Iran's Supreme Leader Says Wall Street Protests Will Tear Down The West

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recently commented on the Wall Street protests. "They [the US government] may crack down on this movement but cannot uproot it," Khamenei said. "Ultimately, it will grow so that it will bring down the capitalist system and the west."Sorry dude, but even though I'm going to go to a local protest tomorrow, I doubt we'll get even half of what we want. America and Europe will

My Thoughts on The Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter took over after defeating Ford in the presidential election. Jimmy Carter was really the first president to express interest in "green energy" so to speak. He even installed solar panels on the White House.  Despite this great early thinking it was met with realistic harshness of the times. There was a bad energy crisis and even gas went up to insane levels. Despite being labeled "a

Fact of the Day: Persia

The country known to the Western world as Persia was known in it's homeland as Iran for hundreds of years. It wasn't until the 20th century that the word Persia was replaced by Iran internationally.