Best sign ever, lol. I think you might be right! :D
Win. Women have been rather invisible, so it's nice to see them!
Also, did you know Al Jazeera is offering their coverage free to other news organizations around the world under a Creative Commons license? This makes me ridiculously happy. I did not know that, thank you! Generally Al Jazeera strikes me as made of win!
Awesome. I am riveted by this revolution. All the photos I've seen today of women and little children marching and waving flags and smiling - it's just awe-inspiring.
Absolutely. It feels like Egypt and the Middle East rippling out are on a precipice. I am moved beyond words and also scared. What the outcome of this could mean for other Middle Eastern Countries, including Palastine and Isreal is potentially catastrophic.
But the hope in these people! As an American I look at my country's support of this totalitarian regime for the last 30 years and ask God for forgiveness, and the strength as a country to stand up for what is right instead of what is easy. Because what is easy is the subjugation of the Egyptian people in the name of stability in the Middle East. This is no small thing. We have to be willing to say that a firestorm in the Middle East is a preferable outcome versus continued oppression of our Egyptian sisters and brothers. I am praying that they know that we are with them in their amazing peaceful, unified struggle for freedom.
He really does need to exist now. The current peaceful state of the protest cannot go on indefinitely. Sooner or later it will deteriorate or someone in the police will overreact and then a lot of people will be hurt. It's time to move on and allow a transition to begin.
He's apparently to give a speech quite soon. Unfortunately, it sounds like it will be that he won't seek election but will stay until the September elections... and I don't really think that will fly.
He's apparently to give a speech quite soon. Unfortunately, it sounds like it will be that he won't seek election but will stay until the September elections... and I don't really think that will fly. Yeah, caught that bit of news too... :(
...and "exist" should've been 'exit' :) I figured as much! :)
The just popped up LA Times article basically says that the special U.S. envoy sent today to Egypt relayed the message that the it's time to go and that he can't be part of the 'transition' but that the message was blatantly rebuffed.
It's going to really be a tricky thing and it's going to come down to which way the military breaks. If it's to happen, Egyptians are apparently going to have to pry his fingers from the wheel.
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...and now I'll have that song stuck in my head all day. (Just like Principal Snyder.)
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Though now I've got that song stuck in my head too... :D
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ETA: It would REALLY help if I actually put in the address! *headdesk*
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"its nice to see women who look like my mom/grandma hoping to overthrow a government,"
Win.
Also, did you know Al Jazeera is offering their coverage free to other news organizations around the world under a Creative Commons license? This makes me ridiculously happy.
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I think you might be right! :D
Win.
Women have been rather invisible, so it's nice to see them!
Also, did you know Al Jazeera is offering their coverage free to other news organizations around the world under a Creative Commons license? This makes me ridiculously happy.
I did not know that, thank you! Generally Al Jazeera strikes me as made of win!
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*loves on them, and Creative Commons, and the internet in general*
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But the hope in these people! As an American I look at my country's support of this totalitarian regime for the last 30 years and ask God for forgiveness, and the strength as a country to stand up for what is right instead of what is easy. Because what is easy is the subjugation of the Egyptian people in the name of stability in the Middle East. This is no small thing. We have to be willing to say that a firestorm in the Middle East is a preferable outcome versus continued oppression of our Egyptian sisters and brothers. I am praying that they know that we are with them in their amazing peaceful, unified struggle for freedom.
My heart is so full.
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The army might make a move if he doesn't, and force him out...
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...and "exist" should've been 'exit' :)
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Yeah, caught that bit of news too... :(
...and "exist" should've been 'exit' :)
I figured as much! :)
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It's going to really be a tricky thing and it's going to come down to which way the military breaks. If it's to happen, Egyptians are apparently going to have to pry his fingers from the wheel.
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