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1. melvynadam Says:
   May 26th, 2009 at 4:21 am

   It’s Iran so nothing should surprise you in terms of restrictions on information access.

   The (state-run) national media refers to America as “The Big Satan”. The leader of the country openly discusses using nuclear bombs to rid the world of other countries. Despite the fact that they have 9 percent of the world’s proven oil reserves and possess the world’s second-largest natural gas deposits, they’re building nuclear facilities “for energy”. On Monday it was leaked that Venezuela is helping Iran bypass UN Security Council economic sanctions, and also, along with Bolivia, providing the Iranians with uranium.

   America has decided that talking to such a man is the best approach.

   Believe me when I tell you that having your Iranian readers unable to read the witty posts in your Facebook group is the least of your problems.

2. Drew Guttadore Says:
   May 26th, 2009 at 4:49 am

   You are right! But how else do we bring attention to the problems in the world then by showing the privileged how easily their freedom is taken for granted..

   Thanks for your comments..

3. melvynadam Says:
   May 26th, 2009 at 5:20 am

   Absolutely. I completely agree that we shouldn’t take what we have for granted and also that we need to highlight the situation in such oppressive regimes. My comment was intended to expand upon that idea and show that access to Facebook is an issue for the average Iranian but having a President who publicly celebrates the idea of nuking other nations and is in the process of building nuclear bombs ought to be a pressing concern too. For everyone.

4. n0doz Says:
   May 26th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

   Hmmm… Washington Post story today: “Obama Set to Create A Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate” …could this lead to a similar situation here in the States?
   No matter what you believe in politically, I think we can agree that any government control over the internet either by “czar” or regulation is a huge cause for concern.
   While I’m all for security, I don’t equate security with outright control.

5. mchinsky Says:
   May 26th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

   Our left leaning congress and president are hard at work coming up with back door methods to re-instate the ‘fairness doctorine’ here which is basically to silence right wing radio since its the only media outlet (besides Fox News) that doesn’t lean heavily left.

   The latest approach is to do it under the guise of ‘localism’ so that material needs to be sourced locally. Sounds like a ‘positive’ thing but its basically aimed at nationally syndicated shows like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin etc. Whether you agree with their politics or not, the idea of one political party using their control over the FCC to silence the other party is scary. If it were the other way around the maintstream media would be screaming bloody murder. Instead you have to read about it here.

   On the topic of Iran, I guess the process of ‘negotiating’ with them and going to the UN which worked oh so well with Saddam Hussein and North Korea is going to work here.

   Wrong, instead in a year or two when they are the next to test a Nuclear bomb, we will have our hands tied just as we do with North Korea. All basic the pacifists tied the politicians hands.

   This is exactly how the fall of the Roman empire began…

6. Drew Guttadore Says:
   May 26th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

   Well, I have an unconfirmed report that the ban has been lifted ‘Due to International Pressure’.

   Now if we could only get the more serious issues like nuclear weapon development solved by ‘international pressure’, as previously mentioned.
   ;-(

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