Blogging the democratic revolution
Discoshaman has his Ukraine update for 01/31. Read the rest too, he has some interesting thoughts going around. UPDATE: David Geisen has one too.
Andy posts an interesting article relating how revolutions that pull through usually have the help of the capital’s mayor. After observing that the Orange Revolution in Ukraine may never have happened without the support of Kiev’s mayor they go on to argue that, if Putin wants to keep his job, he really needs to keep…
Dan McMinn has two good articles up well worth reading. The first is on Yushchenko’s legacy and the other is a historical profile on Kuchma.
Mohammed ponders the victory over the terrorists, and what must now be done to use this victory to its greatest advantage. If anything, they can take some notes from Ukraine on how to direct that kind of energy.
John is reporting on good press in the Arab media post-Iraq elections: This New York Times article is a surprisingly positive one about both the Iraqi elections and the way in which Arab media covered them. Of particular interest is the coverage of the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network, The daylong reporting of the election process, details…
I hadn’t mentioned it yet give the situation in Iraq, but Yushchenko and Saakashvili were nominated by Senators McCain and Clinton for the Nobel Peace Prize. I got the info via: Blog de Connard. I found it pretty interesting though, since McCain is my senator. I checked out his website and… sure enough. I thought…
Already, David McDuff has posted Part 7 of his Going Back series.
Chrenkoff has posted his next installment of good news from Iraq, but you might need a few hours to read it all. And that is definitely a good thing.
Freedom House finds in an 89 page study that the Saudi government is distributing hate literature within the U.S. through mosques. WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2005- Freedom House????????s Center for Religious Freedom released today a new report exposing the dissemination of hate propaganda in America by the government of Saudi Arabia. The 89-page report, ???????Saudi…
I thought this picture needed its own post… Via Jeff Jarvis
David McDuff has posted the next installment of his Going Back series, part six.
Chrenkoff has posted his part 3 of E-day news. And he promises the “Good News From Iraq” roundup tomorrow.
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While the New York Times spews Molotovian propaganda for land reform in Venezuela, Miguel’s got some AUTHENTIC reporting about what a terrifying disaster it’s becoming, a serious maelstrom of murder, violence, bloodshed and thuggery. This is a must read, the important truth from the blog trumping the flowery ‘Imagine’ picture written up about in the…
I was reading the comments from Iraq the Model and noticed the sweet presence of visitors from other lands fighting oppression in their own distant countries. I loved the greetings from the Chinese and Venezuelan names. Word is spreading to every corner on earth,. And the reality is, their time for freedom is going to…
Usually John Hawkins does this sort of thing, and he probably will come Monday, but I figured I’d get a jump on it. Now, we all know about the Democratic Underground. It’s basically a breeding website for the far-left socialist type, where they can masturbate each others’ conspiracy theories and nonsensical elitist egos. On such…
Norman Geras has an interesting story to tell: Here’s a story for our time and it’s from my neck of the woods. Demonstrators against the Iraqi election were chased off by people who weren’t too impressed with their demonstration. The demonstrators were from an Islamic group; the ones who got upset with them were… Iraqis:…
Mohammed and Omar at Iraq the Model have posted their election day summary. I liked this part the best: The first thing we saw this morning on our way to the voting center was a convoy of the Iraqi army vehicles patrolling the street, the soldiers were cheering the people marching towards their voting centers…
The Wall Street Journal did an Iraqi blog roundup of post-election reactions. And Jeff Jarvis is a blog roundup pimp; he’s got just about everything. And Friends of Democracy has many interviews from the streets. Just scroll.
What is quickly becoming a new symbol of defiance, revolution, and democracy is the ink-stained finger representing that someone has just voted. Via: Fox News Via: Cigars in the Sand Via: Cigars in the Sand Via: Chris Muir More photos here and a slideshow here and even more here.
Check out this article from the AP that discusses Arab world reaction to the elections just held. I thinik some people are in denial!
But CNN doesn’t think so. Check out how this article is constructed. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Polls have closed and ballot counting has begun after Iraq’s first free election in a half century, with officials reporting a higher than expected turnout of registered voters amid attacks and threats of violence. Insurgents carried out more than…
IEDs (full disclosure: I write for this site) has stories here, here and here.
I outline NYT reporter Juan Forero’s propaganda that gives Venezuela’s dictator Hugo Chavez a boost, now that he’s off to Porto Alegre to defend Zimbabwe-style land expropriations. Juan’s timing for Chavez is just ‘coincidentally’ perfect, and his arguments are party-line. As news, it’s weeks late, but it’s just perfect to re-frame the debate for Chavez’s…
Alek Boyd has found the news clip showing that Fox News has picked up Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez’s filthy talk directed at distinguished United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Go there and view the film clip.