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Obama to Give Briefing on Egyptian Situation "Shortly" (Live Thread)
Free Republic ^ | 2/11/11 | scott7278

Posted on 02/11/2011 11:08:56 AM PST by scott7278

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I’m at the Alliance for Youth Movements (AYM) summit in London, at the Intercontinental Hotel. The two-day summit, which ends tomorrow, is an impressive gathering of youth activists from more than 18 countries, NGOs and tech giants, here to learn more about using online tools to promote their extraordinary range of social movements and promote non-violent change. You can read more about the AYM here.

At the opening reception last night, hosted at Google’s headquarters, I met a smart bunch of people from organizations such as Blue State Digital (which ran Obama’s online campaign), Howcast, Middle East peace activists One Voice, and the East London-based Young Foundation.

But the highlight is an A-list bunch of conference speakers at the conference today and tomorrow — including Jack Dorsey of Twitter, Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP, Scott Heiferman of MeetUp, as well as top people from Google, YouTube and the World Bank. Other keynote speakers include Jeremy Gilley, the former actor who founded Peace One Day, and Joe Rospars, who was the new-media director for Obama for America.

There’s strong representation here from Washington DC. This morning, Jared Cohen, of the US State Department, moderated a session titled Seizing the Moment: Responding to Crises and Mobilizing Around Key Events.

more at above link/march 2010 youth alliance summitt


241 posted on 02/11/2011 2:42:31 PM PST by HollyB
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To: HollyB

Thanks for the links!


242 posted on 02/11/2011 2:44:17 PM PST by scott7278 (secon "...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have likBHO" BHO)
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To: HollyB

Google gets around.


243 posted on 02/11/2011 2:46:51 PM PST by mewzilla (Hey, Schumer, your Lockerbie report left quite a bit out.)
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To: surfer

At some point, the curtain will fall - the sooner, the better!


244 posted on 02/11/2011 2:47:03 PM PST by scott7278 (secon "...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have likBHO" BHO)
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To: La Enchiladita

ROFL get off the Glen Beck pipe. This is the best thing that has happened for freedom since the Soviet Union fell apart. This is the moment we have been waiting for. Democracy and liberty will spread throughout the Middle East

George W Bush was right! Iraq was just the beginning.

I couldn’t be happier for the people of Egypt - let’s hope it spreads to Iran and everywhere else.

You can’t hold freedom and liberty back!

A day to rejoice and celebration has come to planet earth! Freedom is spreading!

Unbelievable how ignorant (lacking understanding and education) some freepers can be during this moment in history. Shame to say the least.


245 posted on 02/11/2011 3:45:31 PM PST by silentknight
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To: silentknight

I’m not a Glenn Beck fan.
And you are obviously a spamming troll, probably a Paulitarian.


246 posted on 02/11/2011 3:48:14 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
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To: La Enchiladita

Not trolling at all - this is the best thing that has happened since the fall of the Soviet Union - some people are just too blind to see it. Freedom wins the day - too bad freepers aren’t on board.


247 posted on 02/11/2011 3:58:42 PM PST by silentknight
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To: La Enchiladita

I guess President Bush was a troll and just stupid when he said freedom would spread once Iraq had a taste?

Wake up and quit drinking from the doom and gloom soda fountain.

A gift just got handed to Egypt and the world.


248 posted on 02/11/2011 3:59:43 PM PST by silentknight
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To: silentknight

“ROFL get off the Glen Beck pipe. This is the best thing that has happened for freedom since the Soviet Union fell apart. This is the moment we have been waiting for. Democracy and liberty will spread throughout the Middle East

George W Bush was right! Iraq was just the beginning.

I couldn’t be happier for the people of Egypt - let’s hope it spreads to Iran and everywhere else.

You can’t hold freedom and liberty back!

A day to rejoice and celebration has come to planet earth! Freedom is spreading!

Unbelievable how ignorant (lacking understanding and education) some freepers can be during this moment in history. Shame to say the least.”

Forget about Glen Beck. Many people doubt that muslims will wind up wanting democracy and true freedom, more than they want their political religion.

So many fear that each toppled dictator will result in another islamic republic, like Iran and maybe soon, Egypt.

What is worth celebrating about “islamic democracy” if it persecutes Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Bahai, etc?

What is worth celebrating about “islamic democracy” if it preents female children from education, etc?


249 posted on 02/11/2011 4:16:57 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: silentknight; La Enchiladita
"A gift just got handed to Egypt and the world."

And pray tell, exactly who/what is that gift?

Who do all these young people have in mind to bring them freedom and democracy?

It is the Muslim Brotherhood who is waiting in the wings. There won't be any freedom there.

250 posted on 02/11/2011 4:21:00 PM PST by Spunky (Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.)
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To: truth_seeker
You can’t hold freedom and liberty back!

Islamic regimes do it every day. And the odds are, now that Mubarak was forced out prematurely, that Egypt will follow Iran's example and not Iraq's. In fact, and I hope I'm wrong, but there is a good chance Iran will turn Iraq once the Americans leave.

I love America and the freedom and liberty it provides. But I recognize how fragile that freedom is and that our Freedom Isn't Free, and that the people in any free society must want that freedom more than anything else, even more than the supremacy of their own personal religion.

This crucial ordering of priorities seems to be missing in the middle east, particularly in Egypt.

251 posted on 02/11/2011 4:25:42 PM PST by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: PA-RIVER

I won’t hear his blabbing on 9-11 or any other day.

toothpicks + eyeballs = more tolerable than Hussein


252 posted on 02/11/2011 4:42:00 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (POTUS 45 Sarah Palin....Resistance is futile! Prepare to be liberated!)
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To: scott7278; The Comedian; Revolting cat!

Anyone catch who he gave his shout outs to today?


253 posted on 02/11/2011 5:04:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: mewzilla; scott7278; Nachum; 444Flyer

Yes Google gets around and to sum it up - There is a youth revolutionary youth movement organization site that is partnered with the STATE DEPARTMENT!

This article discusses the Egyptian who was in New York 2 years ago. He was attending a summitt for organizing youth, which was the 1st Summit of the Movement.org.

Movement.org and “the Alliance for Youth Movements— “did receive funding from the State Department” (quote).

In fact, Movement.org website shows a State Department Seal on it’s website as a partner.

Originally I found this Newsweek article as a link from Movement.org press section, but it was removed, Newsweek has pulled it from the web too. But, was able to recover it from the below link.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-01/the-state-departments-school-for-revolutionary-bloggers/

To see the State Department seal, scroll down:
http://www.movements.org/pages/sponsors

Summit information:
http://www.movements.org/pages/the-summit#2008


254 posted on 02/11/2011 5:32:17 PM PST by HollyB
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To: scott7278
Obama's ineptness is phenomenal.

This crisis has shown this Nobel Peace Prize "winner" is irrelevant in foreign affairs.

255 posted on 02/11/2011 5:40:49 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey

We have a punk in the White House who complained about a dictator aligned with Chavez being overthrown in the Honduras, was silent about Iran, and now this.

It’s clear whose side he is on!


256 posted on 02/11/2011 6:00:51 PM PST by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked" - BHO)
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To: a fool in paradise

Robert Gibbs.


257 posted on 02/11/2011 6:02:28 PM PST by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked" - BHO)
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To: scott7278

Besides what everyone else said, the thing that got me was how LONG it seemed. It just went on and on. It sounded like a high school kid wrote it. It was boring and TOO MUCH. I try to be very fair, and when in (near) private (with a relative or two) I will give Obama the benefit of the doubt, but he is a big old bore. I can only assume others like me get turned off by his constant, drone of arrogance. He has been overesposed for 2+ years, and when important events occur, he speaks simplistic, feel-good, liberal platitudes. He cheapens history. What a tiny man.


258 posted on 02/11/2011 6:40:18 PM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: PghBaldy

I posted earlier that he doesn’t even speak in terms of freedom with US like he did THEM today, much less demonstrate it. He’s been trying to copy Reagan and can’t do it, because it’s not who or what he is.


259 posted on 02/11/2011 6:56:08 PM PST by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked" - BHO)
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To: scott7278

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and would set a “terrible precedent” of transition by military force unless it was reversed.


260 posted on 02/11/2011 7:12:19 PM PST by omega4179
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