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- MsAntiSunshine, on 06/18/2009, -1/+21I keep forgetting that Colbert no longer has hair.
- joaob, on 06/18/2009, -3/+14I bet you 80% of the people Twittering away states side about the grave injustice in Iran have no clue that this other guy Mousavi is almost a carbon copy of the wacko they have in there now. I'm all about democracy but some of the nonsense that I'm reading about Mousavi being "change" or a step in the right direction is just that....nonsense.
- stevenbrown, on 06/18/2009, -2/+9Mirror:
http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-repor ... - steelersfan7roe, on 06/18/2009, -1/+7irrefutable proof that Iranians hate Americans:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?vide ... - steelersfan7roe, on 06/18/2009, -2/+7We don't care so much which leader is elected. But rather, we care that the leader is elected.
- raybury, on 06/18/2009, -1/+5Pretty much 100% of the people Twittering about it stateside started with the realization that the mullahs determine who is even allowed to run, but have come to the conclusion that outright election theft is not the best way forward from any context.
- MooseOfReason, on 06/18/2009, -3/+6"He only wants to wipe Israel off Google Earth."
Hehehe. - wondertwins, on 06/18/2009, -0/+3I havent seen colbert report in a couple of weeks and wtf happened to his hair?!
- jeffstevens199, on 06/18/2009, -1/+4kick him in the Ballz!
- migitalwarfare, on 06/18/2009, -0/+2Obama acted as commander in chief and ordered that Colbert's hair be shaved off while he was doing his USO tour
- WIT415, on 06/18/2009, -0/+2I also don't think that many people realize that Iran is a theocracy in disguise. All decisions are ultimately made by the Ayatollah. Ahmajenidad, Mousavi or whoever is declared the winner are just puppets of the Ayatollah, so in reality this outrage is for nothing because the outcome won't significantly affect either the relations with the West or their country. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't understand why the Iranians are so outraged if they're aware that the Ayatollah is the ultimate policy maker?
- Lonandubh, on 06/18/2009, -1/+2I love that show...
- steelersfan7roe, on 06/18/2009, -0/+1I don't think I need an /s tag in a colbert story do i?
- Vodd9, on 06/18/2009, -2/+3And disable AdBlock Plus if the video doesn't work for you.
- crzyeights, on 06/18/2009, -2/+3oh colbert...with your buzz cut :)
he still looks good to me - inactive, on 06/18/2009, -0/+1When you have armchair revolutionaries changing their icons to green to symbolize some sort of solidarity with the Iranian citizen, what would you really expect?
They act like each little tweet from each Iranian is sacred (and blindly trust them too). But the average Iranian, like the average American, is an idiot.
There is a perverse sort of voyeurism and instigation going on in America, where people on digg, twitter, etc. want to see a revolution happen, and want to see blood and death and are egging it on. But they don't actually want to partake in such a thing. In 2000, enough people believed the U.S. election was stolen. But none of these people did anything but whine on the blogosphere from the safety of their keyboards. - inactive, on 06/18/2009, -1/+2Once again its Colbert who can make sense of this whole mess.
- hajihill, on 06/18/2009, -0/+1Mousavi has many similarities to the incumbent opponent, as he should considering he is running for office in the same place, to the same constituent base. However, as best I can tell, he is fundamentally different in three key aspects.
1. He has campaigned under the promise to change the constitution in order to remove the existing ban on the private ownership of television stations (currently all Iranian television stations are state-owned).
2. He has pledged a commitment to transfer the control of the law-enforcement forces to the President (so that they represent the people, since the people directly elect the President through popular vote) from the Supreme Leader. This is a fundamental change that makes executive power answerable to the people at some level.
3. He has a reputation for "being honest, humble and a supporter of the masses". And, during his tenure as prime minister (1981-1989), his efforts to end Iran's international isolation.
Some would say that another would be the rest of his campaign platform (Wikipedia lists his main goals as: to institutionalize social justice, equality and fairness, freedom of expression, to root out corruption and to speed up Iran's stagnant process of privatization and thus move Iran away from what he calls "an alms-based economy") should rank higher, but I think this man who understands the different methods that people of different cultures and socioeconomic situations communicate has a better chance to say what he means effectively and cut through some of the complications that have convoluted the middle east situation for decades.
Hey, I like to hope. - inactive, on 06/18/2009, -2/+2Colbert has it right on Iran - but this guy seems to really be hitting a mark with regard to the elections. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5doiiGgcGGM
- HBZ55, on 06/18/2009, -5/+4Just like Obama.
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