I was watching MSNBC as news of Mubarak's abdication reached the protesters. I find it incredible that those thousands could be on that square will relatively few problems, the only (reported) violence being from hired thugs. I alternately envied those people and feared for their future, knowing how noble ventures can be hijacked by fundamentalists, whether political, ideological, or religious. But, whatever happens, many of those people on the square will look back on this day as the most important of their lives.
Then, I noticed the matrix on the bottom of the screen, reporting on Lindsey Lohan and some proported romance between two other movie stars.
Are we to be the first nation to simply silly ourselves into obscurity?
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