Archive - Dec 24, 2007 - Article

Funding Democracy or war?

The ‘Iran Democracy Fund’ was recently warded $60 million. There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason to this re-appropriation, especially since more than two dozen Iranian American and human rights groups appealed to Congress to eliminate the program given that the program had backfired, undermining democracy efforts in Iran and leading to wider repression of activists. It therefore begs the question why the United States would deliberately waste tax payers’ money while causing hardship on aspiring democrats in Iran? Perhaps the answer lies in the lead up to the Iraq invasion.>>>

اسرار و احتیاجات

با شنوندۀ ارجمند بعدی گفتگویی خواهیم داشت. رادبو مرز پر گهر، بفرمایید.
الو با من هستین؟
بله خانم بفرمایید.
سلام آقای دکتر. ممنون از وقتی که به من دادین.
خواهش میکنم بفرمایید.
آقای دکتر من یه مشکلی با پسر شیش ماهم دارم.
بله بله.
بله آقای دکتر. تا یکی دو ماه اول خوب شیر میخورد. ولی بعد از اون شروع کرد بازی درآوردن.
خودتون بهش شیر میدین؟ >>>

Persian woman’s mind flying

And here I am, listening to the opera letting it penetrate my soul, and relaxing my mind, it is about love I know this one song, she is totally in love, I am thinking we should cherish the moments we were or are in love. Let the positive thought and the feeling of ”yes I am able to love” be dominating. This way I as a woman will be easier with myself and consequently with everyone around me and when another woman tells me what a wonderful time she has had I can rejoice and be really really happy for her and not let the martyr feeling come out and get frustrated. We women often have a lot of frustrations which is related to our cultural background but who doesn’t>>>

سخنی با دانشجویان

اگر کسی تصور کند با بالا بردن یک پرچم و دادن چند شعار در جمع وبرچسب زدن به یک گروه دیگر رهبری و یا به اصطلاح هژمونی جریانی گسترده ای را بدست می آورد و دیگران را بدنبال خود می کشد خیال خامی در سرپرورده است ؛ چنین کارهایی فقط موجب گریز دیگران می شود. این تجربه ناموفق را هم در داخل و هم در خارج کشور دیده ایم و هنوز هم البته عده ای به این گونه اعمال ادامه می دهند و معتقدند « دونده برنده است » معنای دیگر این اعمال اینست که به شعور دیگران اعتقادی ندارند وغیر خودی ها را ساده لوح فرض کرده اند. >>>

Unconquered sun

So is it merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah or merry Kwanzaa? This year, let us celebrate it for what it really is. It was originally the Yule or Yalda festival meant to commemorate the birth of the Sun God Mithra. Perhaps it had something to do with the Ice Age, which bedeviled ancient Nature Worshippers for so long that the day following the Winter Solstice, when days start getting longer, the day when light is born again, that day, the 23rd of December, was the happiest day of the year for our freezing pagan ancestors and celebrated accordingly.>>>