Feeling the call of Christ to give up everything on this earth, Macarius distributed his goods to the poor and embraced the ascetic life. However, his wife died shortly after the wedding, and her death was followed by that of his parents. Macarius was born around the year 300 and at first pursued the vocation of marriage. Macarius of Egypt that is one of the oldest known prayers to a Guardian Angel. While the вЂњAngel of GodвЂќ prayer is one of the most popular prayers to the angels, it is not the oldest. So when Tim says вЂњsubjects get a taste of freedom I worry what that freedom will taste like.Democracy?Doubtful.Violent overthrow by the Arab brotherhood?Sounds more likely.For us- I think it is better we go slow.And Obama declaring support for the rioters two nights ago that may of set them off is not the way.The big guy says he will go in 7 months.I wish the people would wait till then to see if it shakes out.If not, I could see scenarios akin to the Iranian revolution.To quote a famous Italian actorвЂ¦.The ancient prayer dates to the 4th century and originated with a Desert Father. Im in agreement that the money has been been the payoff for peace for years.Makes us all feel dirty.Problem is, in 5000 years of history, there has never been a Democracy there.This is the way THEY do business.This is their extortion not ours.I think honorable men like Nadar or Ron paul would stop our collusion in such things.Obama and Bush вЂ¦.aint happening.And Im not sure who is right.As far as US policy in Arab nations вЂ¦I sometimes wonder which end is wagging the dog. military aid to Egypt, and thus didnвЂ™t need to dwell on it today. PresumablyKeller wouldargue that the Times has alreadyвЂ“somewhere, at some timeвЂ“mentioned U.S. military enjoys priority access to the Suez canal and Egyptian airspace.вЂќ вЂњThe tangible benefits to our mil-mil relationship are clear: Egypt remains at peace with Israel, and the U.S. вЂњPresident Mubarak and military leaders view our military assistance program as the cornerstone of our mil-mil relationship and consider the $1.3bn in annual FMF as вЂuntouchable compensationвЂ™ for making and maintaining peace with Israel. weapons and defence equipment, and the cable said. Washington provides Cairo $1.3bn annually in foreign military finance (FMF) to purchase U.S. The Guardian thinks civilian deaths should be reported, in some cases maybe more than once.ДЄnother cable, from March 2009, shows the U.S.вЂ™s astonishingly intimate military relationship with Egypt. The Guardian, which is an openly left-leaning newspaper, used the first War Logs to emphasize civilian casualties in Afghanistan, claiming the documents disclosed that coalition forces killed вЂњhundreds of civilians in unreported incidents,вЂќ underscoring the cost of what the paper called a вЂњfailing war.вЂќ Our reporters studied the same material but determined that all the major episodes of civilian deaths we found in the War Logs had been reported in the Times, many of them on the front page. If anyone doubted that the three publications operated independently, the articles we posted that day made it clear that we followed our separate muses. That reminds me of something Times executive editor wrote in a forthcoming piece on WikiLeaks, where he explains the difference between The Newspaper of Record and the Guardian in handling theAfghanistan documents:

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