Iran said ready to recount votes
Newsbot @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:58 am
Title: Iran said ready to recount votes
Category: Political
Posted By: dino_bobba_renno
Date: 2009-06-16 04:07:05
ridenrain @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:58 am
Good for the people of Iran. They deserve to shed themselves of these midevil nutbars.
Brenda @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:10 am
It takes time, but it is good to see the people want change.
ShepherdsDog @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:36 am
They can count until the end of time. The results will go the way the ayatollahs want it to. And, even if Mousavi wins, it's the Guardian Council that runs Iran, not the president who is just a public face.
Brenda @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:51 am
Now, yes... But it time, that might change... The people want change...
Lemmy @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:59 am
"The Basij militia is a volunteer paramilitary force fiercely loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who has the final say on all matters of state."
Any government that has a position called "Supreme Leader" is, by definition, not a democracy and, therefore, any election is a complete and utter farce.
romanP @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:08 am
The Queen of England is the supreme leader of Canada. Are our elections a complete and utter farce?
Lemmy @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:18 am
martin14 @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:20 am
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
They can count until the end of time. The results will go the way the ayatollahs want it to. And, even if Mousavi wins, it's the Guardian Council that runs Iran, not the president who is just a public face.
True, but even the spectre of a public recount is a move
the bosses werent expecting.
Clearly, things have changed there, they should keep it up.
romanP @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:00 am
Lemmy Lemmy:
:roll:
What are you rolling your eyes at? You said "any government". That includes ANY government.
Lemmy @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:37 am
GreenTiger @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:29 pm
It's good to see that the moderates in that country have decided to stop taking the abuse by the hard line clerics.
It takes a lot of courage is that situation to stand up and be counted.
commanderkai @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:55 pm
romanP romanP:
The Queen of England is the supreme leader of Canada. Are our elections a complete and utter farce?
I wouldn't call her the "Supreme leader", rather the highest ranking one, being the head of state. That doesn't make her supreme because of the checks and balances within Canada.
romanP @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:10 pm
commanderkai commanderkai:
romanP romanP:
The Queen of England is the supreme leader of Canada. Are our elections a complete and utter farce?
I wouldn't call her the "Supreme leader", rather the highest ranking one, being the head of state. That doesn't make her supreme because of the checks and balances within Canada.
But the Queen has the final say on all of our laws. She doesn't exercise this power, but she has it.
Tracker @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:13 pm
Good luck recounting the rigged votes.