Comments on: Updates From Iran Via Twitter, Update: Major Violence Being Reported, Update: Media Ordered Out Of Iran & Film Confiscated http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=updates-from-iran-via-twitter Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Kupfer's Blog » Twitter, Republican, Iran, & Jon Stewart http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-214268 Peter Kupfer's Blog » Twitter, Republican, Iran, & Jon Stewart Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:23:17 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-214268 [...] site does a phenomenal job of summarizing some of the coverage via social networking. Below is the clip from The Daily [...]

[...] site does a phenomenal job of summarizing some of the coverage via social networking. Below is the clip from The Daily [...]

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]]> By: The Baltimore Reporter http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212845 The Baltimore Reporter Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:54:05 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212845 [...] has a full report here. Among many dramatic scenes, the video below stood [...]

[...] has a full report here. Among many dramatic scenes, the video below stood [...]

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]]> By: OLDPUPPYMAX http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212672 OLDPUPPYMAX Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:36:45 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212672 How could the Iranian thug groups be so stupid, throwing American media out of their country. After all, the MSM would have printed/reported anything our beloved Hussein wished and he is an Amadinejad supporter! All that effort and concern for nothing! I mean, if there is a nation that should understand the concept of a wholly owned media, it's Iran!

How could the Iranian thug groups be so stupid, throwing American media out of their country. After all, the MSM would have printed/reported anything our beloved Hussein wished and he is an Amadinejad supporter! All that effort and concern for nothing! I mean, if there is a nation that should understand the concept of a wholly owned media, it’s Iran!

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]]> By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Obama AWOL on Iran http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212551 Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Obama AWOL on Iran Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:09:44 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212551 [...] has a full report here. Among many dramatic scenes, the video below stood [...]

[...] has a full report here. Among many dramatic scenes, the video below stood [...]

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]]> By: Hawk http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212431 Hawk Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:54:09 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212431 All I can ask is where was the UN in all of this?? Aren't they the ones who were wanting to come to the US to be sure that <strike>Obama got elected?</strike> there was a fair election? If fairness and freedom from dictators and those like Ahmadarnednut who would hijack freedom, then they should have intervened to be sure there was a fair election.* *Not that I have the slightest faith in the Useless Nations. I just want to hold their feet to the fire at every chance I get. I would love nothing more than to see the UN off American soil and disbanded.

All I can ask is where was the UN in all of this??
Aren’t they the ones who were wanting to come to the US to be sure that Obama got elected? there was a fair election?

If fairness and freedom from dictators and those like Ahmadarnednut who would hijack freedom, then they should have intervened to be sure there was a fair election.*

*Not that I have the slightest faith in the Useless Nations. I just want to hold their feet to the fire at every chance I get. I would love nothing more than to see the UN off American soil and disbanded.

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]]> By: Ray http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212424 Ray Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:25:58 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212424 <blockquote>Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:53 AM Irani-American demonstration in Georgetown, DC. Signs: Ahmandinejad not my President.</blockquote> That's right, Barack Obama is your President.

Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:53 AM
Irani-American demonstration in Georgetown, DC. Signs: Ahmandinejad not my President.

That’s right, Barack Obama is your President.

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]]> By: Timothy http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212417 Timothy Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:57:23 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212417 Send in Al Gore !!!! The people there can start shouting "SELECTED NOT ELECTED!!!!"

Send in Al Gore !!!!

The people there can start shouting “SELECTED NOT ELECTED!!!!”

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]]> By: Lightbringer http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212415 Lightbringer Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:39:10 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212415 Whatever the Muslim saying for "God speed" is, I say that to those standing up against oppression in Iran. Every story I hear makes it more and more obvious that their election was blatantly fixed. Too bad they never had a Second Amendment.

Whatever the Muslim saying for “God speed” is, I say that to those standing up against oppression in Iran. Every story I hear makes it more and more obvious that their election was blatantly fixed. Too bad they never had a Second Amendment.

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]]> By: Wordsmith http://floppingaces.net/2009/06/14/updates-from-iran-via-twitter/#comment-212406 Wordsmith Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:16:05 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=23338#comment-212406 <center><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2009-06-13.jpg" alt="IRAN-ELECTION/" title="IRAN-ELECTION/" width="610" height="408" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23363" /></center> <FONT SIZE=1><center>A supporter of Iran's moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi holds a piece of paper that reads "We write Mousavi, they read Ahmadinejad" during post-election unrest in Tehran June 13, 2009. Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Reuters</center></FONT> <center><img src="http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2009-06-13a.jpg" alt="IRAN-ELECTION/" title="IRAN-ELECTION/" width="610" height="446" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23364" /></center> <FONT SIZE=1><center>A woman supporter of Iran's moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi shows stones used for throwing during clashes with police in Tehran June 13, 2009. Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Reuters</center></FONT> From View from Iran, <a href="http://viewfromiran.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-we-were-not-naive.html" rel="nofollow">"Why We Were (Not) Naive"</a>, posted yesterday: <blockquote>We woke up to two messages: one from a friend who is 100% against participating in Iran's elections, and one from someone who is an Ahmadinejad supporter. You can imagine the glee they felt telling us "I told you so." They did not tell us anything. The fact is, there are vote counters out there who know very well exactly how we and millions of other Iranians voted. They know, and it terrifies them. If we had not participated, we would not have been able to send that message at all. If you voted please do not kick yourself for being "naive." (BTW, Now readers know why I posted "<a href="http://viewfromiran.blogspot.com/2009/06/thanks-for-voting-iran.html" rel="nofollow">Thanks for Voting</a>" before the elections.)</blockquote> From the "<a href="http://viewfromiran.blogspot.com/2009/06/thanks-for-voting-iran.html" rel="nofollow">Thanks for Voting</a>" post, Wednesday: <blockquote>My Iranian Facebook friends have all turned green. I don’t know if they are recycling or conserving energy, what I do know is that they have put a green overlay on their profile images in response to <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/06/iran-movement-of-1000-bloggers-supports-mousavi-for-presidency/" rel="nofollow">Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s </a>green campaign for president of Iran. <span style="font-style: italic;">Do you think we should vote? </span>An old friend texted me this morning. <span style="font-style: italic;">Are you kidding me?</span> I texted back. In the election four years ago, this same old friend tried to encourage friends, family, and strangers to vote for the Reformist candidate Moein despite calls for a boycott. “Do you think America or some other superpower is going to save us? No. We have to vote. It’s the only thing we can do.” In the end, he influenced a couple of people, but could not even get his own family to the polls.</blockquote> Another Iranian blogger, <a href="http://mrbehi.blogs.com/" rel="nofollow">Adventures of Mr. Behl</a>, worth checking in on. Also <a href="http://www.rottengods.com/" rel="nofollow">Rotten Gods</a>.

IRAN-ELECTION/

A supporter of Iran’s moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi holds a piece of paper that reads “We write Mousavi, they read Ahmadinejad” during post-election unrest in Tehran June 13, 2009. Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Reuters

IRAN-ELECTION/

A woman supporter of Iran’s moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi shows stones used for throwing during clashes with police in Tehran June 13, 2009. Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Reuters

From View from Iran, “Why We Were (Not) Naive”, posted yesterday:

We woke up to two messages: one from a friend who is 100% against participating in Iran’s elections, and one from someone who is an Ahmadinejad supporter. You can imagine the glee they felt telling us “I told you so.”

They did not tell us anything.

The fact is, there are vote counters out there who know very well exactly how we and millions of other Iranians voted. They know, and it terrifies them. If we had not participated, we would not have been able to send that message at all.

If you voted please do not kick yourself for being “naive.” (BTW, Now readers know why I posted “Thanks for Voting” before the elections.)

From the “Thanks for Voting” post, Wednesday:

My Iranian Facebook friends have all turned green. I don’t know if they are recycling or conserving energy, what I do know is that they have put a green overlay on their profile images in response to Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s green campaign for president of Iran.

Do you think we should vote? An old friend texted me this morning.

Are you kidding me? I texted back. In the election four years ago, this same old friend tried to encourage friends, family, and strangers to vote for the Reformist candidate Moein despite calls for a boycott. “Do you think America or some other superpower is going to save us? No. We have to vote. It’s the only thing we can do.” In the end, he influenced a couple of people, but could not even get his own family to the polls.

Another Iranian blogger, Adventures of Mr. Behl, worth checking in on.

Also Rotten Gods.

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