian assets.
Protesters Across US Offer Support to Egyptians
Egyptian people recieve support throughout global family,
In replacing the people's cabinet, President Mubarak must be mindful of Egyptian needs and not that of the West.
Protesters shout anti-goverment slogans during a demonstration in Cairo, Saturday. Thousands of angry Egyptians rallied in central Cairo to demand that President Hosni Mubarak resign and call on troops to come over to their side despite Mubarak's use of tactics reminiscent of Iran's in 2009.
Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
Focusing on terrorists have victimized the Egyptian people.
President Mubarak in fearing more violence for the West and being a good friend to the West asked too much of his people.
Obama to Review Mideast Policy After Egyptian Protests (click title to entry - thank you)
Focusing on terrorists have victimized the Egyptian people.
President Mubarak in fearing more violence for the West and being a good friend to the West asked too much of his people.
Obama to Review Mideast Policy After Egyptian Protests (click title to entry - thank you)
Friday, January 28, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Budros, Palestine - Pictures of the .demonstrations are on Flicker (click title to entry - thank you)
Plot Summary forBil'in Habibti (2006)
The Palestinian village of Bil'in is about to lose over a half of its territory to Israel. The residents of the village decide to embark on a struggle against the construction of the barrier. The film exposes the extraordinary relationship formed between the villagers and Shai, the director, who arrives with a group of Israeli peace activists and the conflict that arises between him, as a former soldier and the entire military organization. Written by Carmeli-Pollak, Shai
The Egyptian people will have their change of government without large scale violence.
The initial clashes where injury and death occurred has mostly ended.
The people do not want their cities tuned into war zones. They have made stand in solidarity and their President has heard them He will resign after a long career of loving the people of Egypt. He'll do the best for the country and transition of power.
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama has called on Egyptian authorities not to use violence against raging political protests, and drove home his message in a 30-minute phone call to President Hosni Mubarak.
His warning came Friday as the United States toughened its line on Mubarak's government, a key Middle Eastern ally, warning it would review billions of dollars in aid to Egypt based on the behavior of the security forces.
Obama urged Mubarak to take "concrete" steps towards political reforms, saying he must turn "a moment of volatility" into "a moment of promise" after violent clashes in Egyptian cities, where the death toll has reached at least 35.
"I want to be very clear in calling upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters," Obama said, after aides said the White House was readying for any possible political scenarios in Egypt.
"The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association. The right to free speech and the ability to determine their own destiny."...
There needs to be less military and more social aid to Egypt.
...Egypt receives close to $2bn in economic (click here) and military aid every year, making it the second largest recipient of US foreign assistance after Israel. Of that, $1.3bn is devoted to military assistance, according to the Congressional Research Service, the public policy arm of the US congress....
I object to any monies spent on or with Egypt is acting to oppress the people. We know and the global community knows radical agenda's in the MiddleEast breed extremists. This social oppression of Egypt has to end, now.
...Writing for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 2009, Ahmad Al-Sayed El-Naggar said the money "does not aim to strengthen Egyptian military power against any external threat, as this would be contrary to the declared US objective of ensuring Israeli security and maintaining Israeli military supremacy over its Arab neighbors, including Egypt. Instead, this aid is devoted mainly to strengthening the regime's domestic security and its ability to confront popular movements"....
The Egyptian people will have their change of government without large scale violence.
The initial clashes where injury and death occurred has mostly ended.
The people do not want their cities tuned into war zones. They have made stand in solidarity and their President has heard them He will resign after a long career of loving the people of Egypt. He'll do the best for the country and transition of power.
Mohamed ElBaradei: The Egyptian people have revolted (click here – video)
29 January 2011 Last updated at 11:13 ET
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Egypt on a fifth day of protests, despite President Mubarak appearing on TV on Friday to announce he was sacking his government.
In Cairo, police used rubber bullets and tear gas in clashes with protesters at the interior ministry and there have also been clashes in the cities of Alexandria and Ismailiya.
Speaking to the BBC's Jeremy Bowen, pro-democracy activist Mohamed ElBaradei said that "the Egyptian people have revolted against 58 years of repression"....
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama has called on Egyptian authorities not to use violence against raging political protests, and drove home his message in a 30-minute phone call to President Hosni Mubarak.
His warning came Friday as the United States toughened its line on Mubarak's government, a key Middle Eastern ally, warning it would review billions of dollars in aid to Egypt based on the behavior of the security forces.
Obama urged Mubarak to take "concrete" steps towards political reforms, saying he must turn "a moment of volatility" into "a moment of promise" after violent clashes in Egyptian cities, where the death toll has reached at least 35.
"I want to be very clear in calling upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters," Obama said, after aides said the White House was readying for any possible political scenarios in Egypt.
"The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association. The right to free speech and the ability to determine their own destiny."...
There needs to be less military and more social aid to Egypt.
...Egypt receives close to $2bn in economic (click here) and military aid every year, making it the second largest recipient of US foreign assistance after Israel. Of that, $1.3bn is devoted to military assistance, according to the Congressional Research Service, the public policy arm of the US congress....
I object to any monies spent on or with Egypt is acting to oppress the people. We know and the global community knows radical agenda's in the MiddleEast breed extremists. This social oppression of Egypt has to end, now.
...Writing for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 2009, Ahmad Al-Sayed El-Naggar said the money "does not aim to strengthen Egyptian military power against any external threat, as this would be contrary to the declared US objective of ensuring Israeli security and maintaining Israeli military supremacy over its Arab neighbors, including Egypt. Instead, this aid is devoted mainly to strengthening the regime's domestic security and its ability to confront popular movements"....
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Peaceful protests are needed, the global community hears them.
PEACEFUL TRANSITIONS, Please.
Anti-Government demonstrations are good and gain the recognition of the global community.
Inspired by Tunisia and Egypt, Yemenis join in anti-government protests (click title to entry - thank you)
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, January 27, 2011; 7:26 AM
Thursday, January 27, 2011; 7:26 AM
SANAA, YEMEN - Thousands of Yemenis took the streets Thursday demanding an end to the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled this impoverished Middle Eastern nation for more than three decades....
VIENNA |
VIENNA (Reuters) - Prominent Egyptian reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei said he expected large demonstrations across Egypt on Friday and that the time had come for President Hosni Mubarak to leave power....
Prominent Egyptian reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei talks to journalists before leaving Vienna to Cairo at the Vienna airport, January 27, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader
Prominent Egyptian reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei talks to journalists before leaving Vienna to Cairo at the Vienna airport, January 27, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader
EXCLUSIVE - ElBaradei:time for Egypt leader Mubarak to go (click here)
VIENNA (Reuters) - Prominent Egyptian reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei said he expected large demonstrations across Egypt on Friday and that the time had come for President Hosni Mubarak to leave power....
The President is determined to unit the nation even if he has to do it himself.
That is amazing.
...This year, (click title to entry - thank you) 82 percent of those who watched the speech said they approve of the president's plans for the economy, up from 53 percent who approved before the speech. Eighty percent said they approved of Mr. Obama's plans for the deficit -- in contrast to 45 percent before the speech. Eighty-three percent approved of Mr. Obama's proposals regarding Afghanistan, which received only a 57 percent approval ...
He had good numbers last year as well, but, the message is always blurred by the Plutocratic lies to achieve political wins to favor policies that cause the country exploitation of its treasury.
...Last year, 83 percent of viewers approved of Mr. Obama's State of the Union remarks...
The Democrats need to take the State of the Union message, find their footing in political action committees, put people back to work themsselves in ways that carries that message into the electorate. There have to be sincere and honest facts and figures that accompany the message that cannot be disputed. In his State of the Union speech the President treats the country with the dignity it deserves and that should be the 'hallmark' of the Democratic effort to reclaim the country. Make all the lawmakers live up to what is best for the country and the President obviously knows what that is.
Go, Democrats, Go.
FACTS need TWO VALID sources.
Don't let the President's tone and message become distorted EVER again. The country needs this clarity and wants it.
January 26, 2011
Last year, 78 percent of those surveyed after Obama’s State of the Union reported a positive reaction, while 21 percent said they perceived the speech negatively.
The speech, which included a roadmap for “winning the future,” also improved Americans’ outlook on the direction the country is headed. Before the speech, 61 percent of Americans said his policies would lead the country in the right direction. Afterward, 77 percent did....
According to 'healthy' skepticism, the deficit and debt may actually be larger and growing than the CBO stated.
The CBO predicts (click title to entry - thank you) a deficit of $1.5 trillion for 2011, but then steadily falling amounts through 2014. Good news? Not really. The CBO had to make assumptions about US policies its officials seem to have little faith will be implemented....
The President HAD a plan to BEGIN incredible deficit reduction which would 'in turn' begin to destroy the debt, BUT, "The Republicans" held the people making LESS than $250.000 per year hostage and demanded "The Bush Tax Cuts for The Wealthy" survive until 2012.
YES, we do. And we know those 'tax HOLIDAYS' for the wealthy produce NO JOBS !Do we KNOW the 'Bush Tzx Cuts for the Wealthy" are hugely disproportionate to the people making LESS than $250,000 per year.Hello?
YES, we do. And we know those 'tax HOLIDAYS' for the wealthy produce NO JOBS !Do we KNOW the 'Bush Tzx Cuts for the Wealthy" are hugely disproportionate to the people making LESS than $250,000 per year.Hello?
...With the economy recovering and some government spending programs ending, the 2012 shortfall will be $1.1 trillion, representing about 7 percent of US gross domestic product, say the CBO’s budgeteers. In 2013, those figures will be $704 billion and 4.3 percent of GDP, and in 2014 they’ll be $533 billion and 3.1 percent of GDP.
That’s what the CBO predicts, anyway. But here’s the interesting thing: the CBO does not appear to really trust its own deficit projections for 2012 and beyond.
Why is that? Because the CBO can only crunch numbers and make predictions based on existing law. And CBO officials sound as if they do not believe that Congress and the White House will permit a number of scheduled money-saving moves to happen....
It is time for all Democrats to start calling Republican lawmakers on Capital Hill and demanding they STOP catering to the wealthy. The Congressional seats in the country where the Plutocracy was able to PLACE DOUBT in relation to Republican candidates having a NEW CREED in life and Conservative Democrats were ousted are especially important and we know exactly where that occurred from the 2010 elections.
The Democrats have to demand SERIOUS changes to the deficit and national debt by raising taxes on the wealthy and WINDFALL profits to bring down all the NECESSARY programs to date that stopped the economic slide of the country beginning with the investment banking collapse.
The other reason the Democrats need to make DAILY CALLS to their own lawmakers and soft Republican candidates is to demand JOB CREATION and STABILIZING the government budget at current levels for the next five years because we know that increasing jobs incresases the tax base and is serious deficit and debt reduction.
It is upto nearly half the populous of the USA, the Democrats, to bring about the necessary pressure on the House in places where we know the 'hard core' corrupt are without sincere influence. The electorate in 2006 and 2008 did the right thing by putting Democrats in the House in a majority, but, they were sadly deceived by the rhetoric of the Right in 2010 and we have to help them reclaim their country and protect the course President Obama has thoughtfully placed it on.
FORM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.
PUT YOURSELVES TO WORK doing the job the President desperately needs you to do.
GET THE JOB DONE !
FORM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.
PUT YOURSELVES TO WORK doing the job the President desperately needs you to do.
GET THE JOB DONE !
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
So. To risk redundancy, but, not consolidation. A quick review.
Let's see.
Do tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans create jobs?
No.
Do tax cuts for global corporations or those seeking to expand globally create jobs?
No.
Do tax breaks to USA corporations create jobs?
No.
Does Quanitative Easing create jobs?
No.
Are the wealthiest Americans entitled to a 'disproportionate' tax CLASS as they earn their wealth and deserve it?
No, that is like saying the remainder of Americans didn't earn their income. Hello?
Is it moral to have tax breaks in the Tax Code that favor the wealthiest Americans while adding to the nation's deficit and debt?
No.
Is it corrupt to favor tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans when facing the challenge of reducing the national deficit and debt?
Yes.
Should those that 'practice' such corruption face ethics investigations and proceedings?
Yes.
Will such investigations and charges be brought?
No. Not a chance.
What does that say about 'the ideologies' at work within the conservative belief system? What does that say about justice in the USA? What does that say about 'the value system' our young people and children are exposed to?
But.
More than that...when will the injustice and corruption end when it is obviously in PLAIN SIGHT of the electorate? What incentives to the electorate continues to corrupt the electorate? When are those incentives going to be separated from American elections, put into context and given a place within our cultures and society to permit 'the best choice' in elections prevail?
Never ?
What does that say to the rest of the world about the people of the USA and their priorities even among themselves?
Have a better day.
The money that was allocated by the federal government to the wealthy and corporations that do not provide USA jobs during the years before the economic collapse which increased the national debt is a CRIME. Literally.
The Bush "Homeland Reinvestment Act" (The actualy legislation is not readily found with the help of Google, otherwise, the link would be at the title to the entry. Perhaps it will show up later.)
Tax Break for Profits Went Awry (click here)
...Now the most detailed analysis of what actually happened — using confidential government data as well as corporate reports — has estimated what happened to the $299 billion companies brought back from foreign subsidiaries. About 92 percent of it went to shareholders, mostly in the form of increased share buybacks and the rest through increased dividends....
So far, my objection to Mr. Bernanke's $600 billion Wall Street bailout is valid. I am not alone, either.
I am worried about inflation. The tight monitoring of ANY indication has to be acted on and not simply reported. The economic recovery of the USA is going well and sailing smoothly, there is no reason to rattle the path to success now.
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