What We Really Need Is Democracy

32 Replies to “What We Really Need Is Democracy”

1. I dunno, Pharaohs and sh!t describes Egypt quite well.

2. With the Muslim Brotherhood in charge they dare to speak of democracy? A democracy in a Muslim theocracy is quite a stretch.

3. deja vu?
   Filipino women are hot!

4. She looks Jewish.

5. The wrong video is appearing on the main page.

6. Wow…she covered a lot in that song! I recall when the rioting started in Egypt I wondered what the connection was to Israel. We are now aware that Mubarak honoured a peace agreement with Israel. ‘Nuf said.
   If Egypt has been oppressed, it cannot all be blamed on Mubarek. The photos (linked in a recent SDA comment section) of the evolution of dress code for women students in Egypt is very revealing.(no pun intended)

7. “She looks Jewish.”
   Kosher Face

8. I hope they enjoy their theocracy under Sharia law, Iran’s mad Mullahs are peeing themselves with brohood glee. I have to laugh at Liberal Media demanding the west start sending aide to Egypt to feed the starving masses. They want a democracy, great they can pay for their own food. Funny how it’s always the west’s job to feed Muslim nations who have out of control birth rates.

9. The 23 second mark of the clip describes the whole thing the best.

10. american duplicity re WMDs in the M.E.?
    yup !
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41452744/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
    from the link: “The reason the U.S. didn’t move, officials say, was Egypt’s role as a staunch U.S. ally and stabilizing force in the Middle East and later as a key player in U.S. counterterrorism efforts.”
    counterterrorism efforts? the ones dubya got off to a very rocky start with the notorious ‘patriot’ act?

11. I had an Armenian guest in my home over Christmas. In one discussion, I had mentioned Turkey going islamist. He startled me by saying it’s been islamist all along — always been that way.
    Echoing my Armenian guest, here’s what
    Nonie Darwish, muslim apostate from Egypt, has to say:
    Westerners should not have any illusions about a secular government in Egypt or in any other Muslim nation. There are two kinds of governments in the Muslim world: (1) those who pretend to be secular when they are not and (2) openly proclaimed theocracies. The Brotherhood has learned lessons from Iran and is not likely to choose the latter form. They will probably not take power openly, at least not right away. We will not see a bearded Sheikh installed as the Egyptian ayatollah.
    Kate’s new line is perfectly apt.
    BTW, my Armenian guest refers to the toilet as the Turkish Ambassador.

12. Where have all the camels gone?

13. The focus should stay on Obamba and all the allies he has lied to and stabbed in the back on this Egypt issue.
    As far as Egypt is concerned to us, who cares? They offer nothing but tourism to the west for dollars and will always do so regardless of who is in power. I say kick all Egyptians out of western countries, and when they can be civil and settle their country some of them may be able to return at a later date. We are after all according to the Liberals we are allowing their “best and brightest” to immigrate to western countries are we not?
    Cut off all foreign aid, why do we feed them? The Nile Delta probably only sustains a population of around 10 million people. Why then are there 80 million Egyptians fighting over scraps? Could the fact that we continue to feed and artificially prop up their food resources be part of the problem?
    Only a few reasons that we should mind our own business, close our borders to hostile cultures, and let natural selection take its course with the underdeveloped world. It will sort itself out eventually and not drag us into a third world toilet in the process.

14. Thing is, as has been ‘discussed’ before, they control the Suez Canal.

15. Mohammedanism Watch.
    Fatah/MSM Edition.
    “Associated Press Cairo reporter Hadeel Al-Halchi is a former spokesperson for the Canadian chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization identified in US court documents as part of the Palestine Committee of the US Muslim Brotherhood.”
    …-
    “Reporters On Egypt For US News Organizations Have Background In US Muslim Brotherhood”
    “Two reporters with past ties to a US Muslim Brotherhood organization are currently reporting on events in Egypt for major US news organizations. Associated Press Cairo reporter Hadeel Al-Halchi is a former spokesperson for the Canadian chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization identified in US court documents as part of the Palestine Committee of the US Muslim Brotherhood. Los Angeles Times reporter Raja Abdulrahim received a scholarship from CAIR and her writings throughout her career have reflected positions consistent with CAIR’s.
    (Her tweets)…
    Authorities on journalism consulted by GMBDR say that at the very least, the tweets are unprofessional and at worst, suggest a loss of objectivity.
    Ms. Al-Halchi is a former spokesperson for the Canadian chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Canada. Ms. Al-Halchi’s Twitter bio describes her as a “Canadian journo covering the Middle East for the Associated Press based in Cairo, Egypt.” However, a February 2004 CAIR-Canada press release described her as the ” Communications Spokesperson” for the organization. As part of her work at CAIR-Canada she developed “media workshops” for journalists. Documents released in the Holy Land Trial have revealed that the founders and current leaders of CAIR were part of the Palestine Committee of the Muslim Brotherhood as well as identifying the organization itself as being part of the U.S. Brotherhood. A previous post discussed an interview with the Deputy leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in which he confirms a relationship between his organization and CAIR. Investigative research posted on GMBDR had determined that CAIR had it origins in the U.S. Hamas infrastructure and CAIR and it leaders have a long history of defending almost all individuals accused of terrorism by the U.S. government, frequently calling such prosecutions a “war on Islam.”…
    Ms. Al-Halchi is not the only individual tied to CAIR reporting from Egypt.” (more)
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2671203/posts

16. Knight 99 at 5:10 PM
    knight, I’ll sell you a mexican backhoe (shovel) real cheap, just so your expenditure for digging you new cave will stay low.Because you’ll need money to buy some oil for your lamp.

17. GYM >
    Thanks GYM, but I’m way ahead of you on that.
    See, I’ve lived and worked in most of the ME and North Africa countries for well over 20 years to know my stance.
    That would include far more sophisticated preps than you have suggested including properties and physical finances in a couple of countries. I’ll personally be ok, but do appreciate the offer.

18. I’ve made the same point here a few times Knight. There is a finite point where we have to abandon the Judeo/Christian doctrine of ‘my brothers keeper’. Every society in history up to the Twentieth Century protected the land that sustained them with borders. It was raw Darwinism at its best. Now we have been exporting food and aid to areas of the world that cannot sustain themselves for the last hundred years and as a result we are increasing the misery. (Somalia is a prime example.) We accept refugees and immigrants from areas that have no concept of the Western ideals that Judism/Christianity has fostered, and has given them aid and succor, and they hate us for it. Maybe we have reached the tipping point.

19. I’m not a fan of the MB. Disruptions in the Suez canal would enrage all of Kate’s readers (except for the left wing trolls). Unintended consequences would see Alberta and Saskatchewan getting an oil boom and Palin looking like the smartest person in the room.

20. Antenor: The whole ‘brother’s keeper’ concept found in Christianity has been co-opted by the socialists. Christianity has two equal and opposite injunctions. We are our brother’s keeper but at the same time “let him who will not work not eat”. Sometimes love is tender and caring. Sometimes love is harsh and cruel. Wise people know and accept the difference.

21. Antenor >
    Well said, and my point exactly.
    The other point of “accepting” immigrants from these developing countries is that we create a “brain drain” and “wealth drain” in many of these places that need those “wealthy and intelligent” people to develop.
    The welfare support is simply a no brainer on many levels if people would pull their heads out of their behinds and use their own brains for a change to see the exponential humanitarian mess that’s been artificially created.

22. WalterF, you got that right.
    I suspect that a closure of the Suez could lead to war, but in the meantime it would be good for Saskatchewan and Alberta and maybe movement toward developing more of the Bakken oil.

23. @MND: I don’t think an Armenian is a good source for straight views on Turkey. Turkey’s AKP party is doing a pretty good job actually.
    Sending all that military aid to Egypt was an asinine mistake. And why the fear over an Islamic takeover of Egypt? Worst case scenario: Islamists take over Egypt, launch aggression against Israel, and get their asses kicked by the IDF. The end.

24. Antenor: The whole ‘brother’s keeper’ concept found in Christianity has been co-opted by the socialists. Christianity has two equal and opposite injunctions.”
    hi joe.
    speaking of hijacking, seems to me the right wing christian fundies are very confused seeing as the Son of God was very socialistic in His (almost forgot to capitalize there) preaching. you know, compassion and caring for widows, orphans, the chronically ill. happens when there’s no public health care plan I guess.

25. Sorry, beagle but you’re the confused one. The Christian concept of charity is that of voluntary giving. Socialism, on the other hand, is the coerced “charity” from citizens through taxation. There was nothing remotely socialistic about Jesus.

26. Arf arf arf, Yipe kiyipe woof.
    Sorry for the unintelligible screed above. I was trying to explain theology with a dog.

27. Thanks Joe, I needed that chuckle before I head to bed.

28. The Ukrainian National Assembly is an Ultra-nationalist party formed in 1990. It’s slogan for the 1994 parliamentary elections was “Vote for us and you’ll never have to vote again!”
    As a half-Uke I say with no small amount of pride that this is the best political slogan ever.

29. Maybe the dog’s dyslexic and actually thinks he’s a god.
    But good try, Joe! Your dog talk about theology probably makes as much sense as plain English to this confused creature.

30. The Caliphate ( Represents the political unity, not the theological unity of Muslims)is what is in the works in that region…They will all unite in their desire to annihilate Israel.
    Like the ones that demonstrated for freedom in Iran just last year, the Egyptians that want reform and modernizing are a minority; mostly the educated youth; the ones we have been cheering on. Unfortunately, they will not be able to place the system and leader of government they wish. The majority elders will push for strict Islamic rule.
    The US, with willing Barry, the closet Muslim, have basically abandoned Israel by abandoning Mubarak’s Egypt.
    This is to prepare WWIII, IMO, a war that is needed to finalize the elites global partnership and needed to restructure a failed and bankrupt world economy.
    All IMO, of course.

31. There was nothing remotely socialistic about Jesus.
    Posted by: Colin in Mission BC at February 10, 2011 12:04 AM”
    why not tell that to all the xians I had contact with eons ago when I also actually attended chuch.
    not one of them had a counterargument to my assertion that Christ is a socialist at heart.
    also I see you choose the past tense. interesting. and I’m the one supposedly ‘confused’.

32. beagle >
    As some sort of Jesus expert beagle, why don’t you let everyone know what the answer to life is in your own words then?
    Easy to criticize others I know, but how come you don’t freely offer up the better alternative? Otherwise it would seem a little silly and juvenile to make your claims without a backup plan for the people you’re trying to persuade, no?
    A paragraph or two on the matter should be enough.