1 Sulieman is heads better than El Baradei. Congrats to Mubarak for keeping it together and out of the Muslim Brotherhood's reach. Foiled again, Soros!

2 Good thing Obsama fixed that one. On to the next international crisis!

3

If you like the support of the American people, you can keep the support of the American people.

4 I'm seeing a story that Obama is blaming US intel services for being caught off-guard by this situation, but it's from The NYT. Though it wouldn't surprise me one bit...

5 He's still president of Egypt.  I'll believe he's giving that up when I see his ass leaving Egypt.  And I honestly think he's not going to do that....

6 A young, female libtard wrote an opinion piece in our local paper a couple of days ago, praising El Baradei because he's a Nobel laureate.  And she lectured us all about how the Muslim Brotherhood is really not "extreme" and other crap.

I'd love to take up a collection and send her to Egypt.  Now.

7 I don't think the Fat Lady is even warming up yet on this one.

8 They didn't appoint Bill Clinton as President? What are these savages thinking?

9

I don't remember everything surrounding Elbaradei (anagram: "Bad Lie Era") and the IAEA, but what I do remember is him being in the way, being an apologist, and a liar.  He never did a thing that was notably

Remember the scandal surrounding ken UN figues and the trading of Iraq oil?  Wasn't he in on that?

10

 praising El Baradei because he's a Nobel laureate. 

Heh.  A Nobel is starting to look like a resume glitch.

11 signaled that U.S. support has swung behind... Allies love that shit. Our support 'swings'.

12 I guess Hose-knee just couldn't stand the withering criticism of Sheppie-Poo Smith.

The US government and the MBM -- I don't except Fucks News from this -- have really stepped on their johnsons with their approach to this situation.

But I suspect Mubarak is packing his $70 billion and getting ready to leave Egypt. At that point, it'll be SHTF time.

13 Fox is just now saying the gas line explosion is believed to be sabotage.  Ya think?

14 Fox just announce the the egypt pipeline that gives gas to jordan and israel accidently just blew up cutting off their supply.

15

I'd love to take up a collection and send her to Egypt.  Now.

Yes - I hear the the female genital mutilation is great this time of year.

 

16 Posted by: t-bird at February 05, 2011 12:16 PM (FcR7P)

Excellent point.

If I were one of our allies I would be very, very uncomfortable about the current state of affairs in the White House. Giving away nuclear secrets of our former closest ally is not an omen of good things to come for anyone except our enemies.

17

I'd love to take up a collection and send her to Egypt.  Now.

Buy her a Bus Ticket to Dearborn.

18

 praising El Baradei because he's a Nobel laureate. 

Heh.  A Nobel is starting to look like a resume glitch.

I hope they give it to Assange, I truly do.  That would complete its discrediting after last year's fiasco.

19 Shafik Gabr is on the phone with Uma.  He is saying "quite frankly we have to connect the dots"....

20 I felt so sorry for a single, middle-aged American contractor Fox interviewed the other day.  He's lived in Cairo for five years, has a nice home, car, etc.  And his neighbors are all close friends.

His company ordered him out of Egypt, but told him he couldn't bring his two dogs.  He's staying, risking being fired.  His dogs are so cute, and you have to figure they're his family.

21 Surprise.  Zimbabwe's next.

22 Hillary's and Obama's work is done.  They can now expect all future negotiations to be sufficiently handled through the sharp minds of Jimmah Cahter to secure a peaceful democracy and his financial adviser to Israel, Rand Paul, to complete the screwover of Israel.

23 12) where is he going to go, not here, maybe Riyadh, Londonistan, he's better off in Cairo.

24 It would be funny if we and about 200,000 of our friends showed up on the mall and started chanting that we will leave when you do Barack.

25 It would be funny if we and about 200,000 500,000 of our friends showed up on the mall and started chanting that we will leave when you do don't want Obamacare, Barack.

Yeah, that worked out real well.

26 Don't hear much these days about the Egyptian people's love affair with mutilating their girls: Female Genital Mutilation, which involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, is estimated to have been performed on 91% of Egyptian women between the ages of 15 and 49, according to a United Nations' 2008 report.

27 Incredible feats of diplomacy accomplished while playing a "pick-up" game of basketball. Then a game of solitary "pocket-pool." Amazing.

28 Beck read a survey yesterday that said something like 70% of Egyptians believe in stoning to death couples committing adultery. 

29 Heh.  A Nobel is starting to look like a resume glitch.

Its namesake made his name discovering dynamite, so it's only fitting that it's given out these days to muzzies and their useful idiots.

30 Just read elsewhere this report may be erroneous. I read this as copies from tweets on another forum (tickerforum) so I can't verify, but it wouldn't be surprising if it was false.

31

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2011 12:32 PM (UOM4

These people should have a democracy! If you like stoning your whore sister, you can keep stoning your whore sister.

32 Egyptian journalist shot down like a dog.

33 Let the mudslinging begin, but... I have a question.


Is it possible that Obama was in a damned if you do, damned if you don't, scenario right from the outset of this thing?

34 13 Fox is just now saying the gas line explosion is believed to be sabotage.  Ya think?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2011 12:19 PM (UOM48G)

Guess the MB didn't like what Hillary had to say.

Beck read a survey yesterday that said something like 70% of Egyptians believe in stoning to death couples committing adultery. 

Do they stone the men too? Thought that they could get "temporary marriages"? And is adultery just going outside unaccompanied by a male relative?

35 I heard earlier on Fox it was a leak.

36 tomorrow in Egypt not likely to be better.  Banks will try to re-open but you can only take out a certain amt.  Grocery stores will try to re-open but prices on some staples have quadrupled since last week.  won't be pretty

37 Beck read a survey yesterday that said something like 70% of Egyptians believe in stoning to death couples committing adultery.

Heh. That's childsplay.

Did you see the article on Drudge about the 14 year little girl who was raped by her 40 year old relative and was therefore sentenced to 100 lashings as a punishment for the rape? She fell unconscious after 80 lashes and died.

38

Is it possible that Obama was in a damned if you do, damned if you don't, scenario right from the outset of this thing?

No. His ideology, however, puts him in a situation where his loyalty to his world view puts him at odds with what is good for the US

39 I remember the "Great One" giving a speech in Cairo. Hmmnnn, was this the start of this revolt? The "Great One" always helping out.

40 Don't hear much these days about the Egyptian people's love affair with mutilating their girls: Female Genital Mutilation, which involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, is estimated to have been performed on 91% of Egyptian women between the ages of 15 and 49, according to a United Nations' 2008 report.

And it's not like there's a Planned Parenthood on every corner to help them out. The procedures are performed without anesthesia, and lacking the proper equipment, with broken bottles and household implements.

A real "civilization" they've got going there.

41

Great, we just interfered with another Mid East Government... basicly telling them who should rule them.

Do they not understand how this will play with both our enemies, and our Allies?

We Preach self determination, and the rule of Law... yet then tell other countries Governments what they must do....

America is the Greatest Nation on Earth...but we are weaker than any other time in a couple of generations, and our Hubris is aiding our enemies.

42 No. His ideology, however, puts him in a situation where his loyalty to his world view puts him at odds with what is good for the US

If he isn't the Manchurian president, he damned sure looks like one.

43 Just saw the nauseating commercial for the BO/BO love fest.  How pompous "see the interview everyone will be talking about".

wondering why BO is suddenly willing to talk to BO again.   Guess the track record indicates that the softball, hero worship questions will be seen ahead of time and hit out of the park, BO and his people see it as a win/win.

Should have Hannity do the interview.  He would have asked tough questions.

44 Should have Hannity do the interview.  He would have asked tough questions.

In a just world, it would have been Mark Levin.

45

I guess that dickhead Mike Mullen said on the Daily Show that they were caught completely by surprise on the events in Egypt.

It's hard to keep your eye on world events (formerly the military's job) when you are busy shilling for gays in the military.

46 Why doesn't Mubarak announce he is resigning in a month and call for a special election? Wouldn't that defuse the situation? Do I have to solve all these problems myself?

47 Recent events underscore that the word democracy when used by the left = mob rule.
Remember that every time you hear Oliar refer to "our democracy" and not our federal republic.
Also the word "journalism" being tossed around by the MFM is about as accurate as calling bologna a meat.
Even the Super Bowl coverage has become a cartoonish facsimile. A bunch of sheepish sheeple repeating the same tired bullshit.
Thank God for the intertubes and Mencken's little retreat here.

48 Yeah, well if they take our money then we get to "advise" them whether they like it or not. We just need to watch out for who composes "the people" and not jump on that bandwagon if the "people" are islamists or communists.

49 A-salami and bacon, my friends.

There is no god but Egypt and Mubarak is his President.

50

I guess that dickhead Mike Mullen said on the Daily Show that they were caught completely by surprise on the events in Egypt.

Even if they were, why would you SAY that?

51 Looks like they were wrong;http://twitter.com/Journalisti/status/33941265720541184#

52 When they are just showing pictures of the crowd, it's an all male cast.  That should speak volumes.

Yeah I know there are pictures and video out there with women in them but in the last couple of days at liberation square it's been an all male cast and regular Egyptians have been worried about their jobs and paychecks.  The banks open tomorrow morning.

53
Yeah I know there are pictures and video out there with women in them but in the last couple of days at liberation square it's been an all male cast and regular Egyptians have been worried about their jobs and paychecks.  The banks open tomorrow morning.

Posted by: curious at February 05, 2011 01:04 PM (p302b)

I think The Muslim Sisterhood would be frowned upon by "the religion of piece".

_{I hope that's politically correct.}

54

52 The protests have started to take on a decidedly...fundamentalist...nature; I think the MB tried to find an opening to use this (hopefully it's shut, but they have still managed to do a great amount of harm, especially in regards to Gaza -- so even if they don't seize power, they got a little something, something).  El Baradei was a joke, even for Eygptians -- an Iranian stooge  (along with being a Soros toady and MB useful idiot) who hasn't been so concerned about his native land for the past 20 years (which beggars the question: why now all of a sudden?).

The media here has been an inept joke as well, as has this bumbling administration (I hope Hillary's pronouncement doesn't screw things up more).  Our intelligence agencies have been warning this bloody administration for at least a year (if not more) that Eygpt's government was in trouble...what this administration has done with that knowledge is gross negligence -- at best.

 

55 I also think that the younger Mubarak had some interesting plans for Eygpt (trying to implement at more open, capitalistic based society was the big one); now that's shot in the foot.   It wasn't much, but it was a start, and far better than trying to implement democracy right away on a country/people who really weren't ready for it.  Now, they will likely go back to the way it was before (best case scenario) or wind up with something of a totalitarian/Islamist nature (bad juju for everybody).

56 The last thing I read on Twitter was that the resignation was Gamal,  not Hosni.

The press cannot get even simple names right,  so I am supposed to believe their interpretation of events exactly why?

Oh,  PJ Crowley (who apparently does diplomacy on Twitter) said that the Brit thing was in the 1991 treaty.  I think he's lying and called him on it. 

He seems to have disappeared.

57 I think he's lying and called him on it. 

He seems to have disappeared.

Posted by: Miss Marple at February 05, 2011 01:24 PM (Fo83G)

_{I wouldn't answer the phone or the door til this blows over.
Don't worry I won't tell anybody.}

58 Has Obama left Hillary and Suleiman hanging in the wind; is Obama on the same page as Hillary's announcement? It's so like Obama to advise Hillary to say xyz and then Obama to come out the next day saying abc to the contrary.  Besides, Obama keeps demanding the "obligations" from Egyptian authorities to oust Mubarak "as of yesterday" now. But the Suleiman transitional government might not make that Obama-revolutionary demand of Mubarak until after, OBVIOUSLY, the constitutional Egyptian elections are held when the next Egyptian President would be elected by their people instead of selected and set in place by the UN power monopolists.

59 I don't think the Fat Lady is even warming up yet on this one.
Posted by: SurferDoc

The chorus is still on stage rioting. When the curtains fall, Hillary's aria is next?

60 Twitter breaking news is saying mubarek himself hasn't quit but the others have indeed resigned, guess that means that his son's resignation is a done deal.

61 I wonder if the inconsistent messages are deliberate?

62 He's still president of Egypt.  I'll believe he's giving that up when I see his ass leaving Egypt.  And I honestly think he's not going to do that....

Posted by: specious at February 05, 2011 12:13 PM (KV25a)

It doesn't even matter if he steps down from that. In a dictatorship, its the guy who holds power that matter, not the job title. When he is killed or forced out of the country is the time that power shifts to some other group.

Usually revolts have to succeed at once. By that measure this one has failed.

63 Yeah, well if they take our money then we get to "advise" them whether they like it or not. --dagny

True enough, the debtor agrees to terms from the banker upon taking out loans.

That's the IMF Chief's line from this past week, you know, that the IMF is prepared to fund the reconstruction of Egyptian society to make obsolete "income inequality" -- rather, to spread the wealth to insure trickle up poverty.

64

I guess that dickhead Mike Mullen said on the Daily Show that they were caught completely by surprise on the events in Egypt.

Even if they were, why would you SAY that?

Posted by: dagny at February 05, 2011 12:52 PM (6HG/9)

Because they are the kind of idiots that think that being caught off guard is a defense.

65 That's the IMF Chief's line from this past week, you know, that the IMF is prepared to fund the reconstruction of Egyptian society to make obsolete "income inequality" -- rather, to spread the wealth to insure trickle up poverty.

Posted by: Plateau Plato at February 05, 2011 02:13 PM (H+LJc)

The IMF is more corrupt than the Egyptian government. There's no possibility that IMF funds won't stick to the hands of the well connected. And we know well that even if we could get the poor on the IMF dole, that would not help them in any real sense. Look at the success it has had in England and the US.

66

Usually revolts have to succeed at once. By that measure this one has failed.

Posted by: Oldcat

Which quicky revolution are you referencing? Ours around 1776 took years before succeeding with Independence, after which we had to retake our Independence from Britain when they invaded America and took Washington DC during the War of 1812.

67 Why doesn't Mubarak announce he is resigning in a month and call for a special election? Wouldn't that defuse the situation? Do I have to solve all these problems myself?

Posted by: real joe at February 05, 2011 12:47 PM (w7Lv+)

A lame duck dictator is a dead dictator.

68 Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2011 02:16 PM

Glad you agree.

69 Which quicky revolution are you referencing? Ours around 1776 took years before succeeding with Independence, after which we had to retake our Independence from Britain when they invaded America and took Washington DC during the War of 1812.

Posted by: Plateau Plato at February 05, 2011 02:17 PM (H+LJc)

The war lasted years. The revolutionaries getting control of the colonial governments happened before the war even started.

Coups against the government work fast or not at all, for the most part.

70 Oldcat, 
Aside from finding the tone disagreeable, I don't at all necessarily agree with the rhetoric requiring Mubarak's death.

I'd note that there have been socio-economic-political movements that have gained momentum with an assassinated martyr, used after death as a symbol representing whatever a contingency of organized people want to propagandize, truth being irrelevant in the construction of modern revisionist myth.

71 Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2011 02:20 PM

Our American revolutionary government's development did not occur quickly, but over decades and through trial and error formal stages.

72 If Mubarak dies, or flees everyone knows that the struggle to gain the levers of power in the government are up for grabs- both for his supporters and the opponents. If he's still around the assumption is that these things are still in his hands, keeping at least the players on his side from making any overt moves.

If he exits the scene, some faction could either throw him under the bus as the guy to blame or try and make a hero out of him, either way. I think a lot of Mubarak moves so far have been the same thing - calling for "the government" to resign, and possibly now blaming "the ruling party" for stuff.

Its all just posturing and its silly for the MSM to take it at face value.

73 Our American revolutionary government's development did not occur quickly, but over decades and through trial and error formal stages.

Posted by: Plateau Plato at February 05, 2011 02:28 PM (H+LJc)

They never had to worry much about King George lining them up and having them shot for pretty much all of the process. The English controlled the spots their army was camped on and not much else.

74 I am reassured that all these diplomats meeting in Munich of all places have this under control.  Peace in our time. 



On another note:

Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett e-mails InstapunditÂ’s Glenn Reynolds his thoughts on PalinÂ’s speech at the Reagan Ranch:  “I must admit it was an impressive speech. The first I have heard her give since she accepted the VP nomination, only much better. Reaganesque even.”

Yes Virginia, there really is something in the water. 

75 O.T.: I just realized that dogs practice their own form of feng shui. Have you noticed that whenever a dog is sleeping next to you, they always have their butt pointed at, if not totally in, your face?

76 Hundreds gather in the Mid-West to protest Global Warming.  Brave souls it's darn cold out there!

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