See here. Other reporters being detained and beaten.
Just like our own TEA Party protests, right, Chris?
See Drudge for the latest updates.
This is not going to end well. In fact, when Obama shows up on TV in a sweater and starts talking about an energy crisis and ennui? Time to dig your Capezios and gold chains out of storage.
If this also brings back disco I will know that I have died and gone straight to hell.
I blame teabagger violent eliminationist rhetoric.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer group of completely partisan truth deciders. If reporters still acted as reporters any more I might even give a fuck.
Christianne getting smacked in the face with shoe on live air would be my freakin Superbowl.
I got questions.
So what has happened to cause such animosity toward the press in the Mideast? Didn’t CNN look the other way when Hussein was wood-chipping his citizens? Hasn’t the MSM proved its bona fides within the Muslim world community? Or do the Egyptians just understand something about the media that most Americans don’t?
Maybe the MSM is seen as an enemy in Egypt. Huh.
GET FUNKED UP with 1970’s Leisure Suits
That didn’t work.
Runaway italics on aisle 5.
Uh, oh. Somebody spilled the italics jar.
Do any of you know how much that costs???
(old TimBlair.net gag)
Chopping of someone’s head is culture.
Being white and being in disagreement with a democrat takeover of health care is racism.
We’ve been over this.
I like their reasoning here: “When there are demonstrations of this size, there will be foreigners who come and take advantage and they have an agenda to raise the energy of the protesters,” Vice President Omar Suleiman said in an interview on state TV.
Why would these reporters be beaten up?
My WAG is that these are not professional protestors who want to make sure the press gets good shots and quotes; no, these are amateur protestors who really are ticked off with everyone and that includes a bunch of dirty rotten infidel foreigners.
chop,chop
Shit, before I got goldbugitus, I sold all my chains for beer money! Damn, just another example of my poor planning.
On a more serious note in regards to Brian Hartman. Chris Matthews should be in his stead.
shine sweet freedom shine your light on me
Did you listen carefully to what Mara Liasson said the Obama administration was telling her vis a vis their handling of the Egypt crisis? They like their optics, is what she said. They believe they have done well. Freely, they told her this, so little do they understand their own situation.
And freely too, I ought to note, did she convey their thoughts to us, so little does she likewise. Proud and happy was she to do so.
Oh, me! Oh, my!
The awful, terrible, wonderful temptation to get certain reporters to go to Egypt! Hello David Gregory! Welcome back Helen Thoma! Stick your head out Keith Olberman! Draw us a picture in the sand Geraldo Rivera! Wave to the crowd …
OK, yea, I’m being messy and cold hearted and super excited.
HAve they found a way to link the violence against reporters to Sarah Palin. After all, she literally said that reporters should be tortured, raped and killed then raped again just to be sure. I read it on media matters.
Oh! Oh! Ed Schultz! Come on down to Cairo and piss people off I … hey, what do you want … KEEP THAT STRAIGHT JACKET AWAY FROM ME YOU … YOU … mmmph …
This is like experiencing my childhood all over again. Without the benefit of ignorance and innocence.
our whore secretary of state issued a statement today that it was against the law to smack propagandists around and/or remove their heads.
So we’ll see if she didn’t nip this in the bud.
Now this may be exactly as it seems to be, that Mubarak supporters are taking their anger out on reporters. Or it could be staged disinformation. The press is not in a situation where they can really tell one side from another except by the most obvious of clues which are provided by the ones who are confronting them.
Is that so?
RACHAEL MADCOW. OH, THE HUMANITY IN EGYPT AND HEAD CUTTING AND TORTURE AND … thunk … splat …
Geoff —
The fact that so many signs are in English? That tells me something.
Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said, “Egypt is seeking to create an information vacuum that puts it in the company of the world’s worst oppressors.”
ohnoes… Narrative fail.
propaganda whore Viv Schiller’s National Soros radio is driving this line today:
so which is it?
The idea that selling the “Muslim Brotherhood” as dedicated to nonviolence compared to al qaida or Hamas is ludicrous. Since 1928 they have been connected to the concept of pretending to be a public relations jihad organization while encouraging others to blow shit up.
Pathetic.
The left has always liked them some authoritarians. That’s how you get PROGRESS done! Just ask Tom Friedman!
Walid Phares.
feets do you see why I refer to Obama as the egotistical self-marketing man? That is what makes him different from Carter. It has nothing to do with his beliefs or cornerstones of geopolitical philosophies. It has everything to do with what he thinks will grant him a positive outcome from the public, right or wrong.
It’s not about America … it’s entirely about him … period.
You see, those groups are the “armed wing”, while the Brotherhood itself is the “peaceful political wing”. Nothing to fear…
Walid Phares knows his stuff, sdferr. Well done.
his teleprompter does not have the experience or the depth of knowledge to handle this sort of problem adroitly Mr. BJ …
I fear a huge opportunity is being missed. Worse than that America looks like a feckless dictator-loving pimp-state. That can’t be a good thing, especially after we worked so hard and spent so many monies pretending we we valued freedom and democracy in the Middle East.
oops I got we we’d up
Beelzebub Obumblefuck is all wee weed up over the fact that he cannot will Magical unicorns and fairy dust into existence, forming the foundation of his foreign policy. but, Barcky got the innertubes turned back on, oh yes he did.
Well comrade ‘feets the very fact that marketing egotist Obama cares that feckless dictator Mubarak is worse than … the possibility that the peace loving Muslim Brotherhood would set up a more feckless higher dictator killbot government jihadi style is … a good thing for his egotistical marketing plan.
Bring in a big assed mirror!!!
Ha, JD! Is there any way to hang inner tubes on the marketing egotist?
Never mind …
Well, ‘feet, this President lurvs him some dictators. It’s driven by jealousy, I think, mainly.
The Obama administration has been instituting little tyrannies of its own all over the United States. We might have something to learn from the Egyptians. Certainly the ChiCom overlords fear their people might learn something. Apparently the Syrians are taking a lesson.
Ha, JD! Is there any way to hang inner tubes on the marketing egotist?
I understand the Squid Brand Pitchforks company is working on a tire launcher and has an excess inventory in Molotov cocktails. Does that help?
The immolatee is usually the center of attention (at least for awhile) so Obama can probably be persuaded to give it a go…
We’ve been paying Egypt $2B a year since the freaking Camp David Accords (and $3B to Israel) in the late 1970’s. They should have instead been known as the “Bribes for Peace Accords”.
Anwar Sadat signed for Egypt, for which he was killed by Islamist elements in the Egyptian military, and was succeeded by, you guess it, Mubarak.
So we own Mubarak, pure and simple and have the $2B/year receipts to prove it.
Everybody in the ME knows he’s our Butt-Boy, just like they knew Somoza, the Shah and, at one point, Saddam Hussien were our allies too.
It’s called Realpolitik, and it’s a blood and guts game.
Perhaps Egypt can break the mold, but I fear that the pining for some idealized “democracy” to spring up in a part of the world where religion, family and clan all carry lots more juice than any concept of “nationality” is foolhardy. And history shows, again and again, that the most likely outcome is that jihadist elements of both the Sunnis (Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qeada and Hamas) and the Shias (Hezbollah) will bring forth yet another radical Islamic Republic.
It’s Jimmy Carter, redux.
From the comments here http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/01/iran_the_muslim_brotherhood_an.php
“The last thing al-Qaeda wants is a homegrown Arab democracy in the most populous Arab nation.”
Many people laughed at George Bush’s claim that all people – even those in the Middle East – yearn for freedom. We shall see how Egypt plays out. Do the arab youth of the Middle East yearn more for freedom or more for jihad?
People laughed scornfully at Reagan when he claimed the Wall should be torn down in East Germany. Then freedom happened and won out.
At this early time the surprise uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt appear led by those seeking freedom. We in the US should be rightfully nervous about how this may turn out – but al-Qaeda also must be very nervous at the moment as well. This time the ‘Wall’ that symbolizes a game-changing win for western-like freedom breaking out in an unlikely part of the world may not be a concrete wall – it may be Facebook.
This is spot on. But… the danger game right now is who will win. Since we have Obumble pitted against snakes, I expect this will turn on who has the best charmer. I don’t think Barry even knows the tune or the key to play. Knowing him, he’ll probably try a kazoo. Change!
nothing ventured nothing gained
Oh, they are venturing…
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/02/03/pics-of-the-day-homemade-helmets-in-egypt/
Love the bread sticks. I thought there were complaining about food shortages, though.
I will pray for all of you
Jesus please help the NFL stop beating off all the time it’s just ridiculous. Amen.
Worst phrasing ever.
We’ve all been there. Damn Germans.
I’m not sure what to make of those pictures, Stephanie.
Isn’t being hammered un-Islamic?
“Isn’t being hammered un-Islamic?”
– Only when you are explaining Islam to the press, or a group of Progressive buttheads.
At least one non-classical liberal gets it.
“Isn’t being hammered un-Islamic?”
– Only when you are explaining Islam to the press, or a group of Progressive buttheads.
Or it’s Ramadan and beating yourself is way cool!!
Alex I’ll take Tasks Egypt Sucks At for 300 please
You know who else wore Capezio dancing shoes?
David Lee Roth.
Ok, feets and the answer is: “The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt wants you to think they are way moderate and way cool.”
Ms. Powers, however, doesn’t seem to be too concerned about creeping socialisms right here at home. She should maybe look around.
“a government shutdown “under any circumstances.””
’cause people might notice we don’t need most of it
I’ve had hamsters who understood the world better than Kirsten.
Ok Harry. We’ll see your “unworkable” and “draconian” $74 large and raise you a “crazy” and “wacko” $426B more. Your move, fold or raise?
Stephanie,
Michael Totten interviewed Iranian dissident Abbas Milani, who sees many parallels between current events in Cairo and the fall of the Shah 31 years ago – where the mass protests that forced him out were initially led by pro-democracy forces, who were later co-opted and then destroyed by Khomeini’s Islamists. Sadly, he is not optimistic about the outcome here, either.
I believe newrouter posted a link to that interview earlier, but I can’t remember where…
geoffb,
If the Brookings Institute thinks it’s “crazy” and “wacko”, then I suspect it may have something going for it…
It was Stephanie who posted the link.
Oh. Well. That’s, ummm… somewhat embarrassing.
:: sigh ::
Although I do not remember seeing that post, but I remember a blockquote with a link at the end. No matter. What’s done is done…
i posted it here somewhere when Clarice 1st posted it on their blog here:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/the_story_of_the_egyptian_revo.html
then they made it a front page thing, just glad people got to read it
go mb chop,chop
oh noes poopy. bumblefuck to the rescue:
link
“Walid Phares knows his stuff, sdferr. Well done.”
I second the motion,
Keep firing!!!
Actually, newrouter, I think that may be the only option at this point. It didn’t require a stroke of genius on Barry’ part…
Sarah Shahi is wearing leather pants tonight.
Frankly, muslims suck.
nah just islam
National Review on the Rand Paul Budget.
Clarice mentioned today that she expects another missive from Tadros sometime in the next little bit, so we should know more from on the ground soon.
The reports coming in about the Obots talking with Mubarak about leaving sooner rather than later indicate that the snake charmer is not charming anyone at this point. The reports coming out of the journolists seem to suggest that Obumbles has significantly eroded our standing in that part of the world. I saw a blurb somewhere today that when Boosh was in office we were at 30% approval among Egyptians and that as of last month or so we had fallen to 17% under Obumbles. It has probably fallen to single digits on one hand by now. You know the digit.
More food to ponder http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MB02Ak01.html It’s Spengler.
And this from Fernandez at the Belmont Club:
The Obama administration has been caught out on two levels. They were not in the process early enough and they’re signaling operations do not provide enough purchase to steer the Egyptian situation through the rapids ahead. The root cause of this is simple. Command failure. The President has yet to decide on a preferred outcome and press for it with a specific process roadmap. It’s not clear he’s done that. Unless he does, Mubrak will do it for him; and if not Mubarak, then eventually the MB or another organization will pick up the pieces after spontaneity has been beaten down. Wait and see is not a winning strategy.
The key point to take at this time is that the Egyptian Army seems to be holding together and not fractionalizing. The riots should subside if Russia will lift the Wheat Export ban or if we immediately do as Spengler suggests and send them some wheat. If the Army hangs together and stays with Suleiman it might be enough for now. Obama isn’t smart enough to figure out the big picture on this, though and will probably lose it all. If in fact that isn’t his goal. Who knows?
Guess who was in Egypt in January? Ayers, Dohrn and Code Pink meeting with the MB. That can’t be coincidence, but then who knows with this crowd. They are almost like Manson in their zeal to use an “inferior” culture to effect change and then take the reigns from the clueless, which BTW Soros has come out forcefully against Israel so that could be a signal for something.
The cross currents and undercurrents in this don’t bode well – at all.
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All I see are Egyptian flags. Not a lot of green headbands or ersatz suicide vests. I’m cautiously optimistic. It can be co-opted, but seems genuine for now. GWB sleeps well.
This is playing out just like Iran in ’79. I don’t like that the media is soft-selling us on the Muslim Brotherhood (during the Shah’s fall, we were sold the mullahs as kinda quaint and harmless — and besides, the interim government was going to be moderate and democratic!). And I don’t like that the US leftists are so involved in this — even as they stood by and did and said nada when Iran was undergoing a demonstrable democratic uprising.
Days of rage? That resonates with some of us who remember (albeit vaguely) stories of the Weathermen from our childhood…
Iran had oil to finance its revolution Egypt has wax replicas of ruins…
Totally different situation.
Plus the Aswan Dam is just sitting there isn’t it if Sarah Palin doesn’t draw crosshairs on it I sure will
This is playing out just like Iran in ’79.
Probably won’t play out exactly the same. The 6th Fleet (that’s the Mediterranean Fleet, right Bob?) shouldn’t have any trouble helping the Marines keep the riff raff out of our embassy for example. That’s assuming of course that the fretters and bed wetters over at foggy bottom stay out of the way.
ohnoes someone tell bumblefuck the stimulus failed!
He’ll know what to do!
And I don’t like that the US leftists are so involved in this — even as they stood by and did and said nada when Iran was undergoing a demonstrable democratic uprising.
For some mysterious reason, the left are attracted to the MB like a moth to flame. The non-stop conga line from the UK to Hamas is quite astonishing. Think Galloway, Yvonne Ridley, Lauren Booth, et al. It can’t be just the reflexive leftist anti-Americanism. There must be something more to this genuflecting. Norm touches on it in this astonishing post. I say astonishing, because I’ve never heard a Marxist come this clean before, and still claim to be a Marxist and because of the inescapable conclusion that a man of Norm’s colossal intellect seems to have let escape.
Ernst, you’re right about the 6th Fleet’s being responsible for the Med. And I agree that there will be a greater ability for seaborne force projection into Egypt that there was into Iran. But, we have also been selling the Egyptians arms for the last 30 years; most notable among these are approximately 175 F-16s which can be armed with our own Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
That part makes me queasy.
But, that said, the US has a strong relationship with the Egyptian military. And they’ll end up controlling the country after Mubarak is forced to leave, at least until another government can be formed-so we’ve got that going for us…
Nothing mysterious about it SW. It’s simple bully worship.
But why these particular bullies, Ernst? This attraction to the clerical fascists of the MB has a whole friggin’ party going on. What is it about these particular death cultists? Is it because of the death cult?
All that I said aside, I happen to agree with JeffG in that this has the same “smell” as the Iranian uprising did in the late 70’s. That too was supposed to be full of peace, love, and democracy, but after about a month or so became all about a totalitarian theocracy.
It doesn’t help that all of the usual suspects are falling all over themselves to talk up the Muslim Brotherhood as a legitimate political force as well as that clown El Baradei. People need to remember that it was the MB that assasinated Anwar Sadat, for making peace with the JOOOOOOOOOOS! and the El Baradei made a career of lying to the west about Iran’s nuclear program; he had the gall to say that he considered it his responsibility to protect Iran from a western military attack (paraphrase) because of their aggresiveness and intransigence vis-a-vis nukes. He’s a demonstrated liar, and no one in the west should believe a word he says.
My tin-foil-hat wearing opinion? The transnational marxists on the left are expoiting the rapidly increasing food prices to foment dissatisfaction and insurrection in the middle east. Not only do they benefit by being able to take advantage of the ensuing social unrest, that is, never letting a crisis go to waste, to put their political ideology in place, but they have the added advantage of sticking it to the Israelis as well.
And they also have the possible benefit of increased oil prices fouling up the US economy as well, causing widespread suffering among at least 1/2 of the population, those that will have to choose between eating lunch and fueling their car so they can even go to work, and perhaps in a Cloward-Piven kind of way push the US past a tipping point and enable the glorious workers revolution they’ve been waiting for for so long to finally take place here.
So yes, I see the usual suspects involved, people I mistrust completely, and suspect they are rtying to advance their agenda by any means necessary, as always. And whether by design or as a useful idiot, I see Obama as being part of their program…
Is it because of the death cult?
Yes. Also the Will to Power.
Think of it as the mastabatory fantasy of penis-envying geldings.
jew-hating monkeyfuck Abr Moussa looks to be a way more plausible candidate than that Baradei pussy I think
Masturbatory. Spelink be not frend me.
Don’t you mean “jew-hating monkeyfuck Amr Moussa”, ‘feets?
Baradei and CNN are using each other.
Which one is using the other to get affection and which one to get
sexgratification remains unclear.sorry you are right it’s Amr
Wouldn’t want the wrong Mrs Moussa to get excited about seeing her son’s name in print.