forget the 'speak softly' part...

I didnt know before now my role's defined: Take hold and control what's mine COME AND GIT MEEEEEEE

(photo and text from nytimes.com and The Associated Press)

…It was unclear where (Kyrgyzstan President Askar ) Akayev was speaking a day after he fled the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek as thousands of protesters stormed his offices and the opposition began setting up a new government…

…Lawmakers met early Friday to consider the country's new leadership but were interrupted by youths throwing stones at the Parliament building. Kurmanbek Bakiyev, an opposition leader, then emerged and told about 1,000 demonstrators in the central square that he had been appointed "acting prime minister and acting president" and would seek to form a Cabinet.
"Freedom has finally come to us," Bakiyev told the crowd in the capital, Bishkek. The crowd shouted his name in support…

… Bakiyev urged opposition supporters not to allow looting, and he called on people who had come to Bishkek from the provinces to go home, go to work and take care of their families.
Bakiyev said he would fight corruption -- a major complaint against Akayev's regime -- and the clan mentality that roughly splits the country between north and south.
"I will not allow the division of the people into north and south," he said. "We are a united nation."
Bakiyev said there would be no major changes in foreign policy.
The square was the scene of swift political change Thursday, when opposition protesters seized control of the presidential and government headquarters. The takeover followed weeks of protests over disputed parliamentary elections the opposition said were aimed at keeping Akayev in power…

… Kyrgyzstan has been a conduit for drugs and a potential hotbed of Islamic extremism. There was no indication, however, that the opposition would be more amenable to Islamic fundamentalist influence than Akayev's government has been…