Virtual Existence Time Machine

So what happened inside the Iranian election? There was only one poll carried out by a western news organization. It was jointly commissioned by the BBC and ABC News, and conducted by an independent entity called the Center for Public Opinion (CPO) of the New America Foundation. The CPO has a reputation of conducting accurate opinion polls, not only in Iran, but across the Muslim world since 2005. The poll, conducted a few weeks before the elections , predicted an 89 percent turnout rate. Further, it showed that Ahmadinejad had a nationwide advantage of two to one over Mousavi.   “It is over!” Ali proclaims at 8am as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s lead is near 65%. He is declared winner by all media by 10am. There is a major challenge from Mousavi and that will not quiet down any time soon. There were about 300 representatives from the International press in Tehran for the election.   According to official results, there were 46.2 million registered voters in Iran. The turnout was mas...

Back in 1978 when things were getting dicey in Tehran, I remember every time President Carter made a   public statement about Iran, tensions increased. The Iranian public gets all the news; much more than the American public, and they are very sensitive to the words of the American president and top government officials.   Now, in 2009, when President Obama makes comments like, " We also say we're not going to just wait indefinitely and allow for the development of a nuclear weapon, the breach of international treaties, and wake up one day and find ourselves in a much worse situation and unable to act, " And the Washington Post writes , " He said that he and others had sought only the strong condemnation that the G8 delivered and not for the summit to embrace new sanctions against Iran, despite news reports to the contrary.  But it remained unclear what further pressure could be exerted on Tehran, which has rejected international demands to suspend a nuclear pro...