The Iranian President

The Life of
Iranian President Ahmedinejad



The Fox News TV (USA) asked
the Iranian President Ahmedinejad,
'When you look into the mirror
in the morning what do you say
to yourself'?

He answered:
I see the person in the mirror
and tell him 'Remember, you are
no more than a small servant,
ahead of you today is the
heavy responsibility, and that is
to serve the Iranian nation'.

Ahmedinejad, the Iranian President
who astonished many when
he first reached the Office of the Presidency
by donating all the high valued
Iranian carpets to
one of the mosques in Tehran
and replacing them with
low cost ordinary carpets..

He observed that there was
a huge extravagant lounge for
receiving and welcoming the VIPs
and he ordered it to be closed
and asked the protocol office
to arrange for an ordinary room
only with wooden chairs.

On many instances
he joins the cleaning staff
of the municipality for cleaning the streets
in the area where his home and
the Presidency are located.

Under his authority
whenever he appoints any minister
to a post he gets a signed document
from the appointee with many points
particularly highlighting that
he shall remain poor and that
his personal and his relatives accounts
will be watched and the day he leaves
the ministry shall be with dignity,
and therefore it is not lawful for him
or his relatives to take any advantage
of his office.

First of all he declared himself
for all the 'Big' wealth and the property
he owned was a Peugeot 504 car, model 1977,
an old small house inherited from
his father 40-years ago in one of the
poorest zones in Tehran.

His accounts with a zero balance
and the only money comes in to his account
was from his salary from the university
as a lecturer with an amount of US$ 250 only.

For your information the President still lives
in that same house.

This is all what he owns;
the president of one of the world's
important countries; strategically, economically,
politically and with regard to its oil and defense.

He even doesn't take his personal salary
with the argument that all the wealth
belongs to the nation and he is
the safeguard over it.

One of the things that impressed the staff
at the presidency is the bag the
President brings with him every day,
which contains his breakfast;
some sandwiches or bread with
olive oil and cheese prepared by his wife
and eats and enjoys it with all happiness.

One of the other things he changed
was his personal carrier 'the President's Aircraft'
to a cargo aircraft in order to save
the spending from the public treasury
and he ordered that he will be flying
with the ordinary airline in the economy class.

He organizes meetings every now and then
with all the ministers to know their activities
and efficiency.

He closed down the office of the
Manager of the president and any minister
can enter to his office without any permission.

He also stopped the welcome ceremonies
like the red carpet, the photo session
or any personal advertisement or
respect of any kind while visiting
any place in the country.

Whenever he has to stay in any of the hotels
he asks them to make sure not to give him a room
with any big bed because he doesn't like
to sleep on beds but rather likes
to sleep on the floor on a simple mattress with a blanket.

The Iranian president is sleeping
in the guest room of his house
after getting away from his special guards
who follow him wherever he goes and
photo is taken by his small brother
according to the Wifaq Newspaper
which published this photo
and the next day the photo was published
in most of the world's newspapers
and magazines and particularly the America.

During the prayer you can see that
he is not sitting in the first row.

And the final photo is of his dining room
where the president is busy eating his simple meal.

Try comparing this with the
emoluments and privileges
our ministers get ...
plus the amount they loot

How many of our Presidents, PMs, Ministers
& politicians enjoy (?) such a life!!!

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Thank you to hubby for sharing this e-mail.

love for 364

Perfumes, chocolates, flowers, dinner under the stars, and everything else romantic are a huge hit on the big love day called Valentine. But how do you celebrate love for the next 364 days?

1. Use a friendly touch.
Touch your partner's arm when talking to him or ruffle his hair as you walk past. Physical touch is one of the five languages of love.

2. Take pride.
Tell your partner that you are proud of him and mean it.

3. Be present.
For a few moments each day, give your partner your undivided attention.

4. End with a kiss.
Kiss your partner goodnight, even if you have fallen out. This will show him/her that your relationship is more important to you than your argument.

your idea of a good friend

I got this from a new blogger friend John. I think it is a beautiful summary of friendship and growing up and I would like to share it to everybody.

# In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one.

# In first grade your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls.

# In second grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you stand up to the class bully.
# In third grade your idea of a good friend was the person who shared their lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus.

# In fourth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who was willing to switch square dancing partners in gym so you wouldn't have to bestuck do-si-do-ing with Nasty Nicky or Smelly Susan.

# In fifth grade your idea of a friend was the person who saved a seat on the back of the bus for you.

# In sixth grade your idea of a friend was the person who went up to Nick or Susan, your new crush, and asked them to dance with you, so that if they said no you wouldn't have to be embarrassed.

# In seventh grade your idea of a friend was the person who let you copy the social studies homework from the night before that you had.

# In eighth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up your stuffed animals and old baseball cards so that your room would be a "high schooler's" room, but didn't laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears.

# In ninth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who went to that"cool" party thrown by a senior so you wouldn't wind up being the only freshman there.

# In tenth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who changed their schedule so you would have someone to sit with at lunch.

# In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend was the person who gave you rides in their new car, convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded,consoled you when you broke up with Nick or Susan, and found you a date to the prom.

# In twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a college, assured you that you would get into that college,helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time adjusting to the idea of letting you go.

# At graduation your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you.

# The summer after twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you clean up the bottles from that party, helped you sneak out of the house when you just couldn't deal with your parents, assured you that now that you and Nick or you and Susan were back together, you could make it through anything, helped you pack up for college and just silently hugged you as you looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories you were leaving behind, and those last days of childhood, went out of their way to give you assurance that you would make it in college as well as you had these past 18 years, and most importantly sent you off to college knowing you were loved.

# Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices, hold your hand when you're scared, helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you, thinks of you at times when you are not there, reminds you of what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind you but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer, stays with you so that you have confidence, goes out of their way to make time for you, helps you clear up your mistakes, helps you deal with pressure from others, smiles for you when they are sad, helps you become a better person, and most importantly loves you!

If you enjoyed this, please feel free to copy or pass it on to your friends. A happy Monday morning and i wish for you to find your true friend like i found mine.