Don’t let anyone ever tell you the spirit of freedom is dead. It lives on and is healthy in Iran. Technology is its weapon, twitter, texting, blogging, video, stills, Facebook, and sundry websites chronicle the fight against tyranny. AND IT IS GREAT, HEART WARMING!
Christopher Rhoads pens an article in Tuesday’s WSJ that references one Mehdi Saharkhiz, the 27 year old graphic designer, son of an imprisoned Iranian journalist, saying of the techies, “they have become their own news agency!” Indeed, they have figured out a way around the government stops, filters, and goons! Some of his videos can be seen on YouTube here.
Two points are worth making: One, Obama and his minions missed their chance to support a potential overthrow of this vile and dangerous statist regime. Obama seeks instead to curry favor with that regime. He is betting on the outcome and practical in that regard but wholly without the values that made this country great. He’d rather take the easy “mi amigo” course that he does with Chavez. Learn that lesson well.
Two: School yourselves on the latest technology. As was often true in the events leading up to 1776, the pen was indeed mighty, and indeed necessary. Today technology is the ink. It would be wise to learn that lesson as well!
Tom Motherway