I will be honest. I saw this article by Brian Murphy of the Associated Press earlier in the week but decided not to post it or even refer to it. I did so because I could not find the basis for his claims about the Green movement. Neither the quotes from his “some experts” do not or his knowledge of the situation (he claims, for example, that only “several thousand” demonstrators turned out in Iran on 13 Aban) support his sweeping conclusion of a “potential unravelling” of the opposition. They do not back his speculation that “Mousavi and Karroubi’s reluctance could leave room for more militant opposition leaders to emerge in the future” — indeed, Murphy’s implication is that the mainstream of the Green protest desire revolution while Mousavi and Karroubi “have repeatedly said they do not seek to overthrow the ruling clerics”.
On second thought, however, the far better-informed and thoughtful discussion amongst EA readers has considered the direction of the Green Wave after the latest protests and statements and actions by its leaders. So I’m posting Murphy’s piece as his personal contribution to the debate and looking forward to the ideas and critiques of our own “experts” on the Comment board.
Iran’s opposition steers challenge toward the top
Brian Murphy
Just minutes before anti-riot police charged opposition marchers in Tehran last week, a new chant bubbled up from the crowd: “Death to Nobody.”
It was more than just a play on the “Death to America” slogans that are staples of Iran’s political life. The cries give a sense of how much the protest movement has evolved since the raw outrage of last summer.
The demonstrations have moved beyond narrow attacks on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his disputed re-election in June. They are now drifting toward a blanket challenge of the Islamic leadership’s right to rule. Read the rest of this entry »
As the #2 site (soon to be #1) for the Republican Teabagging Parties taking place today, Enduring America is concerned that some of our readers — either from naiveté or deviancy — are claiming that “Teabagging” is a bedtime activity, sometimes undertaken by those who are unmarried or even of the same sex, that is not part of our missionary tradition. These readers are using left-wing disinformation sites Wikipedia and UrbanDictionary.com (at Enduring America, we only use Webster’s Dictionary and Conservapedia).
This video shows that, with our Teabagging, we are sending a rocket to blow up the Democratic/liberal/radical/taxifying elite, especially Nancy Pelosi. We will set our Teabags upon them until we have a massive explosion — just like Richard Nixon teabagged the Moon in 1969 — until they acknowledge our supremacy.
Enduring American hopes this clarifies matters once and for all. Happy Teabagging!
In the run-up to the 44th President of the USA, there was a good deal of black comedy in the desperation of some to prevent the 43rd from taking his place in oblivion. From Karl Rove, who may just have been trying to sweep up around his own place in our memories, to Charles Krauthammer, who helped sell the notion of the “unipolar moment” that assisted the Bush Administration in its failed ambitions, to Andrew Roberts, who clung to dreams of American Empire, to Bruce Anderson, who bellowed, “History Will Vindicate Bush”, to former Dubya speechwriters, the chant went up: One Day You’ll Be Grateful for All He Did.
So, in that spirit, we’re pleased to re-print, from AlterNet, Bernie Horn’s Top10 Reasons to Remember Dubya.
So Long Worst President Ever; 10 Reasons History Will Hang You
I will be honest. I saw this article by Brian Murphy of the Associated Press earlier in the week but decided not to post it or even refer to it. I did so because I could not find the basis for his claims about the Green movement. Neither the quotes from his “some experts” do not or his knowledge of the situation (he claims, for example, that only “several thousand” demonstrators turned out in Iran on 13 Aban) support his sweeping conclusion of a “potential unravelling” of the opposition. They do not back his speculation that “Mousavi and Karroubi’s reluctance could leave room for more militant opposition leaders to emerge in the future” — indeed, Murphy’s implication is that the mainstream of the Green protest desire revolution while Mousavi and Karroubi “have repeatedly said they do not seek to overthrow the ruling clerics”.
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