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Old 06-18-2009, 01:59 PM   #1
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Iran Election

Election was rigged, and Iran is a dictatorship that acts like a democracy, Y/N?

Ahmedenijad or whatever his name is is the worlds biggest douche. Thoughts?
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Old 06-18-2009, 02:00 PM   #2
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BIG SHOCKER

If you're surprised by this, you have been living under a rock.

Hopefully, Iran will just Civil War for like a year and then be less of a theocratic dictatorship.
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Old 06-18-2009, 02:44 PM   #3
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The thing is, Iran's become less of a theocratic dictatorship under Ahmadinejad, and the American media is trying to portray the protests as unrest against the Ayatollah. People are pissed off for economic reasons, since Ahmadinejad hasn't been the best manager of Iran's fortunes, not because of religious reasons. The Ayatollah is being indited because he's backing Ahmadinejad's legitimacy, it's not like these protests are going to forshadow the fall of the religious government.

Despite this, I do feel the elections were rigged. Ahmadinejad should have won, but not by a 2:1 victory. He should have won with 54% of the vote and Mousavi 45%. A recount could be possible, and I don't think this will escalate to violence.
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Old 06-18-2009, 10:55 PM   #4
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How to fix your nation:

Step 1: Have a mercenary assassinate the dictator.
Step 2: Have superhero cyborg from the future Cable take over.
Step 3: Build your democracy.
Step 4: Live happily ever after.
Step 5: Do not give Deadpool access to a teleportation device.
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Old 06-19-2009, 12:59 AM   #5
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The problem was he rigged it too much, nobody was going to believe he'd win in a landslide. If he had wanted somewhat less of a protest for his rigged election he should've pumped it up to only a comfortable margin, few hundred thousand votes, as opposed to the actual reported vote.
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Old 06-19-2009, 01:54 AM   #6
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So what Muyo is suggesting is pulling a Jeb Bush.
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Old 06-19-2009, 02:20 AM   #7
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Damn right.
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Old 06-19-2009, 07:47 AM   #8
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Step 5: Do not give Deadpool access to a teleportation device.
Its ok, the character deadpool is based upon shall come back from cripling Kid Flash and kill deadpool for copying his outfit.


Yeaaah. Terminator.
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Old 06-19-2009, 04:26 PM   #9
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Marvel and DC steal from one another all the time. And Deadpool can't die :p
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Old 06-19-2009, 10:43 PM   #10
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Marvel and DC steal from one another all the time. And Deadpool can't die :p
I love how I can enter what looks like a relevant world state topic and find statements like this one.
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Old 06-20-2009, 12:10 AM   #11
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It's called train of thought. We start at point A and somehow end up at point Z3A6B1
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Old 06-20-2009, 12:20 AM   #12
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This topic sucks and is now about trains.
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Old 06-20-2009, 12:25 AM   #13
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Trains go choo choo.
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Old 06-20-2009, 12:30 AM   #14
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Or chugga chugga. Or clickity clack.
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Old 06-20-2009, 09:32 AM   #15
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Old 06-20-2009, 10:06 AM   #16
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Or chugga chugga. Or clickity clack.
I prefer chugga chugga choo choo.
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