Mahmood Ahmadinejad goes blogging

Posted by Guessedworker on Monday, 14 August 2006 16:19.

Iran’s President Ahmadinejad has a blog. It’s in English, too ... English so poor that I can only suppose he really wrote it himself. But never mind. My Persian is not great either.

The page is a bit slow to load. But if you have an hour or two on your hands, and don’t have to go down the shelter, you can always ask the hip, young bearded one a question or two. Something like this, perhaps:-

Dear Humble Servant of Almighty Allah’s glorious messenger (pbuh, natch),

I was struck by this passage in your writing ...

Since the extinct shah - Mohammad Reza - was supposed to take and enter Iran into western civilization slavishly, so many schemes were implemented that Iran becomes another market for the western ceremonial goods without any progress in the scientific field. Our Islamic culture would not allow such an infestation, and this was an impediment in front of shah and his foreign masters’ way. Thus, they decided to make this noble and tenacious culture weak gradually that Iran be attached strongly to the west as far as its economy, politics, and culture was concern.

... and it occurred to me that, as the decent and fair man you undoubtedly are, you could not possibly object if our noble and tenacious Western culture would not allow an Islamic “infestation”. Or have I got something badly wrong there?

Link to the Ahmadinejad blog from Rowan Berkeley’s post to New Right Online Forum.

Tags: World Affairs

Comments:

Posted by JJR Apologist on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:28 | #

‘Nejad did not and cannot open the immigration gates to the West… but the forces that did are attempting the same cultural + economic enslavement of his nation.

Posted by Guessedworker on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:56 | #

But does he, a devout Moslem, grant us the same defence he takes unto himself? Or are we mere infidels fit only to walk in fear of the faithful?

Posted by AnotherLurker on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:58 | #

The Iranian President has an IQ of 135 (or better).

Ahmadinejad’s blog entry said that he placed 132 out of 400,000 on a university entrance exam. Of course, not every kid tried for university, but if we assume all the smart kids tried, then we can find a minimum number.

I can’t get through to the blog, Reuter’s reported cover it:
“His origins as the son of “a hard-bitten toiler blacksmith” may have
been humble, but he says he excelled at school where he said he came
132nd out of 400,000 in exams to enter university”

So that is the 99.96725 percentile. Iranian’s National IQ is 84,
standard deviation of 15. Excel Norminv(.9996725,84,15) returns 135.

Posted by Nick Tamiroff on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:21 | #

Small point,but the language of Iran is Farsi,not Persian.

Posted by Guessedworker on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:47 | #

Thanks for the correction, Nick.

IQ 135 is pretty much what one would expect in a national leader. A university lecturer comes in at 130, and God knows we wouldn’t want the world run by people as dumb as that.

Posted by Al Ross on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:22 | #

The age-old question is : Are Islam’s adherents stupid because they are Muslims or are they Muslims because they are stupid?

Posted by Nick Tamiroff on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:40 | #

To answer Al Ross’question,without going into a long-winded analysis—YES!.

Posted by Nick Tamiroff on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:54 | #

GW-Achieving an I.Q. of 135 requires a substantial amount of analytical reasoning,and real-world education.Who administered the test-his resident Imman? And it definately is not Sanford -Benet based.I don’t recall it ever being translated into Arabic or Farsi,nor Quran based.Maybe Mike Wallace verified it,during his ass-kissing interview. Semper Fi

Posted by Guessedworker on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:42 | #

Well, Nick, he had more education than I did.

Andrew, I’ve not quite got a handle on Rowan, I admit. He is very knowledgeable and widely read but I don’t think he joins up the same dots that I do, for instance. However, he has a good nose for factual interest. A lot of his links are useful stuff.

Posted by A. Windaus on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:08 | #

I think you forget that he is just the president, he is not the Supreme Leader, that role goes to someone by the name of Sayyed Ali Khamenei.

Posted by Nick Tamiroff on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:58 | #

GW-You say he had “more education than I did”- a felonious presumption.A monosectarian system [Islam],can never create individuals capable of free and analytical thought,which is one of the precursors of actual intelligence.Thought processes are restricted by innate religious dictates,early-aged schooling[madrassas],and politics of youth.Altho my Sanford-Benet I.Q. is well above his purported,there are several on this site who would make him blubber in frustration.Cheers!