Thursday, February 17, 2011

me me me

NYT, Bahrain

“I don’t want a democracy,” said Rayyah Mohammed, 32, an art project director and strong supporter of King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. “I want a monarchy. I like how things are. I have a job. I have a house. I have free health care.”

And this is the essence. Rayyah has his stuff, and doesn't give a-flying-fuck-at-a-rolling-doughnut about anything or anybody else. This thinking produced pretty lampshades at Belsen. Out of human skin.


Addenda: NYT 18 Feb

The coffins were carried on the roofs of two cars as a man with a loudspeaker led the crowd in its chants from the bed of a pickup truck, alternating between calls to the faithful — “There is no God but God” — with political messages such as “We need constitutional reform for freedom.”
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good luck...

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