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Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:16:11 +0000

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travis’ favorites, year four :: all-encompassingly :: blog — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:20:10 +0000

[...] ahmadinejad thinks we’re stupid (in tehran, the iranian president calls for israel to be wiped off the map and promises death to iran’s enemies. in the US, ahmadinejad says there is no need for conflict, attacks, or hostilities, only love, peace, and friendship. i draw conclusions from this. see also strike two, ahmadinejad) [...]

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what people are saying about all-encompassingly :: all-encompassingly :: blog — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:21:49 +0000

[...] APJ, Sept 2006 [link] thanks julia child doug, that was the gayest post you have ever blogged. [...]

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Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:53:55 +0000

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By: APJ

APJ — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:19:30 +0000

I don’t know…I thought he was polking fun at Anderson for giving him the ‘talking points’ we’ve all heard before about Ahmadinejad more than he was implying a U.S.-wide media conspiracy.

I mean, Anderson asks him, “But can’t you see how it’s offensive to even suggest such….” Anderson doesn’t try to get him to open up and expound on any idea; it would have been truly interesting to watch Ahmadinejad respond to good questions (like, “What, if anything, has led you to conclude that the Holocaust did not occur as commonly portrayed?”). But Anderson just set it up to devolve into a finger-pointing contest, culminating with Anderson’s “Well, at least we have freedom of the press, unlike you” comment.

And I’ll go ahead and out myself as either very ignorant or very open-minded, but: who cares what he thinks about the Holocaust? Is belief in and understanding of the Holocaust somehow important in managing the affairs of a modern nation? I don’t care if he doesn’t believe in Jesus, George Washington, or the extent of the Holocaust. Yes, his view may be offensive to some, but such is the price of free speech, thought, and expression. I’m sure he would be just as pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel regardless of whether he discovers irrefutable evidence of the Holocaust or not.

By: doug

doug — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:48:19 +0000

Ahh…c’mon APJ, you have to smile a little bit when this dude claims to be perplexed and wonders why he isn’t allowed to research the holocaust (“if it did indeed happen”).

And then intimating that Anderson Cooper is given questions by “higher-ups” as part of some conspiracy of the entire U.S. media? (“all the questions are the same”) Classic!

I mean, well, geee whiz Mahmoud! Maybe if you didn’t threaten to destroy Israel, deny the holocaust, and try to build nukes you would get more questions about your hobbies or favorite books.

By: APJ

APJ — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:03:18 +0000

If I had to speculate, I would say all the mindless insults directed at Ahmadinejad are knee-jerk reactions from those who deep down realize that, abroad, our president says things that are just as ‘stupid and retarded,’ only Bush also exudes a certain arrogance when he speaks (and already has a nuclear weapon). So, naturally, ‘patriots’ feel the need to go on the offensive against Ahmadinejad and Chavez. Nothing like a little mindless name-calling to boost the patriotism.

By: doug

doug — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:48:35 +0000

ahmadinejad is so dumb, it would be unconstitutional to execute him in the united states.

That should be the new blog slogan once we pass the 5th anniversary of Mitch’s untimely death.

Of course, I don’t think the guy can be that dumb. He did manage to become the head of Iran. But, as a side note, Google some analysis of Mahmoud’s blog (yes, he has one). I remember reading how it reflected his rural upbringing and his disdain for the intellectual, urban class. Anyways…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:27:42 +0000

APJ, it was funny because it laid bare the utter FACT that Ahmadinejad can’t dance his way with words out of tough questions.

By: APJ

APJ — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:43:42 +0000

I too laughed out loud at Anderson’s last line, the ‘unlike in Iran’ one. I laughed because Anderson sounded silly and defensive.

Frankly all this talk about Ahmadinejad being retarded, incompetent, evil, etc. is getting really tired. Perhaps the comparisons to Hitler are apt; but I would like to see more analysis and less name calling than I’ve seen here lately.