My link is directing you to a 404 error message.If you type Istanbul in the search box on the right-side of the error page then scroll down to national news you will find the article. The title of the article "isIstanbul's bitterly rival soccer fans united for now by Turkey's anti-government protests”
Sorry,I don’t know why it wouldn’t let me link directly to the story.

would you like a map? we haven't made one.

Typically I am sarcastic.... but you caught me at a rare serious moment. Seriously...meander away!

It's better than it used to be :) Meander all you want...we like it.

Because I read it the way that I would have written it...dripping in sarcasm!

I love sarcasm, with it's numerous factions.

Almost as much as gin and tonic.

I am not familiar with your meandering practices...do tell! Lol. I do think the way this message board lends itself to confusion by the way we have to read replies.

no cease and desist order in effect here! we meander all over the grounds

I was explaining that to Mimi in case she wasn't aware of our meandering practices. Who requested you to cease??

"Meander a way on this post... I do not mind."

As you shouldn't...you introduced me to the "meander" term not to long ago. Remember?

But I will cease in honor of your request.

Meander a way on this post... I do not mind.

Okay. Lol. Start a new thread if you find it, I’m still reading up on the events currently going on in Turkey to have something worthwhile to add to the original topic here. :)

Maybe not.

There is a website from Canada that I once visited that had some pretty convincing data that refuted the plastic over glass argument...I'll search my memory bank and find it!

It’s cheaper for manufacturers to use plastic.

this religion has set back life for these people several hundred years. ruined human happiness, destroyed freedoms, produce nothing but terrorists

I got a real kick out of the glass Coke bottles...took me back to my youth when we would collect them from the roadside, and empty lots, to cash in for Yoo Hoos and moon-pies.

I have always wondered why we use so much oil to produce our plastic bottles, while we have no shortage of sand to make the glass out of.

Thanks for the link!

I don’t have any insight into the political chain of events that led to the Ayatollah Khomeini's installment, I did brief research on the Pahlavi dynasty, and further research on the dress custom, cultural history and practices of muslim women across the globe. I told somebody around here to look up old Iranian commercials to see how drastically things have changed there. I found this link if you are interested in old commercials from Iran http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CANlz-VMO... Go-go boots, mini-skirts, dyed blonde hair, with men and women in leisure activities together. Mind-blowing, really. It’s like the twilight zone compared to now.

Apathy yes, and yet, so has over sensitivity and p.c.ness.. all worked up and concerned over the WRONG stuff. ugh People!!

What strange bedfellows politics makes!

I am not sure why BP thought that the Ayatollah Khomeini would honor their oil rights. Do you have any insight into that?

The longer I watch the events in the Middle East, the more that I come to the conclusion that our two cultures are like trying to mix oil and water....

Thanks for your information.

no brain, no pain... Apathy has ruined this nation...

We stepped in on the behest of Britain because they were outraged with Iran’s decision to nationalize their oil.
That article is disingenuous. While the Shah was trying to westernize Iran, the process actually started when his father had been king, and the son did not respect religious freedoms. In fact, Muslim women were not allowed to wear the hijab in public. There were police officers on most city corners that would yank the scarf of any woman caught wearing it .Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi own wife and daughters were required to be photographed and seen in public without traditional garb.He shut down the traditional markets. This created a serious problem within the country with devout muslims. Entire families of muslims retired to their homes, and for a generation while the Pahlavi’s family was on the throne, the women of this muslim homes never left the house.. I’m talking about a full generation of muslims being raised in doors sheltered from the discrimination of their religion and the progress within thier country. That’s why there was such a blow-back when we turned our back on Pahlavi. Those families in hiding saw their chance. Now they are baby-boomers.
Iranian kids today have been raised under the tyranny of a muslim-rule, so the pendulum swings back.

Thank you for this.... seems like there's still more to this story. Is it related to Mosque building in the park?

Our people are completely ignorant of "fear"....which is 9 layers worse than not killing it.

If only our people would kill their fear...

Here is an article that is well written. there were several others as well on Information Clearinghouse.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info...

I meet your Turkey...and raise you one Iran!

Iran was once on a fast track to democracy, until President Carter threw the Shah under the double decker bus:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/08/j...