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    11/09/09

    In reply to The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter
    The Iranian "revolution"?

    Oh, y'mean that National Endowment For Democracy-backed astroturf campaign? The one where some British company shipped in thousands of little portable digital cameras so that we could see all those "viral" videos of what was happening in the streets?

    What color was that one, anyway? Green, or something? #iran
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    11/09/09

    @flugennock: The National Endowment for Democracy had very little, if not nothing at all, to do with the revolution in Iran. #iran
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter
    Though the charges have since been dropped, but if an American can be arrested for twittering a "revolution", then our government can't really condemn others for cracking down on those in the field.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/09/09

    @Magister: .... and from a certain angle, mountains and molehills are the same shape, and therefore can be directly compared... #iran
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    11/09/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Agreed, but when I first heard of the Madison fellow's arrest, I immediately thought of the shot to our credibility, if we were to condemn other governments for making similar arrests.

    It's sort of like when the Bush-era waterboarding story was confirmed. It wasn't even days until comparisons were made to WWII-era convictions for war crimes.

    Sure, the charges against Mr. Madison have been dropped, but if we want to be able to encourage social networking as a means to organize, then we can't be arresting people for doing the same thing. #iran
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    11/09/09

    In reply to The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter
    Interesting. But numbers alone arent the only issue. In terms of organizing, sometimes it is just as important to have the "influencers"-- ie, those people who can round up their friends/family/coworkers etc. -- in touch with each other. If twitter helped these "influencers" gain a sense of momentum and round people up, it served a far-reaching purpose.
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    11/09/09

    @calwilson37001: Right. I'm very confused about the point of this post. A small number of twittering activists helped "foment" the protests that were seen and heard around the world against a despotic regime that could use a lot more of that kind of internal pressure, and that's...bad? Because there aren't a lot of people online in Iran itself? #iran
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    10/20/09

    In reply to Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
    Man, being a resident of a Huxleyan hierarchical state seems way better than tooling around in one of them totalitarian jobbies. #iran
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    10/20/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: Less physically taxing, certainly. #iran
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    Image of Jeangenie Jeangenie
    10/20/09

    In reply to Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
    My distributor handles the book he co-edited with Malu Halasa, Transit Tehran. You guys might remember seeing Mr. Bahari as one of Jason Jones' interview subjects in a cafe in Tehran before the election. We are so glad to see him released and able to get out of the country. #iran
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    I'm pleased to see there are still fans out there proud to wear their Michael Jackson tribute clothes, even for official events. #iran
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    They have a secret army of Wookies #iran
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    You can blame the night, blame the wine, blame the moon in her eyes, but when all else fails . . . you'd better . . . Blame it on Rio!

    Michael Caine did and got away with statutory rape. If only Polanski knew about this defense. #iran
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    Doesn't Iran vow revenge on the US or Great Britain at least once a week? #iran
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    Image of wholenuther wholenuther
    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    An administration ago I would've said, "Yup. That was us." Now? Probably not. #iran
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    The leaders of Iran have a history of lying through their teeth. There is no reason to believe that the US had any involvement.

    Besides, Obama is the last person who would give the go ahead for an attack in Iran. Even though the results would be an extremely positivie developement. #iran
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    10/19/09

    @uncivilly obedient: There is no reason to believe that the US had any involvement.

    Actually, there is:
    [blogs.abcnews.com]

    But who can keep up with that, and the 'balloon boy' and the Kardashians, and the Wives of New Jersey. We Americans just have too much on our minds.
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    Edited by Niko Bellic at 10/19/09 10:05 AM Niko Bellic was starred Niko Bellic was unstarred
    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    That is the GAYEST army uniform! And when it comes to gay, I'm an expert! #iran
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    Image of Anto103 Anto103
    10/19/09

    In reply to Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
    It wasn't the Yankee's or the Brits it was the Reptillians, look their standing right behind the guy! #iran
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    Image of topsy topsy
    10/19/09

    @Anto103: I didn't even notice those guys until you mentioned them. Is this the Yeti platoon all done up in camo? #iran
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    10/19/09

    @Anto103: No, I think the Revolutionary Guard in Iran is actually made up of swamp monsters. That's what makes them so revolutionary. #iran
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    10/19/09

    @Grim Reaper of the Forest: I heard that it was the Reptillians from Michael Heene which he heard from David Icke who heard it from the Loch Ness Monster who heard it from The Evil Overlord Xenu, Somebody is lying to us. #iran
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    10/13/09

    In reply to Iranian Govt. Winning War on Media
    Ahmadinejad just wants to control all media. I guess he is a Sabourjian after all.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    10/13/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: Not much different than Rupert Murdoch, I'd say.
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    10/04/09

    In reply to Maybe Jewish Iranian President Ahmadinejad Now Has Power To Nuke His Guilty Past
    if it's true if it's awesome. if it's not true it's like the best piece of disinformation evah
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    10/04/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: evah!!
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