ogichida30 said:
Im no christian, but didnt the bible say the end of the world would start in the middle east ?
"At the Mountains of Madness" says it will start in Antarctica. I'd be cautious about using vaguely worded bits of prophecy (that've been translated badly a few times) to predict the future.
And that's a popular but fairly wrong misreading of The Bible in any case.
ogichida30 said:
Im no christian, but didnt the bible say the end of the world would start in the middle east ?
"At the Mountains of Madness" says it will start in Antarctica. I'd be cautious about using vaguely worded bits of prophecy (that've been translated badly a few times) to predict the future.
And that's a popular but fairly wrong misreading of The Bible in any case.
And what about the Arctic???
Apparently, global warming is to be blamed for helping ignite another cold war. (Sounds oxymoronic, but check the link and you'll get it).
Ditto on FTR's comment.
In the words of Country Joe & The Fish, "Whoopie, we're all going to die!"
Sexdwarf said:
This is great news. I doubt it will lead to, yet another, Iranian revolution but it can't hurt.
It is still pretty dangerous for any regime for this kind of thing to happen. A lot of revolutions have started with such small incidents. May not happen this time, but Iranians are pretty big on over-throwing their leaders.
Even if this doesn't lead to regime change (which I doubt it will), it's a sign that Ahmadinejad is losing popular support due to his complete inability to deliver on any of his domestic policy promises. Which is the kiss of death for a "populist" politician like him, and makes it harder for him to push his more unpopular agendas (like cracking down on fashion violations, or inviting more sanctions with their nuclear program).
I'm hoping that the Supreme Leader pushes Ahmadinejad into early retirement, which might lead to a resurgence of the reform movement.
"It's the economy, stupid" applies in Iran as well as the U.S.
At this point there will be no revolution; the people are protesting and demonstrating against Amadinejad, not the highest authority in the regime( which is the Supreme Ayatollah). At most the Ayatollah will step in and remove Amadinejad, or assume power for a time in the event of his death...
thing is, this isn't even comparable to the hell that will break loose once khamenei (the "supreme leader" dies)
ASSH0LE
Las Vegas, NV
June 2003
JUN 30, 2007 08:40 PM