From Twitter 01-27-2011

• 07:56:30: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfJ2-N5EGRY Might be my new favourite song
  
• 09:17:10: I think it is time to write the letter to dad that I will send to him. It may also have a part describing me. He doesn't know me at all.
  
• 09:18:42: He probably doesn't want to know me either. That is ok. It's sad but that's the way he chose it to be.
  
• 09:27:45: I'm 45 friggin yrs old with 3 grown kids of my own. WHY AM I STILL HAVING CUSSING DADDY ISSUES?!
  
• 12:24:45: State of the Union fun.: http://wp.me/pxtGP-xx
  
• 12:25:37: RT @jimmorgan The other day the President decided to waste an hour of the world’s time and preempt my favourite TV sho … http://ur1.ca/313l1
  
• 12:40:21: RT @marmite_news: UNCONFIRMED ➽ RNN: Urgent: Egyptian Police is shooting people with live ammunition in #Sinai #egypt #jan25 via @jan25live
  
• 12:40:32: RT @tuviya88: Sound of bullets everywhere in Swez, tell eyewitnesses #Egypt #Jan25 #Mubarak
  
• 12:41:17: RT @Organica_: My heart goes out to Atef's family :( http://flic.kr/p/9dyjZz #Jan25 #Egypt
  
• 12:43:32: RT @BreakingNews: Reform campaigner ElBaradei, who is returning to Egypt to join protests, says it is time for president Mubarak 'to ret ...
  
• 16:36:30: @tragic_pizza how many times did you have to redact that tweet?
  
• 17:33:32: @tragic_pizza well yeah mark is q or at least a very close copy. Who's arguing?
  
• 17:47:04: @n8wide no religion? Cool! Fewer ugly buildings with parking lots
  
• 17:48:56: http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/01/2011127183223432287.html
  
• 18:25:16: @lincolnwells How's the headache? ;-)
  
• 19:29:13: @tragic_pizza um...the key with mum on it?
  
• 21:11:31: Nelson Mandela suffers collapsed lung http://enwn.net/fa6 #Wikinews
  
• 21:29:16: Wow. It has been a few days since I looked at Diaspora. Things have changed quite a bit
  
• 22:32:14: I think everything is setup and set correctly. Maybe old friends will be glad to see me return
  
• 22:34:53: Oh I forgot about some handles. Maybe it'll be ok for now. Soon tho it must be fixed
  
• 22:35:33: @w5zox are you sick?
  
• 22:41:08: RT @wikileaks: We will soon release numerous cables on Egypt.
  
• 22:42:41: @w5zox what movie?
  

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Egypt

Like most of the world I spent the better part of my day paying close attention to the news coming out of Egypt. It is, indeed, exciting news. I have hope that the people of Egypt will gain some of the democratic reforms that they they are fighting to obtain.

I have to admit that I have my doubts. The Middle East is not noted as being a region with a strong democratic sentiment. Dictators and fascists predominate in the politics of the area. The social media revolution last year in Iran failed miserably in spite of world wide coverage. The recent events in Tunisia did overthrow a dictator but the jury is still out on whether or not the revolution was a democratic one.


The Middle East is a powder keg. One wrong move and the Mullahs could rise and the people will have replace a money-crazed dictator with a religious one. I don’t envy the choices that the politicos and the people are facingin these trying days.

Ok...

Maybe it is not that big of a deal but evidently posting pics on Dreamwidth is a rather tedious chore. I have to have them online somewhere and I am not too sure that I want to mess with that. I'd rather just send a file from my computer or phone to blog and be done with it.

I guess that is a dream for a later time.

I did notice that dreamwidth is a beta. I thought it was further along than a beta. I have enough alphas and betas in my life.

Obama's Comments on Egypt

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 28, 2011
Remarks by the President on the Situation in Egypt
State Dining Room

6:33 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. My administration has been closely monitoring the situation in Egypt, and I know that we will be learning more tomorrow when day breaks. As the situation continues to unfold, our first concern is preventing injury or loss of life. So I want to be very clear in calling upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protestors.

The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny. These are human rights. And the United States will stand up for them everywhere.

I also call upon the Egyptian government to reverse the actions that they’ve taken to interfere with access to the Internet, to cell phone service and to social networks that do so much to connect people in the 21st century.

At the same time, those protesting in the streets have a responsibility to express themselves peacefully. Violence and destruction will not lead to the reforms that they seek.

Now, going forward, this moment of volatility has to be turned into a moment of promise. The United States has a close partnership with Egypt and we've cooperated on many issues, including working together to advance a more peaceful region. But we've also been clear that there must be reform -- political, social, and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the Egyptian people.

In the absence of these reforms, grievances have built up over time. When President Mubarak addressed the Egyptian people tonight, he pledged a better democracy and greater economic opportunity. I just spoke to him after his speech and I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise.

Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people. And suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. What’s needed right now are concrete steps that advance the rights of the Egyptian people: a meaningful dialogue between the government and its citizens, and a path of political change that leads to a future of greater freedom and greater opportunity and justice for the Egyptian people.

Now, ultimately the future of Egypt will be determined by the Egyptian people. And I believe that the Egyptian people want the same things that we all want -- a better life for ourselves and our children, and a government that is fair and just and responsive. Put simply, the Egyptian people want a future that befits the heirs to a great and ancient civilization.

The United States always will be a partner in pursuit of that future. And we are committed to working with the Egyptian government and the Egyptian people -- all quarters -- to achieve it.

Around the world governments have an obligation to respond to their citizens. That's true here in the United States; that's true in Asia; it is true in Europe; it is true in Africa; and it’s certainly true in the Arab world, where a new generation of citizens has the right to be heard.

When I was in Cairo, shortly after I was elected President, I said that all governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion. That is the single standard by which the people of Egypt will achieve the future they deserve.

Surely there will be difficult days to come. But the United States will continue to stand up for the rights of the Egyptian people and work with their government in pursuit of a future that is more just, more free, and more hopeful.

Thank you very much.

END 6:38 P.M. EST