CIA... Say what!!

I am loving the Iranian government!! Now Ahmadinejad (A) has named the CIA and the US Army as a terrorist organizations. Read the following for a nice roundup of when, why, where.
The Digg comments were also rather interesting and list more of possible `terrorist'
activities perpetrated by the US, including the overthrow of the democratically elected governments in Chile, Brazil and Guatemala and installing military rule or senor Pinochet.

A lot of what A does and says is just stupid but then he does somethings that are sooo.. smart!! It shows the hypocricy of the age we live in. i mean even in the Columbia uni interview except for two questions, he answered well.

On another front, did everyone watch the annihilation of Paris Hilton at the hands of David Letterman? I felt sorry for her. She didn't know what to do. I wonder if she will ever come back on his show!

Gods and Demoagogues

I learnt a nice word yesterday which applied to Ahmadinejad very well: Demagogue.
"a person, esp. an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people."

The word captures him and his approach to politics so well! i can't believe i didn't know it before hand.

Speaking of the man, i have been so disappointed by the American reaction to the iranian president Ahmadinejad's visit and lecture in Columbia university. He was introduced with so much vitriol and condemnation and insult that i was insulted as an iranian.
"Columbia President Lee Bollinger described Mr Ahmadinejad as a "cruel dictator" who denied the Holocaust.
In response, Mr Ahmadinejad called the remarks "an insult", adding that more research was needed on the Holocaust."
and later:
"He received a hostile welcome from Mr Bollinger, who described the Iranian leader as "a petty and cruel dictator".
"You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated," Mr Bollinger told Mr Ahmadinejad, referring to his denial of the Holocaust."
Esp for iranian and the middle eastern culture, politeness to a guest is paramount and so the president of columbia uni basically played right into Ahmadinejad's hands by portraying Americans as.. well not good and nice people.
The commentators also are all so rude.. seriously if they are only objective in their questionings and introduction, they would have managed to put the focus on A's words rather than their own. By printing out "The Evil has landed", The NY Daily newspaper does exactly what they accuse iran of doing. and yet they still adopt the holier than thou attitude.

Loss of a Great

You have all probably heard by now the tragic loss of Luciano Pavarotti - he passed away yesterday from a battle with pancreatic cancer.
What a man. What a voice.

"I have had everything in life . . . And if everything is taken away from me, with God we're even and quits," he said in one of his last interviews. (what a quote...)

It is amazing when an icon leaves the living. It was the same with Princess Diana and Ana Nicole Smith (though to a much less degree). These people that live life so hugely suddenly leave us and create this hole that you never thought about.
They are so much part of the world that their loss is strongly felt.
I love Pavarotti's voice, the tenor, the passion. I think his voice was the one that attracted me to opera first. And then i heard him in concert in the three tenors concert and the love cemented.

SASUKE!!!!!

And now we have reached the point when i share with you, my loyal friend, my favourite show of the day... Ninja Warrior (Sasuke)!! It is a Japanese show which consists of a competition in which 100 competitors attempt to complete four obstacle course stages.
You can see how the 2nd Warrior ever won the final challenge in the video on the website. There are more videos on the website. Listen to the poetics the commentator waxes off!!! Lovely!

Chasers in Trouble

If you don't know who the Chasers are.. well, they are a satirical show in Australia and they have a War on Everything!
Recently they were on the news when they penetrated the $250M security of APEC being held in Sydney.
The show is hilarious - watch the following:

and then there is this one:


Btw - here are two more Maz Jobrani clips - the iranian comedian. He is SOOOO funny!!!
Clip 1 and Clip 2