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Free Speech via Journalism Equals Democracy
2008-07-12 19:33:00 Bill Moyers, in his speech to the audience at the National Conference on Media Reform,"Democracy without honest information creates the illusion of popular consent at the same time that it enhances the power of the state and the privileged interests that the state protects. And nothing characterizes corporate media today more than its disdain toward the fragile nature of modern life and its indifference toward the complex social debate required of a free and self-governing people."Journalism can make or break a democracy.In the swirl surrounding the events of September 11, 2001, was there any debate, or simply a lying down and a dogged acceptance of the established line, spoon-fed from the current administration?We desperately need media reform, as some outing of the truth from the perpe-traitors.For more on media reform, see StopBigMedia.com
By: Tumerica
"Define Democracy" Video Contest Part of DNC Convention
2008-06-15 15:05:00 The website "Cinemocracy" is working with the Democratic Party on a contest called "Define Democracy" which calls for you to make a short video not longer than five minutes which "defines democracy". You can enter the contest at Cinemocracy through July 15th.
Problems of Democracy Under Capitalism
2008-06-11 07:13:00 Updated June 18:I've always been opposed to public dishonesty, which is one of my problems with Communist states. They lied about so many things that now even when they tell the truth, people figure that "All Communists lie," so they are unlikely to be believed even when they are honest. You get a "boy who cried wolf" syndrome.Well, capitalists are pretty much the same. Almost all capitalists will always lie to defend their own interests. That is why whenever a businessman or business interest is quoted in the paper on some controversial issue, they are almost always lying. So it seems that in order to be a businessman in capitalist society, one must lie continuously.There are cultures, such as Arab, Japanese, Thai and Filipino culture, where lying is definitely a state of art. American society proscribes all lying as evil, and your average American will tell you that he never lies. The Japanese mindset, which I subscribe to, is, "Only an idiot never tells a lie."So there is a time...
By: Robert Lindsay
Death Mask of Democracy
2008-06-10 07:07:00 Do you think Democracy is dead? Is it time to nationalize the oil companies here in the states which supply us with 85% of our oil and still screw us. and health care and education? Is pure democracy dead, ruined by greedy people and corporations who wouldn't see Democracy only survives through self governing? The odd thing is, the people who claim to defend it the most, patriotically, may just be the main force behind its sped up collapse.Copyright 2006. All Rights Reserved. Brian Morrison
Follow Up : Al Burullus revolution.
2008-06-09 22:04:00 First of all I want to clarify something , yes Kafr El-Sheikh has a great MB presence but they do not have any relation from near or far with the uprising , with the mini revolution of the Al Burullus people. Already Al Burullus people acted alone with no pre-organizing movement and this is why it is dangerous from the security of point of view . If it were the MB or the leftists then it would be easily to control but this sudden emotional rebel moves make the regime scared to death. This is stupid regime which does not learn from its mistakes , it forgot that simple fishermen can be very angry and their anger of those outcasted forgotten people can harm all Egypt ,especially rich Egypt that goes to the north Coast and already they saw it last July in the Water protests. Now here is a theory the regime acted so ugly and violently with the people of Al Burullus ?they did not arrest them last year? because they wanted to teach them a lesson , it is not a game to cut or block the ...
Follow Up : The Al-Burullus uprising "With videos and photos"
2008-06-09 20:49:00 Al-Burullus made the headlines around the globe in the last 48 hours as the city which saw the hunger revolution , real hunger revolution. All Egyptian commenters and activists consider Al-Burullus to be the second Mahalla whether from the public anger or how the security dealt with it. Nevertheless Al-Burullus people proved to be real respectable people with hot temper , if we were all with hot temper like them our rights would not have been taken one by one like this. If you remember last summer we were shocked to know that in the land of the Nile there were Egyptians who could not find not clean water for months , the Nile Delta saw huge protests starting from Al-Burullus , when the people from that city brought their cause to the attention of the world when they cut and blocked the international highway for 6 or 7 hours after 11 days without water. Ironically its anniversary is next month The people of Burullus knew the trick ,the government won?t listen or look down humb...
Democracy
2008-06-08 23:00:00 "Interesting concept, and easy to learn" - Thunderbolt Games Review Democracy Do YOU have what it takes to run a country? Democracy is an intelligent and sophisticated game that will entertain you, but could also teach you a thing or two about politics as well. You may think that politics is about sticking to your principles no matter what, but in Democracy you'll quickly see just how easy it is to "compromise" those principles to keep your seat in government and how hard it is to balance the conflicting priorities of your constituents. Plenty of never-before-seen events and dilemmas, some of which may seem similar to recent world events… Choose from twelve different real-world countries Manage each turn of government development including policy changes, population agenda, re-election and control of legislature, budget decisions, satisfaction of constituent groups Over 80 different policy changes, each with an emphasis slider you can create a limitless number of politic...
By: Blog Zone
Coca Cola speaks out about democracy in Africa
2008-06-08 19:46:00 Interesting post on All Africa about Coca Cola caught my eye. The worldwide CEO of Coca Cola gives his view about the drink company’s prospects in Africa and on the way discusses democracy in Africa. I was interested to see that Africa makes 7% of Coke’s non-US sales. Somehow I had the impression of more. ...
8,000 protesters are not few protesters
2008-06-08 10:47:00 Last night the city of Al-Burullus witnessed huge clashes between the citizens and police forces. About 8000 citizen gathered and protested against the governer's decision to distribute Wheat on bakeries instead of the people.The clashes and its size and severity reminded the people with the clashes of the Mahalla on last 6th of April 2008 .I think that this is the first big sized protests to be for wheat and bread , Mahalla was originally for workers' right and rise in prices , but this is for Wheat and bread.People are getting more and more angry for wheat , this reminds me with the French Revolution , strangely no one reads history or learns anything from it , Moshe Dyan was right !!The Governer of the Kafr El-Sheikh , which Al-Burullus city follows of course denied that there were clashes and said that the protestors were few on TV last night !!??I do not think that 8000 citizens can be described as few protesters ,even if they protested in Cairo !!??I am trying to put my hand...
In a Democracy, You are FORCED by Law to Pay Dues to Union You Don?t Belong
2008-06-07 00:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston How can it be legal that an American is forced to pay dues to a union he doesn’t even want to belong to, and hasn’t joined? Believe it or not, some state laws force workers in some industries to do just that. It seems insane and unAmerican, but it is true nonetheless. Freedom, ...
By: Publius Forum
This is what he should do !!??
2008-06-06 21:40:00 digg_url = "http://egyptianchronicles.blog-spot.com/2008/06/this-is-what-h-e-should-do.html";digg_title = "This is what he should do !!??";digg_bgcolor = "#F8EFD5";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined;Our family do not buy Weekly Akhabr Al Youm since Mr. Momtaz Al-Kot , its chief in editor crossed all the lines in kissing the regime ass , after being loyal to Akhabr Al Youm publications for more than half a century for professional and emotional reasons , we could not take it anymore with the rubbish Mr. Momtaz writes every week to book the CEO place of the Akhabr Al Youm publishing house, even daily Al Akhabr we found ourselves living without it after boycotting it for a week and thus we do not buy it anymore even for Ahmed Rageb and Mustafa Hussein.Al Akhabr and Akhabr Al Youm are turned officially in an Egyptian Parvda , well it was like that since its nationalization I am afraid but we just do not remember....
Hacking Democracy
2008-06-06 08:46:00 An incredible expose on the voting machine nightmare. Here’s the official website.
By: Surfing the Tao
Nihilism/Democracy
2008-06-05 18:54:00 In Revolutionary Characters–What Made The Founders Different, author Gordon Wood says the following about Thomas Jefferson— Jefferson’s faith in the natural sociability of people…lay behind his belief in minimal government….Jefferson would have fully understood the Western world’s recent interest in devolution and localist democracy….For Jefferson, there could be no power independent of the people, in whom he ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nihilism/Democracy", url: "http://www.whereistheoutrage.n-et/wordpress/2008/06/05/nihilis-mdemocracy/" });
Is he the president of another country ??
2008-06-03 23:07:00 President Mubarak is in Rome at the food security summit today and said to the Journalists and reporters from around the globe that Egypt did not suffer currently from food Crisis !!?? Excuse !!?? What about the daily queues in front of bakeries to get some loaves of bread after waiting for hours !!?? What about his decision to save the day and order the army to share its wheat with the people ?? What about the decisions to import Wheat from faraway countries like Russia ?? What about the Rice Crisis ?? Rashid order to stop the export of Egyptian Rise and this caused a trouble abroad and the price of Rice went up because of it ?? Does he think that those reporters will believe him like the chief in editors he takes with him in his Air Force One !!?? This shows that this man is no longer contacted to the present and he lost his ability to interact with the outside world as he should !!?? He lives in his world of lies and hypocrisy made by his entourage. The sad thing he doe...
Discounts on Democracy in Europe: Who Should Determine How One Self-Determi
2008-06-03 22:51:00 With its expansion ever since the end of the cold war, the European Union has been increasingly projecting itself as a moral force in global affairs. It has called itself a community of values and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Lifting the veil on Indonesian ?democracy?
2008-06-03 14:03:00 The fuel prices rise of almost 30 percent was... [[ Click title to read the rest of this entry. ]]
This is a war crime
2008-06-03 00:07:00 Oh boy we are in the sad June with its terrible memories regarding our slayed POWs and Civilians in the desert Sinai and here we are with this new scandal , which I am not surprised at all to know about. Thank God that people now speak and confess Please check this confession from an American Soldier regarding what the U.S army does with the Iraqi and Afghani civilians dead bodies . There should be an international investigation about these crimes.These are war crimes by all measuresTechnorati Tags: American,American army,U.S Army,Iraq,Afghanistan,video,Med-ia,Human rights,regional,Arab,War,POWs,W-ar Crimes
?And the Attack on Democracy Begins for SEIU!
2008-06-01 00:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston So, the convention has barely started and we already have the goons at the top of the SEIU trying to shut down the voice of its own members. The UHW folks are one of the alternative voices of the Services Employee International Union and they have been trying to encourage the ...
By: Publius Forum
Thoughts Are Free, Entry Is Not
2008-05-30 17:31:00 By Joharah Baker Unfortunately, Palestinians are no longer surprised at Israel?s racist policies. Discrimination against Palestinians and those who support them has become the rule, not the exception. Still, when the Shin Bet, Israel?s internal intelligence agency, banned renowned American academic... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
Conservatives, America, and John McCain - Is This Such A Bad Deal?
2008-05-30 14:08:00 I?ve been finding very disturbing the intense hostility that conservatives direct against John McCain. So much so that I wrote a very long rant on the subject, which American Thinker was kind enough to publish and which I reprinted below: Perhaps because I?m a neocon, and not a dyed-in-the-wool, native-born conservative, I look at John McCain, ...
By: Webloggin
Tyranny of Democracy
2008-05-30 03:32:00 Deeda-i-Beena The public pronouncements made thus far by the Chief Justice Iftikhar have emphasised two themes viz. Supremacy of the Constitution and, the Rule of Law. He has left his own restoration and that of the superior judiciary to his minions, Aitzaz and Nawaz to pursue. Together his two themes represent the foundation and the essence ...
Jimmy in Fox
2008-05-29 20:24:00 Our own Gamal Mubarak or Jimmy made another exclusive interview in World Economic circus with Fox News "how it can exclusive and already he made several interviews here and there !!" As you can see the reporter won't be from Fox if she did not ask Mubarak JR about Iran, this is the first question , already I do not know why he is speaking about Iran , it is an external issue and he is not official member in the cabinet . Another thing I noticed that he always uses the word "Challenge" over and over ,whether in his Arabic or English interview ; Iran is Challenge , Peace Challenge , economic challenge , there is always a challenge facing this man !!!?? Again I found him aggressive judging on his body language. What can I say ?? Enjoy the show of your favourite Jimmy in your favourite GOP Channel Technorati Tags: Fox News,Fox,Media,Video,World Economic Forum,Sharm El-Sheikh,Gamal Mubarak,Egypt,Hosni Mubarak,politics,interantional,-democracy,News
Mengistu the red
2008-05-29 12:48:00 Yesterday I read in the news that Ethiopia's Supreme Court sentenced former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in absentia for his role in the Red Terror. I really laughed because this is the first time I read something about Mengistu.Pardon my ignorance but I only hear his name when my family brought up the famous funny presidential moments of President Sadat. President Sadat used to refer to Mengistu as red Mengistu due to his Marxist beliefs. President Sadat used to attack him a lot. Anyhow putting a side the nickname given to him , I think red is not only symbol of Marxism but for blood in his case. The sad thing in the red terror is that it is not the Mass murder operation in Africa ,it is repeated over and over. Just FYI I believe that we should pay attention to Ethiopia after all it is from our national security to secure the Nile ,already Mohamed Ali Pasha and his grand son Ismail pasha understood that. Technorati Tags: Mengistu,Ethiopia,dictators,dic-tatorship,Af...
Democracy, markets and the BBC
2008-05-29 11:27:00 I have frequently found myself talking to reform-minded individuals in the Middle East. Many like the idea of democracy. They admire it. Personally they are liberal, progressive, secular. And yet the closer they are to power - or when holding office - the more they concede that the time is not yet ripe. Their work is too ...
The Despots' Democracy
2008-05-28 20:59:00 Michael Gerson - washingtonpost.com wants to create a new catagory of rogue state, a rogue democracy. He makes a case for South Africa to be included. By his criteria, the US under Bush, Israel, and quite a few other countries belong on that list. Somehow, I don't think Gerson had that in mind. "Things on the ground," e-mailed a friend from a groaning Zimbabwe, "are absolutely shocking -- systematic violence, abductions, brutal murders. Hundreds of activists hospitalized, indeed starting to go possibly into the thousands." The military, he says, is "going village by village with lists of MDC [Movement for Democratic Change] activists, identifying them and then either abducting them or beating them to a pulp, leaving them for dead." In late April, about the time this e-mail was written, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa -- Zimbabwe's influential neighbor -- addressed a four-page letter to President Bush. Rather than coordinating strategy to end Zimbabwe's nightmare, Mbeki cr...
If You know the reason
2008-05-28 17:29:00 Q : why had the Egyptian government renewed the activation of the Emergency laws for another two years ?? A: Because the future terrorism law does not include any protection to the regime for the strikes, it does not recognize strikes as an act from terrorism banned by law where as under emergency laws it can be banned by the orders of the President "Despite the fact it will be illegal " Q : what is the significance of the two years period ?? A: After two years ,we will be in 2010 , the end of president's Mubarak presidential period ,where it is expected than he will not renew and will abdicate and his son Gamal will take over It seems that the strikes are now the new threat facing the Mubarak regime scaring them after the success of the 6th April strike "this is a success, this fear". Now on a daily basis in Egypt there are strikes across the nation mainly in the factories and there are protests some where in front of something. The culture of Strikes ...
Hillary Clinton — A Mockery of Democracy and Feminism
2008-05-28 08:57:00 By Harold Meyerson Clinton’s Two-State Two-Step: Making Florida and Michigan’s delegates a cause for democracy and feminism makes a mockery of both. Columnist - Harold Meyerson On... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
I LOVE DEMOCRACY!
2008-05-27 16:33:00 Of course we have a democracy that works! Jai Hind. Imagine a Hitler instead of a Jalyalalitha, an A 61 Views | comments (10) | Tags: humor bal thackeray(2) peaceful protestors communal harmony idi amin(3) s
By: Bitter Sweet
One more year
2008-05-25 19:36:00 The emergency law is expected to be renewed for another one year by the orders of Mubarak and approval of the Parliament !! It seems that it will never expire !!?? Already I heard a very fearful future scenario from an activist friend that Mubarak wants the two laws : The future terrorism law and the current emergency law to work in parallel at the same time so there would be no gaps !!?? Look I do not know how correct is that theory but I can't deny that Mubarak and his regime will not refuse such ultimate control. For your information the Terrorism law was supposed to substitute the emergency law after the later was active for the last 27 years since the assassination of President Sadat . The government was supposedly to finish the terrorism law this month but it did not . Thank God there is pseudo terrorism act here and there to justify the renewal ,it is better to be clear ,it is good they stop to fool around with the people , because people are not longer f...
Zaid Ibrahim to address media freedom activists
2008-05-25 08:24:00 On Sunday, 1 June, journalists and concerned citizens are planning to taking a symbolic Walk at Dataran Merdeka to promote the cause of media freedom. The organisers stress that it is not a public gathering but a walk. They expect Zaid Ibrahim to deliver a keynote address. According to the organisers, Zaid has made two requests - ...
By: anilnetto.com
Ayman Nour and Samir Kuntar
2008-05-24 11:53:00 Samir Kuntar is the most famous Arab political prison in the Israeli jails, he has a life sentence to serve in Israel that crosses 100 years, already the Lebanese Druze did military operations in which the Israelis considered terrorist acts “To be honest I read his case from the Israeli and Arab perspective and to be honest I do not know whom I shall believe”. Samir is considered the oldest Lebanese prisoner in the Israeli Prisons and he is on the top of the Hezbollah Lebanese prisoners list to be free in exchange with the Israeli captured two Soldiers “Do you remember them??”. The Israelis refuse to let him free in the POWs exchange operations except for information about Aron Arad . Ayman is a liberal politician, who had ambitions to make a change in his country, after a controversial career in Political arena, he decided to have his own liberal party and even to run for Presidency after believing the illusions of free multi party presidential ...
Mark your calendar : Strike No.3
2008-05-23 12:15:00 Mark your calendar for the next strike in Egypt : On the 5th of June 208 Oh yes the 5th of June can be the third strike Egypt would see after the 6ht of April Strike and the 4th of May Strike. To tell you the truth I like the date , it is meaningful , our historical big defeat !! I did not receive any invitation yet in Facebook about , but I found talks here and there in the Websites and blogs People in Egypt are extremely angry from the Government's latest economic decisions to escalate prices in oil and taxes . If our people ,the Egyptians want a real change then they should stay at home on the 5th of June , which will be Wednesday ,this will send a big slap to the regime Technorati Tags: Egypt,Strike,Democracy,Economy,-Prices,citizen Journalism demcocracy,Life,Society,Nationa-l,Politics,Middle East,Mideast,6th of April strike,4th of May
YouTube for Democracy
2008-05-23 00:52:00 Its tempting to post my own ‘free speech‘ rant but… “Senator Lieberman stated his belief, in a letter sent today, that all videos mentioning or featuring these groups should be removed from YouTube — even legal nonviolent or non-hate speech videos,” YouTube’s blog post states. “While we respect and understand his views, YouTube encourages free speech ...
After 7 days ...
2008-05-22 20:54:00 After 7 days from today Egypt officially will stop working with the infamous emergency law; it will be expired and unless there will be explosion some where to be called by the government a terrorist act , Egypt for the first time in Mubarak rule will be free from it . Do not be so happy because there will be another law which is the Anti-terrorism law , I do not know if the regime will act so fast in the coming days to pass the law so quickly in the parliament and this is so easy taking in to consideration that the majority in the Parliament is from the NDP and more important that when the NDP wants a law to pass they make it pass whether we like or not even if it is against the constitution . Anyhow if nothing is imposed after 7 days as an alternative ,I will consider it as a trick from the regime to appear as a freedom lover regime in front of the west because I can't believe that this regime will live one second without it, it is like oxygen to it , through it Mubarak ...
His childhood memories
2008-05-22 19:20:00 My dear friend N.American Princess "who is actually a sweet and original Egyptian Princess" reminded of something I wanted to write about from two weeks ago , again the Lebanese issue made me forget it. Gamal Mubarak made an appearance in the National Egyptian TV on its first channel in the political pro- regime talk show "Honestly" {Of course nothing honest in this show from the beginning till the ending}. As usual he was wearing his lucky blue shirt "may be he wears for fear of envy !!???" and was speaking with all enthusiasm about our wars with Israel;the TV show was during the celebrations of Sinai Liberation and its title was about Youth and Liberation ..so it was natural thing to find young Gamal Mubarak who crossed the 40 years old and did not serve his military service for some mysterious reasons speaking about the wars !! Anyhow I did not stop at what they were saying except one thing ; the Childhood war memories of Mr.Gamal Mubarak in...
It is so late for that ; where have you been the past 8 years ??
2008-05-21 22:20:00 The Egyptian official media has nothing to speak along with the pro-regime media in Egypt except the cold shoulders and showers also Mubarak and Son gave to G.W Bush in Sharm El-Sheikh these days over and over; it seems as if they liberated Iraq , well unfortunately they did not. Mubarak did not attend Bush's word nor his son only his daughter in law was there listening Bush attacking the Middle East rulers above them her father in law saying the following : "Too often in the Middle East, politics has consisted of one leader in power and the opposition in jail" Bush did not mean anyone except Ayman Nour of course , and surely Mubarak did not know the speech of Bush but he was angry from the American's president early interview and he had a meeting with Bush the day before the speech in Sharm El-Sheikh , it seems that that meeting was not as smiling as the two men were in front of the cameras . Mubarak speeches are always prepared in advance ,so the attack ...
Investing in India - Thank God for democracy - Straight from the Hip
2008-05-19 23:28:00 Indian investors must thank God for democracy and its institutions. They only have to look at the plight of people in countries whose rulers are so u3 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
President Bush Lectures Arab World On Democracy
2008-05-19 09:37:00 President George Bush gave the Arab world a stern lecture which urged its leaders to adhere to principles of democracy. He told them “in recent years, we have seen hopeful beginnings toward this vision. Turkey– a nation with a majority Muslim population– is a prosperous modern demcoracy. Afghanstan, under the leadership of President Karzai ...
Ku Li tells 1,000-strong crowd he is going for top post after Mahathir quit
2008-05-19 08:33:00 5.30pm - Ku Li has addressed a crowd of over 1,000 people at the ballroom of another hotel in Alor Star. Commenting on Dr Mahathir’s shock decision to quit, he said that the former premier had wanted to send a strong message to Umno. Tengku Razeleigh also said he would be challenging for the top post ...
By: anilnetto.com
Moyers: Democracy in America Is a Series of Narrow Escapes, and We May Be R
2008-05-19 06:12:00 AlterNet The earth we share as our common gift, to be passed on in good condition to our children's children, is being despoiled. Private wealth is growing as public needs increase apace. Our Constitution is perilously close to being consigned to the valley of the shadow of death, betrayed by a powerful cabal of secrecy-obsessed authoritarians. Terms like "liberty" and "individual freedom" invoked by generations of Americans who battled to widen the 1787 promise to "promote the general welfare" have been perverted to create a government primarily dedicated to the welfare of the state and the political class that runs it. Yes, Virginia, there is a class war and ordinary people are losing it. It isn't necessary to be a Jeremiah crying aloud to a sinful Jerusalem that the Lord is about to afflict them for their sins of idolatry, or Cassandra, making a nuisance of herself as she wanders around King Priam's palace grounds wailing "The Greeks are coming." Or Socrates, the gadfly, stin...
Leave the messenger
2008-05-17 10:07:00 Do you remember James Buck,the American photographer and journalist who was detained by the Egyptian Police for covering the Mahalla clashes last month ?? Whom the whole world spoke about when he used the bless of Web 2.0 aka twitter to send a SMS message to inform the whole world that he was arrested !! James was one of the few voices from outside that stood beside us sincerely , you all know that what happened in Mahalla was not covered outside as it should be. Anyhow James was freed immediately after the interference of the American Embassy and he had departed the country and despite that the Media secretary in our consulate in San Francesco tried to let's say explain the misunderstanding that happened in Mahalla ,still James did not abandon the case as we say in Egypt . In fact James involved more and more especially when his Egyptian translator Mohammed Maree is detained up till this moment for no good reason at except that he was with James and was doing ...
Democracy at Work:3rd National Conference, June 19-22
2008-05-17 00:00:00 Democracy at Work:3rd National Conference of Worker Cooperatives and Democratic Workplaces New Orleans, LA June 19-22, 2008 The conference will be held on the campus of Loyola University in New Orleans, and is co-sponsored by the Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice at Loyola. We're preparing for three full, focused, fun ...
By: The G Bitch Spot
Review : A Nation in waiting
2008-05-16 21:03:00 I have just watching "A Nation in waiting" from the beginning till the ending and these are my remarks about this important documentary that Al Jazeera international produced to the west . Overall the documentary was unbiased, moderated. I do not know why Al Jazeera international ignored Mohammed Naguib and considered Nasser the first president of Egypt , Naguib was not just the first Egyptian President but he also was forced to leave the position and was sent in to internal exile because of supporting democracy and standing by the real 6 principles of revolution. Mubarak was so young in 1980s , seriously he looked so young and thin !! I could not stand the hypocrites of the NDP they hosted especially Ali El-Din Halal about the bridges his president ordered to be built People do not remember because they are ungrateful !!! #%&*# what ever this insult to him ,yes the Egyptians are like the cats ; they eat and deny "famous Egyptian proverb ab...
To celebrate the occasion
2008-05-16 12:46:00 This is a bit late , pardon me I was following the Lebanese issue and I forgot that important occasion. Please read this post first Please buy this book , it is from the most honest and important books published in the West about Egypt's in Mubarak's era. The book discusses shocking facts Amazon.com: Inside Egypt Also Al Jazeera international aired a documentary about Egypt after Mubarak's 80th birthday , its name is "A Nation in waiting " , the nation of of course is the Egyptian ,I do not know what they think the Egyptian nation is waiting for ?? By the way the Egyptian media ignored this important documentary. Technorati Tags: Egypt,Mubarak,President,Hosni Mubarak,Mideast,Middle East,Books,Democracy,Egyptians,-media,national,politics,video,A-l jazeera international,John R.Bardley
Mona El-Shazely's interview with Bush
2008-05-16 11:17:00 Here is the interview in D.C that caused a lot of stir back in Cairo for Mona El-Shazely Please click Here , it is in Arabic . I wish that Mona would publish the complete English interview so the Westerns especially Americans would know what their President said Update : Here it is from Youtube , thanks to anonymous commenter Mona El-Shazely's interview with G.W Bush Technorati Tags: America,Mona El-Shazely,Dream TV,News,Media,Video,G.W Bush,Egypt,Cairo,D.C,Citizen Journalism,mideast,Middle East
New Delhi's Bus Rapid Transit System - Democracy Rides a Bus
2008-05-15 19:17:00 For close to a month now, the newspapers in Delhi have been busy covering the fracas caused by the decision of the government to introduce the Bus Rapid System on a fast track. The intent of the government might have been good; but the experience from the phenomenon proves one thing that of course should have been obvious long ago - that technology is a great too but no panacea. Ultimately technological solutions have to operate in society and society is inhabited by human beings, not robots who will dance to a piper?s tune.I missing link in the government?s high powered group, the Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System (DIMTS) Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System (DIMTS) has got experience in several fields and has obviously got strong political backing but it does not appear to have thought of including a behavioral psychologist or an anthropologist in its technical team who could have assessed and evaluated the traffic usage pattern in Delhi and offered some recommend...
Lebanon was always a democracy
2008-05-14 13:08:00 Reuters published an interesting analysis essay regarding what happened to Lebanon from a victory to Hezollah and allies , describing it as another blow to Bush administration,it is very interesting but I want to clear something because I hate this wrong information Here is the link : http://www.alertnet.org/thenews-/newsdesk/B599715.htm { Sorry I am trying the Blog it application from Facebook}G.W Bush did not bring democracy to Lebanon , Lebanon was ,is and will be always a democratic country , their elections were always democratic so it is not an achievement for Bush . The achievement which can be considered an achievement or a victory to Bush is when the Syria were out of Lebanon thanks to the people's anger. For the record the Syrians came to Lebanon by the request of the American , this is a historical fact.Already if Bush thinks that his allies are the perfect example of his kind of democracy : Corrupted Personalities :Saniora, ex-war princes: Jomblatt,Gaegae and Gumayel ar...
Restoration in line with Charter of Democracy
2008-05-14 01:00:00 Today Asif Zardari claimed on GEO TV that those who had taken oath under the PCO once could not be restored under the Charter of Democracy. I would like to point out that this statement is blatantly incorrect and comes across as a deliberate attempt to derail the restoration of the judges. The restoration of ...
The interview in the White house
2008-05-13 23:18:00 Wow I have just finished watching Mona El-Shazely's very quick, very short ,very powerful and successful interview with G.W Bush. The exclusive interview that lasted for 10 minutes only I believe was the most interesting interview G.W Bush ever made for an Arabic TV , all previous interviews were long, boring and questions were repeated over and over just like the answers but this time it was different may be because the interviewer was different. Mona had few time and thus she decided along with her excellent editing team to find the best four questions that can cover most important topics currently in Egypt and outside Egypt. I was scared that he would repeat his nonsense regarding Lebanon in which he said in BBC Arabic and Al Arabiya yesterday but clever Mona had other more important questions. Important questions that made me understand why the public media is attacking her and made me fear that she would face another hate campaign. The first question was ab...
Musharraf a ?virus? that is bad for democracy: PML-N leader
2008-05-13 19:16:00 Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Tuesday compared President Pervez Musharraf to a “dangerous virus” that was harmful for Pakistan’s democracy and said it was important to remove him. “Just like a deadly virus in any computer that can destroy the whole system, Musharraf is a dangerous virus for democracy ...
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