One of my close friends is getting divorced. . . again. I really liked his first wife, she was beautiful and very intelligent, but I didn't like what she did to him. It took a long time to warm up to his second wife, but I did. I heard of all this via Facebook, and am actually quite sad that he is going through it again. It seems though after briefly talking to his wife that this could be totally fixable, yet my friend doesn't seem to want to fix it. This is coupled with the fact that he has taken up with another woman who "says all the right things." This is pretty sad. And without that other woman, I think that the marriage could have been saved. I don't buy his story that not being made aware of money is worse than cheating with someone else. That is just such bullshit. Although it is the root of many a divorce, and marriages, money should never be an issue to opt for a divorce. Marriage and divorce is like fast food in America. If you don't like it, DON'T get married.
Which brings me to my next bone to pick, how much detail of your life do you post up on Facebook, which is on the Internet for all to see, whether you fix your privacy settings or not, if it is on the Internet, it can be seen. I have struggled with what should and shouldn't be shared on Facebook or any other website for that matter since my dad became ill. My sister had been posting condition updates on him via CaringBridge, but I felt opposed to it in a way because these are private family matters in my opinion, just like my friend's Divorce via Facebook. Do all of your friends want to know every minute detail of your daily goings on? What you ate for lunch or where you were last night? Or should you stick to what is benign?
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Mubarak Steps Down
During all the turmoil that was happening in Egypt thanks to the people. . . and Facebook and Twitter, with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally stepping down after 30 years of iron fisted rule, the question that the entire world wants to know is what is next for that country.
A Muslim country, Mubarak turned over power to the military, so in essence, it was a Military coup without the coup, and the people are happy about it. Scary thoughts. What will the military do now with its new found power now that their former military strongman, who has ruled Egypt under emergency rule for the last 30 years is gone. Will there be a power vacuum, or a power struggle? Egypt has been a fairly stable country the last 30 years, so stable in fact that the USA has given billions in aid to the country, in part because of its steadfast support for Israel to exist.
Now Israel needs to be very concerned with what will happen next, because other than Egypt, Israel doesn't have a whole lot of friends in that part of the world. And with the most organized opposition in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, being vehemently anti-Israel, things will be watched very closely. This is not to take away from the dictatorial rule of Mubarak. Like the Shah of Iran and Ferdinand Marcos before him, Mubarak, a tyrant in every sense of the word, was steadfastly supported by the United States, almost to the very end. While there was bloodshed in the streets of Cairo, it could have been a heck of a lot worse than it was. It could have been like Tiananmen Square back in 1989. The United States has a sort of twisted history when it comes to supporting dictators. These dictators are counter to what the United States stands for, freedom and democracy, yet history tells us that we repeat it over and over and over again. Do as I say, not as I do.
A Muslim country, Mubarak turned over power to the military, so in essence, it was a Military coup without the coup, and the people are happy about it. Scary thoughts. What will the military do now with its new found power now that their former military strongman, who has ruled Egypt under emergency rule for the last 30 years is gone. Will there be a power vacuum, or a power struggle? Egypt has been a fairly stable country the last 30 years, so stable in fact that the USA has given billions in aid to the country, in part because of its steadfast support for Israel to exist.
Now Israel needs to be very concerned with what will happen next, because other than Egypt, Israel doesn't have a whole lot of friends in that part of the world. And with the most organized opposition in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, being vehemently anti-Israel, things will be watched very closely. This is not to take away from the dictatorial rule of Mubarak. Like the Shah of Iran and Ferdinand Marcos before him, Mubarak, a tyrant in every sense of the word, was steadfastly supported by the United States, almost to the very end. While there was bloodshed in the streets of Cairo, it could have been a heck of a lot worse than it was. It could have been like Tiananmen Square back in 1989. The United States has a sort of twisted history when it comes to supporting dictators. These dictators are counter to what the United States stands for, freedom and democracy, yet history tells us that we repeat it over and over and over again. Do as I say, not as I do.
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