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Friday, June 26, 2009
Reader insight

A reader of this blog, Nima, put it this way:

First months after the revolution of 1979, they used the same tactic to eliminate the opposition. The opposition who are either completely demolished or are scattered around the world, like the group "mojahedin" who are in France right now. They executed them with the same accusations as you said. So, we have to believe that they have the power to do so, but I don't think they can do anything right now.

There are two sides for this game: Either Mousavi wins and the election is annulled which makes him enormously powerful (even more than the Supreme Leader who has just drunk the poison because of accepting the annulment)and then he can demolish the conservative side with the help of Rafsanjani, and also take down the Leader from power, revise the constitution and etc.

Or, Mousavi is defeated which will definitely end up in his execution and hundreds of his companions who are already arrested in bulk and are in the stand-by mode(exactly like 30 years ago)! It is said that some of these activists are being tortured to confess that they had planned for another "soft revolution". In this case they would be more at ease to arrest Mousavi (as they don't have any black record of his past). Also the reason he is not arrested yet is that the government is afraid of the people's reaction. Till now, the strikes are not at all numerous and serious, but who knows what happens next.

About the Guardian Council, Mousavi himself said he is not so hopeful about that. Cause this council contains 12 hyper conservatives, 4 of whom have already supported Ahmadinejad directly and one of them is also the spokesman of his government!!!

The show goes on. ;)

Thanks to Nima for your insights, all readers are welcome to share via the comments section!

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Sunday, September 02, 2007
Cherie

A very good friend of the family died today, and her name was Cherie. She was a good person, very selfless, and was the type of person who would give you the last bit of food she had if you were hungry. She did not have an easy life, and like most of us, often made her life harder by her own decisions.

Cherie was not very old, but she had diabetes, and some other medical problems, and I'm sure it will be revealed that these contributed to her all-too-early death. In July, she had an operation to relieve her of some of her terrible pain she had experienced for years, and it seemed to have worked, as she had a lot less pain once she had begun to recover from the surgery. The fact that she could have had this procedure done years ago but for bureaucratic red tape is something that I will not forgive. She could have had pain-free years instead of mere weeks at the end of her life, but I'm sure someone got themselves a bonus out of the repeated denials of service.

Cherie had, in the past two weeks, sold off a large amount of her own possessions, as she had decided to move into a shelter rather than continue to pay rent on the place she lived in. I had made the offer to her to move in where I live for as long as she wanted, but she wouldn't have it that way, even though I know she'd have insisted I take her up on the same offer if the situation was reversed. She was stubborn, but she invariably did what she felt was right, and that was always what was best for others.

Fortunately, I got to see her only yesterday. I didn't say goodbye with any more emphasis than I normally did. I knew she was tired from selling all of her stuff, and I think she was going to get to bed after that. From what I can infer, she either died late last night or this morning, and even though she was alone when she died, she was the solitary type, mostly. She was probably happy to have the peace and quiet at the time.

I'm going to miss her a lot, for the reasons I've mentioned, and because of the fact that even though she wasn't naive, she was never cynical. I can't relate to it, but I can appreciate it, and I did.

Cherie, you will be missed. I don't really believe in an afterlife, but at times like this, I hope there is something nice waiting for you. Maybe being out of pain is enough, but you deserve more. Rest in peace.

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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Where Is My Mind?

I've let this thing go in a terrible way, and I won't make excuses. The past couple of weeks I've been busy with the new thing, but before that, I had time. I don't really know why I didn't write, except that I guess I didn't feel like it.

A lot of things going on in the world. Hurricane season starts up in two months, Iraq is worse than ever, Jack Abramoff is going to jail. There are a million things to write about, but I feel pretty fried. The new thing requires a lot more focus and effort, and I'm just kicking myself. Actually, it's a lot of fun, and I need a challenge like this. But it's draining, I have to admit.

I've not done a very good job staying in touch with people in my life, and that's been kind of an ongoing thing with me. Moving around a lot will do that to you, but with e-mail and free long distance, I really don't have any excuse. Most of the time, I don't even get far enough along in this particular thought to even bother promising that I'll do better, so at least I can say that "I'm going to try," and not have past failures haunting me. But, you know, I'll probably end up slacking on it. I just know myself too well. Just know that I am at least sincere, and decide for yourselves whether or not that counts for anything. And, you know, call me.

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