http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2096470,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopularemail&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fmostemailed+%28TIME%3A+Most+Emailed+Story+of+the+Day%29
Time is reporting that the militias in Misratah don’t quite understand “One Person, One Vote” – and that in a Democracy, even the people who oppose you still get a vote (like the people living in Tripoli). I suspect the people in setting up the new Monarchy in Benghazi might object to Misratah getting 70% of the control of the entire country. Trouble ahead…
I never quite figured out why Misratah is different from the other cities in Western Libya that did not fight Qaddaffi for long. My guess is because it is on the Coast, the people who live there are Arabs, not Berbers and it’s a tribal issue…
I find it amusing that American publications translate “Allah Akbar” into “God is Great” – to hide the role that Islam is playing in this “Arab Spring” “Democracy” movement.
“Democracy”, “Demon”, “demonstrate”…. is there a common etymology to those words?
Hmm … yes for the first and last, but no for the demon. Demon comes from Middle English via Latin (Daemonium) via Greek (Daimonion), referring to the genus and species, Nancium Pelosium. The common people of ancient Greece (Demos) is the common root for the alpha and omega words used here.
Nancium Pelosium, Póg mo thóin! K’iuth k’iuth!
I hate to bother anyone, but my Celtic is rusty – translation anyone?
I get the Pelosium Ad Nauseum part just fine.
It’s an invitation for her (and her ilk by extension) to kiss my red, white and blue American capitalist ass.
Thank you Piquerist!
In Latin (from 6th grade): Nancimus Maximus Pelosium, basium meus tergum terminus.
(literally “kiss my rear end”)