Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Monday, May 31, 2010

Traffic Apology

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The other day a traffic cop bullied his way into getting 40 LE out of me. In return I lingered and talked his ear off about how messed up it...
Monday, December 14, 2009

First Editions can be Dangerous

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Serbia made it to the world cup. In celebration of their victory the Serbian president Boris Tadic celebrated by opening a bottle of champa...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Waiting for Govot

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It's time for a balanced view. There are just too many extreme reactions to Algeria's attacks on Egyptians in Sudan. While it's ...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Unison

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If you want people to unite and sing the same tune, find a common enemy. If the real enemy is too strong to fight, find another. If you were...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I Hate Poor People

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I hate poor people. Does that make me classist and politically incorrect? Maybe, but I really don't care. I hate poor people for what th...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The Best Vengeance

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Wherever you go, everyone wants to control you and belittle you even or rather especially when they are half as competent as you are at doin...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Death of a Businessman

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I'm against capital punishment, and even more so with fishy cases like that of the guy who killed Layla Ghoufran's daughter and most...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Ideas Worth Discarding

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I have an idea, it may be a crazy one, but most great ones are. The problem with our government is the 'us and them' effect. Those w...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A Spell of Sorts

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There is something powerful in the  whispering  of obscenities about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something na...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Gov That Failed

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What has the government done ever since it took hold of our lives in '52? That new revolutionary government had failed in every aspect a...
Monday, September 29, 2008

In All Fairness

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A commentary on Ibrahim Eissa's court sentence I never understood why people always felt it apt to say, "We can't comment on th...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Thrown in the Water

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I'll make my point concise. The people in Egypt are bad, but the government is worse. The government says that the people aren't doi...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Mark Twain in Egypt

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Was Mark Twain in Egypt when he wrote this? You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions, or its o...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Pill

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What’s up with the government? They’re sabotaging the country, not that they haven’t been sabotaging the country for so long, but they’re ex...
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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Enduring Gov

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So Nafeza 3ala El 3alam had one of the lousiest last episodes in the Ramadan TV Series. Somehow the last episode was the usual Egyptian att...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Tax Ads

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I'm really getting tired of these cute and funny tax ads. These ads are so polished up that they give you the impression of professional...
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Saturday, April 07, 2007

Impact of Constitutional Amendments

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There’s a question going on in some heads as to the impacts of the constitutional amendments. Some people have already made up their minds a...
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