going collusion and i would just that the united russia party is in a sense a revival revived communist party because you know it's the party of the officials of the of the state you know some wondering whether you know the russian political culture needs this kind of party you know and whether we could see united russia in a sense a revival of the of the idea of the communist party communist party was beyond reform in my opinion ok one of the gentlemen one of the things i think is very interesting is that if we were if we look at what law got a bunch of left behind left a lot of new republics the former soviet republics became independent in an interesting way if i go to you on this one joe he's really the father of a lot of new nations in the world even though we don't even really tie his name to them if i'm thinking of all the republics minus of course the russian federation. yes well they had very different histories actually and they didn't all leave the soviet union in the same way i mean the baltic republics we are first to go because the baltic pete rose hated communism the soviet uni

which by the way don't ever forget this that after the end of the soviet union the new russian communist party was the most successful electoral party in the duma and till something else happened i we can debate what happened to the party had electoral capacity it had to get reduced to big it wasn't a real party had nearly twenty million members in those twenty million members what's. kind of for five million men well i mean you actually could almost make the argument today it's still the only political party in russia i mean well it is the only national nationwide electoral party in russia it's a fact so i don't i'm not prepared to say it was on reform i mean why say things around reform process was underway well if i go to you i mean we've been living in poland at a time when this was going on when they had their first democratic election there wasn't one cult member of their version of the communist party that was elected to parliament they were completely wipe that out and so i could well imagine that you would have the communist party of the soviet union seeing what was going on in easter

only on society but on the party itself now he may have had a real man a size view of what the communist party had been at the beginning but it certainly wasn't then in the beginning what it was when gorbachev came to power he then said in one thousand nine hundred ninety two the party you have to become an electoral party and they nearly passed out from this the last thing in the world well why not why couldn't the party and split into a gorbachev electoral carty and the party this now headed by sudan if which pride the way don't ever forget this that after the end of the soviet union the new russian communist party was the most successful electoral party in the duma until something else happened i we can debate what happened like a party had an electoral capacity it had to get too big it wasn't a real party had nearly twenty million members in those twenty million members was some kind of four or five million men well i mean the actual can always be the argument today it's still the only political party in russia i mean well it is the only national nationwide electoral party in russia it's a

but following his speech, he came under pressure from conservatives in the communist party and toned things down significantly this year. also, the chinese media in advance were told not to mention political reform in their reports. this shows the parties are worried that if the media bring up political reform they could give momentum to the anti-government dissentiment, leading eventually to public opposition to china's one-party rule. >> thank you so much for your analysis. >> my pleasure. >> appreciate it. >>> >>> the beads may not appear valuable, but in their own way they are priceless. the beads lift the spirits of children receiving difficult, sometimes painful treatment for serious illnesses. >> reporter: these children are receiving treatment for leukemia. the colorful beads are badges of honor. children are given one each time they receive treatment. the white bead means this girl has undergone another session of chemotherapy. when children lose their hair to chemo, they get a smile bead. all together, there are 38 types of beads. they help the children see how far they've c

they believe their lives are getting better and continue to support the communist party. that is why the handling of the economy is so important. >> thanks very much. the china research director at the brookings institution joins us. thank you for your time. one of the big debates the people feel need to be addressed but will not be? >> the concern about inflation and high price property. these are the two major issues in people's minds. they are also on satisfied with the shrinking of the private sector and state monopolies. these are all the serious issues. >> it was not that long ago at a nationals people congress that corruption was mentioned. the world sort of thought it was quite a revelation. do you expect anything like that to come out of this people's congress? >> not really. the premiere is just mentioning it. i think people are very cynical about the commitment from the leadership. the general feeling is corruption is out of control. it is important to mention this congress -- his speech has different numbers. he said in the next five years [unintelligible] it

and that will ensure the stability of the country and the legitimacy of the chinese communist partygoing into the future. >> how about abroad? how much discussion has there been about china's foreign relations? >> there is not been a great deal of discussion on that issue. many countries will be heartened by the fact that china wants to increase domestic consumption. that is not going to happen overnight. it will take a long time. in the future, that could mean that chinese consumers are buying more exports from countries like america or europe. that could actually -- domestic demand in china could drive global growth around the world. that is not going to happen in the short term. >> thank you very much. this is bbc news. christian dior's a fashion show opens in paris without its controversial designer. and nasa rocket mission had ended in failure twice. it did take off from california, but it did not make it into space. it crashed back to earth. >> ignition of the taurus rockets. >> a perfect start for nasa's latest mission. >> and of climates may affect our lives. >> does minutes

well i think it's perfectly legal in the united states to be loyal to the communist party of theparty for socialism the liberation or other socialist parties there is nothing wrong with there in communist and socialist understood that the soviet union in its conflict with the united states and then a needle in the in the late one nine hundred forty s. was not acting as an aggressor was now preparing nuclear weapons in order to drop them in other countries was in fact operating from a defensive posture the soviets lost twenty seven million and they were the ones who principally defeated fascism then the chinese had a revolution in forty nine in the korean revolution the vietnamese revolution so working people around the world were in a state of the art rising against colonial oppression and class oppression and they were sympathizers in activists and socialism communism the united states and of course they were loyal to their revolutionary process taking their head on a few different aspects what did you want to touch upon this the great course of the soviets of the defense of pas

launched democratic reform there's no doubt about that he started the process he dissolved the communist party of the soviet union he set up elections in which two genuine parties conducting a fight with each other but he didn't and couldn't take the process through to its end i mean for one thing he never himself stood for election as president of russia which would have been or of the soviet union which would have been the logical outcome. crosstalk is gone in just ten minutes time here on r t but for now let's have a quick look at some other international headlines but the sun's minister for the just minorities has been killed in a gun attack in the country's capital police say that gunmen opened fire on him outside his house as he was leaving for work. it was a christian who had been threatened by islamist militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws were earlier in the governor was gunned down by one of his bodyguards for his opposition to the last. year has been removed from a list of countries requiring special observation by the un's drug control wa

communist party. will it be alive alive or will it be taken apart? and the tunisian decision to try and just completely and the life of the ruling party doesn't seem to be on the horizon and egypt at this point. but nobody knows it's going to happen to that. it does clearly have the strongest network grassroots support and so forth in the rural areas among the people who voted for the constitutional amendments. but that's on the docket for all the people who were protesters can of course don't have corny organizations. they are not graded easiest for the political parties who have been the formal opposition parties said they are trying to figure out whether they form a party and if they form a single party, what is it about? can they form a lot of little parties? lacoste as they are to be in a lot of little parties. that may be why they want to permit system because they are better for all of that. all of that is completely open and completely up for grabs. all i can say is people stay up all night tr

comparatively young local leader to step him up to being elected as the communist party secretary general he announced in. policy terms glasnost stupor openness and perestroika watched him for a construction of the world's political vocabulary gorbachev took the country from confrontation to a ration with the west and he's talking america and europe and america brought him beneath me already. justiciary man thank you for being with us today thank you for inviting me in and could she tell us where and how mr gorbachev is spoiling to celebrate his eightieth birthday there has been a lot of talk about that many people have already said they would like to send very greetings to mr gorbachev how will tell take place because it has already been a long celebration long want forgot that he has so long won the first celebration was held when a photo exhibit opened in the menus exhibit hall in moscow it was called gorbachev and his time that let's take a closer look at the richard era in a report by spotlights elizabeth there are. twenty years of the girl ricky of ceased to be leader of the country

for mikhail gorbachev comparatively young local party leader to step in to being elected as the communist party secretary general he announced in. policy terms glasnost stupor openness and perestroika which to call reconstruction the world's political capital or gorbachev to the country from confrontation to corporation with the west and his popularity in europe and america brought him the nickname for me. just as you are arena and thank you for being with us today thank you for inviting me to dinner could you tell us where and how mr gorbachev is planning to celebrate his eightieth birthday there has been a lot of talk about that many people have already said they would like to send very greetings to mr gorbachev how will told take place because it's it has already been a long celebration a long one yes a long one the first celebration was held when a photo exhibit open in the my news exhibit hall in moscow it was called gorbachev and his time that let's take a closer look at the garbage of error in a report by spotlights eludes me there have. been three years of the girl richer of ceased to b

launched democratic reform there's no doubt about that he started the process he dissolved the communist party of the soviet union he set up elections in which they would change parties conducting a fight with each other but he didn't and couldn't take the process through to its end i mean for one thing he never himself stood for election as president of russia which would have been or of the soviet union which would have been the logical outcome of his democratic reforms he didn't have the courage or the insight it seems to me to take that process of democratization through to its logical conclusion it steve if i could and one of the things we talk about what kind of striking glasnost is reforming the soviet union but was it reform a bold ok let's look at the economy ok the that type of command economy failed now how do you fix that you just have to exit don't you know i mean many countries are introduced elements of another economic system into a very confusing hybrid would have worked but it's not a hybrid i mean most economies in the twentieth century have been extra kind of the state mark

that was last year earlier this year commie chinese communist party chairman who now was given a rock star welcome by the white house while back home in china he was torturing dissidents and basically enslaving workers on behalf of american millionaires and billionaires it's time to send today's to cheney's of the world the ones using off short of visions to do business with the most brutal dictators to jail and and to at the very least shame the ones like apple steve jobs who are making fortunes in the sweat shops of china. and the insane free trade laws that make this all possible and go back to the protectionist policies that's right everybody thinks it's a terrible word what's bad about protecting american workers that built this country from the time of george washington and still against ross perot's warnings we join nafta signed jack and created to join the world trade organization and signed a pull out of all of them. today and that's the big picture for tonight for more information visit our website. check out our you tube page you tube dot com slash the big picture of archie

would be counterproductive and actually harm innocent civilians foreigners and diplomatic the communist party of india which is really powerful and eastern portions in southern portions of the country actually released a press release not too long ago saying that they believe the main reason the united states is interested in libya is for oil and they said that to support any sort of sanctions you are sponsored sanctions or airstrikes would essentially be promoting imperialism and they don't want to have anything to do with that so like the official word from the government of india they don't believe that any airstrike should happen and that especially if you compare these events to what happened in tunisia and egypt they believe the indian people should actually respect the libyans freedom fight is what they say. card coverage of the crisis so the lawyer. would. be just as long to go to court to find out what it's like to start selling. clothes. or you tube charging us to join the bombardments of the swallows excuse me just log on to you to. see. the parent has resumed its efforts to solve

richard nixon was president of the states leonid brezhnev was the general secretary of the soviet communist party and the beatles were still together so this guy is not a knock over there are some people in the neo con war hawk. ranks who would love to really get khadafi but khadafi of course changed his director of intelligence and has been a the cia in tracking the a.q. khan nuclear proliferation network in participating in the cia's rendition and torture program so he's got he's got good friends in the cia. but we have people who remember the one nine hundred eighty s. and would just love to get free i'm afraid that after the. started making this war talk released wasn't consistent in its message we saw khadafi start to launch offensives and i think this is a problem the united states needs to speak with a single voice bob gates the secretary of defense saying one thing it would take more than planes and we could put on one aircraft carrier to go to the no fly zone and we have hillary clinton waffling on the issue and david cameron of course now looking like a fool because he said something ab

so it's interesting when you say the communist party of india which is really powerful in the eastern portions and southern portions of the country actually released a press release not too long ago saying that they believe the main reason the united states is interested in libya is for oil and they said that to support any sort of thing since you are sponsored sanctions or airstrikes would essentially be promoting imperialism and they don't want to have anything to do with that so like the official word from the government of india they don't believe that any airstrike should happen and especially if you compare these events to what happened in tunisia and egypt that they believe the indian people should actually respect the libyans freedom fight is what they said. reporting live from new delhi thanks for that. well the political wrangling over what's happening in libya continues in brussels at a meeting of foreign ministers they've agreed to bring in more sanctions and. in the same city on sunday the alliance failed to decide what role it's going to play our europe correspondent. co

, and he instructed people in the communist party to recruit them, and they did recruit them, and significant element in the post war italian communists consisted of at the time young fascists, ideological conscious and idealistic fascists who then converted to the other extreme. i mean, one must keep these various things in mind. when we talk about mass movements and totalitarian movements. and finally, the policy question. the policy question is very awkward for everybody to talk about because we've screwed it up for so long. the policy questions to support democrats and to support space revolutions. we have not done that. no country in the western world has done that, certainly israel hasn't done that, and so here we are. and now -- and that's what happens when you have a rotten policy for a very long time, that is to get yourself into the crises to which there is no good solution. we don't have good solution's right now. so i think we have to go back to the basics. but for god's sake, don't forget the history of the totalitarians , because it is a field history but it is impor

, and he instructed people in the communist party to recruit them, and they did recruit them, anda significant element in the post war italian communists consisted of at the time young fascists, ideological conscious and idealistic fascists who then converted to the other extreme. i mean, one must keep these various things in mind. when we talk about mass movements and totalitarian movements. and finally, the policy question. the policy question is very awkward for everybody to talk about because we've screwed it up for so long. the policy questions to support democrats and to support space revolutions. we have not done that. no country in the western world has done that, certainly israel hasn't done that, and so here we are. and now -- and that's what happens when you have a rotten policy for a very long time, that is to get yourself into the crises to which there is no good solution. we don't have good solution's right now. so i think we have to go back to the basics. but for god's sake, don't forget the history of the totalitarians , because it is a field history but it is impo

but there's still a sense the communist party have this controlling mentality, where it's really reluctant to go the whole way/e >>professor weeks: i think it will remain screened. the vietnamese government is not just about to open things and particularly, it's not about to let foreign investors enter into a bidding match over vietnamese resources, now having said that if you are a foreign investor you can make a lot of money in vietnam. >>reporter: the country is freeing up, but with the communist legacy looming large, changes will be small and will not happen overnight. >>baweja i think this is going to be a slow process, i don't think they will, i think they will begin to let go of key things like interest rates and credit rationing, but over a period of time, this is not something that will change over the next two years >>reporter: that said, if you listen to the country's successful businessmen, the future for vietnamis the focus and looks to be a bright one. >>trung: the thinking of the vietnamese people is very positive and that's important, everyone thinks tomorrow is better and

the communist party of the united states was found by congress to be part of an international communist conspiracy to overthrow the united states by force and violence, and yet the supreme court strongly upheld the rights of individuals in the united states to work with the communist party usa, to speak with that, to associate with the, to support it, notwithstanding the argument that it might somehow support this international conspiracy. i think it is quite distinct. i think it is critically important here and not only that we are not providing notice of what the charges were, but also that the government critically relied on classified evidence, and contrary to the assertions, the courts have not upheld in the designation for classified evidence was critical to the agency's determination. would it said in the most recent case is we have only upheld reliance on in camera classified evidence where the government had not relied on a classified material and the unclassified material is sufficient to justify the designation. that is not the case here. if you look at the letter that was su

he is member of the communist party u.s.a. he's also an excellent writer. he grew up in the first half of the century the central part of kansas. he suffered more than the first part of his day. he's the next. it's about the struggle, influence, he goes on to become a very serious poet and a very serious journalist. in barack obama's case, he/ father," he mentions his writerly wants to because i meet some journal entries and was in very bad poetry. i'm not going to deny that, but that is not a writer. now, once i was looking around to see what did obama writes in print? there was that much for a guy who wrote this classic greats acclaimed memoir. there wasn't much to see. what i did find was one paper -- an article he had written as a senior at columbia called breaking the war mentality. although thematically it's no sillier than the average paper written by columbia undergraduate. scientifically it's a disaster. it's another in total disaster. this might be excusable if, for instance, you before this they had found barack obama in an indonesian cave being

ironically, the government's staunchest support in parliament on the issue comes from the former communist left party, who are opposed to military action. a sign the government has sidelined itself on the issue of libya. >> that has been our "in depth "at this hour. you're watching dw-tv. stay with us. u forget it. yourself, so don't fall. u forget it. now he tells us. how far am i off the floor? about twelve inches. twelve whole inches?

, and he instructed people in the communist party to recruit them, and they did recruit them, anda significant element in the post war italian communists consisted of at the time young fascists, ideological conscious and idealistic fascists who then converted to the other extreme. i mean, one must keep these various things in mind. when we talk about mass movements and totalitarian movements. and finally, the policy question. the policy question is very awkward for everybody to talk about because we've screwed it up for so long. the policy questions to support democrats and to support space revolutions. we have not done that. no country in the western world has done that, certainly israel hasn't done that, and so here we are. and now -- and that's what happens when you have a rotten policy for a very long time, that is to get yourself into the crises to which there is no good solution. we don't have good solution's right now. so i think we have to go back to the basics. but for god's sake, don't forget the history of the totalitarians , because it is a field history but it is impo

please remember that all of these communist party's were perfectly flexible and social, democratic, and all had -- had all kinds of great things to say about democracy and freedom. but the generation that new it is dying of and so forth. fissures within totalitarian movements and even regimes are commonplace. happens all the time. in the case of italian fascism, it was figured out early on that young, happy fascists who believe in revolution and so forth were fodder for the communist party they were instructed to go recruit them, and they did recruit them. a significant elegant -- element consisted of at the time, young fascists, ideological fascists and idealistic fascists to then converted to the other extreme. one must keep these various things in mind. we talked about mass movements and totalitarian movements. finally, the policy question. the policy question is very awkward for everyone to talk about because we have screwed it up for so long. the policy question is to support democratic revolution. we have not done it. no country in the muslim world has done it. certainly israel ha

frank marshall davis, the mentor of barack obama when he was in hawaii, he's a member of the communist party usa. he's bornographer and he's an excellent writer. he grew up black in the first half of the century in the central kansas and he suffered more racism. and his book about becoming the writers, his attack of journalitis as he dawes. he goes on to become a very serious poet and a very serious journalist. that's how you get to be good. in barack obama's case, he skipped it all. in the book dreams for my father he mentions his role as a writer only once. he said i made some journal entries and wrote some very bad poetry. i'm not going to deny he did that especially the very bad poetry part but that is not a writer make. now, once i was suspicious and i started looking around to see what did obama write that might have knead into print? there wasn't much for a guy this classic great acclaimed memoir. there wasn't much to see. what i did find was one paper that he had -- an article he had written when he was a senior at columbia university called "breaking the war mentality." thematic it'

ironically, the government's staunchest support in parliament on the issue comes from the former communist left party, who are opposed to military action. a sign the government has sidelined itself on the issue of libya. >> that has been our "in depth "at this hour. you're watching dw-tv. stay with us. >>> issue one, libya's ceases firing. >> speaking of the city of benghazi, a city of roughly 700,000 people, he threatened, and i quote, we will have no mercy and no pity. the united states, the united kingdom, france, and arab states agree that a cease-fire must be mitch meant immediately. >> on thursday, the u.n. security council passed a resolution authorizing a no-fly zone over libya, meaning bombs away against gaddafi if needed. on friday, libya announced it would honor the u.n. resolution, and cease firing. stopping all military operations. question, is gaddafi's promise of a cease-fire credible? i ask you, patted. >> we'll have to wait and see, john. i think gaddafi's handled this fairly well. there's still some firing going on, but barack obama issued pretty much an ultimatum. he said gaddafi h

the course of domestic, political, and other situations, there's major risk and challenges, the communist partyited with and led with all ethnic groups incomprehensively advancing reform and mod dearnization -- modernization bringing historic change in china in the past five years. the conference productive forces and overall national strength improved significantly. we effectively warded off impact of the financial global crisis, maintained steady and rapid economic development and fulfilled major objectives the five year plan. the economy scaled to new heights. gdp grew at an average annual rate of 11.2% to reach 38 trillion. annual revenue increased to 3 .1 trillion yuan. major breakthroughs are attained in cutting edge science and technology such as lunar exploration programs and supercomputers. great progress was made in modernization, national dissent, and the army. programs accelerated and people's lives improved significantly. comprehensive progress was made in education, sign, and technology, culture, public health, and sports programs. the number of new other jobs in connection increa

in some cases destroy the lives of countless innocent citizens accused of being members of the communist party. xenophobia and religious presidents exist as unfortunate strains in our future -- in our history and culture. it is manipulated by some forces in society through fear mongering, and principal the tax, and spreading of propaganda that masquerades as objective fact. this is contrary to the best practices of america. we joined today with other leaders -- other leading organizations in saying that such acts have no place in our democracy. we note and thank the large number of protestants, catholics, jewish, and others to stand with the muslim community against prejudice and irrational fear. our religious traditions may be the verse, but they are bound together by common threads that celebrate truth. the muslim-american society will continue to support both are collective civil-rights and collected maturity. will respect the law and honor the principle of peaceful process and -- peaceful protest. we will continue to educate and nurtured muslims with the positive understanding of the value

's and 1970's and 1980's, before the fall of the u.s.s.r., they had the propaganda arm of the communist party. that is what we have with fox news now. fox news is the propaganda arm of the republican party. and i think, you know, the republicans try to do anything they can to try and limit the from thehe true news individuals out in the countryside. and i think that's a shame. host: thank you, donald. we will continue on this topic for the next 20 minutes or so and then move onto other items in the program, including the budget, including the tarp program later. here is 1 twitter message. if you want to send us a tweet, our address is twitter.com/cspan. there are lots of different ways to get into the program. from one viewer, it's a free country. harry is on the line for democrats from philadelphia. what do you make of this npr bill? caller: the whole thing makes me sick. republicans in general make me sick. the gentleman from alabama really hit the nail on the head when he said that they depend on keeping their rank-and-file ignorant. that is the whole purpose of fox news is to keep people

communist party in eastern europeanerms. will it be alive or taken apart? the tunisian decision was to completely and a life of the ruling party. that does not seem to be on the horizon in egypt at this point. nobody knows what will happen to that. it clearly has the strongest network grass-roots support in the rural areas among the people who voted for the constitutional amendments. that is on the docket. --. for the people in the protests, they don't have organizations. they are not great enthusiast for the political parties that or the formal opposition parties. they are trying to figure out whether they form a party and if they form a single party, what is it about? can the form of many little parties? what cost is there to them? that may be why they wanted a parliamentary system because that system is better for lots of little parties. all that is completely open and completely up for grabs. people are staying up all night to try to figure this out. i remind my egyptian colleagues of oscar wilde's crack that the tr

so the communist chinese party knows how to deal with this because they don't wanty tianann square again. with respect to china being a competitor, there definitely is that potential. they recently passed japan. of course, if you go back to the early '90s, people thought japan was going to be the new hegemon. actually, their per cap la gdh was 150% of ours welcome then. but in 1995 their economy hit a wall or hit a ceiling. it just, like, flattens out. so maybe china's growth curve will just gnatten out for some reason -- flatten out for some reason. and and, by the way, their capita gdp is 8% of ours. they have so many people that they're really not spied al qaeda it out. also the question is do they have international aspirations like we do, and there's some indicators that they do and some they don't. they're really not as act air on the world stage as we are. they do it more cleverly through agreements and things, and ask can they do have some troops around the world, but not that many yet. they also have offensive nuclear capability, there's some story that they're going to start lo

communist party.be alive or will it be taken apart and each niche in decision to try and just completely and the life of the ruling party doesn't seem to be on the horizon in egypt at this point. but nobody knows it's going to happen to that. it does have the strongest network, grassroots supported the rural areas among people who voted for constitutional amendments. but that time the docket for all of the people who are protesters of course they don't have party organizations. they are not greeted dcs for the political parties who had been the formal opposition parties and they are trying to figure out whether they form a party and if they form a single party, what is it about? can they form a lot of little parties? would cost if there to them? that may be why they won a parliamentary system because parliamentary systems are better for smaller parties. all of that is complete you open up for grabs. all i can see is people are staying up all night train to figure it out. remind my egyptian colleagues

, communist party. would be alive, were taken apart in the tunisian decision to just completely end the life of the ruling party. that does not seem to be on the horizon in egypt at this point. it clearly does have the strongest network, grassroots, so forth. that is on the docket. for all of the people that were protesters, of course, they do not have party organizations. they are not great enthusiast for the political parties who had been the formal opposition parties, and they are trying to figure out whether they for a party, and if they form a single party, what is about, and if there are little parties, what is the cost? that might be why they won a parliamentary system. parliamentary systems are better for a lot of different parties. all of that is completely open and completely up for grabs. people are staying up all my is trying to figure it out. i remind my egyptian colleagues all the time of oscar wilde's trap -- the problem with socialism is that it takes too many evenings. [laughter] >> i t

communist party. will it be alive or will it be taken apart, and that tunisian decision to try and just completely in the life of the ruling party does not seem to be on the horizon in egypt at this point. nobody knows what is going to happen to that. it does clearly have the strongest grass-roots support in the rural area among the people who voted for the constitutional amendment but that is on the docket for all the people who were protesters -- they don't have party organizations. they are not great enthusiasts for the political parties who had been the formal opposition parties. they are trying to figure out whether they formed a party, and what is it about? can they formed a lot of little parties? what cost is there of being a lot of little parties? that may be why they want a parliamentary system. all of that is completely open and completely up for grabs. all i can say is that people are staying up all night trying to figure it out. i remind my egyptian colleagues all the time of oscar will wh