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From the world according to Glen Beck http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-01/glenn-becks-egypt-freakout-how-the-uprising-splits-us-conservatives/2/

You mean this devil http://www.truth-out.org/jeff-cohen-fear-extreme-islamists-arab-world-blame-washington67267

The tactics employed by Mubarak's supporters are to be expected and perhaps were predictable. It is quite obvious when you watch Mubarak speak and observe his body language that he takes unkindly to a challenge to his authority. As I see it the problem is created through the oppression created over the decades and in particular during the reign of terror under Mubarak's watch. Unless I am misunderstanding you the fear you have is that a caliphate is in the making. There may be some merit to what you say but only time will tell. It may very well be this is a new beginning which may lead, in the long run, to a free and democratic Egypt.

Good point and that is probably why it would be better for all concerned if Mubarak would relinquish his position today. Based on the link I have provided he and his supporters seem to wish otherwise. There may very well be a secular option that you have failed to take into account behind that door. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/egyptian-president-mubarak-to-speak-after-massive-protest-demanding-his-ouster-115039994.html

I live in Winnipeg and don't ever expect to come in contact with this person. Has it ever occurred to you that in Egypt, for example, such an individual might be rejected in favour of others?

Which god is that?

To my knowledge I haven't met any Islamofacists. What does such a person look like?

I live in Canada and am a resident of Manitoba. You can be assured that when the next election is called my vote won't be going to Harper and his band of trained seals. Were the Harperites ever to get a majority then those social conservatives within their ranks would show their ugly heads. Harper and his party have links to the Republican Party and employ some of the same dishonest tactics utilized down south.

Isn't one of the issues state rights? I agree with you that this should be settled in the political arena.

Harper caters to the narrow interests in his regionally based group of rednecks and bigots. He operates as if he is a monarch all the while showing contempt for Parliament.

"Politically it is the best organized and most powerful opposition party in Egypt but its popularity has always hovered only about at 30% of the Egyptian population, without about 28% pro Mubarak and the rest really not affilited with one particular party or another but anti Mubarak." Yes. Here in Canada we have the Harperites who represent 30% of the voting public at the expense of the other 70%. Harper is an autocrat much in the same mould as Mubarak.

" Of course much of the aid has been in the form of military aid, and of course impoverished people can't eat bullets or live in tanks when they're hungry and homeless. Still, the money the regime saved through the aid, whether given in cash, military, or other goods and services, has benefited Egyptians." Good point. The problem is the money went to the elite and to suppressing the vast majority of the population. Mubarak announced he will not run in the next election. Power to the people.

That wouldn't be the Falkland Islands debacle by any chance?

I know this is off topic but I am thinking you might want to invest in a snowblower, jbg.

This isn't a person who I would seek out as a friend. I know of a number of individuals who apparently embrace Christianty and who seem to see both wife and children as property.

That would depend upon my assessment of the circumstances and whether I felt threatened.

I am well aware of some of the literature on the Brotherhood. I have noticed that some folks tend to demonize those with different views to buttress a given position. The position you adopt seems to fit that profile.

One of the parties will have to seek leave to appeal. The USSC will take this up but the current makeup of the court does not insure the result you imply.

It is unclear to me why you fear the aspiration of a political entity wanting to gain power. If the elections are free and fair who are you to challenge the result if the people of Egypt choose the Mulsim Brotherhood as representative of their views. That is how democracy works.

You are free to attribute whatever you want in defining life and our place in the universe.

I don't share you belief in the entity you describe as god. Having said that as long as you aren't attempting to impose that view on others I believe in live and let live.

Thanks for clarifying your position. When people are disenfranchised as they have been in Egypt and there is rampant corruption and rigged elections, buttressed by financial support from external entities, these events are to be expected. The demonstrations today are peaceful and I am sure you will agree that it might be time for a new order in Egypt which recognizes fundamental human rights and the rule of law.

Are you suggesting that Mubarak should stay?

Well put.

I take it you would have no objections to having the funding offered by the Americans to Israel and Egypt discontinued. Those polls you presented mean nothing to me.