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Ahmadinejad's Blog Attracts Critics
The Guardian ^ | November 26, 2007 | Robert Tait

Posted on 11/28/2007 5:07:14 AM PST by nuconvert

Ahmadinejad's Blog Attracts Critics

November 26, 2007

The Guardian

Robert Tait in Tehran

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Far from being a repository of fawning admiration, Ahmadinejad's blog has attracted criticism as scathing as that voiced by his known adversaries.

Somewhat gleefully, the reformist newspaper Etemad reported yesterday that some respondents were venting their spleen with little regard for pleasantries. One writer - calling himself Sadegh Al Ebrahim - sarcastically congratulated Ahmadinejad on his success in creating new jobs through last summer's decision to ration petrol. "In our city before rationing there were two petrol stations, of which one was always shut. But now, due to you, we have 3,000 petrol sellers," the message reads, hinting at the rampant black market.

Another, claiming to be "on behalf of the more than 50 million people who didn't vote for you", berates Ahmadinejad for high unemployment and high inflation. The writer says: "Instead of useless provincial trips, fake propaganda on state TV and unrealistic news fed to you by your aides, you should come to the heart of the society."

The critical messages are counter-balanced by many others that are positive, including several that praise Ahmadinejad for his performance in September at Columbia University in New York.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; blog; iran

1 posted on 11/28/2007 5:07:15 AM PST by nuconvert
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2 posted on 11/28/2007 5:11:34 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: nuconvert

This is one of those times that I really wish I could read Farsi.


3 posted on 11/28/2007 5:12:53 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Tagline Redeployed to Okinawa ©®™)
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To: nuconvert

“The critical messages are counter-balanced by many others that are positive, including several that praise Ahmadinejad for his performance in September at Columbia University in New York.”

Performance? I missed it then! Is he a entertainer, too??


4 posted on 11/28/2007 5:32:25 AM PST by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
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“Performance? I missed it then! Is he a entertainer, too??”

It’s all a big act


5 posted on 11/28/2007 5:51:14 AM PST by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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From: Cheburashka

Re: Adulation on your website

You knucklehead, if you expect adulation for your brilliance on your website you have to arrange for it yourself, n00b. Didn't you learn anything from that correspondence course on how to be a lunatic dictator?

6 posted on 11/28/2007 5:51:19 AM PST by Cheburashka (DUmmieland = Opus Dopium. In all senses of the word dope.)
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To: nuconvert
Personally, I have always thought that Middle Eastern leadership (of what ever stripe) is always more than a little cracked. None of those guys are credible for me.
7 posted on 11/28/2007 5:53:40 AM PST by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

LOL!!


8 posted on 11/28/2007 6:31:59 PM PST by G8 Diplomat (Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
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