Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Protests Spread

No, the culture is similar as well, you are the one that brought up
culturally the same,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary" <garyrumor2@yahoo.com>
To: <Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:27 AM
Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Protests Spread

> You are describing the English speaking world. Add Great Britain and
> Ireland, a few Caribbean Islands, and you have the English as a first
> language world. Question is do you add countries like Nigeria, India and
> South Africa where English is one of the official languages but not the
> first language of the majority. Then you are talking about Commonwealth
> countries, minus the USA naturally. My point is that these are all
> artificial constructs used to define different properties. There are no
> such things as continents, they are like all labels, in our minds.
>
> --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "Sheep&Goatlady"
> <springcreek@...> wrote:
>>
>> than would you say that the US is apart of canada or canada aprart of the
>> US
>> and is Australia and NZ apart of the US? our cultures are similiar but
>> phyicall worlds apart,
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gary" <garyrumor2@...>
>> To: <Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:09 PM
>> Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Protests Spread
>>
>>
>> > Some people need to understand the difference between cultural
>> > geography
>> > and physical geography.
>> >
>> > --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "Sheep&Goatlady"
>> > <springcreek@> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Yes, you are correct, some folks need a geography lesson,,
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Ron Gates
>> >> To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:58 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Protests Spread
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Once again, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria are NOT in the middle east
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> >> From: Sheep&Goatlady <springcreek@>
>> >> To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, 2 February, 2011 7:10:54
>> >> Subject: Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Protests Spread
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> no, the king of Jordon has NOT dissolved the government, he is
>> >> replacing his
>> >> cabinet, sheeze, you can not even read, your handle is right gary
>> >> RUMOR,
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Gary" <garyrumor2@>
>> >> To: <Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 6:39 PM
>> >> Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Protests Spread
>> >>
>> >> Effects of Tunisia and Egypt Spread Across PlanetFebruary 1st, 2011
>> >> Things
>> >> are moving along around the world as people in the Middle East take
>> >> matters
>> >> into their own hands and overthrow corrupt dictatorships allied to
>> >> the
>> >> USA
>> >> and their NATO allies. Mubarak has said he will not run for office
>> >> again
>> >> under pressure from the protesters in the streets and President
>> >> Obama.
>> >> The
>> >> streets of Egypt seem to be erupting in violence as people are not
>> >> happy
>> >> with Mubarak clinging to power until September.
>> >> The King of Jordan has dissolved the government in response to
>> >> protests,
>> >> Syria is bracing for protests this month, Yemen and Sudan are
>> >> experiencing
>> >> protests and who knows where the next place to go will be. Some 200
>> >> or
>> >> more
>> >> people died in rebellion in Tunisia according to reports.
>> >> China has blocked internet access to news about Egypt. They fear
>> >> another
>> >> uprising similar to Egypt or Tianamen Square back in 1989 when the
>> >> Chinese
>> >> people encouraged by what was going on in Eastern Europe
>> >> demonstrated
>> >> and
>> >> were crushed by the Chinese government. Other countries such as
>> >> Azerbaijan
>> >> are facing possible protests.
>> >> The president of Turkey has broken silence to support protests in
>> >> Egypt.
>> >> From Bellingham Herald
>> >> POSTED: Tuesday, Feb. 01, 2011 Jordan's king sacks Cabinet; protests
>> >> possible in SyriaBy BORZOU DARAGAHI AND STEPHEN STARR - Los Angeles
>> >> Times
>> >> BEIRUT The dramatic political unrest in Egypt, long a pivotal nation
>> >> in
>> >> the
>> >> Arab world, has intensified demands for change across the region and
>> >> spurred
>> >> attempts at reform by nations long ruled by autocrats.
>> >> On Tuesday, Jordan's King Abdullah II fired his Cabinet and ordered
>> >> his
>> >> new
>> >> prime minister to pursue political reforms to "correct the mistakes
>> >> of
>> >> the
>> >> past" after massive anti-government protests regionwide and smaller
>> >> demonstrations at home.
>> >> The toppling of an Arab dictator in Tunisia and the continuing
>> >> popular
>> >> revolt against Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak has inspired talk in
>> >> Syria
>> >> of
>> >> staging anti-government protests against the reign of President
>> >> Bashar
>> >> Assad
>> >> on Saturday.
>> >> The government of Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir in the Arab nation of
>> >> Sudan
>> >> has
>> >> announced a "dialogue" with political parties following protests
>> >> throughout
>> >> in the capital in recent days.
>> >> And political activists in Yemen, where huge protests broke out last
>> >> week,
>> >> have declared Thursday a "day of rage" against the rule of President
>> >> Ali
>> >> Abdullah Saleh, according to local media.
>> >> The political upheaval unleashed by the Jan. 14 ouster of Tunisian
>> >> President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and the ongoing struggle against
>> >> Mubarak
>> >> in Egypt is burning its way like a contagion though the Arab world,
>> >> spread
>> >> by electronic media and breathless reports on pan-Arab media that
>> >> are
>> >> accompanied by images of massive, emotional crowds.
>> >> "What's happening in Egypt is going to reshape the region," said
>> >> Mohammad
>> >> Masri of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of
>> >> Jordan
>> >> in
>> >> Amman.
>> >> The new political dynamic is playing out in various countries in
>> >> different
>> >> ways.
>> >> The fledgling Jordanian government of Prime Minister Marouf
>> >> al-Bakhit
>> >> has
>> >> been told to take "practical, swift, and tangible steps to launch a
>> >> real
>> >> political reform process, in line with the king's vision of
>> >> comprehensive
>> >> reform, modernization and development," according to a statement
>> >> carried by
>> >> the state-owned Petra news agency.
>> >> The announcement came after Jordanians took to the streets in recent
>> >> weeks
>> >> demanding that the government respond to popular concerns over
>> >> unemployment
>> >> and corruption, although their demands are markedly more modest than
>> >> those
>> >> of their Tunisian and Egyptian counterparts, who called for complete
>> >> regime
>> >> change.
>> >> The Jordanian grievances have been aimed for the most part at Samir
>> >> Rifai,
>> >> who was replaced as prime minister by al-Bakhit on Tuesday.
>> >> But a Jordanian analyst said the Cabinet change was unlikely to
>> >> satisfy
>> >> frustrated citizens who have been demanding political change,
>> >> economic
>> >> improvements and fresh faces. Al-Bakhit, a former military official,
>> >> served
>> >> as prime minister from 2005 to 2007.
>> >> "A measure like today's measure will increase anger, not diffuse it,
>> >> because
>> >> people will believe they are not being taken seriously," said Labib
>> >> Kamhawi,
>> >> an economist and political analyst. "This is a cosmetic measure. The
>> >> government itself does not initiate policies, it only implements
>> >> them.
>> >> So
>> >> the Cabinet change does not mean anything."
>> >> In Syria, a tightly controlled nation described by human rights
>> >> groups
>> >> as a
>> >> police state, several online campaigns have been launched on Twitter
>> >> and
>> >> Facebook calling for protests. One group has called for a "day of
>> >> rage"
>> >> on
>> >> Saturday, similar to the Jan. 25 demonstrations in Egypt that
>> >> sparked
>> >> the
>> >> current uprising there. Another Web page with more than 6,000
>> >> members
>> >> calls
>> >> for protests in Damascus on Friday and Saturday.
>> >> "We want to end oppression and torture and insult (to) people," said
>> >> a
>> >> 38-year-old Damascus resident who asked that he be referred to only
>> >> as
>> >> Abu
>> >> Tamaam. He said he would attend protests later this week.
>> >> "We want to achieve our freedom," he said. "Syria deserves this."
>> >> Syrian authorities and government supporters aren't taking chances.
>> >> Extra
>> >> police already have been deployed on the streets of Aleppo in
>> >> Syria's
>> >> north,
>> >> according to news reports and a resident of the city.
>> >>
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