I’m not finished with Iran just yet, so expect the next installment on our bamboozlement Real Soon Now.
That’s ‘cuz I want to talk about family history.
Mine.
As in, my illustrious forebears were… the biggest bunch of scum that ever graced a family tree - or at least swung from one. They all should have been drowned [...]
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Posted in America, Society on Nov 15th, 2007
Carter deserves every bit of the criticism that Tedders was handing out. Every bit and more. Unfortunately, Carter isn’t the whole story.
Carter rose to power because America was suffering from a crisis of morality. He won the Democrat Party’s nomination because the other Democratic nominees were found to be morally suspect.
And, the Democratic Party won [...]
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Posted in Iran on Nov 13th, 2007
We started our story with Dr. Sick, but it continues with another interesting character: a pistachio farmer.
Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is pistachio farmer. I love pistachios, but I think that I like them a Little less now because Rafsanjani helped put us where we are.
Rafsanjani is a religious zealot that doesn’t see corruption as contradicting that [...]
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Posted in Iran on Nov 9th, 2007
I promised to go into how we’ve been bamboozled, so here I am.
Our tale starts with a guy with a really appropriate name: Gary.
For some reason Gary has a thing about Iranian mullahs. He can’t get enough of them. He serves on boards that support them. He has their ambassadors appointed as faculty to Columbia University. He even [...]
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Posted in Personal Notes on Nov 6th, 2007
Okay, I’m back - again.
I’ve taken on a short-to-medium term contract for a major company in Indianapolis which has rearranged my writing schedule here. Yup, back to being a wage slave.
Gotta change those circadian rhythms. Anyway, let’s hope that I can get there, ‘cuz I like doing this blog.
Ciao!
- John
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