Monday, March 7, 2011

CNN: Saudi security forces to crack down on protesters

Well apparently bribes failed - so what else can a king do? Time to bust heads. It is more than just a monarchy in Saudi Arabia - it has all the earmarks of a dictatorship and worse than that it a government that persecutes on the basis of religion - ironically Muslims persecuting Muslims.

Take a peek at the government press agency - it lives in another dimension with its head in the sand.

CNN: Saudi security forces to crack down on protesters

Well apparently bribes failed - so what else can a king do? Time to bust heads. It is more than just a monarchy in Saudi Arabia - it has all the earmarks of a dictatorship and worse than that it a government that persecutes on the basis of religion - ironically Muslims persecuting Muslims.

Take a peek at the government press agency - it lives in another dimension with its head in the sand.

Egypt’s new Prime Minister knows which side of the bread is buttered

"Carried on the shoulders of protesters who claimed him as their own, Egypt’s new prime minister waded into a crowd of tens of thousands in Tahrir Square on Friday, delivering a speech bereft of regal bombast . . . ."  [Egypt’s Prime Minister Affirms Power of Protests]. “I am here to draw my legitimacy from you,” said Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.

The New York Times's article is a good read as it focuses on the potential power (positive) of protests in bringing about change. Without the continuing protests overseeing the changes that goes deep into the prior government - they would have been superficial and cosmetic.

Egypt’s new Prime Minister knows which side of the bread is buttered

"Carried on the shoulders of protesters who claimed him as their own, Egypt’s new prime minister waded into a crowd of tens of thousands in Tahrir Square on Friday, delivering a speech bereft of regal bombast . . . ."  [Egypt’s Prime Minister Affirms Power of Protests]. “I am here to draw my legitimacy from you,” said Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.

The New York Times's article is a good read as it focuses on the potential power (positive) of protests in bringing about change. Without the continuing protests overseeing the changes that goes deep into the prior government - they would have been superficial and cosmetic.