Update: President (?) caught red-handed, see below.
The last person I’d expect to start a blog is Iran’s ultra-radical President, Mahmood Ahmadinejad. But he did. (click on the small US/UK flag to get to th English version).
The man who threatened to give the US an apocalyptic final answer to the nuclear issue on Aug 22 posted this poll.
As with most polls, after voting you can see the current vote-count – unfortunately in this case separated from the original questions. The vote count still speaks for itself: 80% responded NO to the loaded question.
I wonder how long it will stay up…
(Disclaimer: I have no way to verify if this is indeed the Iranian President’s blog or just a spoof).
Update (8/13): Jim just pointed out in a comment that YES votes are increasing steadily. I guess the entire Revolutionary Guard is ordered to vote … but wait a minute! The absolute numbers are more interesting than the percentages. Look at the snapshot taken at 1:55PM PST:
Not only YES votes are the majority, but the total number of votes is 3473, vs 4501 some 90 minutes ago. The absolute number of NO votes dropped from 3595 to 1607! Votes are disappearing!!!!
Alright, we know where this ends: by tomorrow there will be a handful of token NO votes left and a nicely controlled absolute majority will demonstrated to the whole world that the US and Israel are the evils trying to start WWIII… just as he wanted. What a joke.
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LOL the current poll is 1339-Yes 3008-No. It appears that a few voters changed their mind–possibly with a gun pointing at their mind.
Maybe he is from Chicago
Wonder what would have happened if Bush had a blog and posted surveys on Iraq Invasion, Afghan Invasion, Pak Support etc. etc. !!!
Its tickles me to even think of it. Some stop me..I am Laughing !!!
FYI, although site info is filtered, it is registered in Iran and the servers are ns1.nisn.ir and ns2.nisn.ir.
Mahdi Ahmadi Nejad is the domain name holder registered at Motahari Ave. at Raham St. Tehran, IR 1567718571. He may be reached for confirmation at president.irsite@gmail.com.
Yes, one has to admire the openess. In his first letter, ahMADinejad points out his progress from poverty, in the vein of Stalin and Pol Pot, to executioner to make good.
(Ed. make good? Shirley shum mishtake?)
Funny that
The idea of us trying to start a war is ridiculous and just shows how fanatic and crazy Iran’s president is. Nobody should be surprised that they will change the results of the poll. Iran’s government controls everything there.
see what the site does to visitors with Israel IP addresses
http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/08/ahmadenijad_blog_contains_a_li.html
Zoli, I stand corrected on previous comment
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/08/16/iran-spreading-viruses-through-ahmadinejads-blog/
Thanks, Vinnie. I was reluctant to post it originally, being doubtful that the President of Iran woudl resort to measures that are really just pranks compared to the rest of his arsenal.
What appears to be a fact though is the manipluation of poll results as documented above here….
I think they are trying to make him look bad, ruin his image, don’t think somebody is that stupid … if he was he wouldn’t have got the chance to be president.
I am listening to this fool as I type with only one question. Does he ever answer a question without asking another question. Freud might have addressed this trait. Oh I forgot, Sigmund Freud was not a scientist.
As for his answer (more questions) regarding sexual preference. Of course there are no homosexuals in Iran, they are all dead.
This man is no longer just a bigot, he is now a fool.
iranian people are good because they are against the americans and that i like it.i don’t mean that i am the supporter of taliban and other criminals league but iranian president looks nice.not in apperence but in nature.nuclear power shoud be enlarged and developed.i am supporting the iranian.who are the americans to stop it? russia is there to help u. don’t worry president. don’t try to cause third world war.