tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post5466419761027958652..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: Walk Like An EgyptianGreybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-86720277291541276302011-02-04T14:28:27.257-08:002011-02-04T14:28:27.257-08:00REd is correct, and the 'given' population...REd is correct, and the 'given' population of Cairo alone is 18 million... This will turn into another Shia/Sunni battle and as a side note, probably close the Suez Canal to US ship transits.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-50975261476809805842011-02-04T08:43:48.483-08:002011-02-04T08:43:48.483-08:00Egypt... what a mess. Most of the people living th...Egypt... what a mess. Most of the people living there exist on $2.00 USD equivalent or less per day. Food represents 50% of their expeditures, and the price of food has doubled.<br /><br />Two weeks ago, in an econ class I am teaching at Alluvial Flood Plain State University, I had asked the class what could happen in our country that would cause them to get out and protest... One was expensive energy costs... the other was expensive food.<br /><br />~shoes~Red Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01919277206516592912noreply@blogger.com