This one is confirmed and the Mubarak era in Egypt is over. Power has been handed over to the military.
Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down as president of Egypt.
In an announcement on state TV, Vice-President Omar Suleiman said Mr Mubarak had handed power to the military.
It came as thousands massed in Cairo and other Egyptian cities for an 18th day of protest to demand Mr Mubarak’s resignation.
Protesters responded by cheering, waving flags, embracing and sounding car horns. “The people have brought down the regime,” they chanted.
Read the rest: Egypt’s Mubarak resigns as leader
This is just the beginning I feel and not the end of this situation.
Flyovercountry’s post has been moved to 5:00 PM.
Tags: Hopsni Mubarak
Power always rested with the Military.
@ Nevergiveup:
Hope they are not muzz infested. Won’t hold my breath.
@ vagabond trader:
Too late…
Well at least he did it his way. He did NOT bow to the fop-n-chief.
WTF just happened?
Never under estimate greed for gold.
The Gen.’s know the U.S. will pay, they can not trust the ones of Iran or Saudi land to pay like we do.
They will go with the money.
If Ohole cuts the money, they too will bug out.@ Iron Fist:
Not a resignation but a military coup?
@ chickadee:
Obama will still take credit…
@ doriangrey:
Military coup
May be the R’s in the House will find a way to keep the money flowing to the Gen’s in spite of this commie know nothing.
@ Iron Fist:
Cue nose in the air, finger point and wag…
What happened to the Toyota thread? More GM thuggery?
Iron Fist wrote:
No, this thread had 36? comments I was responding to one and suddenly it fucked up my comment disappeared and the thread only had 4 comments.
Iron Fist wrote:
He will try and he will look like a grasping, desperate pos.
The whole world watched him get punked.
lol
@ taxfreekiller:
Maybe. The thing is, everyone thought that the Iranians would go with the money too. Oops. I think the situation is going to be volitile and fluid. I may not know much, but I appear to be better at this shit than Pannetta and Clapper…
President Hosni Mubarak’s family fortune could be as much as $70bn (£43.5bn) according to analysis by Middle East experts, with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive tracts of the Red Sea coast.
After 30 years as president and many more as a senior military official, Mubarak has had access to investment deals that have generated hundreds of millions of pounds in profits. Most of those gains have been taken offshore and deposited in secret bank accounts or invested in upmarket homes and hotels.
According to a report last year in the Arabic newspaper Al Khabar, Mubarak has properties in Manhattan and exclusive Beverly Hills addresses on Rodeo Drive.
His sons, Gamal and Alaa, are also billionaires. A protest outside Gamal’s ostentatious home at 28 Wilton Place in Belgravia, central London, highlighted the family’s appetite for western trophy assets.
Amaney Jamal, a political science professor at Princeton University, said the estimate of $40bn-70bn was comparable with the vast wealth of leaders in other Gulf countries.
“The business ventures from his military and government service accumulated to his personal wealth,” she told ABC news. “There was a lot of corruption in this regime and stifling of public resources for personal gain.
“This is the pattern of other Middle Eastern dictators so their wealth will not be taken during a transition. These leaders plan on this.”
Al Khabar said it understood the Mubaraks kept much of their wealth offshore in the Swiss bank UBS and the Bank of Scotland, part of Lloyds Banking Group, although this information could be at least 10 years old.
There are only sketchy details of exactly where the Mubaraks have generated their wealth and its final destination.
Christopher Davidson, professor of Middle East politics at Durham University, said Mubarak, his wife, Suzanne, and two sons were able to accumulate wealth through a number of business partnerships with foreign investors and companies, dating back to when he was in the military and in a position to benefit from corporate corruption.
He said most Gulf states required foreigners give a local business partner a 51% stake in start-up ventures. In Egypt, the figure is commonly nearer 20%, but still gives politicians and close allies in the military a source of huge profits with no initial outlay and little risk.
“Almost every project needs a sponsor and Mubarak was well-placed to take advantage of any deals on offer,” he said.
“Much of his money is in Swiss bank accounts and London property. These are the favourites of Middle Eastern leaders and there is no reason to think Mubarak is any different. Gamal’s Wilton Place home is likely to be the tip of the iceberg.”
Best way is to get the Saudi’s to pay U.S. under the table and we forward it to the Gen’s.
@ doriangrey:
Oops, wait, no Toyota thread disappeared…
@ Bumr50:
If Obama held his nose any more in the air, he’d drown in the rain…
@ yenta-fada:
I’m figuring he’s only worth a couple of billion. It would be tough, but I think I could make it on that…
doriangrey wrote:
we will run it later when egypt isnt dominating topic
Could be a GM hacker spy got it.@ doriangrey:
taxfreekiller wrote:
rodan moved it to the 1700est slot
Iron Fist wrote:
doesn’t that happen to turkeys, or is it chickens?
taxfreekiller wrote:
They stole my new Tundra with it.
Oh, ya,ture, but the mullas and Dinner Jacket are stealing the Iran Oil money too.
@ Iron Fist:
ps
Is RealWest still posting at CC?
@ coldwarrior:
Turkeys. And Mussolini-wannabe boy-Presidents…
The markets like the Egypt news. DJ, NAS and S&P all up. Gold down $3 and oil down $1.25
vagabond trader wrote:
Actually I am sure they are. I mean they are almost all Muslims? The “leadership” is going to read the tea leaves and throw in with the strongest elements to secure their future. Just like the Military did in Iran and is doing in Turkey. Read that anyway you want, but to me, it means turbulent seas ahead
Has there EVER been a more inept administration in U.S. history? The douchebags at the White House are confused and unsure about what’s going on, and we spend billions every year on the CIA to gather intelligence from all over the world, especially “hotspots” like Egypt, and that idiot CIA Director Leon Panetta gives congress details of what’s going on in Egypt from what he saw on TV, most likely MSLSD, since it’s the “news” source of choice for these F’ing clowns in this joke of an administration. WE NEED ADULTS!!! GMAFB!!!
@ coldwarrior:
You’ll have to ask the resident farm boy that question. If true, what stupid animals they are.
@ taxfreekiller:
I’m pretty sure he is.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Whatshisname just before Lincoln was almost this bad. Isn’t that a cheery thought?
NoThreat2U wrote:
Democrats are worse…
zero to take credit at 1:30
@ huckfunn:
You could get a brand-new fancy Outback, made of majority American parts and assembled in the US, for that kind of money. And have enough coin left over for a party.
@ NoThreat2U:
I can’t hold back any longer. Great set of pecs, babe.
Too bad El-Baradei is still alive
Mike C. wrote:
Trouble is, if I got an Outback I’d need a trailer to haul my legs. Just won’t fit. Not only that, I need to burn more hydrocarbs to help boost the price of crude.
@ Iron Fist:
Dems are dumber than chickens and turkeys? lol I’ll have to remember that.
@ Mike C.:
THAT certainly won’t tow a flare stack very well.
@ huckfunn:
Thanx…..babe. lol
Aint they just???
Al-Arabiya: Egypt army to suspend parliament, sack cabinet
Published: 02.11.11, 19:12 / Israel News
Egypt’s higher military council will sack the cabinet, suspend both houses of parliament and rule with the head of the supreme constitutional court, al-Arabiya television reported on Friday.
The army statement was expected to be delivered later on Friday and followed President Hosni Mubarak’s dramatic resignation after 30 years in power. (Reuters)
Some democracy? Biden is taking credit for THIS outbreak of Democracy?
taxfreekiller wrote:
Yes he is. Still alive and kicking.
@ Nevergiveup:
Biden is no doubt proud of this. He’ll really be happy when they start beheading people…
@ huckfunn:
It’s rated for 3000 # towing capacity. The hitch stuff is about a $ 350 dealer add-on.
But if you need a truck, you need a truck. Fortunately, I/we don’t need one.
@ Bumr50:
Not if it’s over 3000 # all up.
All this talk about “democracy” in Egypt? Hum? I’d be alot more optimistic if anyone can point to an Arab Muslim Democracy in the Middle East?
Iran is celebrating today, too:
Al Reuters, of course, sees no parallels between Iran and Egypt…
@ Nevergiveup:
Is there a Muslim majority democracy in the world? I’m not aware of one…
Iron Fist wrote:
I’d be very worried if they didn’t shout “Death to America,” and “Death to Israel”.
Iron Fist wrote:
The Maldives ?
I am surprised that the Israel-Egypt “Peace” Treaty lasted this long.
the Swiss are freezing Mubaraks assets? Mubarak, boobbie , baby I’d be hot tailing it to ELAT if I were you?
@ Guggi:
Could be. Indonesia isn’t a Democracy, really, and they have violence against Christians all the time. The Philipines are a Christian Nation with enough Mohammedans to be a problem. Usually Mohammedans are a problem anywhere they gather in groups of one or more…
@ Nevergiveup:
Surely he has a few million in the Caymans. Travelling money, as it were…
@ Guggi:
Like any opinion poll conducted in the Middle East, I’d take those results with a truckload of salt….
@ lobo91:
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Polls are usually all three…
Iron Fist wrote:
maybe, but he’s gotta get out of Egypt in order to spend it
@ Guggi:
Depends on the meaning of democracy. In the Maldives, only muslims are allowed to be citizens.
Iron Fist wrote:
Ones done in the Middle East are even worse.
They’re usually done by going door-to-door.
The new boss is the minister of defense and he has been for 20 years. Yeah democracy whoopie!
Guggi wrote:
Maldivian law is Shari’ah…
Also, Maldivian citizens are only permitted to practice Islam.
@ Nevergiveup:
Yeah, they are all (including our stupid VP) cheering the establishment of a military dictatorship. With maybe a vauge promise of elections. Go, team!
NoThreat2U wrote:
Beat me to it!
@ Philip_Daniel:
So much for that. No Muslim Majority democracy, anywhere in the world. That is encouraging…
EU chief: Egypt remains in the hands of the Egyptian people
What the fuck does that mean? She is a blithering idiot
Iron Fist wrote:
Manila was a colony of the Sultanate of Brunei (early 1500s-1571) before it became a colony of the Spanish Empire…
Nevergiveup wrote:
meet the new boss…same as the old boss
lobo91 wrote:
Of course and 350 interviews is a very small number and I couldn’t find the error ratio. But interesting it is.
@ coldwarrior:
Alley Snackbar, motherfuckers! Piss be upon ya!
@ lobo91:
This one was done by phone.
Btw.: when do we get a new blogpost from you ?
The thing to watch for now, is the return of Qaradawi from exile. He is the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. That signals the end of the democratic dreams of the idiots who did this.
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman (born 31 October 1935) is an Egyptian military officer. He holds the rank of Field Marshal and has served in the government of Egypt as Minister of Defense and Military Production since 1991; he is commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces.[1]
Tantawi received his commission on 1 April 1956 serving in the infantry, and he participated in the wars of 1956, 1967, and 1973. He held various commands and was assigned as military attaché to Pakistan. Following the dismissal of Lt. General Yousef Sabry Abo Taleb, Tantawi was appointed as Minister of Defense and Military Production and commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces on May 20, 1991; he became the first Egyptian since 1989 with the rank of Field Marshal. In that period, he also participated in the First Gulf War on the coalition side.
As of 2011, Tantawi is seen as a possible contender for the Egyptian presidency.[2] Amidst the 2011 Egyptian protests, Tantawi was promoted to the ministerial rank of Deputy Prime Minister, while retaining the defense portfolio, on 31 January 2011. The Higher Military Council of Egypt is now in charge of Egypt. They are going to rule with the Supreme Constitutional Council as of the 11th February 2011.[3]
Tantawi has served as Commander of the Presidential Guard and Chief of the Operations Authority of the Armed Forces.
@ yenta-fada:
Hey, another Hussein! BHO can have a summit with him, Hussein to Hussein! It’ll be swell!
(That is about the level of professionalism we have in our diplomatic corps in the Obama Administration. Of course, they are better than our intelligence services…)
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
Which is kind of comforting for all of us watchers on the outside, I’d say.
US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said that following the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak the transition to a new government must ensure “irreversible change and a negotiated path toward Democracy.”
Biden called the events in Egypt, “a pivotal moment” in the history of Egypt and the Middle East.
Oh joe, it’s gonna be pivotal. I can assure you of that.
Philip_Daniel wrote:
Wow that’s a shocker!!! lol Yay me
lol
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
It’s only temporary. History tells us this will NOT turn out well
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
nope, don’t believe so.
@ Nevergiveup:
No Muslim-majority democracies in the entire world. That is encouraging…
Depka–yeah yeah I know it’s depka, but still–is calling what just happened a military coup d’etat. Sounds about right to me
Nevergiveup wrote:
Actually FOX just repeated that
I don’t think that is the good news that the Community
Organizer in Chief thinks that it is.
“We are now to be democracy insallah. We are to be
being total secular. We are to keel Jews & Christians &
Muslima whores that are to be showing ankle.”
Secular!
@ RIX:
Secular shari’ia for all! Just ask that Clapper chap. He’ll tell you all about it…
Iron Fist wrote:
I’m sure things will be different this time…
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@ lobo91:
What’s the worst that could happen…
Can anyone tell me what this Egyptian “revolution” has achieved ?
The military is running the country since 60 years and it is running the country now only minus Mubarak and under the name of “Supreme Military Council”.
Iron Fist wrote:
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Clapper needs to get his gold watch & give it up.
Iron Fist wrote:
I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.
Thanks,
“Get your DIA update from our box of “Clapper Jacks”.!@ Iron Fist:
Arab Ally of the United States of American = Loser
That’s how it is in the Middle East
Later y’all. Off to celebrate the new member of
the Calipahte.//////////
Look, he is doing the best he can. Hell he just got his medical leave from a 5 year full blown case of altimers.
Ease off on the poor disabled guy.@ RIX:
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will argue in a major address Friday evening that the nation should “strengthen” — not “starve” — the world body.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49319.html#ixzz1Dfwgxr6F
Oh yeah, more good news?
Once upon a time.
Dumber than a box of rocks.
Now.
Dumber than a box of Clapper Jacks.
trade mark@ taxfreekiller:
trade marktaxfreekiller wrote:
Guggi wrote:
I think the best thing abt. it is that zero flopped on the world stage and tried to break dance HIS way into history. . . . . . (making a complete fool of his skank self, of course.)
Guggi wrote:
it removed any doubt just how incompetent and confused the obama administration is.
@ Nevergiveup:
I think we should strangle it, not starve it.
So, who the fool #1 of the week.
1. Obama.
2. Penatta
3. Clapper
poll
@ chickadee:
That’s what happens when you have no principles of your own.
I’m sure all of his worm-tongued “handlers” were reminding him of the PR beating that he took for not getting behind the “green revolution” in Iran.
He is a completely reactionary
individualtool.@ Nevergiveup:
You have to admit that the IAEA has been a smashing success. Look at Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran. Why, without the IAEA nations of the world might have feared that they would develop nuclear weapons, and gone to war against them…
[...] From http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/02/11/breaking-news-mubarak-resigns/ [...]
For me, that Clapper guy looked and sounded total out of it, like he had a big blood clot of the brain some time ago. Big old Commie blood clot in fact.
As much as I hate to link to Al-Jazeera, here it goes:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
lobo91 wrote:
Much more merciful.
@ taxfreekiller:
clapper rail
taxfreekiller wrote:
4. All of the above (troika)
@ yenta-fada:
In the Name of Allen, most compassionate, most merciful…
@ Nevergiveup:
Yeah?
Well I, Bumr50, Bumr50′s ambassador to Killer Toxic Cloud, Inc. would like to argue that we should STRENGTHEN Killer Toxic Cloud, Inc. and not starve IT, based largely on the fact that I won’t know how to make money without it.
//
@lobo91
You could write a weekly blogpost about the most stupid statement/decision of the week (national or international) and pepper it up with one of your ‘to the point’ vids.
FOX cpmment: ‘These people have to be taught how to vote.’
(that worked out well for Gaza)/
Guggi wrote:
Things are happening much too quickly to rely on one stupid decision of the week. Sadly true.
Iron Fist wrote:
Piss be upon him.
@ yenta-fada:
One man, one vote, one time. It is the Mohammedan way of Democracy…
@ yenta-fada:
Obama plans on addressing the nation sometime this afternoon. I think you can count on him for several stupid statements…
yenta-fada wrote:
Make a daily one out of the weekly one.
@ Iron Fist:
I thought it was @ 13:30?
Fashionably late? Speech changing with situation? Liquid courage?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Dan Gillerman speaking from Israel: The leader of the U.S. has to show support for his allies. Lesson to be learned by the White House in the future. Has to be managed in an orderly way. (Every statement out of Israel contains the word “hope”.)
Bumr50 wrote:
Teleprompter not programed yet.
Bumr50 wrote:
Dictators are always fashionably late and ramble on for too long. Not that there’s anything remotely wrong with that.
From the Jerusalem Prayer Team….I love their emails…..
Egypt Following Iran on the Path to Destruction
Dear Christina,
It is only a matter of time until beleaguered Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak capitulates to the call to step down and turn over the reins of the country. He has already promised to leave office in September when his current term expires, but that has not satisfied the demands of his opponents. Though Mubarak is trying to cling to power as long as he can, widespread protests, riots and strikes make it likely that he will be forced to leave office in the very near future rather than several months from now. In the Muslim world, winners take all.
The leader of Egypt for thirty years has been haunted by the ghost of regimes past, and especially that of his Iranian counterpart, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Mubarak’s predecessor Anwar Sadat extended an invitation to Pahlavi’s family in July 1980 to bury him at Cairo’s Al-Rifa’i Mosque. The Shah had become a man without a country, a ruler without a throne, an ally without a friend.
It appears that Mubarak, who had vowed not to be driven from his homeland, will suffer the same fate as the Shah who was forced to wander from country to country until his death. He faces the same maze of betrayal at the hands of his “allies” as that which was forced upon Pahlavi. Promises will be made but not kept. Ultimately, the big winner will be radical Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood that are apparently “gaming” the system.
The overthrow of Mubarak will empower the masses throughout the Middle East, but the supreme winner will be the radical Islamists throughout the Middle East who have waited in the shadows for others to do the work for them. Jordan might well be next. It is no coincidence that Mubarak has been mostly friendly toward Israel—and that he is hated for it.
CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL DURING THIS GROWING CRISIS
President Obama can take some of the blame for Mubarak’s downfall after publicly humiliating the long-time U.S. ally. In the Arab world, death is preferred over humiliation. What we really see is U.S. foreign policy at work. Obama has outstripped his Democratic predecessor, Jimmy Carter, who rejected Richard Nixon’s twin-pillar doctrine of strong allies empowered by the U.S. to serve its interests in the Middle East. Like Carter, who bet the peanut farm on a cleric who his ambassador called a “Gandhi-like figure,” Obama has chosen to play cards with the Muslim Brotherhood, the most well-organized terrorist organization in Egypt.
In finality, the mosques, mullahs, and madrasas will prevail. The bazaars traffic in more than pita bread; they sell terror for a price.
Having interviewed the majority of the Shah’s Cabinet ministers as well as the former Empress of Iran, and over a dozen current Cabinet members, there is no doubt in my mind that the winds of a coming Muslim caliphate are blowing stronger than they have in centuries. This is not the end of the revolution in Egypt; it is just the beginning. The people of the Land of the Pharaohs have much to fear.
And there is more. The United States is also supporting a worldwide effort to have the United Nations unilaterally declare a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. They are planning to present Israel with a fait accompli without any input from the Jewish people on their future and with no say over their own borders or security. No other nation on earth would be treated this way.
According to the unfailing and unchanging promise of God, if America sides with this plan, we WILL be cursed. God said, “I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curses thee.” (Genesis 12:3) We have an opportunity at this prophetic moment to be a blessing to the children of Abraham by standing together in defense of Jerusalem.
God has directed me to produce and begin airing a television special to reveal this evil plot and to rally Believers to join us in speaking out on behalf of Israel. We must cry out and speak the truth. The liberal media is doing everything in its power to conceal it…but we can strip away the mask and reveal the ugly anti-Israeli sentiment driving the proposed appeasement of Israel and America’s enemies.
CLICK HERE TO HELP US SAVE JERUSALEM
In conjunction with this media special, we are also launching a massive petition drive to urge President Obama to reject this evil plan and prevent God’s curse from falling on our nation by standing in support of Israel. There are millions of Christians in America. If we will collectively raise our voices and speak out, we will be heard, and Jerusalem will be saved!
CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE JERUSALEM
@ chickadee:
Riiiight! On the money.
@ Bumr50:
He has to blow his nose
@ NoThreat2U:
VERY interesting. Mark Steyn on FOX now.
How many times will he say “my speech in cairo?”
@ chickadee:
I…I…I…me…me…me…I…I…me…me…
[/Rinse and Repeat]
@ yenta-fada:
That email is saying everything we here have been saying the past few days.
@ chickadee:
Do you think he knew which way the wind would be blowing sooner or later when he made the choice to speak in Cairo?
@ chickadee:
Obama’s speech in Cairo was such a success…
The R’s need to start to put out sane ideas about Egypt.
They do not have to sit on their ass’s all P.C. any longer.
This guy is a fraud.
Point it out over and over.
Steyn: “This is the beginning of the unravelling of the Americans in the Middle East” At issue is the credibility of the U.S. superpower; America is impotent in the Middle East. We’ve lost Turkey. 9 out of 10 women in Egypt have undergone FGM. Recognize reality in Egypt.”
NoThreat2U wrote:
Obama was clueless then, now, and in the future. eom.
@ yenta-fada:
In summary, we are fucked…
@ yenta-fada:
I don’t know. Why the hell did he pick Cairo of all places? I think it was a subtle shout out to the MoBroHo.
The military consists of conscripts who represent a cross section of Egyptian society. Therefore they should mirror attitudes expressed by Egyptians as a whole. From a Pew poll:
– Is it good that Islam plays a large role in politics? 95 percent said “yes” and 2 percent “bad.”
– Is Islam’s influence in politics positive or negative? 85 percent said “positive,” 2 percent said “negative.”
– Should adulterers be stoned? 82 percent said “yes.”
– Should thieves be flogged or have their hands cut off? 77 percent said “yes.”
– Should apostates from Islam face the death penalty? 84 percent said “yes.”
Remember our President is an apostate.
Iron Fist wrote:
Boned, hosed
@ Iron Fist:
I refuse to believe that.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Indeed. They must be awfully smart. lol
Rancher wrote:
OK so one good point
yenta-fada wrote:
OMG!
Wonder what code pinko thinks of that.
@ Nevergiveup:
Screwed?
@ yenta-fada:
Or they read us
@ citizen_q:
They should all have it done to them so they can fit in better.
@ NoThreat2U:
I’ll repeat: there are no Muslim-majority Democracies in the entire world. None. There are a few where they occasionally vote on their dictators, but none that are free, even a little bit. Maybe Egypt will be different, but I see absolutely no reason to believe that it will be.
Hell get Herman Cain to flat ass say it out loud in the public square,,”he is a black fraud”.@ taxfreekiller:
@ citizen_q:
Diversity Rawks!
Lovely,the jockeying for power commences
@ Iron Fist:
I agree. But as to US being screwed? It seems that way, but I have more faith in this Nation. Not the assholes who are running it, but the citizens themselves. I will never give up hope.
Hosni we hardly knew yah
Laundry beckons….BBL Play nice kids. Holler for me if something really important happens. lol
@ NoThreat2U:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali has some chilling accounts of hers, and others in her book Infidel.
NoThreat2U wrote:
That’s like the CIA watching CNN for intelligence updates.
@ 150 Iron Fist: Sharia seems reasonable to muslims. Head chopping and killing jews as a hobby only bothers them when they are defeated by a Western Democracy. one not led by milk toast in chief.
Code pink, earth first, democrat underground of William Ayers, all of them evil to the core, they want you and the U.S.A. dead or fgm’d.@ citizen_q:
@ NoThreat2U:
Our foreign policy in the Middle East is a total shambles now. What the fallout from this will be, I’[d say nobody knows, but it is unlikely to be good for the country. We have two more years of Obama, minimum. He can do a lot of damage in that time.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Cairo is where Al Azhar University is located. It’s considered to be the intellectual heart of Sunni Islam.
//As if that isn’t an oxymoron…
So the Swiss just froze Mubaraks money? Hum so it never occured to them that a civil servant shouldn’t have 70 billion in a bank account? Ya gotta hand to them Swiss. Nazis, what Nazis
NoThreat2U wrote:
Not sure. I do recall reading that Mubarak was not at zero’s cairo reading. Why was that? Was he snubbing zero? I bet zero will try to say his muzz fawning bloviating spew was an inspiration to the people of cairo.
*gah*
chickadee wrote:
I imagine it was. They knew that America had a weak and servile leader. What an inspiration to rise up against America! No wonder Obama is so proud of himself…
Nevergiveup wrote:
The gnomes of Zurich always keep the money. They are still being sued from WW2 claims from Jews.
@ taxfreekiller:
Nations Gun Show in Chantilly this weekend. Usually ok prices for ammo.
chickadee wrote:
R’s
Cut the Office of the President funding now.
Cut the money for Air Force One.
Cut the money for food to the White House.
Hell cut the sewer tap off, turn off the water, tell them to use wind power.
lobo91 wrote:
The world ought to notice that, in a country where most guys are named “Mohammed” they are NOT secular.
@ NoThreat2U:
I think bho and his muzz/commie friends were hoping™ this would whip up the wind and it was certainly a nod to the youth. He is good with that youth vote/support. A true street agitator,who else would so thoroughly fall for his BS. Besides every other 52%er.
Iron Fist wrote:
LOL, I don’t thinks that exactly the way he would interpret it but you are right.
Trashing America and groveling before them made him look like a total dolt. They knew they could grab his lunch money.
So is Obama ready to take his own advice come the Spring thaw?
@ 105 taxfreekiller: Obama is the biggest fool. Caught with his pants down and his employees failing to tell him so.
yenta-fada wrote:
CNN disagrees.
another
PS
http://www.hermancain.com
Act Up.
So where is Hosni hightailing it to? Saudi? Short chop per ride there,no pun intended.I would have a nice toasty little island awaiting me just in case.
citizen_q wrote:
We have one here this weekend, too.
Leia and I will be there at our table. In fact, I’m on my way to take her to the groomer right now, so she’ll be ready to greet her fans.
BBIAB
@ lobo91:
You’re not going to make her wear a silly costume are you?
Egypt relies a lot on tourism. How long before people will feel comfortable going to visit the pyramids?
26 years ago today? The fall of the Shah. Coincidinky?
Nevergiveup wrote:
How odd.
Is that an omen?
@ lobo91:
Good Luck!
chickadee wrote:
No I think it’s a damien
@ orangecrush:
“Yes, Mr. President! There is DEFINITELY a breeze in here!”
@ Nevergiveup:
32 years,don’t remember the exact date.
And…Ahmadhininutjob thinks he sees the hand of the 12th Imam in all of this.
US, Israel will soon exit Middle East: Ahmadinejad
…In his fiery style, Ahmadinejad, showed his messianic beliefs on Friday, saying the world was witnessing a revolution managed by Imam Mehdi, the 12 Shiite imam who disappeared as a five-year-old in the 10th century …..
Ex-Egypt envoy: Israel in trouble
Zvi Mazel, former ambassador to Cairo, says Israel facing ‘hostile situation’ following Mubarak’s downfall. ‘The army will rule Egypt for years. It’s a whole new world, with no one left to lead the pragmatic states,’ he says
Interesting take on things and short also
@ Nevergiveup:
Heh.
Well, for the time being, it looks like the military is running the show, as they always have. Just a new front man. If they are foolish enough to try to bring the muslim brotherhood into the administration, it will all go to Hell. But if they get busy with whacking mbs, things might perk along OK for a few years more.
I doubt the military brass have any great desire for another war with Israel, because in their heart of hearts, they know they will get a shellacking. Better to sit there and growl like a toothless bulldog, and make pretend for domestic consumption.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
The kid in Omen is named Damien
@ vagabond trader:
How long afore we see this in Egypt?
Arab Israelis to mark Mubarak downfall in mass rally Saturday
Published: 02.11.11, 20:49 / Israel News
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A protest organized by the Balad party for Saturday will turn into a major celebration and is expected to draw large crowds. An Egyptian opposition leader is expected to address the rally directly from Cairo.
“The revolution’s victory is a historic and constitutive moment in the history of the Egyptian Arab people and of the Arab nation in general,” a Balad official said. “It is a moment where the people’s desire and aspiration for liberty, justice and democracy had won.” (Hassan Shaalan)
???? Why are Arab Israelis happy? Makes you wonder what they are really thinking. Well doesn’t make me wonder really. I know I know
vagabond trader wrote:
It’s coming
@ Nevergiveup:
Interesting indeed. I hope he is correct about the MB,who knows,but his take on other ME countries is scary.G-d help us if we have to go to the rescue of those Saud oil fuggers.
@ citizen_q:
Those silly bitches couldn’t care less.
ok, starting to get angry here…hey press! this isnt 1989 all over again.
there was no threat of a massive catholic slaughter at the hands of the lutheran brotherhood in germany. in europe, there is a democratic tradition, in the ME there is a tradition of tyranny and evil. there is no muslim version of vaclav havel.
@ taxfreekiller:
Absolutely!
@ coldwarrior:
Really,wtf is with the breathless blather about the Berlin Wall.Ridiculous.
@ Iron Fist:
The Muzzies in the Phillipines are only 7% of the population. But they are concentrated in Mindinao.
@ chickadee:
Better question: How long before the Muslim Brotherhood goes ‘Taliban’ on the Pyramids & the Sphinx and decides to destroy them?
Nevergiveup wrote:
Obama is going retro 70′s. He’s reliving his 3rd World Ideologue youth.
OT:
Behold,the dumbest voters in the USA
@ lobo91:
Islam and Intellect don’t add up.
@ Rodan:
Or islam and democracy.
Iron Fist wrote:
But Bush and Obama say Iraq is the greatest democracy ever! They would never lie!
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@ coldwarrior:
Lutheran Brotherhood.
@ vagabond trader:
I’m starting to think the Gabby Giffords shooting was an inside job. They shot her so she can win the Arizona senate seat in 2012.
Giffords is seen as shoo-in for Kyl’s seat
State University professor emeritus and longtime pollster.
vagabond trader wrote:
i thought that was kinda funny!
@ vagabond trader:
Luthern Brotherhood vs. The Catholic Liberation Front and Judean People’s Army!
@ Rodan:
at least she is actually qualified to be a senator after 6 yrs in the house.
Rodan wrote:
NOT the CLFJPA!!!!
SPLITTERS!
Dictatorship Down the Drain
—apologies to James Taylor, and “Fire and Rain”
Just early this morning, we heard Mubarak was gone
Hosni, the Brotherhood greased the skids for you
Tahrir Square is crowded, as tens of thousands throng
How long before they all start shouting “kill the Jews?”
I don’t mind dictatorships going down the drain
Don’t care too much he was sold out by his friends
There’s not much change since military rule extends
But there goes a peg on which the uneasy peace depends
Look at President Obama, who’s supposed to lead our land
He’s been spinning this and that and every which way
His intelligence advisers all should be canned
You can tell they’re clueless from the things they say
I don’t mind dictatorships going down the drain
Don’t care too much he was sold out by his friends
There’s not much change since military rule extends
But there goes a peg on which the uneasy peace depends
Security’s decreased in the Middle East as the power tilts to Iran
It’s not the time to have policies run by amateurs
Whatever his bent, the President can barely utter the word “Islam”
His intelligence director says the Brotherhood’s “secular”
I don’t mind dictatorships going down the drain
Don’t care too much he was sold out by his friends
There’s not much change since military rule extends
But there goes a peg on which the uneasy peace depends
There goes a peg on which the uneasy peace depends
There it goes, there it goes…
coldwarrior wrote:
You are one of the medical people around here. She’s regaining very little speech so far. That does not bode well for recovery.
vagabond trader wrote:
That’s one heckuva lobster bib that guy’s got on.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
Very good! Also accurate and grim.
@ yenta-fada:
I think they are over optimistic about Giffords. She’s got a real bad head wound. Unless there’s some kind of incredible miracle, I can’t see her going back to her old job. Poor woman. I pray for her.
Urban Infidel wrote:
Ditto here. There’s a little too much reliance on ‘hope’ on all fronts these days.
Urban Infidel wrote:
Fact is her district is going unrepresented and she should be replaced
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
History will sadly repeat itself.
Out of Egypt
It’s funny how Obama’s calling for inclusion of opposition voices in the new government while Republicans are expected to sit in the back seat, bow down, and do whatever he wants.
yenta-fada wrote:
The stupid media is leading everyone for one big-ass dissappoinment.
coldwarrior wrote:
But Oprah demands you show some respect!
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Respect is earned. Obummer hasn’t earned it.
@ mfhorn:
Worst POTUS ever!
taxfreekiller wrote:
Urban Infidel wrote:
I want to congratulate again on your interview with Michael Scheur (sp?). More, please.
mfhorn wrote:
Still largely valid:
Walk Like an Egyptian
—apologies to Sternberg, Liam & the Bangles
All the young Muslims in the street
Are shouting Mubarak must go
El-Baradei (Oh-Way-Oh)
Wants the Brotherhood to run the show
Obama’s in his swivel chair
Trying to decide who he can dump
With seventy billion (Oh-Way-Oh)
Mubarak’s played us for a chump
Swiss banks are all giving thanks and sing:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-oooooooooooh…
Walk like an Egyptian.
The Copts are hiding where they can
While the Islamists burn their church
They’re Christians (Oh-Way-Oh)
So the West leaves them in the lurch
We worry more about mummies’ heads
Than heads attached to living folks
Lots of pretty words (Oh-Way-Oh)
Can hide a political hoax
The folks there in Tahrir Square say:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-oooooooooooh…
Walk like an Egyptian.
Musical/whistle interlude
The newsmen get pulled from their cars
Are roughed up by the angry mob
Hear taqiyya (Oh-Way-Oh)
Recognizing it is not their job
The pundits on the TV screen
Say they support the people’s choice
But here at home (Oh-Way-Oh)
They slough off the Tea Party voice
Islamic unrest blindsided
All the smart boys in the government
So they run around (Oh-Way-Oh)
As they walk along with the Egyptians
All the pundits on the screens say:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-oooooooooooh…
Walk like an Egyptian.
Walk like an Egyptian.
@ yenta-fada:
Thanks SO MUCH! I really appreciate that. I will try to do more things like that in future.
Cannot. listen. to. Obama.
@ Urban Infidel:
Ummmm. Lobster. Is that halal?
Urban Infidel wrote:
I know what you did was labor intensive. Did you get the interview out anywhere else? Sent to Pam Geller?
@ yenta-fada:
She is going to have residual problems,to what extent,unknown. Could be speech,cognition,personality,mobility,all of the above and more.She has age ,overall good health and superior care in her favor.
@ yenta-fada:
I sent it around, but other than The Jawa Report picking it up, I got a big fat silence. Which I expected because Scheuer is really hated.
yenta-fada wrote:
well, elasticity and retraining the brain isn’t easy to predict like healing of a broken bone. so, its hard to say, can she write at the level that she was speaking before the shooting? if so, she MAY be able to retrain to speak.
Urban Infidel wrote:
He is hated for good reason. Still, you got some information out of him. Much better than the MSM. Too bad that the right becomes exclusionary, though it is understandable. Your instincts were good.