Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
* Blogging politics
“The ninth government: a decrepit car with an overconfident driver” is the title of a posting by Siamak in his weblog he calls “Bitter Coffee,” He criticizes the words of Ahmadinejad who had said that Iran is in the best condition of the past 30 years, saying:
“[…] Yes, this is the president of the ninth government and believes what he says. But where does the president have his information from? […]”
Siamak continues with references to the continuous replacements of cabinet positions in the ninth government saying:
“[…] This government is like a terminal in which not many people can last. There are many examples like this and under these circumstances, what could the president mean when he says that these are the best conditions of the past 30 years? Do you know? […]”
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
http://roznamak.blogfa.com/post-92.aspx
Mohammad al-Habib, the author of the weblog “Notes of a Well-Born One” tells an anecdote about a critical plan called “backpack,” which was arrested a while back, challenges Judge Saeed Mortazavi, the Tehran prosecutor in charge of the closure of press outlets, saying:
“[…] One day Farzad Hassani asked Judge Mortazavi: ‘Mr. Mortazavi! You were born in 1967 and so are ten years my senior. But how is it that you are so far ahead of me?’ Mortazavi answered that his being ahead has to do with ‘piety’ not worldly positions. Dear Saeed, please resign from worldly positions. Stick to piety, brother, let’s see if you can!!! […]”
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
http://khakm.blogfa.com/post-161.aspx
Reza, the author of the blog “Istatis” uses the example of Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi, who was reelected based on two deliverable promises, as an example to be emulated by Iran’s reformists, should they once again run Khatami as their candidate in a posting entitled “Coming or not Coming”, saying that they should make “realistic” and practical promises.
“The story of coming [forward] or not coming of Khatami for the presidential elections which will be held next year has been dominating the discussions in many political gatherings. Some think of his coming as a risk… Others think of him as a saving angel and his presence once again in the political arena as a herald of victory and the cause of abolition of the hegemony of the exclusionists, and a new start for the process of democracy or at least the appearance of a semi-democracy. In my opinion, many of these analyses, especially in relation to the coming of Khatami, takes place in a vacuum and is full of megalomania. […]
“We ought to be practical and invite people to participate pragmatically. For instance, amid the promises of Berlusconi in the Italian elections, two were heard most often: the reform of the structure of Italian airlines and the problem of the gathering of trash. I am not sure how much success he’s had in this, but [our] reformists could also make promises on these levels, and even have hope.”
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
http://isatis.blogfa.com/post-644.aspx
* Blogging daily problems
The author of the blog “Ornamental Fancy” analyses and criticizes the words of one of the authorities from the Ministry of Health, who had estimated the reasons for the decline in the country’s birth rate as related to the standardization of the facilities for prevention of pregnancy, saying:
“These servants of God from the Health Ministry come and declare that ‘the growth of the population of the country is on decline and this is evidence that there are enough standardized facilities for the prevention of pregnancy in the country’ but what they don’t say is that it is the financial and societal conditions that have put the nation under pressure, otherwise someone like me doesn’t mind creating a chick-farm and this has nothing to do with standardization or adequacy of ways to prevent pregnancy. And also, this guy has forgotten to mention the great numbers of abortion-cases, one example being myself, with three on my record [...]”
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
http://pendarenik.blogfa.com/post-606.aspx
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