Mubarak or the Muslim Brotherhood: who are you rooting for?

[Coito ergo sum]

anytime one needs to refer to something as real "to" someone - like "it's real to him..." or, "it's real to me..." - then that's just a euphemism for "not real." It's either real or it's not. Things aren't "real to him" but not "real to me." They're real, or not. The Arab Spring...well...wasn't.

There is no more impressive sight, than a man so fully gifted with hindsight.

At the time, I said the same thing. I was gifted in foresight. Now I'm just gloating.

[mistermack]

At the time, I said the same thing. I was gifted in foresight. Now I'm just gloating.

You miss the point. Any fool can guess the future. But nobody KNOWS the future.
It's a bit sad to go round bragging, when you call heads, and the coin falls heads.

[Coito ergo sum]

At the time, I said the same thing. I was gifted in foresight. Now I'm just gloating.

You miss the point. Any fool can guess the future. But nobody KNOWS the future.

Plenty of people thought they knew it enough to predict a liberal, pro-freedom revolution among a bunch of Musselmen.

It's a bit sad to go round bragging, when you call heads, and the coin falls heads.

It's actually worse than that. It's like I'm bragging about betting that the casino would win, and then they do. I'll grant that to you. The odds of me being right were about the same that the Bellagio will make money today.

[Audley Strange]

So what you're bragging about being right about is that some magazine would publish an article about Islamic groups would try to have an influence in an Islamic country? Uncanny.

[Coito ergo sum]

So what you're bragging about being right about is that some magazine would publish an article about Islamic groups would try to have an influence in an Islamic country? Uncanny.

No, I'm bragging about being right about the "Arab Spring - Freedom Movement" being a load of crap sponsored by a bunch of douchebags at media outlets like MSNBC and by politicians looking to take credit for something they had no control over. I know, I know, that's like bragging about beating a paraplegic in a footrace, but it's still fun.

[Audley Strange]

So what you're bragging about being right about is that some magazine would publish an article about Islamic groups would try to have an influence in an Islamic country? Uncanny.

No, I'm bragging about being right about the "Arab Spring - Freedom Movement" being a load of crap sponsored by a bunch of douchebags at media outlets like MSNBC and by politicians looking to take credit for something they had no control over. I know, I know, that's like bragging about beating a paraplegic in a footrace, but it's still fun.

Ah! My apologies for misunderstanding you CES. Gloat away.