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Some might say that Egypt was the birthplace of what we now call Islamism. With Qutb and his student Ayman Zawahiri (a mentor of UBL). At least that's what it says in "The Looming Tower." A lot of this predates Mubarak. I may be wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that the Muslim...

I'm sure all of that is true. But I still don't believe any of that is equivalent to funding a rebellion when we didn't like the results of a democratic election. What we did in Nicaragua and Chile was probably closer. So I guess I'm just arguing the semantics of what you wrote. This is true...

I don't understand this part. See how well what worked? Democracy? Or US backed rebellion? If you're talking about a US backed rebellion in Cuba I guess you are either talking about the Bay of Pigs (obviously, this didn't work). Or are you talking about the fact that the US supported Batista...

The US is a sovereign nation and like all sovereign nations supports governments which are in its interests more than anything else. There are democracies and then there are democracies. What we would like to see is a Jeffersonian democracy - free and fair elections along with constitutional...

Professor Plum with the Candlestick in the Ballroom.

I think that center would be a great hangout.

The NCEES test is very representative of the actual test IMO. I though the actual test was a little more difficult but not exceedingly so.

THe part Aguilera messed up was the "o'er the ramparts we watched" part. That's the weirdest part of the anthem. When I heard it I knew something was wrong but it took me a while to figure out what.

Frankly, nobody has ever graduated from an engineering undergrad program with a "good background" in anything. I repeat - ever. That's what work experience is for. Hence the term "entry level." As far as lean manufacturing, autocad, and six sgima - these are things any self respecting...

You have got to be kidding. Of course nobody is concerned about them taking to the streets - but American politicians are extremely concerned about this demographic because they actually turn out to vote. They don't call SS the "third rail" of politics for nothing. They would have made...

I'm an EE but I can't imagine ME is that different. There is little difference between an undergraduate BS at Cal Poly and the same thing at a UC. At least as far as subject matter. The degrees are ABET accredited they don't have that much difference. Don't worry about "research" verses...

Maybe Chucktown got so worried about the demise of the US he went off the grid and is living in a bunker somewhere and that's why we never hear from him anymore. I sort of doubt it though.

And you were doing so well with an earlier post. Now it's back to this gobble-de-goop.

That extra education must be paying off. That post is actually intelligible.

I know absolutely zero about anything military. But I do know in Full Metal Jacket the DI said that engineers went out and looked for mines. I think that was the Marine Corps, and something tells me the movie was probably not exactly 100% accurate.

Isn't this where Madonna got the kid she adopted. Maybe they had a bad odor experience with "The Material Girl."

They just changed Electrical a year or so ago, so I doubt they'd change it again so soon. But check to be sure.

Okay. That's actually what I thought. Sorry if I came off a little nasty myself, I was in "defensive" mode I guess. :16: I agree, the AE degree looks very tough.

I seriously hope you are addressing someone other than me with this diatribe. Again, I was defending your degree, but you really come off as extremely arrogant. If you are responding to someone else (like maybe someone who actually "bashed" your degree), you should quote that person, not me...

Let's hope these people are smart enough to realize that letting the Muslim Brotherhood run their country would be just as bad as Mubarek. This doesn't appear to be a religious or cultural revolt to me. These people - Tunisia, Egypt, are ticked off because they're so poor and their rulers are...