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Despite Ramin’s overly nice words and compliments in my “comments” section, I really don’t feel like writing today. Well, let me clarify that. There’s too many items on my plate, per se. Aside from the daily “life engagements”, I’m studying up on the proposed Missiles Defense Systems as suggested by a dear friend, am deeply involved in an e-mail discussion on hate speech and internet limitations (more on that soon), trying to finish two pieces I am writing for my own use, busy with the political party case, trying (without much success) to help a refugee family avoid deportation from Australia and if that wasn’t all enough, I was just stupid enough to start a new dialogue on “Progressive Islam”. So, with profound apologies to all those who venture out and stop by here on regular basis to read something interesting, I’m totally void of the necessary energy or clarity of mind to write anything worthwhile. So, instead I’ll include some interesting links to other people’s stuff. We’ll start by this lovely picture:
☻ Is it just me or there’s something profoundly wrong with this image? Am I just too “westernized” to understand the finer bits of middle-eastern culture or did the Ayatollah forget he could wait to get home before starting his hanky panky? For years there has been rumors of what actually goes on in the seminaries these guys spend their lives in, is this the proof now? I mean, why kiss on the lips? Why hold the chin when you kiss the poor bastard on the lips? Where are you pulling the other hand back to? Did he want to immediately “get some” upon returning to Najaf? Oh boy, I’m just too baffled and better not say anything at all. Moving on…
☻ Who the heck translated the new State Department’s Persian pages? democracy mitavanad baraye mosalmanan kar-saz bashad??? If the site was designed for Afghani Pashtu speakers, why the heck post Powell’s message to the Iranian people? Speaking of which, does he think we are so stupid? I’m talking about Mr. Powell. He says “our differences are not with the Iranian people”. Huh? is that why we conducted a coup to overthrow your popular prime minister and re-instate the unpopular king, then supported his dictatorship for a few more decades while he limited your freedoms, imprisoned your intellectuals and executed your children, then when you kicked him out we supported your neighboring dictator to attack you by missiles and chemical bombs and finally propped up king’s obtuse son to come back and “rescue” you stupid people whom do not know what is best for you and bring you democracy? Please Mr. Secretary, let’s preserve some dignity and drop the charade.
☻ Where did this International Committee for Transition to Democracy in Iran suddenly came from? With such impressive list of respectable bigwigs involved, how did they mange to crawl below everyone’s radar screens? If anyone has more information about the “committee”, please post or send it right away (eyeranian is genuinely intrigued).
☻ Interesting article about anti-Jewish sentiments amongst some of the traditional “left” types.
