The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
The week past was marred by notable deaths.
The most incredible being the Democracy Now Demonstrators in Iran. I never expected such a strong and resilient front to the demand for the enforcement of democratic principles before within a country plagued with a ego-inflated demogogic figure as its President. While the current Ayatollah pleaded for the demostrators to stop their out cry, the Iranian government proceeded in declaring there were in fact inconsistencies in at least fifty cities within the election vote count, however it would not effect the outcome.
The demonstrating did not end in Iran. There were demonstrations around the world in support of the Iranians. One such demonstration proved to be confrontational in Sweden of all places.
By LOUISE NORDSTROM, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jun 26, 2:01 pm ET
STOCKHOLM – Angry demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm on Friday, climbing in through shattered windows and injuring one embassy worker, police said.
More than 150 people had gathered outside the embassy to protest against the Iranian regime, when some of them attacked the building with rocks and tore down a fence to enter the embassy grounds, police spokesman Ulf Hoglund said.
"A few managed to climb through broken windows into the building," Hoglund said. He said one member of the embassy staff was injured inside the building, but didn't know how seriously.
Fifty police officers and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene. Hoglund said police had evicted the demonstrators from the building and arrested one person.
Organizers of the demonstration said a few of the protesters were injured in clashes with the embassy's security officers.
"We want a regime change," said Firouzeh Ghaffrpour, one of the organizers. "The Islamic system is not wanted by the people of Iran."
The protesters, mostly Iranians, also demanded the embassy be closed.
Police said the situation was under control later Friday, but demonstrators continued to block the entrance, preventing embassy personnel from leaving.
The protest followed several peaceful demonstrations in Sweden after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected in a June 12 vote that the opposition claims was marred by massive fraud.
More than 150 people had gathered outside the embassy to protest against the Iranian regime, when some of them attacked the building with rocks and tore down a fence to enter the embassy grounds, police spokesman Ulf Hoglund said.
"A few managed to climb through broken windows into the building," Hoglund said. He said one member of the embassy staff was injured inside the building, but didn't know how seriously.
Fifty police officers and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene. Hoglund said police had evicted the demonstrators from the building and arrested one person.
Organizers of the demonstration said a few of the protesters were injured in clashes with the embassy's security officers.
"We want a regime change," said Firouzeh Ghaffrpour, one of the organizers. "The Islamic system is not wanted by the people of Iran."
The protesters, mostly Iranians, also demanded the embassy be closed.
Police said the situation was under control later Friday, but demonstrators continued to block the entrance, preventing embassy personnel from leaving.
The protest followed several peaceful demonstrations in Sweden after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected in a June 12 vote that the opposition claims was marred by massive fraud.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad still remains President of Iran and is ratcheting up his rhetoric against The West, primarily with the USA as his target. He continues his inflammatory ranting which is taking away any legitimate authority of his office.
President Ahmadinejad is facing an even more difficult administration in DC that has been willing to talk with Iran regarding its aggressive nuclear proliferation which has already seen a resident enrichment facility.
Now, it would seem as though the attempts by the current administration in resolving sanctions agsinst Iran while seeking cooperation in the nuclear arms race in the Middle East is again being toyed with for increased rhetoric to garner time to complete nuclear armament of missiles. It is doubtable, especially now with threats of executions by an Iranian cleric, that peace talks will favor any outcome that was possible with Iran. It appears a rhetorical govenment is favored by the authority within that country as the world has watched Iran not only complete its nuclear facility, but, build enrichment facilities capable of weapon capacity. It is a 'strategy' favored by Iran in the face of sanctions that are disregarded as insignificant within the rhetoric of the authorities.
The Middle East Peace process has a poor margin of achievement with 'still' hopes of a Two State Agreement between Palestine and Israel as a conduit to everything else possible in resolving the New Cold War of countries such as Iran and North Korea. It is unrealistic to believe that 'settling' the Palestine-Israeli process will stop Iran or any other country within the Middle East from propagation of nuclear weapon capacity. The process between Israel and Palestine is unique to any outcome with Iran. Iran sees a greater picture as a champion for the Shi'ites, when in reality it is overshadowing a demise to such a benevolent people with nuclear capacity.
In DC, a primary vote regarding Climate Change legislation passed by a reasonable margin. The opposition admits Earth needs to be a partner in government oversight of carbon dioxide emissions, however, they say the 'timing' for such legislation is a bad idea as it is an economic 'strain' on the already compromised global economy. Tell me that makes sense. I want to hear how all that makes sense. The people that would make such statements also were able to achieve peace in the Middle East, right? Sure.
Let's see. Ignoring the devastation of high tropospheric carbon dioxide levels for nearly five decades has brought the globe to a deadly pattern of Climate Change. In the 1960s when the Greenhouse Effect promoted the first Earth Day, the verbiage Climate Change was never spoken. Climate Change became popular with the Republican leadership and a substitute for Human Induced Global Warming. Somehow, the verbiage would make the 'reality' managable. The problem the Neocons ran into was not a PR issue, only the reality that they couldn't declare war on Earth to garner cooperation in their priorities. Although, the arguement can be made war against Earth has been a priority of Republican leadership since Earth Day.
A President for the Future, someone the American people have needed for the five decades following the alarming news from our scientists. I congratulate him for his resolve on the issues of the day. There is no treading water for President Obama as there has been by Republicans. He isn't a rhetorical figure that laces 'happy talk' with reality. He 'explains' the direction of this administration based in 'the truth' and resolves leading in 'answers' to the issues. He is a remarkable person.
Reflecting on President Obama's family values and on the lighter side of American life, Bo received his official White House portrait and the Los Angeles Times had fun with the idea of "Universal Pet Insurance." An interesting idea, considering pets now receive such advanced technologies as radiation and chemotherapy for cancers.
Well, it didn't take long. And came as no surprise.
Just weeks after moving into the Democratic White House, Bo Obama used the occasion of his official photograph release today to call for universal pet health insurance.
Looking just darling and tilting his head as generations of successful public dogs have endearingly done to capture human hearts, the Portuguese water dog said that a society that could send chimpanzees into space certainly could afford to pay for such essential insurance for their beloved home companions....
Just weeks after moving into the Democratic White House, Bo Obama used the occasion of his official photograph release today to call for universal pet health insurance.
Looking just darling and tilting his head as generations of successful public dogs have endearingly done to capture human hearts, the Portuguese water dog said that a society that could send chimpanzees into space certainly could afford to pay for such essential insurance for their beloved home companions....
The Los Angeles Times is quite right, pets have come a long way from the RCA Victor Dog. Nice blog article, thank you.
Oh, perhaps I need to qualify one statement that seems like rhetoric. I stated this is a 'tougher' administration the Middle East and primarily Iran has to face.
My favorite quote of any American President to date is the 'theme' for this blog. “I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.” – Harry Truman. Something Michael Moore has been able to capture as a methodolgy in life. Imagine that.
At any rate, having Iran and the global community face the facts of the burgeoning nuclear proliferation in the Middle East by staring down Ahmadinejad rhetoric and lies while STILL demanding to 'talk' is far tougher a stance than simply sitting in the Oval Office and ranting about dropping bombs. An administration that seeks peace through progressive talks and demanding verification of disarmament and non-proliferation strategies does not allow for rhetoric by Mahmoud or any other 'traditionally' considered Rouge State.
Opening up and even demanding a peace process and method of nuclear non-proliferation with ultimate disarmament as a goal to stop any insane ideologies of annihilating half the populous of humans on Earth (Assuming of course only half the planet would oppose the other half.) is a tough stance and one the entire global community (at some level) would seek to disavow.
Seeking peace and nuclear non-proliferation is far more difficult than chronic nuclear brinkmanship. It exposes the 'under belly' of the global community. A dangerous place indeed.
