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The Iranian Revolution Will Not Be Televised (in the U.S.)
Pajamas Media ^ | Sept. 21 | Michael Ledeen

Posted on 09/21/2009 12:44:04 PM PDT by AJKauf

When a tyrannical regime dies, you can see the symptoms in the little things. Late Friday afternoon, after millions (yes, millions–this according to Le Monde, France 2, and L’Express, with the BBC saying that the demonstrations were bigger than those at the time of the Revolution) of Greens mobbed the streets and squares of more than thirty towns and cities to call for the end of the regime, there was a soccer game in Azadi Stadium in Tehran. It holds about a hundred thousand fans, and it was full of men wearing green and carrying green balloons. When state-run tv saw what was happening, the color was drained from the broadcast, and viewers saw the game in black and white. And when the fans began to chant “Death to the Dictator,” “Death to Russia,” and “Death to Putin, Chavez and Nasrallah, enemies of Iran,” the sound was shut off. So the game turned into a silent movie.

But the censors forgot about the radio, and the microphones stayed open, so that millions of listeners could hear the sounds of the revolution. And in Azadi Stadium, as in most parts of the country, the security officers either walked away or joined the party.

You will not have heard such stories, nor read about them in our “media,” which have raised denial of the day’s major events to an art form of late. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chavez; freedom; iran; iranazad; iranians; islamicregime; khamenei; mhmmdnsm09212009; mullahs; nasrallah; obama; putin; rebellion; regimechange; revolution; russia; venezuela
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1 posted on 09/21/2009 12:44:05 PM PDT by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

They wouldn’t want us to get any ideas.


2 posted on 09/21/2009 12:45:49 PM PDT by marstegreg
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To: AJKauf

MSM=Pravda.


3 posted on 09/21/2009 12:47:05 PM PDT by kjo
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To: AJKauf
Why cover it? It was a simple small demonstration, maybe in the thousands.

SARC:

4 posted on 09/21/2009 12:49:21 PM PDT by pennboricua
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To: nuconvert; freedom44; Cyrus the Great; LibreOuMort; sionnsar; DGHoodini; FARS; RaceBannon; ...

Free Iran Ping!

5 posted on 09/21/2009 12:49:57 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: AJKauf

Obozo frowns on big protests AKA angry mobs.

I am sure he has ordered the State Run media to ignore these things.


6 posted on 09/21/2009 12:52:17 PM PDT by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: AJKauf

Sounds like the Partisan Liberal Media’s coverage of 9-12 here in the States.


7 posted on 09/21/2009 12:53:05 PM PDT by SampleMan (Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
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To: AJKauf
“Death to Russia,” and “Death to Putin, Chavez and Nasrallah, enemies of Iran,”

Their enemies are our enemies. These Iranians recognize the enemy. Our own "president" is sucking up to the madmen in Caracas and Moscow who are scheming against the US.

8 posted on 09/21/2009 12:53:34 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: AJKauf
That's okay. We'll rely on the New Media!

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9 posted on 09/21/2009 12:54:00 PM PDT by DaveMSmith (Be interested, not interesting: Offer a wreath, not wrath)
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To: SolidWood
have raised denial of the dayÂ’s major events to an art form of late. ...
Nothing newsworthy here. We aren't going to report on noise./sarc
10 posted on 09/21/2009 12:56:41 PM PDT by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: indylindy
Obozo frowns on big protests AKA angry mobs. I am sure he has ordered the State Run media to ignore these things.

Yep. The parallels are too frightening to the ruling "elites":

angry masses going after the illegitimate powers in charge. In Tehran and in D.C.

11 posted on 09/21/2009 12:56:47 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: marstegreg
We need to be taking notes. If Supreme dictator Obama locks out the Internet with net neutrality, radio with a diversity czar and the print media with newspaper bailout then we may need to do this sort of thing at Wrigley Field and Miller Park.
12 posted on 09/21/2009 12:58:45 PM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
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Also see: Iranian Protestors tear down Hezbollah anti-Israeli banner
13 posted on 09/21/2009 12:59:37 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: SolidWood

One of these days Obozo won’t be able to fly over the angry mobs and ignore them.

People here are at the breaking point.

This sham of a government needs to be stopped. The damage done already is incredible.


14 posted on 09/21/2009 1:07:09 PM PDT by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: AJKauf
The revolution will not be televised
15 posted on 09/21/2009 1:09:00 PM PDT by a_screen_name
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To: AJKauf
The Iranian pot is boiling and the crazy Mullah's are trying to push down the lid ever tighter to hold in the gathering steam. Good luck with that. Real change is coming to Iran. God bless the brave Iranian freedom-fighters. You WILL have freedom and democracy in your country soon.
16 posted on 09/21/2009 1:19:28 PM PDT by JPG (Obama...a 24/7 nightmare.)
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To: AJKauf

bump


17 posted on 09/21/2009 1:23:35 PM PDT by Billg64 (It is my belief that this is our last opportunity to peacefully protect our republic.)
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To: AJKauf

Who knows. First Iranian Revolution. Then hope Venezuela. Then King Obama tared and feathered. One can hope, right?


18 posted on 09/21/2009 1:27:55 PM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: Logical me

2012 can’t come soon enough... or make that 2010. Regime change Congress first.


19 posted on 09/21/2009 1:33:13 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: SolidWood

I hope a republican takeover in 2010 doesn’t help bozo win in 2012 like it did with Bill Clinton.


20 posted on 09/21/2009 1:35:54 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (There is no "O" in Transparency.)
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