Libyan Rebels overcome, Syria next and then? Look to the East, fat cats

The quest for freedom only seems to be gathering steam around the world as Libyan Rebels now hunt Gaddafi and Syrian rebels have been energized by the Libyan successes. We highlighted a quote by Mustafa Abdul Jalil.  Last night on CNN a Older Libyan Rebel spokesman made statements alluding to the shame many older Libyans feel because they did not do what the young are doing.

Let us hope that we here in America will not have to suffer as many in the East have for years under dictatorships often supported by the American government waiting for the young to take action.  Because our fear is that a country that would support slavery overseas would have no problem practicing it on it's own shores.

From Middle East Live: 

Mustafa Abdul Jalil, leader of Libya's National Transitional Council, is giving a press conference in Benghazi. He thanks the international community for supporting Libyans and preventing casualties.

Speaking through a translator, Jalil says: "God has chosen that Gaddafi end should be at the hands of these youth, so that they may join the Arab uprising. I declare that Gaddafi's rule is at end. The future will not be a bed of roses ... I call on all Libyan to act with responsibility and not take justice into their own hands ... treating prisoners of war well and kindly ... We all have the right to live with dignity in this nation."

In Syria there appears to be more evidence that the government's decision to allow a UN mission to enter the country is backfiring.

The regime was hoping that mission would present a PR opportunity, but video today showed crowds of protesters greeting what appear to be UN vehicles in the central city of Homs. The crowd can be heard chanting for the over throw of the regime. As they surround the UN vehicles, some protesters hold up banners in English. One reads: 'SOS', another says: 'We will never give up until we get our freedom'.

 • In Syria, activists are hoping that the fall of Gaddafi will lead to their own president, Bashar al-Assad, standing down. There is vague speculation the international community may now pursue a harder line against the Syrian government, in the wake of seeming success in Libya.

To the Libyans and hopefully to apply to the Syrians we would say, overthrowing a dictator is only the first step.  Now the hard part.  As one of our founders, Ben Franklin, while leaving Independence Hall on the final day of the Constitution answered a lady who asked him, 


"Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy."
"A  republic," he replied, "if you can keep it."

Sometimes keeping Freedom is harder than attaining it! And just as sheep can be slaughtered, so can the same fate can befall the pigs.Add to Technorati Favorites

Is the Deep Water Horizion leaking? Or is it BP profits

What would happen to the profits of BP if the Macondo well site was still leaking?  We may find out.  From Washingtons blog: 

Fresh oil is surfacing all over the northern quadrant of the Gulf of Mexico. Reports of slicks that meander for miles and huge expanses of oil sheen that look like phantom islands are becoming common, again. Fresh oil, only slightly weathered, is washing ashore in areas hit hardest by last year’s massive spill, like Breton Island, Ship Island, the Chandeleurs and northern Barataria Bay. BP has reactivated its Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) program to handle cleanup. It’s a sickeningly familiar scene that has fishermen, researchers and public officials searching for answers, as haunting memories of last year’s calamity come roaring back.

The fifty-thousand-dollar question, of course, is where is all the new oil coming from?

One theory: The Macondo Well site, located just 40 miles off the Louisiana coast, is still leaking untold amounts of oil into the Gulf. Some argue that the casing on the capped well itself is leaking. Others believe oil is seeping through cracks and fissures in the seafloor caused by months of high-impact work on the site, including a range of recovery activities (some disclosed, some not) as well as the abortive “top kill” effort.

In January 2011, a prominent “geohazards specialist” wrote an urgent letter to two members of Congress – U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and John Shimkus, chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment and Economy – suggesting that the Macondo site is leaking oil like a sieve.

Go to Washingtons blog for more on the story and visit On wings of care for great picsAdd to Technorati Favorites