Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Via Dave (who continues his prodigious live-blogging output), comes this interesting little bite from our friend in Egypt -- the Ranting Sandmonkey:
...The people aren't as hungry or suffering as you all claim: A Palestinian-american friend of mine just came back from visiting his grandparents in Gaza ( just jumped over the fence and back he said, no one is controlling the borders apparently), and he was telling me how the entire "they are hungry people looking for food" headline story is a crock of shit. He laughingly told me that they are buying motorcycles, mattresses and TV's and other such basic survival needs (the media is confirming it if you think I am lying you big morons), and how some of his family members after going to Al Areesh-on the first day of the "people power" event-for vacation mind you, were like "This is Areesh? This sucks! Gaza is better!" and then went back the next day. He also told me that the price of the AK 47 in Gaza has now dropped to a measly 400 JD's. There is apparently too much supply to the demand. Yay for Open Borders!...
Sam also describes how the massive influx of immigrants with cash is massively screwing the area economy, and between the rising prices and the Egyptian government cutting off supplies in the hope that it will force everyone to go home, it's the average Egyptian caught in the middle who's in danger of starving.
