Archive - Sep 13, 2007 - Blog entry

Save yourself money and spare yourself grief.

Approximately 10 months ago a family member went to Best Buy and purchased a rather pricey Mitsubishi 65" 1080P DLP WD657 large screen projection TV. Within the first thirty days the television stopped functioning, and Best Buy replaced it with a similar model from the same manufacturer. In the past 9 months, the television has broken down nearly every 2.5 months, with the authorized service repair person taking an average of about one week to visit and repair the television.>>>

Confessions of a former Conservative Republican...

or, How to stop a recurring nightmare, Dude! Just wake up! Many Iranians when learning I was a Republican would say crazy shit like, "How could you vote for George Bush?" They thought that if you join a party you necessarily have to blindly vote for the party's candidate.>>>

W's "mission accomplished"

W's press release of the famous "mission accomplished" still up on the white house site: "HE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed..." >>>

بردگی با دستمزد؟

بسیاری از ما -چه پناهجو، چه پناهنده و چه مهاجر قانونی- که ایران را با هدف شروع یک زندگی بهتر در غرب ترک کرده‌ایم در یک مرحله از این سفر دور و دراز، تن به انجام کارهایی داده‌ایم که ترجیح می‌دهیم با هموطنان خود مخصوصا آنهایی که در ایران هستند و از زندگی ما در اینجا می‌پرسند راجع به این تجربه‌ها صحبت نکنیم. >>>