Posted 2:05 PM by extinct

Peer amid the Pyramids: Your tax dollars at work

Egypt receives something like $2 billion/year, is it, from USA.

"CAIRO -- Crowds of pro-government demonstrators attacked opponents of President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday while police looked on, staining a day of national voting that government leaders had touted as a major step toward democracy."

Or this:

Hossam al-Hamalawy, a news assistant with the LA Times . . . said to him, “Hey what is going on? They are going to slaughter them.” The officer coldly replied, “We have our orders.” Amazed and confused Hossam asked, “Do your orders include having people kill each other in the streets?” The officer smirked and said “Yes”.