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olegramps

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14. Sometimes death solves some very difficult problems.

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Thu Mar 5, 2015, 03:01 PM

Mar 2015

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Iran supreme leader said to be in critical condition [View all] Mosby Mar 2015 OP

Who is next in line ? obnoxiousdrunk Mar 2015 #1

Democracy, one would hope. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #2

The Iranians do have a way to ELECT the Supreme Leader. happyslug Mar 2015 #22

Not exactly what I meant by democracy. But thanks for the info! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #23

The Guardian Council has disqualified a large number of candidates over the years. StevieM Mar 2015 #24

as somone who was born e-cigdub Mar 2015 #35

I never said Iran was a Western Style Democracy. happyslug Mar 2015 #37

500,000 e-cigdub Mar 2015 #38

Sounds like the Vatican where Cardinals elect the Pope warrant46 Mar 2015 #40

Another theocratic despot with an imaginary friend. Throd Mar 2015 #3

If the teabaggers were in charge, we'd be there, too. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #4

Why does it annoy you so much? leftynyc Mar 2015 #5

Because some of them want to write laws based on their fairy tales. Throd Mar 2015 #6

bingo. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #7

Then complain about that leftynyc Mar 2015 #9

If anybody wants to say "God bless America" I have no problem with that. Throd Mar 2015 #13

Do you think this President leftynyc Mar 2015 #15

No. I think you're confusing me with another poster. Throd Mar 2015 #16

No - I'm not leftynyc Mar 2015 #17

Someone else referenced the President saying "God bless America". Throd Mar 2015 #18

actually, 22% no longer believe. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #8

So what? leftynyc Mar 2015 #10

Oh jeez, we're back to Rick Warren and its "just a little prayer!11!! Ignore it!!1!! riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #19

Uh - no - we're not leftynyc Mar 2015 #28

You're saying we should "ignore it" riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #29

I have never said you leftynyc Mar 2015 #30

You said we should "ignore it". riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #31

No - I asked why can't you ignore it leftynyc Mar 2015 #32

Ignoring it = shut up imo. Have I said that enough times now? riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #33

Doesn't bother me one bit. 840high Mar 2015 #20

*hear Keefer Mar 2015 #26

References by Presidents to the divine are as old as the nation onenote Mar 2015 #36

The front runner is a man named Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi StevieM Mar 2015 #11

Can we call him the "Shah" for short? n/t VWolf Mar 2015 #12

Sometimes death solves some very difficult problems. olegramps Mar 2015 #14

And I hope I live long enough to see many of today's nemises move on to their great reward NBachers Mar 2015 #27

Hmm, my sympathy meter didn't even twitch n/t Lurks Often Mar 2015 #21

Israeli papers reporting second-hand Saudi tabloids? Takashi Zara Mar 2015 #25

I feel no sympathy for the death of any religious leader of any faith. FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #34

Iran’s Khamenei appears in public to curb rumors of near death Mosby Mar 2015 #39