In the wake of protests in Iran, many Republicans have formed a chorus of critique, claiming that Obama has not done enough to position the United States on the side of the Iranian opposition. Leading the charge in this critique is John McCain. In blustering, chest-beating statements, he has accused Obama of not being “tough,” said he “has not done enough” and needs to “come out more strongly” against oppression in Iran. Following not far behind McCain in masculine swagger has been Lindsey Graham, who called the President “timid and …

While the Western media was busy dropping the ball on its coverage of the Iranian uprising, Twitter brought us the news directly from the source.

What did the U.S. news outlets do when they finally got rolling? They posted the Twitter ID’s of actual students in Iran…so people could follow them — people like, say, THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT! How retarded can you get? That’s like if, during World War II, the U.S. posted the names and addresses of the people in the French underground.

In today’s world of info-bombardment, news travels fast, but snark breaks faster than the speed of light.
To wit, an observational, yet strangely conflating tweet Wednesday from Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI):
Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.
The action Hoekstra referred to was the grandstanding efforts of a dozen Congressmembers as the House adjourned for its August recess last year. Boiled down to its essence, it was an extended tantrum of “Drill, baby, drill!” replete with pizzas supplied by …

I wasn’t going to post anything about the situation in Iran because it was all happening so fast and I’m to slow to react to something like that. But I did stumble across some amazing photos of the protest that I thought were worth sharing. The last few are a bit graphic so be warned.

Earlier today (or maybe it was earlier tomorrow – I’m not sure how the time change works), the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah mumble mumble mumble, directed the Guardian Council to look into the election results. According to Iranian-run television, the Ayatollah (or The Big A-toll) directed the Guardian Council to “carefully probe” the results. This means that the relationship between the Guardian Council and the election results is only valid in about a half dozen states. Everywhere else, the best they can hope for is a …