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During the last demonstrations after the bogus election in Iran protestors appealed to the outside world for help

http://am.blogs.cnn.com/2009/0...

Mohammad: Yes. Let me tell you something. For about three decades our nation has been humiliated and insulted by this regime. Now Iranians are united again one more time after 1979 Revolution. We are a peaceful nation. We don't hate anybody. We want to be an active member of the international community. We don't want to be isolated. Is this much of a demand for a country with more than 2,500 years of civilization? We don't deny the Holocaust. We do accept Israel's rights. And actually, we want - we want severe reform on this structure. This structure is not going to be tolerated by the majority of Iranians. We need severe reform, as much as possible.

Roberts: Interesting perspective this morning from Mohammad, a student demonstrator there in Tehran.

Mohammad: Excuse me, sir. I have a message for the international community. Would you please let me tell it?

Roberts: Yes, go ahead.

Mohammad: Americans, European Union, international community, this government is not definitely - is definitely not elected by the majority of Iranians. So it's illegal. Do not recognize it. Stop trading with them. Impose much more sanctions against them. My message...to the international community, especially I'm addressing President Obama directly - how can a government that doesn't recognize its people's rights and represses them brutally and mercilessly have nuclear activities? This government is a huge threat to global peace. Will a wise man give a sharp dagger to an insane person? We need your help international community. Don't leave us alone.

And no one did anything.

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The the LA Times and other news outlets are reporting that the government sponsored "Anti American" demonstrations to celebrate the taking of the American hostages 30 years ago now have open demonstrations at the fringes of the government arranged crowds: and they are not shouting death to America but death to the dictators.

The UK Guardian has photos HERE if you scroll down...apparently twitter is back up...and they have a bunch of photos from one of their photo-journalists...
What is more, both of these newspapers report that some of the demonstrators are asking where is the American president, who has been so eager to make peace with the present dictatorship that he has failed to support those who are asking for democracy. Again, quote is from the LATimes:

"Obama, Obama!" protesters chanted on a day marking the 30th anniversary of the United States Embassy takeover. "Either you're with them, or with us."

And where is President Obama? Equivocating, as usual, and talking sweetly to the dictators;

President Obama issued a statement Tuesday night urging Iran's leaders to join with him in overcoming the acrimony forged by the hostage crisis three decades ago.

"This event helped set the United States and Iran on a path of sustained suspicion, mistrust and confrontation," Obama said. "I have made it clear that the United States of America wants to move beyond this past, and seeks a relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran based upon mutual interests and mutual respect."

This type of statement, of course, could be interpreted as President Obama backing the present regime: all in the name of peace, of course.

I'm not suggesting the US invade or anything. But if a murderous and hostile theocracy is mowing down peaceful demonstrators the US should say that's a bad thing and nail it with sanctions.

I've met a lot of expat Iranians and they all loath the Islamic Republic regime and consider it far worse than the Shah's. And from a foreign policy perspective a democratic Iran would be mighty handy - Iran dominates Syria

"Blockbusters" will always be the equivalent of fast food. Made as cheap as possible, trying to be flashy to get as many people in and out the door.

If you want stuff with a story, you're going to have to find stuff that was either limited release or maybe didn't even make it to the states. Look at what has won Sundance or Cannes, usually movies with good stories and not enough $$ for big effects.

Apple trailers usually has trailers for independent films as well.

You may have to resort to "piracy" to find some of it too. On a whim I grabbed and watched The Man from Earth. it was everything Hollywood was not. A story, thought provoking, almost everything was shot in a single house, NO Fx.

The guy that made it even thanked pirates for raising his movie's profile.. I sent the guy $20 over paypal and I know that there wasn't any hollywood accounting keeping it from him either.

Heck, not all Documentaries are super politically slanted or as boring as the stuff you sat through in grade school. 420 The Movie and Bigger Stronger Faster, Food, Inc, and The Corporation were all entertaining AND thought provoking.

Given that this "news" actually appeared across the intertubes in November 06 I find it amusing that the Sunday Express is reporting this now. Just one example: http://www.bloggernews.net/11476

cablecompany (shaw.ca) home phone, cheaper than regular PSTN, never noticed it going down.

I ran across this out when looking up a shaw internet outage the other day:

http://www.bloggernews.net/115941

And the crowd yelling, "DEY TOOK OUR JAHBS and sent them oversez" loudest are the leftist/big labor(must pass card check) crowd.

Check about half way down, Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs. Both conservatives and pseudo-liberals support immigrants, their approach and limits are different though. "Conservatives and Liberals agree: Immigration is not a bad word."

I do know people who would love to own a Mac and can't afford them (or justify the cost over a cheap PC)

If someone can't afford a Mac then almost certainly they can't afford a Windows PC either, unless it's Asus's bargain basement Eee PC. I think what most people who say Mac are too expensive really mean is that they can't buy a Mac with the configuration they want.

And when I get up before my Congregation and advocate the genetic improvement of the human race, I could be hauled off and jailed for thought crime just because I don't want my grandchildren to have six fingers and a nictating membrane!

  This is a clear violation of my religious freedom, as well as my freedom of conscience.

(In case my ham-fisted irony is somehow lost on you: http://www.bloggernews.net/16539)

Count on it.

India is planning on a Moon Mission and a Mars Mission and discussing Manned Space Flight.

Hmmm. Well I know "Buck" is a good name for a horse, but you are right. So you might fuck a Buck but will never fuck a buck, unless it is dead: Dead deer _can_ be "domesticated"!.

I agree with the sentiment against Bush's policies on stem-cell research. But isn't the type of stem-cell used in this article (umbilical cord) actually "okay" to use under the US policy?

According to this Umbilical cord cells are considered "adult stem cells". Don't ask me why, I have no idea. Other pages including the one from WorldNetDaily also say this.