I’ll be wearing green tomorrow and praying for Iranian police and soldiers to do what’s right and leave the people alone #iranelection
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Excellent #IranElection Tweet Cloud
(HT: Hugh Hewitt) From Jeff Clark at Neoformix:
U.S. House Supports Iranian Demonstrators
The U.S. House of Representatives, not put off by President Obama’s peculiar reticence to embrace the millions of Iranians desperate to have the kind of freedom first fought and died for in America, just voted overwhelmingly to pass a resolution in support of those protesting in favor of free elections in that country. Makes me proud to be an American, in a small way.
Jury Runs Amok Fining Woman over Bootleg Songs
A federal jury convicted Jammie Thomas-Rasset of illegally downloading 24 songs and fined her an eye-popping $80,000 PER SONG in the re-trial of the first such copyright infringement case in the United States.
Attorney Joe Sibley said that his client was shocked at fine, noting that the price tag on the songs she downloaded was 99 cents.
The West’s Moral Imperative on Iran
Charles Krauthammer’s latest re the standoff in Iran is an absolute must-read. Those who advise President Obama to equivocate now, at a crucial moment in history, must believe – mistakenly – that there can be a meaningful dialogue with the current government in Tehran on the subject of nuclear weapons and terrorism. But as Krauthammer says, the hope that non-confrontationalist appeasement will ever wring any important compromises from the pitiless regime that rules Iran is a chimera.
Hope n’ Change re Iran
Mr. Polite says: after just excusing a Black Panther for intimidating white voters with a nightstick, he doesn’t want to look like a hypocrite just because a few Iranian voters get beaten. Or worse. Very succinct and very apt, methinks.
Why Iranians are Still in the Streets
Two days ago I wrote that all people, in every nation around the world, are born with the inalienable right to elect their own government. The Declaration of Indepdence also indicates that we have the right to dissolve the state. The government of Iran has rejected this right, which is why the people refuse to be driven off the streets.
Pic of the 2nd Most Beautiful Woman in History
My wife is #1, of course.
Where’s the Audacity to Hope for Iran?
Despite reports of politically motivated arrests, police brutality, and at least one death, hundreds of thousands of people marched in Tehran, Iran today in protest over what they believe to be the fraudulent re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Barack Obama’s support for Iranians who want nothing more than to free themselves from tyranny should be firm and unwavering. Instead he’s failed to give the audacity of hope to an entire country.
House to Bribe Car Buyers; Innovation Not Important
The House of Representatives is mulling over a plan that would give “vouchers” to new car buyers who purchase fuel efficient cars. Evidently vouchers are bad when it comes to education and good when it comes to automobiles. Typical liberal non-think. Choice is good if you think and act the way that they want you to; otherwise, they have to find a way to coerce you.