On this blog recently, there was a suggestion that the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been in dereliction of his duties as a blogger by failing to post regularly on his blog, 'Personal Memos'- http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/
In particular, it was remarked that his second last blog, posted in November 2007, began with the line - "Since my last post on the blog, a few months have passed." This remains the case.
The Personal Blogging Manager of the President's media corps, Mr. W.W.W. Int R. Knett, has been in touch to point out that there has not been an entry in this blog for some days.
This is due to a technical fault.
BTW, there was a piece in the Irish Times yesterday about the blog of the president of Dublin City University. His latest update is about Newcastle's make-or-break game with Aston Villa . . . http://universitydiary.wordpress.com/
BTW2, was reading somewhere recently (probably also in the IT) the argument that Iran is not a totalitarian state and does tolerate dissent and electoral change. Some interesting postings on the Ahmadinejad's site, such as this one -
Freedom & Liberty 2006/12/13
In the Name of Almighty God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
In Amir Kabir University gathering - when a small number of individuals in the presence of the absolute majority of the university students and associates and the president of the country – with an absolute total freedom – without being worried – insulted the elected president of the people, I had a feeling of joy. Unintentionally, it reminded me the circumstances of those days and years that I was a university student; the days before revolution such as...
In particular, it was remarked that his second last blog, posted in November 2007, began with the line - "Since my last post on the blog, a few months have passed." This remains the case.
The Personal Blogging Manager of the President's media corps, Mr. W.W.W. Int R. Knett, has been in touch to point out that there has not been an entry in this blog for some days.
This is due to a technical fault.
BTW, there was a piece in the Irish Times yesterday about the blog of the president of Dublin City University. His latest update is about Newcastle's make-or-break game with Aston Villa . . . http://universitydiary.wordpress.com/
BTW2, was reading somewhere recently (probably also in the IT) the argument that Iran is not a totalitarian state and does tolerate dissent and electoral change. Some interesting postings on the Ahmadinejad's site, such as this one -
Freedom & Liberty 2006/12/13
In the Name of Almighty God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
In Amir Kabir University gathering - when a small number of individuals in the presence of the absolute majority of the university students and associates and the president of the country – with an absolute total freedom – without being worried – insulted the elected president of the people, I had a feeling of joy. Unintentionally, it reminded me the circumstances of those days and years that I was a university student; the days before revolution such as...
Quite a few politicians in our neck of the woods could be getting similar feelings of joy before it's all over, by the look of things . . .
On being asked for his impression of Churchill
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