And then there were 4...

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And then there were 4...
by eroonman
22-May-2009
 

Welcome to the Blunderdome.

Here's how it works.

433 men and 42 women, entered their names as candidates to be President of Iran. Mind you these are already vetted by their local mullahs who have to sign a form that allows them to apply in the first place. These aren't comedians, or porno stars. Well not professionally at least.

Out of this list, the Guardian Council, which by now must appear to you to be aptly named, chooses those they feel that best adhere to, and agree with (get this) the principles of the Islamic Republic. Or put simpler, agree with them.

Lo and behold we have 4 "choices".

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
- Mehdi Karrubi, formerly the speaker of the Iranian Majles (legislative assembly)
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who was Iran's last prime minister from 1981 until 1989 (when a constitutional amendment abolished the position)
- Mohsen Rezaee, who commanded the Revolutionary Guard from 1981 to 1997 (affectionately known as "The Golden Years")

If your lower gut is twitching right about now, and you're thinking that from this whine list, the Moussavi sounds to be the dark-horse meat you're leaning toward, that would be right. Your only mistake in falling for this mean trick, is that you're looking for a reformist. And unfortunately for you and Moussavi, reform is not on the menu.

The Karrubi, looks good too. But you have to wonder if it's fresh. So much Karrubi in the past has been off. Not that it's his fault. He's merely the speaker of a Majles with less power than the Rastakheez party under the Shah.

The problem, with Rezaee is that even if served cold (like revenge should be served), it absolutely gives you gas, and you know you'll be up all night. You could say that Rezaee is "pure torture" for those who have not acquired a taste for it.

Which brings us back to Ahmadinejad. There are so many ways one could describe this dish, but to sum up, we would have to say that as a food metaphor, Ahmadinejad is the "Spotted Dick" of Iranian presidential candidates. If forced to, you can muster the courage to try and choke it down once. But as electoral entrees go, I believe we've all had enough.

So there you have it. Your "menu" for this "evening".

et Bon Appetit!

(Excuse me, I have to go puke now!)

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Anahid Hojjati

To Anonymous, your use of Bevnevis is behtar than mine

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Thanks Anonymous for doing better job with Behnevis.  I don't know what I was thinking to leave the word facebook like the way I did in my comment.


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Anonymous بهنویس (not verified)


آناهید جون سلام،

متاسفانه facebook.com فیلتر شد، خیلی‌ حیف شد من واقعا عادت کرده بودم, انگار تنها شدم.
دیشب سر تبلیغات انتخاباتی کلی‌‌ها تو facebook.com با هم حرف میزدند، خیلی‌ جالب بود.
اصلا همه یک شوری داشتند، آزادی فکر، آزادی بیان....
من خیلی‌ برام جالب بود به این امید بودم که دوباره امشب یک بحث جدید باشه ولی‌ یکی‌ از دوستام گفت ۲ ساعت پیش
از طرف ایران facebook.com فیلتر شد. خیلی‌ خیلی‌ حال همه گرفته شد. خیلی‌ جای خوبی‌ بود برای اظهار عقیده.

خوب انگار اینها هم خوششون نیامد.
در مورد پیغام دیشب من که گذاشتی تو Iranian.com از نظر من اشکالی‌ نداره. تازه چه خوب! که جالب بود.

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Anahid Hojjati

My use of Behnevis is not as good as Anonymous, but here we go:

by Anahid Hojjati on

 

متاسفانه فیس کتاب فیلتر شد کلی‌ حیف شد من واگن عادت کردبدم انگار تنها شدم
دیشب سر تبلیغات انتخاباتی کلی‌‌ها تو فیس کتاب با هم حرف میزدند کلی‌ جالب بود
اصلا همه یک شعوری داشتند آزادی فکر آزادی بین....
من کلی‌ برام جالب بود به این امید بودم که دوباره امشب یک بحث جدید باشه ولی‌ یکی‌ از دستهم گفت ۲ ساعت پیش
از طرف ایران فیس کتاب فیلتر شد.کلی‌ کلی‌ حل همه گرفته شد.کلی‌ جای خوبی‌ بود برای اظهار عقیده.خوب انگار اینها
هم خوششون نیامد.
در مورد پیگم دیشب من که گذاشتی تو Iranian.com از نظر من اشکالی‌ نداره.  تازه چه خوب ! که جالب بود
 


Anahid Hojjati

To JJ, please keep this longer as featured blog

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Dear Jahanshah, please keep this article longer as featured blog.  The article is interesting and if you do not think I am conceited, the comments from my friend in Iran are also interesting.  Iranian.com is filtered in Iran so we normally do not get a chance on this site to hear directly from someone in Iran.  These comments are good for readers since they are a window to thoughts of an eductaed professional Iranian woman about elections.  Thanks.  IRANdokht aziz, thanks for the link.


Anahid Hojjati

New message from my friend in Iran about Facebook being filtered

by Anahid Hojjati on

This is new message from my friend in Iran in which she writes how Facebook was just filtered in Iran.  Dear Anonymous, can you do your conversion if you see this:

Anahid joon salam
 
moteasefaneh face book filter shod kheli heif shod man vagean adat kardebodam engar tanha shodam
dishab sar tablighat entekhabati keli ha to face book ba ham harf mizadand kheli jaleb bud
aslan hame yek shoori dashtand azadi fekr azadi bayan....
man kheli baram jaleb bud be in omid budam ke dobareh emshab yek bahs jadid bashe vali yeki az dostham goft 2 saat pish
az taraf Iran face book filter shod.kheli kheli hal hame gerefteh shod.kheli jai khobi bud barai ezhar agideh.khob engar inha
ham khosheshon nayamad.
dar mord paygam dishab man ke gozashti to Iranian.com az nazar man eshkali nadareh.  taze che khob ! ke jaleb bod
 


IRANdokht

Eroonman aziz

by IRANdokht on

Although I do not agree with your political views, I did enjoy reading your article especially the clever way you described Rezaee as pure torture.

Your writing is superb but your stomach seems to be too weak my friend. Sometimes you're faced with a menu that does not include your favorite food.. c'est la vie! make the best of it  ;-)

Anahid jan

Here's the program that your friend was talking about

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NECjv1fZyo

I do agree with her about the body language and the tone. 

IRANdokht


Anahid Hojjati

Thanks Anonymous

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Thanks for rewriting my friend's comment using Behnevis.  It makes it easier for readers to read her comment. I will check Behnevis software.  It looks like a very useful one.


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"من امشب به انتخابات فکر می‌کنم. نمیدونم چی‌ به سر این مملکت میاد.
امشب اولین برنامه تبلیغاتی موسوی بود و همه دارند
با هم در موردش فکر میکنند. البته مردم زیاد باهاش موافق نیستند ولی‌ انگار از ترس مرگ به تب راضی‌ شدند.
البته همش در مورد اقتصاد حرف زد، و اصلا در مورد سیاست داخل و خارج حرفی‌ نزد. انگار همه گیجند.
خیلی‌ هم یخ و شل حرف میزد، یعنی‌ اصلا بادی لنگویج نداشت. ولی‌ احمدی نژاد با همه نقطه ضعفش اقلاً سفت و محکم هست.

تو چی‌ فکر میکنی‌؟"


Anahid Hojjati

An Iranian lady from Tehran wrote about elections earlier today:

by Anahid Hojjati on

My friend from Iran who is in her mid forties and a woman with professional job wrote the following about elections: 

"man emshab be entekhabat fekr mikonam.nemidonam chi be sar
 in mamlekat miyad. 
emshab avalin barname tablighati musavi bod va heme darand 
ba ham dar mordesh fekr mikonand.albateh mardom ziyad bahash movafegh nistand vali engar az tars marg be tab razi shodand.
 albateh hamash dar mord eghtesad harf zad.va aslan dar mord siyasat dakhel va khrej harfi nazad.engar hame gijand.
 kheli ham yakh va shol harf mizad .yani aslan body language nadasht.vali ahmadi nejad ba hame noghat zafesh aghalan seft va mohkam hast.
 to chi fekr mikoni?"

I thought what she wrote is interesting so I wanted to share it with readers of IranianDotCom.


Multiple Personality Disorder

excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent

by Multiple Personality Disorder on

...and beautifully written too.