Egypt

Dave Smith wrote in news:ncZ5p.90111$A23.18769
@unlimited.newshosting.com:


I'm blaming the government because it encourages people to ignore their
civic duty...to wit the much to do about nothing regarding the long form
census, their blatant disregard of the laws of the land serving as a
negative example to the people, and their pathological fixation on beefing
the military...an unhealthy hobby in a participatory democracy.

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"The officer corps will forgive anything they can
understand, which makes intelligence the only sin."

Carnell, Blakes 7 episode 16
 
Michel Boucher wrote:




I further cirticize our current President for not paying enough attention
to liberal causes during his first two years in office, thus causing
a low turnout of young voters and minority voters in the mid-term
election, thus enabling the rightist gains in Congress.

If everyone who had voted in 2008 had also voted in 2010, we wouldn't
be in such deep shit right now.

Steve
 
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:24:13 -1000, dsi1 wrote:


Although we may not agree with the party in power they are far from
unjust. Mubarak was benevolent as dictators go. What did him in was
trying to make it a hereditary dictatorship. Graft and corruption is
part of the business culture there. Heck, it's part of the business
culture here - it just goes by different names.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:06:20 -0800, sf wrote:


When people revolt without a plan it's the same as diving into a pool
without checking if there's water. Most of these people didn't have
much to begin with, now they will have to learn how to survive with a
lot less... many won't survive. They knew the devil they had, no one
knows the devil they'll get. Things are not good in Egypt, many will
die from starvation, disease, and conflict... and then another
dictatorship will emerge, one much worse. History has proven this to
be true many, many times. Without a plan only chaos can prevail.
 
On 2/11/2011 8:43 PM, sf wrote:

Is "benevolent dictator" an oxymoron ?? Alas, corruption is often a
by-product of (m)any dictatorships, regardless the degrees of graft.

All the more reasons for folks to vote! It astounds me that many folks
do NOT vote, especially in the USA - I don't get that! If I don't vote,
then I can't gripe, eh! EVERY VOTE DOES (should!) COUNT!!! Always vote
- it's an obligation - it's a DUTY!!!!!

Sky, who's rarely missed any election to exercise the right to vote,
especially on the local level!

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Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!
 
Michel Boucher wrote:




Thanks for pointing that out, I thought you were speaking generically.

My comment above was U.S-centric.

Steve
 
On 2/13/2011 11:40 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:

The problem with letting people make decisions on their own is that
they'll probably make some that you won't agree with. That's the breaks.
 
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:57:45 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

BS - I don't see your posts.

My response had nothing to do with anything that you've posted in the
last week. Think about all the dead celebrity posts you've initiated
or participated in and add all those "cat" posts to them. If you
think you're innocent, it's selective memory and I really don't care.
I posted what I wrote without your prior approval and I'm free to do
it again.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:47:45 -0500, Jim Elbrecht
wrote:

Wasn't voting limited to land owning white males in the colonies? I
like the idea anyway. Use it or lose it!

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
"sf" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Politics don't belong here, nor does anything religious. You're free to
post whatever you want, of course. And of course I don't have to read the
posts. But I stopped OT posts a long time ago and you don't even bother
labelling yours as OT.

Jill
 
Jill wrote:


....unless you're talking about St. Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St.
Patrick's Day, Lent, Palm Sunday, Easter, All Soul's Day (a.k.a. D?a de los
Muertos), Christmas Eve, or Christmas?

Bob
 
On Feb 12, 9:39?am, "J. Clarke" wrote:

So, in your version of the Apocalypse, the Club For Growth turns out
to be the one true Church, and the Tea Partiers are all going to be
caught up in the Rapture.
--Bryan
 
Bob Terwilliger wrote in
news:[email protected]:


So's his "girlfriend" (nudge nudge wink wink) Pauline Hanson, the
Nostrillian equivalent of Syrup Ailin' or perhaps that should be put that
Syrup Ailin' is the USAian equivalent of Pauline Hanson.

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"The officer corps will forgive anything they can
understand, which makes intelligence the only sin."

Carnell, Blakes 7 episode 16
 
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