EGYPT: One of Sisi's many media dogs

Moussa 

under fire for alleged obscene footage of MP

Dec. 16, 2015 19:30 

By Nourhan Magdi 

CAIRO: Social media uproar has erupted against TV Presenter Ahmed Moussa, accusing him of violating the press charter after broadcasting obscene footages alleging they are of famous film Director Khaled Youssef.

Members of Press Syndicate are  petitioning to refer Moussa to investigations and cancel his membership after his “violation.” Some social media users called on boycotting the Sada el-Balad TV channel and its advertising companies.

During his program “On My responsibility” aired on Sada el-Balad TV channel Monday night, Moussa displayed pictures he claimed they show director Youssef and undressed women engaging in “impropriety.”.

“We have lots of pictures,” said Moussa during his show, although he said he is not sure of their authenticity and did not reveal their sources.

Instead, he asked Youssef, who was recently elected as a parliamentarian, to “prove whether the pictures are real or manipulated” and to “acquit himself before the public.”

The anchor considered what he did by broadcasting the footage as “professionalism,” justifying this by saying that the media role is to oversee the parliament and its members, “this is our role [media]…we will be after each parliamentarian.”

“These footages are 100 percent fabricated, but my case is bigger than the pictures,” Parliamentarian Youssef said during a Tuesday interview with Al-Nahar TV Channel.

Youssef continued, “I tell everyone I am not a defendant as long as the prosecution did not charge me.” He added that he has all evidences to prove his innocence, which he will present before the prosecution, and that he will seek the legal route against everyone defamed him.

A lawsuit was filed accusing Youssef of harassing the wife of the dean of the faculty of literature at Alexandria University. This incident is separate from Moussa’s footages, according to accounts by the women’s lawyer to the media.

“Why now?” Youssef asked during the TV interview, adding that he has been working with movie stars in Egypt and the Arab world for 25 years and “no one has ever accused me of harassment.”

Media backlash 

Many journalists and TV presenters harshly directed accusations against Moussa for “giving himself a right he does not owe” by violating personal lives and judging people.

“Is this the role of the journalist to broadcast pictures from the personal life of any citizen? Of course, not,” Presenter Ramy Radwan said on TEN TV channel Tuesday. “This is a violation to Article 57 in the constitution that guarantees respect to personal life.”

The article says personal data on emails, letters, phone calls and any other mean of communication is “inviolable.”

For Anchor Youssef el-Housseiny, he said “I want to know President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s stance on this chaotic scene…why the president is standing in the position of onlooker not actor?”

The head of liberties committee at the Press Syndicate, Khaled el-Balshy, noted that there is an “urgent need for adopting laws regulating the media without waiting until the holding of the parliament,” in statements to CBC TV channel.

It is not the first time Moussa is accused of libel. His insults to activists as well as to the January 25 Revolution by describing it as a “conspiracy” resulted in outrage.

Comments on social media leaned to comparisons between Moussa and other presenters who similarly faced public rage after accusations of violating media ethics.

A trial session was set on Nov.25 for the controversial TV anchor Reham Saeed for defaming a victim of assault, by broadcasting private pictures of her claiming she provoked the offender. 

Subsequently, different corporations sponsoring Saeed’s show announced they will no longer advertise in it.

In May 2014, TV presenter Abdel Raheem Ali was acquitted of libel charge after leaking phone calls to prominent activists on his show the “Black Box.” His airing of these recordings attracted wide fears of a return to the old regime policies against opposition.

TV reporter Mona Iraqi has filmed the arrest of 26 men dragged half-naked over charges of “engaging in homosexual prostitution.” Iraqi faced a fierce attack by activists while the men were acquitted in January.

Media Drummers

 

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EGYPT: May a picture worth a thousand words

El-Sisi

is

A Parasitic plant:

Hydnora Africana

 Living on his intentional division of his own people. What a bastard!

 Wake up, Egyptians!

EGYPT: Are Egypt’s poor paying the price?!

Boats are seen along the Nile in Cairo, Nov. 18, 2014.  (photo by REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Are Egypt’s poor paying the price for Cairo development project?

CAIRO — The Egyptian government and Cairo governorate are rejuvenating the area surrounding downtown Cairo, including the Maspero Triangle District. The project includes the development of Nile Corniche Street, which runs along the eastern bank of the Nile River near Tahrir Square. The area is a docking hub for riverboats, known as feluccas, which can be hired out for short leisure cruises.

Many Cairo residents welcome the project, hoping it might help resolve complaints about riverboat workers harassing female passengers. Other citizens have raised concerns about the poor condition of some boats, which are at risk of sinking.

However, the project has left hundreds of riverboat owners and crew members stranded without work. The Cairo governorate, in cooperation with the Nile River police, began evacuating riverboats from the banks along the Nile Corniche in late August. Many of these boat owners have been operating from the waterfront for several years.

On Aug. 20, Cairo Gov. Galal al-Saeed ordered the licensed riverboats to move to the docks at the al-Sahel area and banned boat owners from returning back to the docking area near Tahrir, amid objections and anger from the affected parties. The displaced workers staged protests in mid-September in front of the Nile Corniche. Moreover, riverboat owner sheld a sit-in in the area that began Sept. 11 and lasted several days.

Protesters raised banners stating that the governorate decision has harmed 200 families whose breadwinners will be transferred to the docks at al-Sahel area, where the environment is not suitable for work given the proliferation of garbage, neglect, bullying and theft.

Yet despite protests, the governorate disregarded the sit-in and continued work on the Corniche project, for which it allocated 8 million Egyptian pounds (around $1 million).

Dozens of riverboat owners protested outside the Egyptian Cabinet on Sept. 30, but they soon ended the demonstration after the Central Security Forces assaulted some master’s and Ph.D. degree holders who were staging a protest in the same location at the same time. The degree holders were calling for appointments in high-ranking state positions, demanding an end to nepotism.

Mahmoud Hassan, the owner of a Nile riverboat who was affected by the Cairo governorate’s decision, told Al-Monitor, “The governorate has yet to fulfill the promises it made to us. We have yet to be transferred to the docks of al-Sahel area according to the decision of Cairo’s governor — although these docks are completely unsuitable for operating our boats, unequipped with electricity and full of garbage. The governorate did not compensate us, although we have ownership documents for the Corniche docks and licenses for our Nile boats. In cooperation with the Nile water police, the governorate removed the anchors and forced us to evacuate the Nile Corniche. Whoever dared to object was arrested and had his boat seized.”

Hassan accused the Cairo governorate of siding with the owners of hotels along this section of the Nile and the owners of larger tourist boats by evacuating the riverboats, which are very popular among low-income residents. An entire boat could be rented for an hourly fee of about 50 pounds, or less than $7.

Mahmoud Abu al-Yeser, another riverboat owner, told Al-Monitor, “The governorate wants to regenerate the Corniche at the expense of the poor and to please the rich who are the owners of hotels and tourist boats, although we have been working in [this area] for decades.”

He echoed Hassan, complaining that the state has yet to provide any alternative and has failed to deliver on promises to relocate their docks.

 “The affected riverboat owners filed a complaint to the Cabinet, but no response was issued. The state does not care about our crisis, although more than 5,000 workers working on over 120 riverboats have been rendered jobless and forced to move away from the Tahrir Corniche,” Abu al-Yeser said.

Abu al-Yeser denied media accusations that riverboat owners were harassing women at the Tahrir Corniche. He said, “The police forces were deployed near the boats to guard the hotels. If harassment was happening, this means that they are the ones to blame. There is no justification for harming the workers' families, who now find themselves deprived of any source of livelihood or income.”

Khalid Mustafa, spokesman for the Cairo governorate, told Al-Monitor, “The governorate has set its mind on completing the project to rejuvenate downtown Cairo and considers the Nile Corniche in the Tahrir area a [key part] of the development project for Khedival [downtown] Cairo. … The governorate is working hard to provide an alternative to the licensed riverboat owners who have been transferred to al-Sahel.”

He continued, “The alternative location is currently being equipped, so it is difficult to judge its validity now, but soon the boats will be transferred there. The governorate will provide all means of comfort and will make sure that the boats are safe by coordinating with the security forces to protect them during work.”

Mustafa dismissed the idea that the project is designed to cater to hotels. "The only beneficiary is the citizen, who now can enjoy sitting on the Nile Corniche that has been rejuvenated in a way that impressed citizens and the media.”

He added, “I call on riverboat owners to give the matter some time until the alternative location is fully equipped. The face-lift of Cairo will be in everyone’s best interest. Cairo will once again be a magnet for tourism of all kinds."

Mustafa stressed that the development will not harm licensed boat owners, only unlicensed ones who are in violation of the law and are not subject to the supervision of the concerned authorities.

ElSisi and his government:

mad dogs

EGYPT: Egyptian beauty queen lost her citizenship

Naglaa Ahmad Abdel Ati Suleiman, who reportedly had her Egyptian citizenship revoked for holding Israeli citizenship without obtaining required approval from Egypt's Ministry of Interior.  (photo by YOUTUBE/FekrA)

How one Egyptian beauty queen lost her citizenship

CAIRO — Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued on Nov. 10 a decision to revoke citizenship from Naglaa Ahmad Abdel Ati Suleiman because she also held citizenship from Israel without ever having obtained the required permission. Egyptian law requires that any national who wishes to become a dual citizen first obtain approval from the Interior Ministry.

Suleiman, aka Nana, hails from the town of El Bagour in the Monufia governorate. Her father is Egyptian, while her mother is a Palestinian citizen of Israel.

According to Egyptian birth records, Suleiman, 23, was born in 1992 and left Egypt when she was 5 years old for Israel with her mother and father. The family settled in Nazareth, where her father worked as an accounting manager at a rebar plant owned by a Palestinian businessman. She received an Israeli degree in biotechnology, which is considered a pre-med degree, and she graduated with distinction.

Suleiman won the title of Arab Miss Israel in 2009, and she announced after winning that her participation was “a national action aiming at spreading peace.”

She has said that she refused to represent Israel in the Miss World pageant because she is proud of her Egyptian citizenship. Suleiman also noted that all Egyptian universities turned her down because she has a high school degree from Israel and holds Israeli citizenship, although she also has an Egyptian national ID card.

The decision to strip Suleiman of her citizenship sparked contradictory reactions. Some considered it unjust to take such action against an Egyptian girl just because her mother is a Palestinian citizen of Israel who holds Israeli citizenship. Others believed the decision aims to protect national security and ensure that it is not breached by Israelis.

Saad Eddine Ibrahim, professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo and director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, told Al-Monitor that revoking citizenship is a serious issue that should only be applied in exceptional cases. Therefore, according to him, giving the prime minister the authority to revoke citizenship might result in an abuse of power. Ibrahim expressed his belief that such power must be in the hands of the parliament, and the members of parliament must have all documents and details that allow them to make such a decision after voting on it. He added that this would decrease the possibility of making a wrong judgment and being unjust to certain citizens by depriving them of their most valuable asset — their citizenship.

Ibrahim stressed that there is a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and Egyptian law allows for holding dual citizenship. For instance, an individual can have both the Egyptian and American passports or the Egyptian and French passports. Thus, in his view, it is only fair to treat the Israeli citizenship just like all others, especially for the Palestinian citizens of Israel whose lands were occupied. Their only option was to flee and leave their properties to Israelis or stay and hold the Israeli nationality, in the hope that their lands might be liberated someday, according to Ibrahim.

Ibrahim said, “If Suleiman were to [appeal this decision] before the administrative judiciary, the Ibn Khaldun Center would support her because she has not committed any crime against the nation and she is proud of her Egyptian citizenship.”

Ahmed Mekki, minister of justice and former deputy head of the Court of Cassation, said, “Article 10 of the Egyptian Nationality Law states that an Egyptian may not acquire a foreign nationality except after obtaining permission to be issued by decree of the minister of interior. Otherwise, he shall continue to be regarded, in all cases, as Egyptian from all points of view, unless the Cabinet decides to strip him of the nationality according to the provisions of Article 16 of the present law, which tackles the cases of stripping a person of their Egyptian nationality. Article 16 clearly noted in its 10th clause that an Egyptian is stripped of his Egyptian nationality if he has been qualified as a Zionist at any time.”

Mekki told Al-Monitor that the administrative judiciary monitors any decision taken by the executive authority. Moreover, he noted that the decision to revoke nationality is always questionable because the authority might misuse its power as per the individual political inclinations of opponents. Forms of punishment are plenty, but the worst — in his view — is depriving people of their citizenship. He said that there have been calls to strip some opposition figures of Egyptian citizenship, even though it’s the only nationality they hold.

Mekki noted that denying the Palestinian citizens of Israel and all Palestinians the right to hold dual Egyptian citizenship is important to protect the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people’s presence in the occupied territories.

Samir Ghattas, an expert on Palestinian affairs and head of the Middle East Forum for Strategic Studies, an Egyptian think tank, told Al-Monitor, “When it comes to Egypt’s national security, we cannot talk about human rights in general. The cases in which people have their citizenship revoked are individual cases that go against the basics of Egypt’s national security. The Egyptian authorities cannot allow people holding Israeli citizenship to walk around freely in Egyptian administrative centers as Egyptian citizens. If the subject in question, hence [Suleiman], is proud to be Egyptian, she should give up her Israeli nationality, and the administrative judiciary will be fair then.”

Strategic expert in national security affairs Gen. Talaat Musallam told Al-Monitor that the decision was in the interest of the country, considering that citizenship is a legal and political link between the individual and the state, and it obliges the individual to be loyal to the state and the state to protect the individual.

He added that the Cabinet is authorized to revoke citizenship, because it includes all ministers in the executive authority. Therefore, according to him, it understands best the notion of national security from all aspects, as per the different portfolios of ministers participating in making the decision.

Musallam added that citizens who hold Israeli citizenship are bound to have some attachment to it and could face pressure from Israeli parties to work with them against their other nationality.

Egypt

EGYPT: but is anyone reading them, INDEED?

Muslim scholars attend a conference held by the Ministry of Awqaf at the

headquarters in Cairo, May 25, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt is now publishing Friday sermons in English, but is anyone reading them?

CAIRO — The Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) announced Nov. 2 its intention to publish the unified Friday sermon it prepares each week on the ministry’s website, in a bid to “convey moderate Islamic discourse to the whole world in various languages.” While the ministry has hinted at future plans to translate into languages other than English, the exact details have yet to be announced.  

The Ministry of Awqaf decided in January 2014 to unify the Friday sermon in all Egyptian mosques, vowing to take over the administration of any mosque that violated the decision and strayed from the set sermon.

The ministry published its first English sermon on Nov. 6, followed by subsequent translations for Nov. 13 and Nov. 20. However, the declared goal behind the publication of the sermon in English — making it accessible to “the whole world” — isn't being accomplished due to some flaws in how the English version is published.

The Ministry of Awqaf itself is responsible for some those flaws, as its website is designed in Arabic and has no English version. This makes it nearly impossible for those who do not read Arabic to find the published sermon, since all instructions leading to the English version are in Arabic. 

Mohammad Aziz, one of the founders of 3rd i Studios, a website design and e-marketing company, spoke to Al-Monitor about the importance of proper website design when marketing content to audiences in multiple languages. He said that when non-Arabic speakers are trying to navigate an Arabic website, Google Translate may be the only option available to them. However, this “turns out to be useless” in the case of the ministry’s website, given the poor quality of Google's translation and the fact that one must navigate through several pages to arrive at the English copy of the sermon.

“Having an English version of the website is not enough," Aziz said. "The page must also be publicized [to English speakers], similarly to the English page of the Egyptian Dar al-Iftaa.” The latter has nearly 150,000 followers on its Facebook page.

The ministry's website has very few visitors from outside Egypt. According to SimilarWeb, a site that provides traffic data for websites, the ministry’s site had 130,000 visits in October, with more than 90% of them coming from within Egypt. The percentage of foreign visitors is small compared with other Arab countries' ministries of religious endowments. For example, the website of the Ministry of Awqaf in the United Arab Emirates, which has an English version, had 140,000 visitors in October 2015, with more than 65% of them coming from abroad.

Another flaw in publicizing the English version lies in the content of the sermon itself, which often fails to address current events that would be of interest to a global audience. On Nov. 6, when the first English sermon was published, the downing of the Russian airplane that took place on Oct. 31 was recent, and Wilayat Sinai (the Islamic State’s branch in the Sinai peninsula) had claimed responsibility for the attack. The sermon, however, made no mention of the incident despite its serious implications for Egyptian national security and Egyptian-Russian relations.

What’s more, the Ministry of Awqaf’s later sermons made no mention of the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on Nov. 13, despite the fact that French mosques delivered a unified sermon on Nov. 20 to highlight Islam's rejection of terrorism and crimes committed by IS. This unified anti-terrorism sermon was set to be delivered in “most American and European mosques after Islamic leaders on the three continents signed a religious work agreement to unify the Friday sermon of Nov. 20,” as per a statement issued on Nov. 19 by Mohamed Bechari, secretary-general of the Islamic European Conference (IEC) and chairman of the National Federation of Muslims in France.

For his part, Abdel Fattah Idris, head of the Comparative Jurisprudence Department at Al-Azhar University, told Al-Monitor, “The Friday sermon must deal with the problems that people are grappling with, as the Prophet Muhammad did, and the biggest problem currently facing Muslims is terrorism. Just like other religions, Muslims are threatened and frightened by terrorism, which is distorting their image and tarnishing the image of Islam in the world as all of the [terrorist] organizations are using slogans of religion and Jihad [in an attempt to justify their actions].”

Until the Ministry of Awqaf focuses the unified sermon on issues that concern a wider audience — in addition to making the website accessible to English speakers — its goal of presenting moderate Islamic discourse to the world is not likely to be achieved. The ministry should work to publicize its English content and coordinate with Islamic leaders and institutions abroad to make translating the sermon a worthwhile venture.

The word 

is like a sword

EGYPT: 4 videos worth watching (the truth shall always prevail)

EGYPT: In Egypt, hypocrisy is rampant...

How many of you are in Egypt?

An Egyptian asked a mufti, "Ya Mawlana, a dog pissed on the wall separating my house from the neighbour's house. What am I supposed to do?"

The Mufti told him that the wall should be destroyed and rebuilt. The man then said, "Ya Mawlana, but the wall is the one separating my house from yours!"

Alarmed, the Mufti said, "Oh, is that so?! I guess then that little water will Cleanse it"

Laugh, Laugh, Laugh!

RUSSA/EGYPT: Though I do not trust FOX

British tourists arrive for flights at the airport in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh Nov. 9. Tens of thousands of Russians and Britons were being flown out of the town nestled on the edge of the Red Sea after the crash of a Russian Metrojet A-321 that took off from the resort.

Intel on 'two-hour timer' uncovered in Russian jet crash investigation

Investigators analyzing the deadly crash of a Russian jet in Egypt uncovered intelligence about a “a two-hour timer,”  though it is not clear whether the reference came from intercepted communications between known terrorist operatives, or physical evidence, a source familiar with the investigation told Fox News.

A separate source, also not authorized to speak on the record, said that based on the facts so far, one of the working theories is that a bomb was planted at or near the fuel line or where it attaches to the engine, with the fuel burning off the explosive. This theory would explain the apparent lack of residue immediately found, the source says. 

Fox News was told both scenarios point to an "airport insider."

"If proven accurate, if ISIS did put a bomb on this aircraft which I believe to be true, it's a new chapter with respect to ISIS," Texas Republican Rep. Mike McCaul told Fox News. McCaul -- who receives regular briefings -- cannot discuss classified information, but said the Obama administration has consistently underestimated ISIS by emphasizing its focus on gaining territory, rather than expanding its reach to global plots.

"We always assumed Al Qaeda had this capability but now if ISIS has this capability, the threat to American airlines as well and our homeland, I think is very significant."

More on this... 

Sources believe time bomb may have brought down Russian jet

Rep. McCaul on downed Russian jet, growing terror threat 

Fox News was told that Metrojet 9268 disintegrated approximately 23 minutes into the flight, and investigators are now focused on a “90-minute window” before the flight took off and who had access.

These new data points explain why investigators are interviewing ground crews and those with access to the departure lounge, as well as reviewing surveillance camera video.  The review of surveillance images was first reported by ABC News.

The jet crashed in the Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh en route to St. Petersburg on Oct. 31. The crash killed all 224 people on board, most of them Russian tourists returning home.

The Defense Department was asked Tuesday whether C-4, an explosive provided to the Iraqi military by the U.S., had been obtained by ISIS.

"We don't have any reason to believe that any U.S. munitions were involved in whatever transpired with the crash itself,"  Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said. "We're still waiting for the investigation to run its course."

A third data point that goes to the airport insider theory is that ISIS has claimed responsibility, though it has been reluctant to explain how it brought down the jet, leaving the airport mole in place.

The U.S. government and the intelligence community continue to emphasize that no firm conclusions have been reached about the cause of the explosion and crash. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Catherine Herridge is an award-winning Chief Intelligence correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC) based in Washington, D.C. She covers intelligence, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security. Herridge joined FNC in 1996 as a London-based correspondent

 They're leaving

Sisi you're a sack full of lies

EGYPT: The Egyptian president, El-Sisi gives his nation the lazy eye.

 From Muhammad Nassir to El-Sisi

After a harsh speech addressed to the nation by El-Sisi

  
Satire

Good evening, Sisi! I hope you are fine!

My cousins have a message for you.

They are a group of idle young guys.

A half of them is starving.

The other half is scavenging garbage pins.

My friends at the café would kiss your hand.

In fact, they damn the circumstance that brought you to power

A group of revolutionary guysm, they are.

Some belong to 6-April, some are liberal.

Others are Ikhwan recuperating in prisons.

Damn be he who upsets you!

By God, do not be upset.

You look like you have lost weight.

Your suite has become loose and your face looks pale.

Your teeth are shaking as if your heart is aware that something will happen.

Do not worry, it is the cursed nation.

A nation that does not know what is good for her.

A nation that is ungrateful.

A nation that deserves a low-life president.

You are far from being a low-life.

How cute you are though the nation is starving!

I am here just to tell you a few words to make you happy

Words that are like a sickle…cutting through my skin.

When you said, “Have you elected me to torture me?

I am going to complain to the nation.”

Man, complain to who about who?

You were so nervous because you did not like those who are talked about you,

though they were the pupil of your eye.

They have sold out all their principles to support you.

Have they been a bit harsh in their citicism?

May they suffer!

But those were your men.

How many times they applauded for you!

Be careful! Do not let yourself be exposed!

Anyways, do you remember when they ousted Morsi?

Have you forgotten?

What a cruel heart you have.

A bunch of media people upsetting you!

Were you not the lion?

Need you a spell against envy?

Are you forgetting?

Is not Egypt your father’s  real estate.

And the nation is but your slaves.

Flog them!

Use your club!

Oh, you look so tired.

Allow me to say a truthful word.

You are right,

There are bad people who want to torture you with their criticism

They blame you for what?

Are you not the brave General?

Do not cry and hush them up with issuance of a presidential decree.

And say to the nation,

“My beloved people who are the light of my eyes,

I have decided to gather your opinions of me in a survey”

The millions may show up singing,

“Come back, our president”

Did not Amr Adeeb ask you to be more abusive so that we wake up and understand?

They say you have sold us an illusion.

So What!

It is not your fault.

The faulty one is he who agreed to buy.

They needed a good dream.

Do the survey.

What nation!

They have no interest in silk but in a cheap fabric.

Have not some purchased apartments in your illusionary one-million-apartment project

And others are now possessing million acres of land?

A nation you made mount a rocket,

And brought to them your illusionary medical shish-kebab project.

Between you and me, let me tell you,

you do not look well.

You look worried like someone who has been exposed for his lies.

If you need to rest for a while, then do it.

And let me tell your people,

“El-Sisi is right. He said that he was of you, that you asked him to be careful.”

He is careful.

Do the survey and show those who are plotting against you how beloved you are.

You were right when you once said that this nation did not have someone to take care for it.

Get closer, then, to your people!

Remember Tamarrud when they stood against Morsi and said,

“We do not want you because the streets are not yet secure,

Poor people still poor, we still beg for funds from foreign countries,

We and the country have lost our dignity,

The economy has collapsed and is now relying on begging,

You have become an American agent,

By God, tell me, is not this what it is right now?

You know what; you have already split the family

Go home, if the burden is too heavy for you to carry

Or be a man and do the survey!