I actually had all morning.

8:00am:

“Lol- no- i have all morning.”

9:00am:

10:00am:

11:00am:

12:00pm:

“My…. paper is due at 1pm.”

So my excuse:

(Source: scottishbitch, via batmansaves)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt

For anyone who doesn’t know what’s going on in Egypt right now, here’s the basic run-down. People are pissed because the guy (Mubarak) who runs their government has been in power for 30 years and things pretty much suck for a lot of people. There’s a lot of corruption and poverty, etc. So people have started protesting and calling for free elections.

The politics are complicated, because Mubarak’s government played well with other nations (Israel in particular), creating peace and stability outside the country. However, inside the country many people were suffering. It seems to me like this is an awkward situation for America, because Israel is our ally, and there’s a chance that the next government won’t play so well with Israel (Israel and Egypt once being enemies).

See, this is why I never want to be president; despite the fact that Muburak’s government is good for foreign relations, I’d still be like “Heck yeah, get that dude out of office, he’s too corrupt.” I’d be a bad president.

Then again, the people of Egypt suffer now, but what happens if they vote in a government who is opposed to Israel? Then the people of Egypt and the people of Israel might suffer, depending on how great the conflict is.

It’s possible the people might vote in someone from the Muslim Brotherhood (even though they say they’re not really contending for power). This could either be really good, or really bad. If the Brotherhood abide by their self-proclaimed “non-violence” and don’t decide the West is their enemy (their official position is that it isn’t), then it could be okay; although they are a pretty conservative Islamic group, as long as they stay chill, it’s fine though it might create political difficulties down the road. However, there’s already conflict within the group about the whole non-violence thing, so here’s hoping that if the Brotherhood takes power, it won’t go down the Al-Qaeda route.

Of course, I’m not a professional political analyst or anything, so this could be way off base. If you happen to be one of the few people who read my blog, and one of the even fewer people who read this post, if I completely f-ed up, let me know.