Twitter Gets Political
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In order to accommodate communication in Iran - which, in the face of a possibly rigged election and consequential protests and information blockade has been using Twitter to spread news regarding - the microblogging site has rescheduled its maintenance downtime.
Twitter announced its plans via its blog, expressing gratitude for network partners NTT America for "being flexible in what is essentially an inflexible situation."
Good going Twitter!
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Posted: June 16, 2009 at 11:45 am
1st fuck rags!
The US election in 2000 was HIGHLY RIGGED. I wish Americans were less passive and took to the streets the same with, sans the violence.
Re: LULU~* – The US Election in 2000 was NOT rigged! Quit repeating revisionist history and conspiracy theory's. That year the county was equally divided between Bush and Gore which resulted in a very close race. Bush just happened to come out the winner but it could have easily been Gore. The Democrats gambled on contesting the election in the court system with slim hope of pulling out a victory. Ultimately they never a solid argument to justify overturning existing election law. The Supreme court's decision in layman's terms simply said follow the existing law there has been no violation here. After the fact many newspapers (New York Times, LA Times, Chicago trib) Clinton's justice dept and the NAACP investigated the Florida vote. They all found that Bush would have won regardless of the courts decision.
You don't have to like it but facts are facts.
"possibly rigged"??? perez, this is the biggest news story in the world right now. get with it. there's a revolution happening!
Maybe, just maybe, Bush and Blair knew something that we all didn't know when they invaded Iraq. Isn't it good that we have an ally just West of these unstable America/Israel-hating idiots.
The United States of America needs to mind their own fucking business. The White House is "deeply concerned" about the election…? Bitch please. Get off the nuts of Iran immediately. Just because Ahmadinejad doesn't wanna be their bitch, the US is very frustrated. They've been frustrated ever since the Shah left. So what if the election was rigged? The world is a fucked up place. We can't change that unless everyone wants to change it together, and they don't. The US certainly doesn't want to help with change at all. It's just very frustrating to watch the news because we only hear the westernized sides of what is happening. It'll never stop being the White Man's Burden, will it?
America says: Nobody else can have weapons, nobody else can test their missles, nobody else can break the fucking UN's laws. Oh my god. Cordell Hull is rolling in his fucking grave, and most likely has been for yeeeeeears.
Re: Bö!!!SEMICOLON!!!rte Petrarchia – The US is not involved in the Iranian elections. You clearly have a very warped hateful view of the world, try to work on fixing that.