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Fascinating...

...and here we have been discussing FDR and his court packing intimidation plan to get the bypass the Law of the land and get the Justices to reverse their decisions that social security and the minimum wage were unconstitutional.

Larry...you have to remember a picture in Iran is not worth a thousand words it is worth a TRILLION words - because most of the populace cannot READ their newspaper - but they can SEE the PICTURE!

So when you can't read - the names mean nothing. If it LOOKS like the Ayatollah - it might as well BE the Ayatollah.

People's lives ruined -folks arrested because of illiteracy. Forget Tom's cargo cult theory - it's simple unwashed ignorance which makes these nations backwards. Unfortunately they can't even read these posts or have any use for the internet aside from pictures.

It's truly sad. Thanks for posting it. It puts a spotlight on how ignorance can lead to false impressions and utter insanity. Think how easy people can manipulate the masses with word of mouth lies! Any story can't be verified by the masses - they must take it at face value.

In such a backwards world a 66 year old political cartoon can seem as if it was penned yesterday as an anti Khomeni message.

SDAI-Tech1

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