What is so funny about the experience of this young woman is how she became involved in the Egypt Revolution this past January in Tahrir Square. She went to a class, 'The Social Mobilization Under Authoritarian Regime,' at the American University in Cairo."
From Denny: Finally, President Obama announces sanctions on Libya again. This Libyan dictator spent decades in sanctions limbo only to get thrown back into sanctions prison yet again. This guy should have been overthrown a long time ago.
Obama says he is freezing Libyan nationals' financial assets and there are economic sanctions to be put in place as well. He has not said what the specifics are to be exactly, as yet undetermined pending review of what will work best. Read that as he and his staff don't know and will be running around asking all the so-called experts what to do.
So far Obama has phoned key allies like UK Prime Minister Cameron, Prime Minister of Turkey, skirt-chasing Italy's Berlusconi and the United Nations Secretary General. Obama does not want to institute a no-fly zone but does not say why. The American embassy in Libya has been shuttered and closed down. Well, yeah, the country is in the process of becoming a failed state quickly.
One thing Obama did get right was to "hold his powder" as my Grand Dad used to say. Obama refused to satisfy the critics who demanded he come out and start screaming at and denouncing Gadhafi when the protests began. Well, there was the little matter of many hundreds of embassy and oil industry personnel still present in this chaotic country and we had to get them out safely. Today, a plane took off from the capitol city of Tripoli with Americans glad to leave that nightmare. Others arrived after 60 hours trapped on a ferry. But at least they are out now.
Currently, there is civil war going on in the country with Gadhafi murdering the once peaceful protesters. Law and order has gone out the window since Gadhafi began killing people. Now, protesters have taken up arms and have started taking over whole cities. This protest makes the Egypt Revolution look like Disneyland sweet.
Of course, everyone around the world keep stressing about how much the price of oil will go up. For one thing, what a sham. If world leaders are so weak as to allow Big Business to up the price of oil to $10 to $15 a gallon just in America then they will implode all the world economies. How stupid can you get? Here in America we sit on federal oil reserves stored in Louisiana. Oil prices are determined years ago to what they are to be today so why all of a sudden go up but for one reason: excessive profit?
America does not get all its oil from this area of the Middle East, a small percentage. As it is, America is sitting on the largest oil deposit in the world of light sweet crude, the easiest to process: the Gulf of Mexico. The same Gulf of Mexico, that BP polluted with their inept management of the oil rigs, people and the oil deposit. There is enough oil there to last America for well over a century.
The problem is that America allows Wall Street to control our resources to the point Americans don't get but a small benefit from our own oil reserves. Well, it's about time that this President get off his lazy ass and started taking care of the average American person instead of Big Business and Wall Street cheats.
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Check out the latest political opinions from American cartoonists about the revolution in Egypt. Adding new cartoons as they become available so check back often.
From Denny: For the past week Egypt has been on a dizzying and fast-paced course to change their history. Hopefully, this will be mostly a peaceful transition to a new democracy.
There is a lot at stake as easily one million protesters have taken to the streets. The people have organized themselves into protection groups to guard their neighborhoods and their priceless museums.
What is at stake for the rest of the world is whether the new government will be friendly toward the Western nations who need trade and oil to continue. As it stands, the Suez Canal must remain open or the price of oil will sky rocket for the world. No one can pay those prices in this down economy. Or will the world end up with yet another anti-social backward leaning religious autocracy like we could expect from the Muslim Brotherhood?
Fortunately, President Obama has decided to finally pressure Mubarek to resign or at least leave once there are elections in September. Frankly, I doubt Mubarek can hold on that long. The smart thing to do is for Egyptians to create a temporary government with the opposition leader of their choice until free and fair elections can be held. Mubarek is so odious to the rank and file Egyptian there is just no way he can remain. If Obama wants to help stabilize the world economy he had better get a move on and give Mubarek "the bum's rush" before there is yet another assassination. Convince this guy to leave now in an orderly fashion.
Check out what American cartoonists have published about this week in Egypt.
Egypt and the new anti-government revolt against Mubarek - and rampant police corruption and torture of regular citizens - occurring for 30 years:
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