tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post2407430535844056766..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: Avoid O'Hare!Najhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-23194348596170514932007-08-29T19:40:00.000+01:002007-08-29T19:40:00.000+01:00Fast trains? And then stop selling us Chevies?! No...Fast trains? And then stop selling us Chevies?! Nooooo! ;)<BR/><BR/>Whereas I think a fast train between San Fransisco and LA, or New York and Boston is essential, I cannot foresee how trains can be cost effective for the US. You would still need a plane to go from Huston to Philadelphia!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-82473710648622928932007-08-29T18:15:00.000+01:002007-08-29T18:15:00.000+01:00Sorry about your airport disaster Naj. I heard abo...Sorry about your airport disaster Naj. I heard about Chicago's bad weather here in Indianapolis. Indeed we caught a bit of it ourselves, but fortunately, all we got was a couple inches of rain, which we sorely needed!<BR/><BR/>It has been a few years since I flew anywhere. Big city airports in the U.S. are really becoming terrible places to have to pass through. Too many people are flying and Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494609521203854111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-46209458058157432442007-08-28T20:22:00.000+01:002007-08-28T20:22:00.000+01:00Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:43:00 PM:I ha...Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:43:00 PM:<BR/><BR/>I have read the Quran and what you state is not there. There is mention of Lot but nothing beyond a generalities may be gleaned from the text - in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>In fact, even sodomy is not explicitly mentioned in the Quran (it is mentioned in Leviticus and in Corinthians - if my memory serves me correctly.)<BR/><BR/>Moreover, becauseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-41714866887232182602007-08-28T19:43:00.000+01:002007-08-28T19:43:00.000+01:00Strictly speaking, Islamic Law is silent on homose...<I>Strictly speaking, Islamic Law is silent on homosexuality among women (so is Jewish Law).</I><BR/><BR/>Go and Read Quran man, go read about LOOT and His wife and why Allah destroyed that nation!!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Off course you knew from Islam just Temporary marriage which is "your Islam is” Strictly speaking, Islamic Law is silent" and its not in Quranic teaching but your Khomeini and all thoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-39272339993826393512007-08-28T17:11:00.000+01:002007-08-28T17:11:00.000+01:00Pen, Having had a little Pistachio orchard, doesn'...Pen, <BR/>Having had a little Pistachio orchard, doesn't necessarily make you the OWNER of a business, that was run by LARGE families, before Mr Rafsanjani established his "kingdom"<BR/><BR/>I don't have anything against his wealth. <BR/><BR/>I have problem with the way he acquired it.<BR/><BR/>DRIVING OUT THE PISTACHIO OWNERS FROM RAFSANJAN AND KERMAN, on charges of FEUDALISM and Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-84976630451826368642007-08-28T16:59:00.000+01:002007-08-28T16:59:00.000+01:00naj:Of course ther were families that were wealthi...naj:<BR/><BR/>Of course ther were families that were wealthier than his before the Revolution. And it was his family that was in the pistachio business.<BR/><BR/>You say he is corrupt, what law has he broken?<BR/><BR/>Islam is not against wealth, business acumen, etc.<BR/><BR/>pen NameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-52684292615219802072007-08-28T16:21:00.000+01:002007-08-28T16:21:00.000+01:00Pen,Mr Rafsanjani was NOT wealthy BEFORE revolutio...Pen,<BR/><BR/>Mr Rafsanjani was NOT wealthy BEFORE revolution. There were HUNDREDS of far more wealthy people in the province of Kerman, whose livelihood was entirely CONFISCATED!<BR/><BR/>Mr Rafsanjani monopolized the Pistachio industry, while he was not even the pioneer of pistachio trade! Whith the boom of the green-gold rush, he became the leader of the new-rich!<BR/><BR/>He is corrupt! He isNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-66355392470504096002007-08-28T16:10:00.000+01:002007-08-28T16:10:00.000+01:00Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:38:00 AM:Stri...Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:38:00 AM:<BR/><BR/>Strictly speaking, Islamic Law is silent on homosexuality among women (so is Jewish Law).<BR/><BR/>So, this Lesbian woman does not have anything to fear if she keeps quiet. On the other hand, if she wants to act like those homosexulas in the gay pride march in Toronto, she will be considered "Mufsid fi al arz" and dealt with accordingly - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-80569390939888242762007-08-28T16:06:00.000+01:002007-08-28T16:06:00.000+01:00Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:38:00 AM:Whil...Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:38:00 AM:<BR/><BR/>While I greatly respect, admire and slaute the courageous Mrs. Ebadi, I cannot agree with her recent efforts to get UN involved in the issue of status of women in Iran.<BR/><BR/>The status of women in Iran, or indeed in any Muslim or non-Mulsim state, should be worked out based on the sentiments and traditions (social, legal, etc.) of that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-31583933699189379232007-08-28T16:01:00.000+01:002007-08-28T16:01:00.000+01:00Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:40:00 AM:Mr. ...Anonymous Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:40:00 AM:<BR/><BR/>Mr. Rafsanjani's family was wealthy even before the Revolution - he himself helped Mr. Khamenei & a few others at that time.<BR/><BR/>I think there is nothing wrong with being wealthy; our problem in Iran is that we do not respect the law; 100 years ago we wanted "Edalat-khaneh" and we got "Mashrooteh". <BR/><BR/>We are still far away from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-37426595900871442372007-08-28T13:24:00.000+01:002007-08-28T13:24:00.000+01:00To the Grumpy Anonymous:I borrow from my comment o...To the Grumpy Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>I borrow from my comment on fma7.wordpress.com<BR/><BR/>And categorize you in group 4! ;)<BR/><BR/><I>Iranians, as you may know well by now, can be divided into 4 categories:<BR/><BR/>1) progressive<BR/>2) Retard<BR/>3) Radical islamist<BR/>4) Radical anti-IRI<BR/><BR/>The progressive ones acknowledge all the shit that is happening in Iran, but they also put it Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-91580519116816676612007-08-28T08:40:00.000+01:002007-08-28T08:40:00.000+01:00Now imagine what all these recent stories of the "...<I>Now imagine what all these recent stories of the "rich corruption" in the US</I><BR/><BR/>Watch your door hoome the corruption much graters by stealing the poor money and dress Mullah<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose family rules over a vast financial and business empire. From the pistachio farms of his hometown Rafsanjan to huge oil trading companies, the ruling Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-53663011334081354982007-08-28T07:13:00.000+01:002007-08-28T07:13:00.000+01:00"I can't blame them! With the idiotic Iranians tha..."I can't blame them! With the idiotic Iranians that are still hung over their 10 year old childish memoirs flooding the "literary" markets,"<BR/><BR/>Oh yah you really need to see this to see who is 100years behind <BR/><BR/>http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=nFuZ9yORYkQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-73134334013114992862007-08-28T03:52:00.000+01:002007-08-28T03:52:00.000+01:00A popular joke in the United States of the late 19...A popular joke in the United States of the late 1980s depicted Iran as a country that had for long generated substantial troubles for successive U.S. administrations. A U.S. President, so the joke went, had his State Department tasked with bringing him the U.S. government file on Iran. The Department was unable to find the Iran file under the letter “I.” The President asked that the search be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-47094631274974417222007-08-27T23:53:00.000+01:002007-08-27T23:53:00.000+01:00So sorry for the foul up. Weather is bitchy every...So sorry for the foul up. Weather is bitchy everywhere, but according to the oil companies, there is no global warming. <BR/><BR/>Dudette, you didn't go fishing and eat the fish did you?nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-82165201772269649382007-08-27T22:08:00.000+01:002007-08-27T22:08:00.000+01:00Id,That is awful. But that kind of bullying is a s...Id,<BR/><BR/>That is awful. But that kind of bullying is a symptom of the developing world. It's the economic disparity that causes it; it's a form of taxing.<BR/><BR/>I have that anxiety when I am in Iran, to be held at a threat and asked to pay up. be held up by official and unofficial crooks. Bribing induces the same violent feelings in me.<BR/><BR/>Last winter, when I went to Iran, Britsh Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-1854450967587662252007-08-27T21:36:00.000+01:002007-08-27T21:36:00.000+01:00I'm sorry you were subject to such moronic and ign...I'm sorry you were subject to such moronic and ignorant behavior; I can understand how you feel as I experienced something similar when I was in New Delhi this month. I was harrassed for over an hour outside of the International airport because apparently my car had hit the car up ahead ( which it hadn't). The driver of my car (a rented taxi) was pushed around, abused and threatened but in Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-39638662572024451692007-08-27T18:18:00.000+01:002007-08-27T18:18:00.000+01:00You know MarcLord,What DISTURBED me the most was t...You know MarcLord,<BR/><BR/>What DISTURBED me the most was their trying to provoke me "against" my nationality, against my supposed religion!<BR/><BR/>They were advising mr that I should bring all my family to America so I can give up my Iranian citizenship.<BR/><BR/>Making flirtatious comments to see if the Muslim in me would be offended!<BR/><BR/>And calling me a spy!<BR/><BR/>It was ALL to tryNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-8938266060652373962007-08-27T17:27:00.000+01:002007-08-27T17:27:00.000+01:00Naj,Welcome to America. (Madison is way cool. But ...Naj,<BR/><BR/>Welcome to America. (Madison is way cool. But I thought it was in Canada.)<BR/><BR/>Funny, I've never been complimented about my "charm and intelligence" while being searched, robbed of toiletries, having my sleeping child awoken, or further searched by airport security. Maybe it has something to do with my usually barely controlled anger? <BR/><BR/>My family was traveling in AugustMarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-44837218913248239672007-08-26T09:52:00.000+01:002007-08-26T09:52:00.000+01:00I hope their nose reddened in the court for the re...I hope their nose reddened in the court for the remark. Best of luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-47219032254703293792007-08-26T09:20:00.000+01:002007-08-26T09:20:00.000+01:00"I don't know, maybe they are nice to people who c...<I>"I don't know, maybe they are nice to people who come from abroad, trying to lure them back home."</I><BR/><BR/>Even though still good to see these things happen in Iran.<BR/><BR/><I>"I still intend to have him disciplined :)</I><BR/><BR/>Naj, you don’t loose any think did you thought writing to them of your concerns and unhappiness, ask for apology, I think they will take these things Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-72339219103875623172007-08-26T05:04:00.000+01:002007-08-26T05:04:00.000+01:00Larry, they do take care of passenger's who suffer...Larry, they do take care of passenger's who suffer cancellation due to mechanical, not weather!<BR/><BR/>Sojourner: As I said, the guy was a retard who needs a whip from his supervisor. I was in rush to catch my flight or I would have made sure he did get a beating for his unprofessionalism. I still intend to have him disciplined :)Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-34904120230412871382007-08-26T04:06:00.000+01:002007-08-26T04:06:00.000+01:00I have always hated O'haire and it sounds like you...I have always hated O'haire and it sounds like you have a horrible experience.<BR/><BR/>I had a flight in Nashville cancelled recently at the last minute and the airline rebooked my flight, found me a hotel, sent a hotel shuttle for me and paid for half my hotel room.<BR/><BR/>They should have done that for you.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-71895694694900522482007-08-26T03:59:00.000+01:002007-08-26T03:59:00.000+01:00charm and intelligence makes a spy? I wonder what ...charm and intelligence makes a spy? I wonder what convinced them that you are not a spy? [ I am curious since there are a lot of immigrants there... How do they get around?!]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-45386747143036375752007-08-26T02:56:00.000+01:002007-08-26T02:56:00.000+01:00Pen,In my recent visits to Iran, I have been pleas...Pen,<BR/><BR/>In my recent visits to Iran, I have been pleasantly surprised with the improved levels of courtesy in public offices.<BR/><BR/>Luckily, I have not dealt with Gov offices. The universities are nice, the airport staff are nice, the taxi drivers are nice; but I know what you mean. I just hope I won't run into the misogynist ones anytime soon.<BR/><BR/>I don't know, maybe they are nice Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.com