9/25/2004: The Afghani political campaign

Undertoad · 09-25-2004, 02:27 PM

Posters of electoral candidates campaigning ahead of Afghanistan's first presidential elections in October are displayed on a wall in the center of Kabul.

I wonder if the locals are disgusted by the negativity and mud-slinging...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-25-2004, 02:58 PM

Is that a woman running for office? She's allowed to have her picture, with no burkka, plastered all over the place?
Those Americans have ruined the place, I tell ya, just ruined it.

Cyber Wolf · 09-25-2004, 09:15 PM

Knowing absolutely nothing about any of these candidates, I'd vote for the guy with the green background in his picture. That's a keen hat

404Error · 09-25-2004, 10:20 PM

They look more like the 'Wanted' pictures in the post office than campaign posters to me.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-25-2004, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

Knowing absolutely nothing about any of these candidates, I'd vote for the guy with the green background in his picture. That's a keen hat

You've got a good eye.

I think that's Karzai. General, favorite and current prez.

floki · 09-26-2004, 02:32 AM

It is Hamid Karzai.

bobspoon · 09-27-2004, 07:21 AM

Want one of those karacul hats? You might want to check out the ingredients first...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...=news.quirkies

Mr. Karzai is certainly very stylish, but won't be getting a Christmas card from PETA any time soon.

A bit more information about karacul to be found at http://www.hsus.org/ace/12046.

wolf · 09-27-2004, 07:14 PM

I think the fellow with the ghostly advisor has potetial ...

zippyt · 09-27-2004, 09:50 PM

LOOK its Cheech right in the middle !!!!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-28-2004, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobspoon

Want one of those karacul hats? You might want to check out the ingredients first...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...=news.quirkies

Mr. Karzai is certainly very stylish, but won't be getting a Christmas card from PETA any time soon.

A bit more information about karacul to be found at http://www.hsus.org/ace/12046.

The Afghans have been wearing the hats and coats made of Karakul lamb fur for thousands of years. I’d bet that there were enough naturally occurring, dead, unborn and newborn lambs to supply what they needed.
The problem is globalization. When the style(material) becomes a profitable export, either to the next country or the next continent, the money talks and the sheep die. Sorry sheep, nothing personal, strictly business.

dar512 · 09-28-2004, 01:53 PM

The guy with the green background looks just like some character actor - even down to the beard and moustache. I know I've seen that face in a movie... I just can't come up with it.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-28-2004, 04:16 PM

That guy with the green background (president Karzai) looks like Ben Kingsley. Gandhi, Shindler's list and about 40 other movies plus probably 100 stage plays.

garnet · 09-28-2004, 04:30 PM

"Hamid Karzai's famous hat made from aborted lamb fetuses"

I wanna know who came up with THIS fashion tip...yuck.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2004, 10:24 PM

Can't help you, Garnet. I'm not THAT old.

chrisinhouston · 09-30-2004, 08:01 AM

I've heard the women candidate interviewed, she says she has had some real obsticles to overcome and is not given the same opportunities as the men are.

Interesting how some of the guys want to be portrayed so seriously and some are smiling, some in traditional garb and some in western clothes. Does the guy in the upper left look like the guy in the upper right corner less the hat?

One guy is reading a book, maybe the Koran? Why does that guy have a huge fountain pen on his poster, is he a writer or does he sell pens?

so many questions...

09-25-2004, 02:27 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/25/2004: The Afghani political campaign Posters of electoral candidates campaigning ahead of Afghanistan's first presidential elections in October are displayed on a wall in the center of Kabul. I wonder if the locals are disgusted by the negativity and mud-slinging...

09-25-2004, 02:58 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Is that a woman running for office? She's allowed to have her picture, with no burkka, plastered all over the place? Those Americans have ruined the place, I tell ya, just ruined it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-25-2004, 09:15 PM	#3
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Knowing absolutely nothing about any of these candidates, I'd vote for the guy with the green background in his picture. That's a keen hat __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

09-25-2004, 10:20 PM	#4
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	They look more like the 'Wanted' pictures in the post office than campaign posters to me. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

09-26-2004, 02:32 AM	#6
floki slacking Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 31	Correct It is Hamid Karzai.

09-27-2004, 07:21 AM	#7
bobspoon Fellow-Commoner Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10	interesting fashion item Want one of those karacul hats? You might want to check out the ingredients first... http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...=news.quirkies Mr. Karzai is certainly very stylish, but won't be getting a Christmas card from PETA any time soon. A bit more information about karacul to be found at http://www.hsus.org/ace/12046.

09-27-2004, 07:14 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think the fellow with the ghostly advisor has potetial ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-27-2004, 09:50 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	LOOK its Cheech right in the middle !!!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-28-2004, 01:53 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The guy with the green background looks just like some character actor - even down to the beard and moustache. I know I've seen that face in a movie... I just can't come up with it.

09-28-2004, 04:16 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That guy with the green background (president Karzai) looks like Ben Kingsley. Gandhi, Shindler's list and about 40 other movies plus probably 100 stage plays. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-28-2004, 04:30 PM	#13
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	"Hamid Karzai's famous hat made from aborted lamb fetuses" I wanna know who came up with THIS fashion tip...yuck.

09-29-2004, 10:24 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Can't help you, Garnet. I'm not THAT old. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-30-2004, 08:01 AM	#15
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I've heard the women candidate interviewed, she says she has had some real obsticles to overcome and is not given the same opportunities as the men are. Interesting how some of the guys want to be portrayed so seriously and some are smiling, some in traditional garb and some in western clothes. Does the guy in the upper left look like the guy in the upper right corner less the hat? One guy is reading a book, maybe the Koran? Why does that guy have a huge fountain pen on his poster, is he a writer or does he sell pens? so many questions...

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