Comments on: Egypt: Will there be any action after Obama's Talk?

By: Steven Earl Salmony

Steven Earl Salmony — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:04:00 +0000

How is the family of humanity to sensibly organize to respond ably to the human folly, avarice and stupidity that is now being consciously perpetrated by those few million greedy people who possess a lion’s share of the world’s wealth and the power it purchases? After all, a tiny minority is primarily responsible for the Earth being ravaged and threatened as a fit place for habitation by our children.

When are the morally bankrupt, super-rich Masters of the Universe among us to be held to account for having disgracefully institutionalized the ‘goodness’ of their pathological arrogance, conspicuous consumption and excessive hoarding for the benefit of none others than themselves and minions? For many too many economic powerbrokers and their bought-and-paid-for politicians
short-term financial gains, power accrual, economic expediency and political convenience have directed their thought and behavior.

Perhaps it is time for many ordinary people not only to deploy these words from Mohandas Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world”, but also to live out this great man’s example of principled, peaceful, refusal to submit to arrogant, dishonest, avaricious and dishonorable authority that is relentlessly degrading Earth’s frangible environment and recklessly dissipating Earth’s limited resources in our time.

Perhaps honesty, more transparency, constructive personal action, accountability and necessary social change are in the offing.

Scientists have a duty to warn and to inform; leaders of the family of humanity have a responsibility to act with moral courage and a willingness to do the right thing. At least some scientists appear to be doing their duty. Except for a precious few, great human beings like President Barack Obama, the human community appears to be virtually bereft of adequate leaders.

By: Middle Eastern Reactions to Obama’s Speech « The Blog and the Shower

Middle Eastern Reactions to Obama’s Speech « The Blog and the Shower — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:36:17 +0000

[...] GV article charactized Egyptian bloggers’ responses: While many praised his eloquence, charisma, [...]

By: adel

adel — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:45:55 +0000

happy 2 see my blog and my words here….but i’m still on my word (I don’t think his words will be translated into action)

he has a lot of problems in his country ………. must be solved before they turn to others

By: Anas Alaoui

Anas Alaoui — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:46:15 +0000

“500 million pounds which were spent on the six hours he spent in Cairo”, is this confirmed ?

By: sherif

sherif — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:04:10 +0000

I expect that obama will change the politicals used against the islam, it will be more helpfull to our Arabian countries to take the first step toward the development .that will happend just if obama’s word was true,and if he would stay alive after this step.

By: Govindasami Dharma Goundar

Govindasami Dharma Goundar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:44:00 +0000

Regarding the much awaited Obama speech, anyone unfamiliar with Obama and the occasion would have thought that he was a muslim clergyman describing the past glories of the islamic world, because he was mentioning the holy koran at several points. Luckily, for him, he mentioned he was a christian. Just once! But that was enough for the occasion!

Anyway, he made an eloquent speech, befitting the character and charisma that he exudes. He touched on several issues and presented them clealry, point for point. He couldn’t elaborate more, perhaps due to the time limitation that he had set.

By: Berber

Berber — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:54:23 +0000

we hope the arab world move to help solving its chronic problem.

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:52:31 +0000

unfortunately,the comment we heard after he finished up his speech do not give us any hope of change.

By: John Zimmerman

John Zimmerman — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:05:11 +0000

Skepticism is abundant on this blog. Admittedly I didn’t hear his speech, just snippets on the evening news of people blathering about his eloquence and concern. I too am skeptical. Unfortunately, as a U.S. citizen, I realize that that is all it was, eloquence and concern. Our presidents have very little that they can truly accomplish without the Corporacracy. Given our current president’s situation I feel he is sincere in his wish for change but has his hands tied when it comes to real change. Granted he has made leaps and bounds for a long time suppressed part of our society, which is long over due and welcomed by me, however let’s not forget that he was not an independent but a part of the fat-cat-corporacracy that is responsible for many of the world’s current troubles. Let us hope that change truly comes from within. I am proud of who I am and where I come from given that it was not up to me as to where I was to be born. I am proud of the average person everywhere, world wide, who is trying to make the best of what his or her society has to offer. We, the average, it seems are at the mercy of the powers that be and if they can’t bring us the change that we deserve, then we need to start creating change ourselves. It’s the little things that count and We, the average person, need to unite in an idea that all faith, all race, and all gender can live as one. To put aside the spoon fed propaganda that all of our news puts us through and speak in open forums exchanging creative and tolerant ideologies. Skepticism is an appropriate emotion for there is mess everywhere, including the U.S., that needs cleaning. Until the average stand up against that which beats them down or at the very least begins to practice within their own lives what is right and not what is expected, then and only then will we see things change.

By: Maryanne Stroud Gabbani

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:08:38 +0000

If I were American, I would have voted for Obama, and my feeling reading his speech was that it was a pleasant change to have a US president speak in a scholarly and intelligent fashion. Will it all lead to change? Who knows? I’ve lived through eleven presidencies and am starting on the twelfth and I can’t say that I’ve been wildly thrilled with any of them. Some of the individuals have been more appealing than others as individuals, but the actual effectiveness of the President of the United States has, in most cases in my experience, lay in the power to mess up lives abroad. I have to agree that the habit of doing a massive and expensive cleanup of the area of a visit is appalling, especially considering that the conditions will return to normal in no time at all and there will be no further efforts, rather appalling. Loved the cartoon…so true.