Well, here’s another stupid AP article: http://tinyurl.com/ng8sez Interrogation probe steams those on right and left Without reading past the title, the basic assumption here is that the prosecution of torture is a Right vs. Left issue. In other words, the vindictive Left Wing wants to exact REVENGE! on Bush and his cronies, and the Right Wing has the [...]…
Read moreYes, the Republicans have the right idea…this isn’t something I find myself saying very often, but here goes… I just read an editorial from Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize Winning Economist, Writer for the New York Times) about the health care debates going on in the country: There’s a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled “Freedom of Speech,” depicting [...]…
Read moreIs it possible for Iranians to obtain a democratic state within a theocratic government? Experts argue that such notion is impossible. “When a government is based on religion, any religion, it cannot be democratic,” said Nayereh Tohidi, professor and chair of gender and women’s studies department at California State University, Northridge. Tohidi continues to describe how a government [...]…
Read moreObama rushes to quell racial uproar he helped fire NANCY BENAC, Associated Press, July 24, 2009 This headline in a nutshell represents the incomprehensible stupidity of the American “news” media. The Associated Press specializes in stories of stupidity, sensationalism and “controversies” but this one really takes the cake. The article’s misleading title would lead…
Read moreAt a time when unanimity is of utmost importance to Iran’s political destiny and the fate of Iranians across the globe, some are not willing to unleash their differences and acknowledge each other as members of the same organization: The Iranian Society. Separation within the Iranian community escalates, as Iranians continue to condemn each other’s beliefs [...]…
Read moreRecent events in Iran have been relentlessly compared to the 1979 Iranian revolution, overlooking a major difference between the two uprisings: involvement of the United States. Secretary of State Clinton gave a policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations recently. The United States must lead with diplomacy, Clinton said, as she outlined the administration’s approach [...]…
Read more“Until California changes its priorities . . .we only have bad choices” Board of Trustees Chairman, Jeffrey Bleich On May 13, 2009, the California State University trustees approved a 10% increase in student fees (articles.latimes.com/2009/may/14/local/me-calstate-fees14). Bleich, along with 16 others, voted for the increase with only 2 board members voting no. The working poor (and …
Read moreSocial networks such as Facebook and Twitter have become the fastest and most accessible sources of news, not only for the young generation, but for anyone who desires the latest minute-by-minute updates of reports and information. We have been witnessing the gradual death of newspaper readership, forcing major publications to either cut back in order to [...]…
Read moreWhile colorful sparks dazzled the night sky, in celebration of independence and democracy in the land of free, disparity outshined the sweet ambiance of liberty. Troublesome tension in Afghanistan and Honduras, Iran’s fruitless uprisings in demand of democracy, missile show display by North Korea and uncertainties in our own nation, made this Fourth of July more [...]…
Read moreIranian women face greatest instability within the last 30 years, as hard-liner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets closer to serving his second term despite allegations of a deceitful election that sparked the most massive uprising since the 1979 Iranian revolution. More than all other sectors of Iran’s society, women had the greatest venture in the 2009 presidential [...]…
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