Archive - Nov 13, 2008 - Article

Alternative to Russian gas

The recent Russian intervention in Georgia has made an American rapprochement with Iran highly desirable for the United States. Israel has long opposed such a rapprochement, but this would also serve its interests too. Here’s why. Europe has become increasingly dependent on Russia for natural gas supplies, and this dependence is only likely to increase. This would not be undesirable, except that Moscow has shown a proclivity for cutting back or halting gas shipments to states with which it has disagreements. To prevent Russia from acquiring leverage over Europe through greater control over its gas imports, the United States and many European governments have sought alternative gas supplies. >>>

Open communication

For the first time in three decades, Iranians have a renewed hope that a true friendship between the people of America and Iran can become a reality. We call on you to open a dialogue with no preconditions at the highest levels of government as you announced many times during the course of the electoral campaign. In 1979 the overwhelming majority of the people of Iran, just like in this stunning election victory, participated in a mass peoples’ movement that resulted in the abolition of the monarchy headed by the Shah of Iran and established the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the turn of events resulted in the complete severance of all relations between our two countries.>>>

The Newlyweds (15)

Dear Khaleh: I never thought in a million years that I would ever say this but you and my friend Maryam, or should I say Debbie the Persian Pop Princess, have one thing in common. You both think I should leave Shahab. Except that Maryam put it a little less politely than you did: “Dokhtar jan,” She exclaimed while puffing away on her Cartier cigarette, “Khosh-haal bash Green Card-etto gerefti, chon in martikeh toffam kaffe dasstet nemizaareh. Man agar jaye to boodam, mohkam mizadam dare kunesh, miraftam soraghe zendegim.” I admit it was tempting to imagine for one second that I too could be a carefree adventuress like Maryam, going along on my merry way, with no responsibilities other than to please myself.>>>

You're fired!

During the past 12 months, the number of people classified as unemployed has increased by 2.8 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by a whopping 1.7 percentage points according to BLS. To put the latest unemployment rate in perspective, a 6.5% unemployment rate means that 10,100,000 American workers are officially classified as unemployed at present time. This number alone, of course, does not show the true extent of joblessness in the United States. If you add the number of people who are jobless but are not officially counted as unemployed; this number will increase to at least 10.5 millions causing the actual unemployment rate to go up to almost 7%. As far as the causes of unemployment are concerned, the main culprit is economic recession. Hurt by resilient economic downturn in recent years, the US industries have been forced to downsize and lay off workers. >>>

حساب "سرانگشتی"

با این حساب، از هر هفت نفر در دنیا، شش نفرشان جزو "هیات ابناء" و "جماعت فواحش" اند! یعنی چیزی حدود سه میلیارد ابنه ای و در همین حدود هم فاحشه روی زمین پلاس اند! چه گلستانی! تازه این به شرطی ست که تمامی یک میلیارد مسلمان روی زمین با بسم الله "دخول" کرده باشند! که این هم خودش اگر و مگر دارد ... خب، سوال است دیگر! مثلن خود بنده از کجا بدانم حضرت ابوی رحم الله علیه، با بسم الله "دخول" کرده؟ و در اولین قدم افتادن میان خشت، شیطان ولد الزنا انگشتی به حقیر نرسانده؟ کون که کنتر و کیلومتر شمار ندارد تا شماره بیاندازد، بله؟ اگرچه ما ناموسمان را دست نخورده و "آکبند" از آن جزیره بیرون کشیدیم و در غربت هم سال ها مثل شیر از بکارت خودمان دفاع کردیم. ولی همین چارسال پیارسالا دکترمان حدس زد که مشکل "پروستات" داریم و ما را فرستاد سراغ متخصص.>>>