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I see on the news a "mild" earthquake has occurred in west Germany. Are you still shakin' TL?

With usual the result, massive crackdown by well-armed troops. One starts to see the pattern emerging here. Where the army is faithful to the regime and wiling to fire on it's own people there is little chance of change. In the case of Egypt, America had so many of the Egyptian army going through the military academies and defense contractors (so they could learn to fire the ordnance we sold them) they built up a bit of a professional soldier's code. Not so in most of the rest of the Middle East. Perhaps it will take 100 years to bring a total change, Hope not.

King Abdullah's going peaceful transition woohoo, conveniently failing to mention how it came about. Considering the circumstances...

I didn't think King Abdullah was that stupid.

...stopped with iron force.

In response to the Eqyptian revolution, King Abdullah decides on massive denial tactic:. Calling the protesters in Cairo and Alexandria "infiltrators," Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah made clear that his allegiance in this crisis is to Mubarak and law and order. "Egypt is a country of Arabism and Islam," Abdullah said, according to the Saudi Press Agency. "No Arab and Muslim human being can bear that some infiltrators, in the name of freedom of expression, have infiltrated into the brotherly people of Egypt, to destabilize its security and stability and they have been exploited to spew out their hatred in destruction, intimidation, burning, looting and inciting a malicious sedition." As for online "sedition," the kingdom has shown it has no qualms with pulling the plug on Facebook should it ever feel the need. If Abdullah is losing his shit maybe Israel, Syria and Iran will have their 4th horsemen to start the apocalypse. Has the rapture started yet??

Let's hope hope hope that Pete T is not right, but this song is an eerie warning. We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around me Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday And I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again Don't get fooled again Change it had to come We knew it all along We were liberated from the fall that's all But the world looks just the same And history ain't changed 'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last war I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around me Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday And I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again Don't get fooled again No, no! I'll move myself and my family aside If we happen to be left half alive I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky For I know that the hypnotized never lie Do ya? There's nothing in the street Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Is now the parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around me Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again Don't get fooled again No, no! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Meet the new boss Same as the old boss

http://www.ismubarakstillpresident.com/********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde

'kin' A.

And a volatile and dangerous time for the Egyptian people and everyone in the region. Let's keep the good vibes going and hope that they aren't facing a trade of "the devil they know" for something worse. Let freedom ring!