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* New strategy next time?

In the California elections there were two Iranian-Americans among 135 candidates for governor. Badi Badiozamani came in 21st with 3,012 votes and Ken Hamidi 41st with 1,703 votes >>> Full results

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* Giving democracy a bad name

A few weeks ago a group of Iranians were demonstrating in San Francisco to condemn the murder of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Some of their banners called for the establishment of a democracy in Iran.

A friend of mine who was at the demonstration said a few Americans came over and called them CIA agents and accused them of wanting the Bush Administration to do to Iran what it has done to Afghanistan and Iraq in the name of democracy.

My friend said he explained that the demonstration was not pro-American, but but pro-democracy. The demonstrators even had signs against American military involvement. But the complaining Americans wouldn't buy it and still believed that the anti-IRI protesters were working for Uncle Sam.

It's not easy being a democrat and wanting freedom for Iran when the American government abuses its powers for short-term political and economic objectives and not for democracy.

Forget San Francisco. Try telling someone in the Middle East that people should live under a democracy and enjoy individual liberties. You would automatically be seen as pro-American, and "pro-American" these days is often worse than a four letter word.

Although the funny thing is, a lot of people in Iran are pro-American, but not necessarily for democracy's sake, but because they hate the mullahs. Allah o Akbar.

-- Jahanshah Javid

* Beautiful

Photo of Mount Damavand by Nima Yazdipour. Larger image.

-- Sent by Sina

* Morning after

Replying to friends who sent their condolences on the Red Sox loss to the Yankees:

I'm sending you all an email together because frankly, I can't bear to write these words more than once.

I KNOW it's just a game, but I am truly heartbroken (and have a headache...) Something feels a bit off, like when you break up with someone the night before and wake up in the morning knowing something is wrong but you just can't figure out what it is? And then it hits you and you just lie there and think of the exact moment when it all went awry.

But, there is life after loss. And thank god for that. I'm listening to NPR for the first time since last April (instead of sports radio), hope to watch movies and go out to dinner and when I go with friends to Maine this weekend, I don't even want to watch the world series.

(I'm trying to keep a stiff upper lip but the bottom lip is quivering... hehehe) ok, enough silliness. moving on...

Thanks for following my team with me! And Go Sox!

-- N.S.

* Iranian cabdriver negotiations

A frustrated Dewhurst slams Craddick's tactics Methods called those of `Iranian cabdriver'

By R.G. RATCLIFFE and JANET ELLIOTT
Houston Chronicle, Oct. 2, 2003

AUSTIN -- Frustrated by negotiations over congressional redistricting, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on Thursday accused Speaker Tom Craddick of negotiating like an "Iranian cabdriver."

Craddick earlier in the day had denied Senate accusations that the House is negotiating in bad faith. Craddick spokesman Bob Richter later declined to comment on Dewhurst's remarks.

"We would prefer to negotiate with the senators face to face rather than through the news media," Richter said.

Dewhurst said Craddick for months has set only one condition for a new Republican redistricting plan for the state: a district that can be won by someone from Midland.

But as deadlines for passing a plan draw near, Dewhurst said Craddick and House negotiators have suddenly added more demands. Those include drawing a Dallas-area U.S. House district that can be won by state Rep. Ken Marchant, R-Carrollton.

"At this late hour, I think we need to come together on a map ... and stop playing the Iranian cabdriver negotiations, where you get what you want and then you start adding two or three other requests," Dewhurst said...

-- Sent by Ben Bagheri

* Azaan

Vasateh khiaaboon shoroo kard azaan khoondan... man az baalaayeh pole havaaee azash aks gereftam.

-- Javaneh Khodabakhsh

* Imam Hossein joke

Taasooaa-Ashooraa barnaameh taziyeh boodeh vali kassee keh gharaar bood naghsh-e Shemr ro baazi koneh mareez meesheh. Meegardan keh yeh nafar deegeh ro jaash bezaaran.

Beh yeh Armani meegan beeyaa naghsh-e Shemr ro baazi kon. Meegeh "Man keh nemeedoonam baayad cheekaar konam. Aslan Shemr ki hast?"

Behesh meegan, "Aslan negaraan nabaash. Kheyli aasooneh. Faghat har kee azat porseed 'aab bedeh', begoo 'nah'."

Mogheh ejraaye taziyeh, Imam Hossein o bacheh haash o daar o dastash hey meegan aab meekhaan. Armaniyeh belakhareh delesh meesoozeh va meegeh, "Aab nadaaram vali too yakhchaalam aabjo tagaree hast."

-- Khanom S.

* Jesus joke

Jesus, hanging on the cross, says, "Peter, come here."

Peter, thinking he is about to receive a profound religious truth, tries to go to Jesus but Roman soldiers push him back.

Again Jesus summons, "Peter, come here."

Peter tries to, but Roman soldiers again push him away.

Jesus summons a third time, "Peter come here."

Peter gathers all of his strength and finally breaks through.

Bleeding from several lance wounds, Peter says, " Yes, Master?"

Jesus looks upon Peter and says, " I can see your house from here!"

-- Hamid

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