No. That would be a bad omen for the capital markets.

Only if I could remain physically young.

Have you watched any of your favorite shows from the 1990s recently? I have, and I know I won't again any time soon.

Do they have this in list format? Slide show format is so frustrating and slow to navigate through.

Edit: Actually, this seems easier to navigate through.

Almost as much of a waste of ammunition as celebratory gunfire.

Let's see if a socialist gov't works...

CaveJohnson1

Anything can work if you have a small population and oil, but read my first post on this page.

[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Popular uprisings resulting in the death of the former head usually are not carried out in comfortable, utopian societies.weezyfb

Can you prove that? There isn't a lot of precedent for rebellions of this kind succeeding and that lack sufficient popular support. It doesn't have to be a majority (even the defending authority rarely has the majority support - there are a lot of fence sitters in any conflict), but still large enough to protect against attrition, organized enough to have a plan, and determined enough to have the collective will and mass movement to carry it out. Airstrikes and weapon drops are great and all, but they alone don't get the job done, and done in isolation, they often just make people angry.

Update: Actually, what good timing. Like many things in life, things are not what they appear.

And most of the "things" on this list are apparently untrue.

That said, I don't know what everyone is trying to prove by regurgitating these points. It's safe to say that this uprising/insurrection/revolution/war (whatever you want to call it) was homegrown from the start, and it took everyone (even the west) by complete surprise. Obviously things were not well for many people.

Everything economic on that list (and at least verifiable) will be around long after Gaddafi, as long as there remains a semi balance of order and stability. Oil is valuable, no matter who is in charge, and they will always be able to sell it. You're also missing the facts that unemployment was greater than 20% as of 2009, as well as there being at least 1 million people (out of 6.5 million) under the national poverty line. And don't discount the serious neglect of the eastern part of the country, which is where the uprising began.

Read more here and here.

They have electrology for a reason. And I intend one of these days to get it done.

So in short, I absolutely hate it.