Mursi calls December 15 referendum, Islamists rally

Democracy means different things to different people. I still remember Anderson Copper along with other high profile guests on TV ,almost misty eyed when Gaddafi fell, all praising wonders of the popular uprising while at the same time a cell phone video goes viral on the web showing the locals sodomizing their former leader right before they executed him then dragged his body down main street and slapped him inside a meat locker in a shopping mall for public viewing. Recently some of em assassinated the US ambassador there. Just saying thanks I guess. Arab Spring they call it. Everybody likes springtime

Let’s just replace one Dictator with another, and call it democracy because we had the veneer of a vote applied. Same old nonsense if you ask me.

The silence from the White House after Mursi assumed dictatorial powers is deafening. Yes the Islamist are behind Mursi despite his destruction of Egyptian democracy, and most black people will be behind Obama when he attempts the same dastardly deed here.

@Truth_Teller,
Doubtful it’ll happen here since we have millions of armed citizens. Otherwise, you’re right, it would’ve happened here a long time ago.

War is coming to Egypt. Islamists on one side, secular Egyptians on the other. It will be the same in Tunisia, Libya, and any state that overthrows its dictator and introduces democracy.

Islamists do not believe in democracy, but will use it to take power. Once in power, they will end it. That’s what we’re seeing in Egypt today.

You see? Shariah is coming on Egypt.
The MB is doing a very competent job there.
Pray for Jordan.

Mursi is a dimwit, a grossly incompetent leader.
Few, if any, politicians in the civilized world would have been so dumb as to pull a stunt like he did. The mass uprisings were fully predictable and could have been easily avoided by any leader who truly loves his country and respects his fellow citizens.

Mursi is a dimwit, a grossly incompetent leader.
Few, if any, politicians in the civilized world would have been so dumb as to pull a stunt like he did. The mass uprisings were fully predictable and could have been easily avoided by any leader who truly loves his country and respects his fellow citizens.

Mursi is a dimwit, a grossly incompetent leader.
Few, if any, politicians in the civilized world would have been so dumb as to pull a stunt like he did. The mass uprisings were fully predictable and could have been easily avoided by any leader who truly loves his country and respects his fellow citizens.

Northstarman is correct. Mursi could be the next Ahmadinejad. The US, our President & the West have nothing but rhetoric for Egypt. We do not control them and any attempt by the West to interfer will be seen as negative in the world’s eyes. We do not the the right to “make other nations over in our own image”.

Soon we’ll have an arc of islamic dictatorship right across the top of Africa, all up through the middle…just imagine…millions bleating for the slaughter of those that don’t believe their fairy story.

Look at the face of the lunatic on the photo for this article – as brainwashed as they come….pity that mohammed chap didn’t write in his little book…”wake up and think – this book is all made up”. Would have saved a lot of rank stupidity…come to think of it..that could apply to his mate jesus and the same sort of fairy story…

The Egyptians voted for “no democracy” — and no democracy is what they got.

All democracy does is give people the right to elect leaders. Those leaders may be benevolent or tyrants. As Plato warned in The Republic, the great danger of democracy is that it can, without check, lead directly to tyranny of the cruellest order. Hence the term, “tyranny of the majority,” which is exactly what we have in Egypt, a Muslim Brotherhood tyranny. But what did they all expect? The Brotherhood is an anti-Western Islamist ideology, bent on replacing secularism with Shariah, across the world. They want a World Caliphate, at the expense of civil rights for women, religious rights, and freedom of dissent and association: namely, and Islamofascist state, like Iran. You get what you vote for. Live with it, Egypt.

@Truth_Teller and sjfella, get a clue people, when you think everyone else is the problem,. in actuality YOU are the problem. Rhetoric like the BS you all posted is just as sickening, if not more so, then what REAL dictators(like Mubarak or Assad, and not your ‘fake’ dictator Obama) do to their people. Here is why, because we are supposed to be civilized in this country, yet we have people like you all who have ZERO respect for OUR President, when all he is trying to do is what is best for most people in this country.

@USAPragmatist

Ah yes, more complaints from you about people expressing disatisfaction with the elected President. How totally unAmerican they are. Of course you can go on for days with your feelings about Bush Jr, Cheney, and Rumsfeld can’t you…

‘The country has been without an elected legislature since the Supreme Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the Islamist-dominated lower house in June.” Democratically elected. Referendum: “A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.” Issues addressed.

@USAPragmatist,
Respect must be earned, not blindly given, and Obama has done nothing to earn my respect. Absolutely nothing.

@ USAPragmatist

I have the highest respect for the office of the President of the US. I hold even higher respect for the Constitution of the United States.

I do not have to have respect the the body sitting in the oval office chair as president what that body begins to disregard the written laws of this country.

I am an Independent voter. I never voted for Bush or Obama. And, before anyone tries to play the race card on me, I don’t care what color my president is, black, white or purple. What I do care about is that the president of my country follows the laws of the Constitution.

The the best proposed constitution in any Arab county. Egypthas been without an elected legislature since the Supreme Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the democratically elected lower house in June. Referendum is defined as: “a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.” Read all issues addressed. Of course Islamophobics and their comrade racist bigoted swine will still cry foul. But then again who cares what these low life types think

Maybe Islamists can win this battle, but can they govern?

@TheNewWorld, as I have explained to you before, I have ZERO problem with someone disagreeing with Obama, what I have a BIG problem with is the rhetoric from people like Truth_Teller, sjfella, bobber and others. Specific examples…

‘The silence from the White House after Mursi assumed dictatorial powers is deafening. Yes the Islamist are behind Mursi despite his destruction of Egyptian democracy, and most black people will be behind Obama when he attempts the same dastardly deed here.’…There has been ZERO evidence that Obama has any desire to ‘assume dictatorial powers’. This is pure rhetoric that is obvious of someone that does not want to have a civilized discussion, just hurl falsehoods.

Then sjfella made some illusion to that happening already, if not for armed populace. Once again UTTER BS.

The bobber (one of the worst on this site) went off on a little tirade about Obama being a little tirade about Obama being a ‘little tyrant’ and claiming that Obama ‘engaged himself in a conspiracy that culminated in the death of 4 Americans’, so Obama now participated in a conspiracy BEFORE the attacks in Benghazi now too? I guess now we have 9/11/12 is an inside job now, in addition to the 9/11/01 was an inside job whackos.

So with this evidence I represent my proposal that ‘when you think everyone else is the problem,. in actuality YOU are the problem. Rhetoric like the BS you all posted is just as sickening, if not more so, then what REAL dictators(like Mubarak or Assad, and not your ‘fake’ dictator Obama) do to their people. Here is why, because we are supposed to be civilized in this country, yet we have people like you all who have ZERO respect for OUR President, when all he is trying to do is what is best for most people in this country.’ I am not trying to limit their speech, I am just calling them out on it.

@bobber, learn the laws, you have NO right to free speech on this site, it is a privately owned site. So please you, and others, get off you high horse of ‘ We do that because this IS America where everyone DOES have the right to a voice-except here on Reuters where I am sure to be censored.’ Feel free to create your own site, and you can say whatever you want, many other rightie/Obama haters have done it, why haven’t you?

@bobber, and against my better judgement I tried to watch that video you posted link to, was exactly want I thought, selectively edited video with no basis in reality. I reiterate, you ARE the problem.

Wrong, clown, little blind sheep are the problem.

@USAPragmatist

Fair enough. I don’t disagree with what you said. The anti-Obama people are pretty crazy. Just like the anti-Bush people was.

Egyptian brothers

Democracy is not the best system. Arguments, discussion, then voting. But, the show must go on. So far, it is still better than war, as long as the basic human rights, including freedom in religion, are guaranteed. Learn from football. Losing in this season, be prepared for the next one. Please, no more players or referee killed. FAIR PLAY!! NO ANARCHY. Let the world and our belief be proud of us. SYMPATHY FOR WORLD PEACE. SYMPATHY FOR EGYPT.