Are you excited as I am!?!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Well, given that all Iranian presidential candidates have to be approved by the Governing Council, who in turn are selected by Ali Khamenei himself, I wouldn't hope for much improvement in Ahmadinejad's successor.

Almost accurate.

The Council of Guardians consists of 12 members. Six are faqihs or Islamic Law experts and they are appointed by the Supreme Leader. However the other six are jurists who are experts in other aspects of law. They are elected by the Malis or Iranian Parliament.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Almost accurate.

The Council of Guardians consists of 12 members. Six are faqihs or Islamic Law experts and they are appointed by the Supreme Leader. However the other six are jurists who are experts in other aspects of law. They are elected by the Malis or Iranian Parliament.

Oh, okay. Everything will be fine; disregard what I said.

[Platapus]

With almost 20 major political parties in Iran ranging from conservative to reformist, change can come to Iran, but it won't come quickly.

Iran has a young population. As soon as the old guys start dying off and the young citizens become of age, changes will come....but it will take time.

With almost 20 major political parties in Iran ranging from conservative to reformist, change can come to Iran, but it won't come quickly.

Iran has a young population. As soon as the old guys start dying off and the young citizens become of age, changes will come....but it will take time.

Could you take captain sensible and leave him outside the door please.

This is IRAN!!!!!!!!! you are taliking about. Iran is IRAN!!!!!!!! and will always be IRAN!!!!!!!!!!
Get with the program

[soopaman2]

I wonder if he would let one of our distinguished gentleman speak in Iran.

Maybe spout the same anti Iranian sentiment, he plans on spouting against America.

It is funny how they hate us for our rights, but have no troubles using it against us.

I am in spitting distance of NYC. Perhaps I should treat him to some free speech, something he does not allow, but comes to America to flaunt.

I'd most likely be arrested ,before I got close enough to spit on him. (or smack him with my shoe, much more offensive to him, maybe let my dog lick him. lulz)

RIP Neda.

(edit: I would really love to get a few big Jersey ginzos, to tie him in a chair, electrocute his testes, and force feed him raw pork.)

Just sayin'

[u crank]

IS HE A REAL SUPERMAN?

[1480]

Soopa, throw a shoe at him, will cause an international crisis...

[geetrue]

I'm ordering extra toliet paper just in case for the day of Ahmadinejad's arrival in New York

By the way Khamenei did pick this dude and has said (can't find it right now though) that if Israel or the USA nukes Iran that they were going to heaven anyway.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/former-cia-agent-in-iran-comes-in-from-the-heat/2/

The rulers in Iran believe it is their duty to prepare the circumstances for the reappearance of the 12th Imam. “Our Revolution’s main mission is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam, Imam Mahdi,” Ahmadinejad said during a speech in 2005 to leaders from across the country. Shiites believe the reappearance of the 12th Imam will bring justice and peace to the world by establishing Islam throughout the world. They believe he will reappear when the world has fallen into chaos. It is believed the chaos will start in Afghanistan and then move into Iraq, where there will be blood and destruction everywhere (already in the works) and from there to the world with burning dark clouds (nuclear war). The 12th Imam will then come to destroy the “Dajjal,” the False Messiah, free the world from oppression and aggression, and then bring justice where it will be heaven on earth for many years to come. It is said Jesus will reappear at the same time and fight alongside Mahdi.
Members of the Iranian leadership say they have a “signed contract” with the 12th Imam and are doggedly pursuing nuclear weapons to bring on that catastrophe. Iran’s president, Ahmadinejad, has said that Israel must be destroyed (2005 “World without Zionism” speech, “Israel must be wiped off the map”). This is no idle threat.
If the mullahs’ true intention is to provide electricity through nuclear energy for the Iranians (which they claim) — the same Iranians whose women, students, teachers, writers and union workers are being flogged, beaten, tortured and stoned to death, the same Iranians who are denied a free election or freedom of speech — then why wouldn’t they accept the comprehensive incentive package offered by the world leaders in full, scrap the enrichment process, and bring peace and prosperity to their nation?
The reason is that their belief in Islam’s conquest of the world through the coming of the 12th Imam mandates their actions, and — just as a suicide bomber — they are not even interested in their own survival and cannot be diverted from their chosen path. The question is: Can the world afford to sit idly by and wait for Armageddon?

on a side note I couldn't leave out Iran without mentioning the "O" word

* Obama claimed that there are 7 million Muslims in America – when in fact the Pew Research Center estimated the Muslim American population in 2007 at only 2.35 million.

[Takeda Shingen]

* Obama claimed that there are 7 million Muslims in America – when in fact the Pew Research Center estimated the Muslim American population in 2007 at only 2.35 million.

I also wondered about that figure. I found a Pew number for 2010 at 2.6.

http://pewresearch.org/databank/dail...?NumberID=1205

They are calling for something in the neighborhood of 7 million, but by 2030; numbers that clearly do not exist today.

[soopaman2]

With all due respect, but polls do not ask everyone.

I see polls every day that effect me, but never asked me.

All the anti/Pro Bush/ Obama polls, no one ever asked me.
Pretty sure they didn't ask anyone here either.

Not saying Obama isn't trying to fudge the numbers, just saying Pew is not the authority on muslims. (Allah is)

Edit: All he is gonna do is smash Israel anyways, like he always does. He is a one joke comedian. Kinda like how most female comedians always smash men, same vibe. Just not as funny.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

With all due respect, but polls do not ask everyone.

I see polls every day that effect me, but never asked me.

All the anti/Pro Bush/ Obama polls, no one ever asked me.
Pretty sure they didn't ask anyone here either.

Not saying Obama isn't trying to fudge the numbers, just saying Pew is not the authority on muslims. (Allah is)

No, polls do not ask anyone, but I would have to assume that the samples by Pew, although not enitely accurate, will be a fair ballpark number. At least, one can assume, not off more than 4 million.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

No, polls do not ask anyone, but I would have to assume that the samples by Pew, although not enitely accurate, will be a fair ballpark number. At least, one can assume, not off more than 4 million.

Not discounting you, just saying. I even stated Obama was maybe fudging the numbers.

But polls skeeve me. I read polls on what people supposedly think, and it is taken as gospel by the country, and used for/ against us by politicians.

But I was never asked. Even If I was, I know Mr Smith next door was not.

I also look at what political motivation they have.

It is like reading the same story in the New York Times (Liberal rag mag), and New York Post (Rupert Murdoch owned, enough said) about Obama. One will love him as a wife loves a husband, the other will paint him as an oreo Hitler.

I have trouble believing anything I do not see with my own eyes anymore.

Too many extremists in politics nowadays, and too many organizations willing to enable them.

Back to monkeyman Mahmoud, if I may.

Israel sucks. Holocaust is a lie, Putin is god. China knows how to treat people. Israel sucks, All Americans should die.

Speech over, followed by applause from half the countries there, despite the fact the country they hate the most pays the most with lives and cash to the UN.

We still allow this monkey to talk, when we pretty much own the UN, money and troop wise. (even though we let China and Russia neuter us, for some reason)

We should leave the UN. This has enraged me awhile, lets see them do anything without our money, troops and hardware...