Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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*Blogging politics
In his weblog “Bozdelaneh”, the writer Mirza Bozdel takes a look at the conduct of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the past three years, and in a sarcastic entry compares him to former president Mohammad Khatami:
“…Have you ever thought to yourself how you could show appreciation and offer thanks to this government, headed by this great man, who after three years( yes only three years) has:
… “Increased inflation from 12.5 percent [per year] during the era of that treasonous, foppish son of a gun who, clad in a chocolate-colored cloak, shook the hands of some Italian woman [a reference to Khatami] to a measly 21 percent during the presidency of this Mojahed [holy warrior] and servant of the people who, wearing a candy-colored windbreaker, does not shake women’s hands.
“He has made natural gas and gasoline scarce in this country and will soon eliminate their subsidies. And [he] has committed other antics, of which you would know better than I do.
“…but at least these services have made you [Iranians] into a regional and world superpower”
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
http://bozdelaneh.blogfa.com/post-46.aspx
In an entry titled “Ahmadinejad and a new gaffe”, the writer of the blog “daily matters” mentions Ahmadinejad’s words concerning “the renewability of nuclear energy” and similar matters:
Although Ahmadinejad’s gaffes are hardly unprecedented and no one has, as of yet, offered an explanation about where his comments about [being surrounded by a “halo of light” while delivering a speech at the United Nations] or his remarks about a sixteen-year old girl enriching uranium in the basement of her home come from, sometimes such strange things come out of his mouth that we are at a loss about what to say or what to do in response:
“…A [Western] journalist asked [Ahmadinejad] about whether Iran intends to build nuclear weapons. While denying this charge, Ahmadinejad objected, asking: “why do you Westerners equate nuclear energy with nuclear weapons?”
His response thus-far was natural enough. But then he continued by making a speech and saying: “look, nuclear energy is clean and renewable and all nations have the right to use it…”
…I was stunned…
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
http://ahgt.blogfa.com/post-41.aspx
* Blogging society:
In his weblog “Bitter coffee”, Siamak refers to Iran’s flag bearer in the processions of the 2008 Olympics ceremony [Homa Hosseini] and considers her political speech [on the one hand] and then considers the objections of some religious-political leaders to her presence [at the ceremonies] on the other. He writes:
“…Hojatol Eslam Elmolhadi the Friday prayer leader of [the northeastern] city of Mashhad, had some harsh words during his sermon.
Attacking Homa Hosseini, he said: “When our team in China is getting ready to make an international move in the Olympics, its flag bearer should not be a female athlete, because this is a declaration of war on the values that prepare the people for the coming of the Hidden Imam. Do you understand what this means?
Is giving prominence to a woman on the international stage anything but disobeying the orders of the Innocents [saints]?
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
http://roznamak.blogfa.com/post-96.aspx
“Our pride was broken” is the name of an entry by Hesam on the weblog “Bearing [it].” He considers the failure of Iran’s athletes to achieve success in the Beijing Olympics, their conduct, and the conduct of the politicians and those who manage Iran to be a cause for “broken pride.” He writes:
“…the poor results and the breaking of our national pride brings to mind the question: what, in reality, are all these equipments, these sports federations, these physical training institutes and all the costs associated with them for? We spent all this money for these results? What is the head of the country’s sports federation doing?
Our pride broke. Of course, it has been broken for years.
When one walks in the streets and sees that [agents of] the Islamic Guidance Ministry are patrolling the streets and concerning themselves with what people wear, it breaks our pride.
When one sees that the country’s president goes to Europe for a conference, and none of the senior officials of the host country have any regard for him, it breaks our pride.
When a scientific delegation from our country [intends to] go to another country to participate in a scientific Olympiad, but finds that country shutting the door in its face because of [our] government’s foreign policy, it breaks our pride.
In short, due to the weak management skills of the Islamic Republic system, our pride has not only been broken for years, it has been pulverized. “
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
http://maslahat.blogfa.com/post-31.aspx
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