No really, it does.
It sits in on meetings and everything.
h/t Sigmund.
Update: I should have included a picture.
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No really, it does.
It sits in on meetings and everything.
h/t Sigmund.
Update: I should have included a picture.
[…] Ophelia Benson reports that the cardboard Khomeini, the inaugural Supreme Leader of Iran, has been touring the country and even sitting in on meetings. Perhaps North Korea isn’t the only thanatocracy. (At UCL, the auto-icon of our founder, Jeremy Bentham, supposedly sits in on the occasional meeting, too.) Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInDiggRedditEmailPrintLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. […]
[…] Ophelia Benson reports that Ayatollah Khomeini, the inaugural Supreme Leader of Iran, has returned and is touring the country in cardboard form, and even sitting in on meetings. Perhaps North Korea isn’t the only thanatocracy. (At UCL, the auto-icon of our founder, Jeremy Bentham, supposedly sits in on the occasional meeting, too.) Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInDiggRedditEmailPrintLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. […]
Jeremy Bentham’s been doing that for years. The question is does he vote?
Vote? What is vote? Of course he doesn’t vote; he fatwas.
He’s a firm believer in “one man, one vote.” He’s the man and he has the vote. Since he’s not around any more, his successors take care of the voting for him. Occasionally they let the plebs vote for the candidate of their choice.
Reminds me of Jesus Camp, where the kids pray to a standee of George Bush. It feels nice to make fun of crazy across an ocean or two. Not so nice to remember that the same crazy lives next door…
Thank goodness that photo of Khomeini is a photo of someone who just *looks* like Mohammed might have and not a photo of Mohammed. Whew. That’s a close one.
Please, please tell me this is a joke. Please. Pretty please?
Can anyone give us a summary translation? Maybe Maryam?
Does the Revolution get crucified at the end?
Does his mouth move up and down like a Monty Python cartoon?
Maryam’s giving a talk in Stockholm today.
It’s only a Papadoc, Kim Young’un.
I’d be really concerned if the poster spoke at these events.
No “graven” images, eh? Except the asshole du jour? And anything over 12 feet is, for the faithful, truly inspiring.
Check out the running blog of Cardboard Khomeini’s (mis)adventures at CardboardKhomeini.com
Was anyone else reminded of the dead son scene in the Kentucky Fried Movie?
Raphael
United Appeal for the Dead.