Another Campaign of Misinformation

A week ago or so an independent organization published a report that in a nutshell showed how "made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq" (see the full article) and how they "waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation". When I read it I was stunned on how an administration can pull something like this and not only have American's fooled but the whole world. It's things like this that remind us "we really won the cold war" and how America is unchallenged. The article suggests at the end that it remains for us to answer these familiar questions "What did they know, and when did they know it?".
Imagine having read such report and then seeing this story and the actual 60 Minutes where an FBI agent who reported directly to Bush said "It was very important for him to project [that Iraq possessed WMD] because that was what kept him, in his mind, in power. That capability kept the Iranians away. It kept them from reinvading Iraq". It makes you wonder why such wordings made it to CNN's front page and if we are already in the middle of another campaign of misinformation about the threat of Iran.

Two Sick Friends Better than One!

There's something romantic about getting sick together and you feel feelings that breaks the day to day experiences ...

Habbeh ...

Today was his anniversary and for some reason I wanted to write the writing on the card that she got for Habbeh: What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.

A heartfelt sympathy.

Me and Blogger

So I'm using Blogger now! And the main reason is because I can post an entry using my phone. The PersianBlog achieve are still available right where they where: Persian Blog Archives.

American Exceptionalism

One theme that has not changed during the course of America's history is the "American exceptionalism". An example of it is T.R. "The New Nationalism" speech:
"The history of America is now the central feature of the history of the world; for the world has set its face hopefully toward our democracy."
And he goes on saying how each of us carries the burden of the world in addition to our country. It's what some call the secular version of "Citty upon the Hill" of the Puritans. I guess if you follow this through the “New World Order” and now to “Promoting Democracy” you can reach the same point as Bush did when before invading Iraq in 2003 and said:(the quote is a bit out of context but I still like it this way) “This is not a question of authority, it is a question of will.” America is the Citty upon the Hill and everyone is "strongly encouraged" to improve themselves by emulating her. I see the world going in this direction and is it bad you ask? No; it's only natural to follow the winner! Imagine the new world order that Russia would have established had they won the cold war.

What Do We Need? Sex!

When somebody asks me what does my generation of Iranian need, my answer is simple: sex. I mean it the same way that Freud did but I'm too lazy to explain it the same way.

What does it Mean to be an Iranian?

We're getting coffee now right after seeing Persepolis; great movie! It was full of little quirks that I almost enjoyed all of them. It made me think again: what does it mean to be an Iranian?

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After 9/11 somebody said we don't need martyrs we need heroes. Iran doesn't need a 9/11 for this to be true.

In that Way Lies Ruin!

There was a sentence in one of the speeches in my all time favorite shoe West Wing that went something like this "government to be an instrument of good, where everyone comes together and no one is left behind" well I can just say that in that way lies ruin! I also didn't like the fact that a character in the show said it that he's suppose to morally superior and when I think about it more, really that's all that this sentiment is good for. I'm mentioning this because the election atmosphere has me thinking of rationalizing what can make Iran something again. Time and time again I come to this fact that we, instead of following the simple but powerful slogan of "get capital" find ourselves relying on other powers; most notably a dysfunctional government.

My Linguistic Potentials!

I love this feature that I can publish a post by sending an email from my hand held device!

So today I was thinking of studying law; not to become a lawyer but because in the process I can give realization to my linguistic potentials.

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One thing to look into is Bushes visit to Israel as a governor and how it's related to him getting elected as a president!