Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own Blog
Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own Blog
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his “humble origins” and the beginnings of his anti-Americanism.
But under Ahmadinejad, ordinary Iranian citizens are increasingly unable to start their own blogs:
Iranian authorities are stepping up arrests and pressure on popular bloggers as part of a wider Internet clampdown launched after hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president last year, ending years of freewheeling Web access that once made Iran among the most vibrant online locales in the Middle East.
The Internet censors are busy. Their targets include sexual content, international politics, local grumbling, chat rooms and anything else that makes the Islamic leadership uneasy. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, a prominent human rights lawyer, estimates at least 50 bloggers have been detained since last year.
We’re guessing the government censors will leave Ahmadinejad’s new blog alone.
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The Internet censors are busy. Their targets include sexual content, international politics, local grumbling, chat rooms and anything else that makes the Islamic leadership uneasy.
Gee — sounds like some of the trolls we get here, who seem to target the same things that make them and their republicrap colleagues uneasy!
Why do trolls and republicraps continue to support the Iranian government when it’s clearly a supporter of Al Qaeda? Why do trolls and republicraps hate America so much? Is it because of our freedom???
August 14th, 2006 at 10:38 amWell if Bush has his way the Internet blogs in the US will be shut down, and Dubya’s mentally retarded blog put online instead!
August 14th, 2006 at 10:45 amNo one said this guy was looking to expand freedom. He’s just like Pat Robertson here, just a more educated Shiite version.
August 14th, 2006 at 10:47 amWasn’t the U.S. military doing something like this? Cracking down on soldier blogs while promoting friendly right-wing blogs?
August 14th, 2006 at 10:50 amI haven’t seen this kind of attack on freedom of speech since… free speech zones were implemented.
Wait… crap… This clown is gonna give Dubya ideas!
August 14th, 2006 at 11:02 amWhere did you get your information from?
August 14th, 2006 at 11:02 amAs long as one doesn’t post pictures of fruits and vegetables in suggestive poses or goats not properly dressed, what’s the problem?
August 14th, 2006 at 11:05 amIn response, I’m sure Emperor Bush would start his own blog. But he’d have trouble using Crayons to convey his “message”.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:07 amJay and JC: Dumbya would have trouble even spelling blog, if we spotted him the b, l and g. And even then, he’d probably think it referred to some sort of middle eastern drink and would ask for a Big Gulp…
August 14th, 2006 at 11:11 amWait… crap… This clown is gonna give Dubya ideas!
Comment by Q2D2
I am sure they have eachother on their Best Friends list. Its so easy to trade despotic tactics these days with the internets and stuff.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:15 amOh, bloody wonderful.
So, how long before we run into the phrase, “… Ahmadinejad and all the other bloggers …”?
August 14th, 2006 at 11:17 am#8
August 14th, 2006 at 11:18 amlol….kind of messes up the screen too.
“Well, heck, I’ve got to be on the internets!” - Emperor Bush replying to the President of Iran
August 14th, 2006 at 11:18 amI think we ned to remind the trolls that they don’t want to be like the Iranian leader, therefore shouldn’t blog here.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:23 amSomebody tell Ahmadinejad that the genie has left the bottle.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:27 amBush would not do his blog himself > it would actually be Karl Rove’s blog with Dubya’s name on it > the blog would spew 100% lies and propaganda too!
August 14th, 2006 at 11:29 amBush already blogs:
http://dearleadersdailythought.blogspot.com/
August 14th, 2006 at 11:32 amI think he’s going to do fashion reviews too! http://www.strategypage.com/ gallery/ articles/ military_photos_2006810222.asp
August 14th, 2006 at 11:37 amHow long will it be before Bush follows suit and begins arresting us for blogging as well?
August 14th, 2006 at 11:45 amThis shows what these type of people are really afraid of … the truth… from China to Iran to NeoCons… only lies and propoganda are allowed in.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:48 am#21 - This shows what these type of people are really afraid of … the truth…
Truth has always erred to the side of Progressives. Damn right! ReichWingNuts are affraid. It’s hard work keeping one’s neck out of the noose when you’re trying to control an entire population of sheeple.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:51 amHmmm, does he allow comments?
August 14th, 2006 at 11:53 amWell, at least their “series of tubes” won’t be filled up with porn and poker chips.
Maybe we should send Ted Stevens to Iran, so he can regulate their Internets
August 14th, 2006 at 11:53 amHow long will it be before Bush follows suit and begins arresting us for blogging as well?
Comment by WhiteCollarRepublican — August 14, 2006 @ 11:45 am
As soon as we get rid of the rest of those ‘activist judges’, like Scalia.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:54 amFree, and open societies, have a funny habit of not wanting to be run by religious extremists.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:54 amHe’s doing things Rove, Cheney and BUsh could only dream of. Asshole. These dictators don’t read histories. They probably don’t read at all.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:59 amIran Arrests Bloggers; President Starts Own Blog…
President Ahmadinejad’s first blog entry: “What’s this ‘irony’ thing I keep hearing about?”…
August 14th, 2006 at 12:17 pmThe wackos that visit Think Progress will probably agree with Ahmadinejad and his basic belief that America is the root of all the worlds problems…….with that said let me hit on some points I read right here on think progress!!!!
…….america is to blame….blah blah blah….america is to blame….blah blah blah…..Bush is the devil…..blah blah….Rove will eat you babies if you give him the chance……blah blah blah….WE planned 9/11…blah blah blah….All the hurricanes and other natural occuring weather patterns have been caused within the past six years…blah blah blah…..Religion=Satan….blah blah blah…..terrorism is not as big of a problem as most people think…blah blah blah….Cheney’s daughter is gay because he abused her….blah blah blah…..Gore won!!! Blah blah blah…..Kerry was defeated by a bunch of religious fanatics….blah blah blah……Cindy Sheehan should never be questioned….blah blah blah…..the main-stream media is in Bushs back pocket….blah blah blah….Saddam was running a tidy little country…..blah blah blah….Israel has over-reached……blah blah blah……the failure of american schools is all Bushs fault…..blah blah blah…….health care? Bushs fault…blah blah blah….social security? Bushs fault…..blah blah blah……sunburn on the beach?Bushs fault…blah blah blah…..speeding ticket?Bushs fault…….blah blah blah….constipation?Bushs fault….blah blah….blah….
I think I may have forgotten something….Did I say blah blah blah?
August 14th, 2006 at 12:41 pmthis guy is nut’s but bush is also nut’s both are fools and both maybe evil as hell.
August 14th, 2006 at 12:41 pmI think there is only one thing to be done, steel cage match, Bush vs. Ahmadinejad.
August 14th, 2006 at 1:02 pmKrazny: we should throw Mike #29 in there too, since he obviously shares many of the same views as those two…
August 14th, 2006 at 1:07 pmSo what kind of content would Chimperator’s blog contain?
August 14th, 2006 at 1:07 pmNumber of frogs blown up with firecrackers up their derrieres?
Braggadoccio about his codpiece? Reminiscence of the ‘good times’ in the Air National Guard? It might be just about as boring as the man hisself…
mike
Did you forget to take your medication today ?
August 14th, 2006 at 1:22 pmSounds like we have a 12 year old troll on here. Wipe your eyes and quit your whining!
August 14th, 2006 at 1:32 pmthis guy is nut’s …
Comment by Fred Dawes — August 14, 2006 @ 12:41 pm
well, if you saw 60 minutes last night… the interview with ahmadinejad was enlightening, to say the least… he is no dummy, that’s for sure…
August 14th, 2006 at 1:33 pmTP — “Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his “humble origins†and the beginnings of his anti-Americanism.”
*******Now THIS sounds like the type of political rhetoric Progs LOVE….Hmmm…humble beginnings, The United States is responsible for ALL global hatred, disease, greed, natural disaster, etc……
August 14th, 2006 at 1:40 pmNot all, just a lot of it. But you like a typical republican only see things in absolutes. All of, none of. That ain’t the way the world works stupid.
August 14th, 2006 at 1:59 pm# 36
I agree. He’s very smart.
He just has the power to do what the republicans want to do, but can’t (in principle).
Oh, and by the way….Authorities in the U.S. do crack down on freedom of speech. In many states, if you burn the American flag, you will be arrested, even though it’s not illegal.
You will be arrested for disturbing the peace, which is basically the blank check for every cop to use against anyone he doesn’t like.
August 14th, 2006 at 2:04 pmI wish Bush would blog. That would be entertainment!
August 14th, 2006 at 2:07 pmWow Santo Gndede is posting on the think fast thread under 3 or 4 different names, It has started to answer itself.
Whew, someone needs there meds.
August 14th, 2006 at 2:10 pmhttp://www.unbossed.com/index.php?itemid=1019
The Bush Dyslexicon
Observations on a National Disorder
By Mark Crispin Miller;
Norton & Company; 2001
As the Dyslexicon makes clear, this President would seem to be the most illiterate in US history. His is not the merely technical illiteracy of most Americans who, irrespective of their class or education, routinely make grammatical mistakes so slight that only pedants mind them: George W. Bush is so illiterate as to turn completely incoherent when he speaks without a script, or unless he thinks his every statement through so carefully beforehand that the effort empties out his face.
… His incapacity does not reflect one problem in particular, but several kinds of verbal defect. As Gail Sheehy has argued, the President may actually suffer from dyslexia. Surely that condition may explain his tendency to transpose words and to blurt out the opposite of what he means. It may also explain his frequent malapropisms (’hostile’ for ‘hostage,’ ‘arbitrary’ for ‘arbitration,’ ‘preserve’ for ‘persevere,’ ‘cufflink’ for ‘handcuff,’ etc.)
August 14th, 2006 at 2:13 pm“*******Now THIS sounds like the type of political rhetoric Progs LOVE….Hmmm…humble beginnings, The United States is responsible for ALL global hatred, disease, greed, natural disaster, etc…… ”
Actually, it’s what the imaginary liberals who live in the minds of Republicans love to hear. The conservative’s imaginary liberal friends are about the only people they’ll try to argue with these days. Both the “trolls” (or whatever you want to call them) on this thread have started their own discussions by telling the rest of us what we think.
That’s the first rule of the Republican playbook “Know your pretend enemy”
August 14th, 2006 at 2:13 pmHere are quotes from the guy that should have won.
“A zebra does not change its spots.” - Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992.
“My first pledge will be to restore integrity to the White House. And I’ll fire anyone who has lied to the American people or the United States Congress.”
August 14th, 2006 at 3:18 pm(Source: Al Gore, in a February 2, 1988 presidential debate)
Does this mean he’d fire Clinton?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet so he can blog.
August 14th, 2006 at 3:39 pmhey pj, bet you can’t legitimately source that “spots” quote.
i took a few minutes to cool down (from mowing) and did some googling… on page 6 i found what looked promising with this:
“A zebra does not change its spots.” - Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992. (Source: The Toronto Sun, 11/19/95; May 13th page of the “365 stupidest things ever said, 1999 Calendar.”
ah hahahahahaha… president bush - 1992 … ah hahahahahahaha…
A CALENDAR !!! ah hahahahaha… hooooweeee…
ahhh… thanks, i needed that…
oh, and the toronto sun?
August 14th, 2006 at 4:42 pmLocal tabloid style newspaper.
uh… darn… blushing… guess that would be H.W….
August 14th, 2006 at 4:49 pmbut still, the rest is so bogus…everything you said is bogus…
You are a clever one katy
August 14th, 2006 at 6:42 pmYour pc skills are very impressive.
PJ, I cannot find anything on that quote except on right wing sites (and half of them say it is about GW and half say it is about GHW). So, can you prove your assertion? And of course, if you do, can I rebut you with all of GW and Dan Quayle quotes?
August 14th, 2006 at 7:58 pmAhmadinejad is George W. Bush with a beard.
August 14th, 2006 at 8:56 pmCan you say “fascism” boys and girls?
Eliminate all opposing views.
August 14th, 2006 at 11:03 pmThis story will not seem so far-fetched and could happen right here when corporate heavy weights kills Net Neutrality. And they can’t wait either.
August 15th, 2006 at 12:15 pm[…] (Via Think Progress) […]
August 15th, 2006 at 5:25 pmSunnis and the Shiites both want to create an Islamic empire and that starts with the destruction of Israel.
August 15th, 2006 at 6:38 pmShiite Iran is arming itself with nuclear weapons I mean nuclear power for peaceful purposes.
Remember they are the sane ones and the US can trust them like we did with those 66 American hostages back in ‘79. Ask Jimmy he knows. We just need to love on them some more. They are trying to help President Bush too with his pronunciation of nuclear. They are really nice guys.
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August 26th, 2006 at 8:43 pmHi
September 26th, 2006 at 8:20 pmIs this for real?
If you want to be a capo.. then you must also act lik e one.
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