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Its seems everyone today has a blog, from lonely teenagers to hyperbolic sports fans to esteemed anchors of evening news broadcasts.
But one of the newest blogs takes the phenomenon one step further. Mahmood Ahmadinejad, his excellency the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has in the past few weeks set up a blog of his own, in four languages. The blog seeks comments from around the world and has pages in Farsi, Arabic, English and French. It features a photo of the Iranian president, an engineer and scientist by training, writing at a desk and offers typical blog fare: a welcoming statement, a question of the day and a space for comments.
Not surprisingly, the English page has had few viewers. Hani A. asks" "Al Salam Alaikum, I hope you could make the font of the words little bigger so that reading could be easier. Salem, Hani."
The blog question is certainly topical: "Do you think that the U.S. and Israeli intention and goal by attacking Lebanon is pulling the trigger for another world war?" So far, 71% of the more than 500,000 votes say "no." There is no breakdown by language.
Ahmadinejad's opening statement is autobiographical and as is the case with many blogs, a bit long, as even he admits: "I will continue this topic later on as it took long in the beginning. From now onwards, I will try to make it shorter and simpler."
Is his American counterpart, George W. Bush, considering a blog? Hardly. David Almacy, White House internet director, says "there are no current plans for the President to blog. As for the future, who knows?"
Still, says Almacy, Americans do have a way to communicate with the commander in chief.
"The president understands the power of the Internet... as evidenced in the whitehouse.gov Web site, where all the president's press conferences, speeches, statements are catalogued," notes Almacy. "We also have 'Ask the White House' on the site where people can ask questions and get a response. That's our vehicle."
Almacy also points out that the Iranian president appears to be conceding a large part of the world to the White House, noting that President Bush's site has Spanish pages, while President Ahmadinejad does not!
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More on Mother of All Blogs: Will President Bush be writing a Blog? To return to Newsweek's report of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's new blog, there's more ink on his excellency's daily online journal from NBC news producer Robert Windrem at The Daily Nightly in his piece "Tehran In The Blogosphere". Windrem also asks...
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There probably aren't many comments on the website because they are being monitored. Just a guess???
Olivia (Sent Aug 23, 2006 8:58:31 PM)
Are citizens of Iran allowed to have a blog? Are their comments regulated?
Carrie, New York (Sent Aug 23, 2006 4:09:52 PM)
Robert,
Today, after reading your blog I actually went and read the Iranian president's blog. I find it intreging that Mahmood Ahmadinejad calls the US terroist and The Great Satan. It is amusing that nothing was said about the nuclear talks or what his stand on this issue is(although, we know). If I were him publishing a blog in English and expected us to read it, I believe I would address interest of this country. Do you really think any Americans will respond? I didn't and doubt if I ever will.
Gina, Biloxi, MS (Sent Aug 23, 2006 3:11:56 PM)
All of the US government websites have email links where we are supposedly able to "ask questions and get a response" but they
very rarely respond unless the question indicates you already support
their stated policies. The idea of seeking the facts or asking for clarification seems beyond the grasp of government agencies.
When the White House posted it's "Victory in Iraq" document I asked several government agencies why the "Victory Plan" did not explain how the 500 man Iraqi Air Force was supposed to take over the
duties of 30,000 US air force personnel and fly 1500 air missions per week in Iraq with only four unarmed airplanes. Needlass to say I got no response to that one. I dare say it is not an unreasonable question.
rex, Pasadena CA (Sent Aug 23, 2006 2:44:40 PM)
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