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Scouse Express Feb 10th 2011 3:44 am

Mubarak's Quitting.
 
Good - Now we can get back to the real news, like Lindsay Lohan's upcoming Jewelry Theft Trial.:banghead:


Jim.

Octang Frye Feb 10th 2011 4:54 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 
And so is Obama.

Smoking, that is.

Jerseygirl Feb 10th 2011 5:01 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by Octang Frye (Post 9167248)
And so is Obama.

Smoking, that is.

Thought he'd already quit...according to his wife but of course you may know better. Perhaps you caught him having a fag around the back of the White House. :p

Bob Feb 10th 2011 6:51 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 
Oooh err missus, now that would have made the news :lol:

S Folinsky Feb 10th 2011 10:21 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by Scouse Express (Post 9167089)
Good - Now we can get back to the real news, like Lindsay Lohan's upcoming Jewelry Theft Trial.:banghead:


Jim.

You left out the "not."

NSBlake Feb 11th 2011 3:24 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 
BBC: Egypt's Mubarak resigns as leader

Hosni Mubarak steps down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protests by anti-government demonstrators in Cairo and other cities.

ironporer Feb 11th 2011 4:04 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by Octang Frye (Post 9167248)
And so is Obama.

Smoking, that is.

Isn't it illegal to smoke in any Federal Building? Especially the WH?

robin1234 Feb 11th 2011 4:10 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by NSBlake (Post 9169712)
BBC: Egypt's Mubarak resigns as leader

Hosni Mubarak steps down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protests by anti-government demonstrators in Cairo and other cities.

According to the BBC Report, Vice-President Omar Suleiman said "May God help everybody."

You can say that again.

Octang Frye Feb 11th 2011 4:11 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 
The State Department's Neville Chamberlain moment came yesterday:

The Muslim Brotherhood is mainly secular and has eschewed violence, apparently.

Peas in our time...

robin1234 Feb 11th 2011 4:17 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by Octang Frye (Post 9169847)
The State Department's Neville Chamberlain moment came yesterday:

The Muslim Brotherhood is mainly secular and has eschewed violence, apparently.

Peas in our time...

The US Government cannot make itself responsible for every political player in every democracy in the world (or every country moving toward democracy) ... can it?

MrEmjoy Feb 11th 2011 4:22 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by robin1234 (Post 9169842)
According to the BBC Report, Vice-President Omar Suleiman said "May God help everybody."

You can say that again.

They always say that especially when the wife's experimenting with the cooking!

Octang Frye Feb 11th 2011 4:23 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 
No it can't. But it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. Possibly, rather well.

robin1234 Feb 11th 2011 4:25 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by Octang Frye (Post 9169875)
No it can't. But it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. Possibly, rather well.

Hopefully it's just a military coup with some minimally-acceptable democratic window dressing.

scrubbedexpat099 Feb 11th 2011 4:35 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 
I have a feeling it will be more like Iran, goodbye the Shah, but what is coming in?

Octang Frye Feb 11th 2011 4:39 am

Re: Mubarak's Quitting.
 

Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 9169897)
I have a feeling it will be more like Iran, goodbye the Shah, but what is coming in?

I don't think so. The Iranian students were of a different branch of Islam.

Now, let's oust Meauxna. End the tyranny! Everyone assemble in the Take It Outside! forum!


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