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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
11/05/09

In reply to Neda's Mother: Her Legacy Lives On
You want to know something strange? Or not so strange, depending on your own reaction to her death. Anyway, one night a few weeks after she was killed, I was making dinner in my kitchen. Specifically I was mincing some garlic for a sauce. All of a sudden, I thought, Neda has done this before: stood in a kitchen making dinner, and smiling to herself about something she was thinking of. I stopped what I was doing and thought of the enormity of this realization. It seems like a fairly simple process: you see someone get hurt, you see them die, you know that they are dead. But it suddenly seemed like that moment, the one in my kitchen, was when I really knew what had happened and that it wasn't not real. It was really strange, feeling a kinship with a dead woman I'd never met before. Maybe because this had never happened to me before, maybe because she died so brutally and so publicly, maybe because she was wearing jeans and sneakers, maybe all or none of the above, but she didn't and doesn't feel like a stranger to me. Her name won't be erased from my mind, that's for sure. #nedaaghasoltan
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Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
11/05/09

In reply to Rebels With A Cause
Since these are the pro-government ralliers, where exactly does the "rebel" headline come from? #iran
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11/04/09

In reply to Guns, Reposes
I thought it was a very agressive ad for TGIFriday. #iran
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CurtCole
11/04/09

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The Iranian version of Beetlejuice just doesn't do anything for me. #iran
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Ailatan
11/04/09

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Guns'n'Mosques #iran
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
10/07/09

In reply to Iranian Women Still Fighting For A True Democracy
It's strange for me to tear myself away from myself, because I admittedly don't do it often. But since the "election" in Iran, a part of my mind has been permanently occupied by the situation there. Specifically the young people, and more specifically the women. I used to work with two Iranian women; neither had lived in the US all that long, and both of them-even though they were of different ages-were such lovely women. My little mind was so surprised when I came to know them that they had their own special brand of femininity that they kept hidden, and it didn't seem to show when they were with their husbands/families. Some of the most hilarious and intimate conversations I've ever had were with those two. I guess my point is that when I first started working closely with them, I didn't know what to expect, if they were at all like me, or if they were 100% different. The answer, it turned out, was both. I got to know their children and met their husbands and went to their grandchildren's birthday parties, and even learned some Farsi. I loved them both, dearly. When I think of Iran today and all the unrest and violence and brutality going on, I think of them. It's my fervent hope that these women will be able to see the change they've been bringing about, and that all their suffering will be worth it in the end. It's difficult, because by nature I'm not a very optimistic person, and hopes don't typically provide any solace for me, but in this case I really do have some.
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HarpMadness
09/28/09

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Well, that makes me feel ... better? Less hopeless? Something. Anyway, I think a lot of times when it seems like there are no immediate results, I feel as though it was all for nothing, but it's true that sometimes the results you'd like to see don't happen right away, but that the seeds are planted.
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lavenderstain
09/28/09

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Iranian women have been active for years, fighting for equal rights and asking to be treated as human beings rather than cattle.

Iran has a long history of female fighters and female resistance and these elections just showed Iranian public AND the world at large that Iranian women wont be victimized and are educated, brave human beings who will take to the streets and fight alongside men for freedom.

Im really proud to be a persian woman, these days. :)
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BAngieB
09/25/09

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I'm staying annoyed at him until he stops being a panzy on marriage equality.
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erinna
09/25/09

@BAngieB: Yeah- he's totally copping out on this one by "leaving it up to the states".
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BAngieB
09/25/09

@erinna: It needs to be legalized on the Federal level or it doesn't matter.
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picassobear
09/25/09

@BAngieB: This is less of a State and Federal issue and more of an issue that congress needs to take up and not the president. Americans are wildly misguided about the powers of the Executive office. Congress needs to draft a bill, pass it, and then Obama can show his support by signing it. Other than that, what do you suggest he do? Clinton tried to get in the face of congress and allow LGBT's to serve in the military and then we got DADT. Congress, the representatives of the people, should be taking this matter into their hands.
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BAngieB
09/25/09

@picassobear: Yes. I know all of that, thanks. I remember Clinton's presidency. But that doesn't mean that Obama can't be more supportive. I didn't suggest that he can make it legal, but saying "leave it to the States" doesn't do enough. If it isn't federally recognized, it isn't equal.
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spiraloflife
09/25/09

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But just 47% approved of how Obama was handling health care, while 45% disapproved.

How many of those who disapprove still support the bill, and just think that Obama should tell all the yelling people to shut up?
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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
09/25/09

@spiraloflife: Me! Seriously, if he can't force this through instead of pandering to a vocal minority who've deluded themselves into thinking they're the only Real Americans out there, or if he bails on the public option, thus enacting legislation that's essentially a poverty tax that goes into insurance companies pockets, I am finally finally going to concede that there is no point whatsoever in voting for democrats because I'm scared of Republicans, and next time around I'm going to support a real progressive candidate, however low that candidate's chances of success are.
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SarahMC
09/25/09

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Perhaps my concern is premature but I am worried that Obama will not be elected to a second term if he seeks it.
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dreamweave
09/25/09

@SarahMC: I've had this concern the day he was elected, mainly because the enormity of the MANY problems he is confronted with - through no fault of his own - would make it hard for ANY president to be re-elected. So, hell, what are you gonna do?

@laureltreedaphne: I commented about this below, but his approval is fine. The sky-high ratings he started with were unsustainable. 56% approval is really damn good. he's actually doing quite well, considering what he's dealing with.
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so5minutesago
09/25/09

@SarahMC: Perhaps this marks me as too much of an optimist, but I'm not worried yet. The Republican party is in shambles. They're still trying to please the 'moral majority' even though the ACTUAL majority thinks those people are crazy. Unless they can get an intelligent, moderate Repub to run against him (Tim Pawlenty, maybe?), I'm not worried at all.
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SarahMC
09/25/09

@so5minutesago: I hope you are right but I can see how the GOP and its talking heads are poisoning people's minds with their fear-mongering and I fear by the time the election rolls around, even more people will be convinced Obama is a socialist/the anti-Christ/whatever.
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EkaterinaBallerina
09/25/09

@SarahMC: I'm cautiously optimistic. His rating is good but he faces a lot of problems. On the other hand, the Republican party is deader than dead right now. They are not a viable option. They are pandering to a very small portion of the voting population. I read somewhere that their actions during the Sotomayor confirmation hearings did them no service to Latino voters, who are the fastest growing voter bloc in this country. They've turned off too many people with their tactics. Something has to change with them first.
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TheGuvnah
09/25/09

@SarahMC: if he fails at health reform I would have trouble voting for him again.

I mean, if it came down to it I would (barring a strong primary challenger) but yeah.

Also, I disapprove of how Obama has handled health care and I am a liberal Dem who supports hcr and works in hcr policy so those poll numbers aren't necessarily about ppl who don't want hcr.
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NefariousNewt
09/25/09

@SarahMC: This is all part of a natural process. He's only in his first year -- his initial approval was so high, it could only go down, not up. It will settle down, once the economy fully shifts into recovery, and he has a few more successes. Health care is a major drain right now, but I imagine once that's sorted out, and once the economy improves to where unemployment starts to moderate, his numbers will remain stable.
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so5minutesago
09/25/09

But look at the last election. There will always be some people who fall for the fear mongering and won't vote for a candidate because they are African-American/Democrat/whatever, but the techniques that the Republicans have been using, stoking the fear and xenophobia of this voting bloc, are starting to backfire. People are starting to question the validity of these arguments. The Birthers of today are the Swiftboaters of 5 years ago, but while the Swiftboaters helped destroy Kerry, the vast majority of the population thinks that the Birthers are crazy. A lot can happen in the next few years, but right now I think that thees crazies are pushing themselves even farther onto the fringe.
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LittleLolly
09/25/09

@SarahMC: It's too soon to tell. Frankly, unless the poll is taken close to election day its not much of an indicator. Reagan's approvals dropped to the low 40s @ year before he is re-elected. Conversely, Carter was at 52% in the early part of 1980.
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dreamweave
09/25/09

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Also, Republicans, I give you my best Nelson "hA-ha!" Your approval is actually in the crapper, and you did it all by yourselves.
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dreamweave
09/25/09

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56% approval is really damn high. No president can stay at 65% approval for any length of time. So, in other words, most Americans think Obama is doing a good, yet imperfect job, considering the shit storm he was handed.
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Anna N.
09/25/09

@dreamweave: considering the shit storm he was handed.

Given everything he has had to deal with, I'm surprised his rating is as high as it is! You can't really do anything without pissing some people off, and Obama has SO MUCH to do.
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morninggloria
09/25/09

In reply to Obama Approval Dropping — But Still Higher Than Reagan's
Based on the poll numbers RE: the zillion times debunked lie that the plan would cover illegal aliens, I've come to the conclusion that 33% of institutions in America that claim to be schools are actually rodeos or churches.
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utensil42
09/25/09

@morninggloria: You may be on to something there. Though my boyfriend points out that 11% are rodeos, 11% are churches, but 11% are actually schools. For rodeo clowns.
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lalaland13
09/25/09

@morninggloria: Or rodeo/cowboy churches. Yes, these exist. It's all about roping cattle and saving souls, missy.

[en.wikipedia.org]
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lavenderstain
09/24/09

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I wish I could have gone. My friends and family in Iran have repeatedly told me that the international support they recieve helps them go on, and all they want from us outside Iran is to show the world their struggle.
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