6 Responses to “Sometimes a Storyline is a Goliath”

1. Jon Garfunkel Says:
   July 26th, 2006 at 11:46 am

   Well, Ethan does have a point. The front-page of this site now has 20 screenfuls, all of them devoted to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict (mixed in with the King David-themed posts).

   It’s Ethan’s portfolio that continually pulls on my to look at Africa, so it was 2 months ago when I crossed back over the literary Sea of Reeds to understand what was going on with the protests in Egypt. My research in the “Free Alaa” effort led me to follow many of the popular Egyptian bloggers, and learn more about the Kefiya movement and the protests for an independent judiciary. This story had actually received plenty of play in the English-language press (“Activist blogs from jail” was the common theme), but I felt at least that ROS could have given a link to it back then. Or now.

2. alokemon Says:
   July 26th, 2006 at 12:31 pm

   I would just direct you to my show suggestion, for a show on the upcoming elections in the DRC.

3. bicyclemark Says:
   July 26th, 2006 at 1:06 pm

   New Nuclear reactor and a push for an even more nuclear Pakistan… meanwhile.. a deal between India and the US on nuclear technology. What is going on here? Seems like the traditional alliance of Pak-US is called into question.. or otherwise the US is playing both sides as it so often has in history… but isn’t there a great danger here.. in that both nations are forging forward with all things nuclear.. be in energy or weapons.

4. nother Says:
   July 27th, 2006 at 12:24 am

   Sudan.

5. mr. 10,000 Says:
   July 29th, 2006 at 11:32 am

   Are we just the blind men examining the elephant? Is it possible to step back from all of these stories and get a global view of what is going on and perhaps who or what is causing it. I have to say I’m a little burnt out on all the reporting on the “struggle” going between Lebanon and Israel. The topic has been analysed to death and I still feel I don’t, truly, know or understand what it is all about. I also know that if another “big” story came up we’d be off to that “topic” as quickly as the mouse moves. I think one result of all this news is that it tends to close us up and then isolation and frustration sets in. I don’t know what the alternate is, I just know how I feel.
   As long as I’m at it let me voice one more thought. I listen to XMPR throughout the day and they have lots of interesting discussions. The frustrating part, to me, after the bad news is delivered, is that I’m left with a feeling of helplessness, as thought there’s nothing that can be done. I’ve heard so many shows on politics that I really don’t have any faith in that “institution” any more. All the other biggies such as religion, nation, charity, you name it, all seem to have been infiltrated by the rats. Where do we place our place and trust?

6. Old Nick Says:
   July 29th, 2006 at 1:35 pm

   welcome back, h wally! i’ve written a shoutout to you here. Let us know how you’re doing!

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