I am watching the breaking news regarding the uprising in Cairo, Egypt. The prompt to US visitors is "get to an airport immediately!" I'm seeing molotov cocktails hurled in anger; hear of an antiquity museum raided and two mummies desecrated...this reminds me a lot of what happened in the operations in Iraq and the protests in Iran.
In the Austin-American Statesman, we have a statewide power emergency "necessitating" so-called rolling blackouts similar to the kind California became famous for under "the GOVERNATOR." That's a little distressing when you consider the fortuitous winter weather pattern predicted for Central Texas (I'd hate for my power and heat to go out). Some that live in the district had some blackouts; a co-worker from Cedar Park and Round Rock had episodes for fifteen minutes, respectively. I've bought logs and put the flashlight where it's handy.
I can't help but imagine what our measured response would be if we actually had viable energy alternatives.
From the overthrow of Mosaddeq in 1953 Iran, and the installation of the Shah until the '79 uprising, for the price of cheap fuel we've looked the other way.
Mubarak had a pretty good record after Anwar Sadat's assassination. Unfortunately, his crackdown was on the fundamentalist's that are probably fomenting the violence we're seeing now on cable television.
The Suez Canal is a key route of petroleum to the US and other countries. So, Mubarak's reign may not have been "democratic," but stability is what western nations need when their collective addiction is carbon fuel.
In the Austin-American Statesman, we have a statewide power emergency "necessitating" so-called rolling blackouts similar to the kind California became famous for under "the GOVERNATOR." That's a little distressing when you consider the fortuitous winter weather pattern predicted for Central Texas (I'd hate for my power and heat to go out). Some that live in the district had some blackouts; a co-worker from Cedar Park and Round Rock had episodes for fifteen minutes, respectively. I've bought logs and put the flashlight where it's handy.
I can't help but imagine what our measured response would be if we actually had viable energy alternatives.
From the overthrow of Mosaddeq in 1953 Iran, and the installation of the Shah until the '79 uprising, for the price of cheap fuel we've looked the other way.
Mubarak had a pretty good record after Anwar Sadat's assassination. Unfortunately, his crackdown was on the fundamentalist's that are probably fomenting the violence we're seeing now on cable television.
The Suez Canal is a key route of petroleum to the US and other countries. So, Mubarak's reign may not have been "democratic," but stability is what western nations need when their collective addiction is carbon fuel.
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