Tag Archives: Egypt

Ah…Language and Flowers

Tis almost spring and the rose bushes will bud and then bloom. Most of us have at onetime or another sent flowers to someone and aside from the written wishes of love, or sympathy or get well, flowers, especially roses, have a language all of their own. The burgundy rose, for instance, signifies simplicity and beauty. A yellow rose, infidelity and a white rose full of buds means secrecy. Flower language has often been carried into art and architecture. On the carved trim work of…

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Why?

Why are generals who usurp the democratic process by instigating a coup have the audacity to shed their uniform and claim to run for the presidency. Egypt. Does Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi think the world does not know his duplicity? Such arrogance. Why do the big banks, like Bank of America and others before it, pay billions and billions of dollars to settle Mortgage Securities suits? Why just fines for the companies? Where are the names for prosecution? Why is the TSA expanding itself once again? This…

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Egypt’s Executions

Global Voices is right. Their cartoon tells it all. The title is: Egypt Sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death. This is not justice. It is barbarism at its worst. Genecide certainly and wrong in all cultures, religions and civilized nations. The sentence is nothing other than political retaliation no matter how the Egyptian authorities try to color it. Shame, shame, shame on Egypt.

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Bradley Manning

Let me get this straight. Bradley Manning, who gave away a multitude of United States secrets and was sentenced to 35 years in prison, now wants the government, us, to pay for hormonal therapy for him to become a woman. Yep, I got it straight. Why not! We waste 1.3 billion dollars a year on Egypt to help them kill their citizens. Why not! We send millions and millions of dollars to Pakistan whose leaders don’t like us and would likely fight us in the…

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