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Breakfast Scramble (Monday)

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
An armed society is a polite society, armed citizens protect their lives and their property:

CAIRO (AP [1]) – When Egypt’s police melted from the streets of Cairo this weekend, the people stepped in.

Civilians armed with knives, axes, golf clubs, firebombs, metal bars and makeshift spears watched over many neighborhoods in the sprawling capital of 18 million this weekend, defending their families and homes against widespread looting and lawlessness.

The thugs had exploited the chaos created by the largest anti-government protests in decades and the military failed to fill the vacuum left by police.

On Saturday, the army sent out an appeal for citizens to help

I am sure that Mayors Daley and Blomberg just don’t not capable of  understanding the rights and needs of law abiding  citizens.

Credibility?

WASHINGTON, Jan 30, 2011 (AFP [2]) – The United States is “losing credibility by the day” in calling for democracy in Egypt while continuing to support President Hosni Mubarak, leading dissident Mohamed ElBaradei said Sunday
Credibility, ElBaradei does not have any.   ElBaradei could find a nuclear weapon if he were sit on one.