Across the Pond - Egypt: Be A Woman

Punks on the streets of Cairo...  This kid's mom must be so proud.  Photo credit/AP

If you visit Egypt - and you're female - be prepared;

Women walking through the streets have reason to be scared.

In a region that prefers to keep its women veiled,

Efforts to protect their wives and daughters there have failed.

Total strangers seem to feel they have the right to touch;

Pinch an ass or find a passing breast that they can clutch.

Cannot blame the Arab Spring, Mubarak's overthrow;

Not the Muslim Brotherhood that made the problem grow.

Feminists in Cairo now are few and far between

(Bet they didn't stand for this when Cleo was the Queen)

Now they have an issue with which many men agree

Even if it isn't, yet, complete equality.

There are roving gangs of boys out doing what they can,

Beating up offenders which they're calling "Be A Man."

I think that's the problem; now's the time to be a girl...

Make a change and give respect for other folks a whirl.

Race for the White House - President Obama Enjoys The View

The President and First Lady sit down with the women of The View. (Photo/ABC)

President Obama's being criticized again;

Didn't meet world leaders who attended the U.N.

This has knocked important, foreign noses out of joint;

'though I wish he'd met with some, I guess I see his point.

With our moral suasion having reached its lowest ebb -

Owing to some weird film that's been posted on the Web -

What could he accomplish; have we not already said

Syria's a travesty?  Too many people dead.

Why sit down with Netanyahu (who he doesn't like)

When he won't agree with him on a preemptive strike?

Why have talks with Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood?

Right now, our relations with Egyptians are not good.

Only thing you get from meetings?  Headlines FOX can use;

Something they can spin about, in keeping with their views...

Which folks did he meet with?  Why did someone get the snub?

Who is in and who is out of that exclusive club?

At the risk of running long, I also have to say

I don't think world leaders would expect it anyway...

Not in this election year - not if they read the news.

I would also choose The View if in Obama's shoes.

Across the Pond - U.S. Embassies Attacked in Cairo and Benghazi

Egyptian protestors storm US Embassy. (Photo credit Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)

Yesterday our Embassies were subjects of attack;

Stormed the walls and tore Old Glory down - hung flags of black.

Cairo and Benghazi...  Our Ambassador is dead.

Libyans blew up his car as he and others fled.

What would be the cause for these two "allies" fighting us?

What's behind the outrage?  What's the reason for the fuss?

Seems that there's some movie that nobody's even seen,

And Muhammad comes off looking bad from what I glean.

Guy who made the movie is American and so

That appeared to be enough for angry mobs to grow.

I would say that's quite enough of this and screw them all.

Leave us out of it and kill each other.  Have a ball.

Islam needs a Reformation and it needs it bad -

Speaking from experience about the one we had.

But, until they drag themselves from ignorance and fear,

I think the United States had better just steer clear.