tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post3678878718087609803..comments2024-02-19T07:06:52.139-05:00Comments on Twilight Language: Tahrir Square: Egypt's Dealey PlazaLoren Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-45490384969681230892011-02-06T15:15:17.016-05:002011-02-06T15:15:17.016-05:00If the Egyptian people want a fresh start, then th...If the Egyptian people want a fresh start, then they have to smash as radically and incisevely as is possible the influence of YourMaster'sVoice, after the final overthrow.Most of the money must go to the people to be used for economic diversification away from raw materials exports, basic services and there has to be decentralization of governmental power.Atlanta Roofinghttp://www.yelp.com/biz/atlanta-roofing-resources-atlantanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-66681010672481835412011-02-05T20:47:43.618-05:002011-02-05T20:47:43.618-05:00One thing I think people miss when we get into the...One thing I think people miss when we get into these breathless international emergency situations is that the State Department really runs the show.<br /> <br />Why?<br /> <br />It's not the President or the Secretary of State. They are generally figureheads when it comes to this sort of thing.<br /> <br />It's the lifetime bureaucrats that have been working in those parts of the world for 20, 30, 40 years. They tell the head guys what's really going on, who the players are, are intimately familiar with who knows who, what buttons to push and so on.<br /> <br />Does anyone really think that any President who is in office for 4 or 8 years will really know all that? Or a Secretary of State that will be there for 3 or 4 years?<br /> <br />Nope. They rely on those lifelong guys that are working behind the scenes.<br /> <br />So, what you hear in public is for public consumption, NOT coded messages to other leaders or whatever. That's a fantasy of the MSM that the politicians love to play to and most people eat right up.Idi Aminhttp://www.idiamin.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-46845509991542342922011-02-05T07:12:12.490-05:002011-02-05T07:12:12.490-05:00John and Jackie Kennedy were both supporters of th...John and Jackie Kennedy were both supporters of the Egyptian antiquities.<br /><br />After the Dealey 'election' Ladybird Johnson became 1st lady and she was brought up in Karnack in Texas.<br /><br />Its a good point about the squares as they obviously attract those who will protest [ all over the world]. <br /><br />Can they channel or condense the collective energy of large protests?<br /><br />cheersaferrismoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323962086698914361noreply@blogger.com