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And here we begin yet another entry whose title was so very nearly something like, "How F*cking Stupid Are These CheeseF*cking, P*ssDrinking, GoatBl*wing Cretins!?" And I thought to myself, "Self, while it's true that the Bush administration's apparent plans to nuke Isfahan might even exceed in stupidity a target selection guided by a game of drunken pin-the-turban-on-the-mullah in the Oval Office played with a map of the Middle East, such a title might not properly clue readers in to the topic of the post. Further, I'm offended by the implied abuse of innocent goats and it's too long and unwieldy even to be (peace be upon Dave Barry) a good band name. While you're at it, don't forget to throw in some nice pictures." It was a fair point, so here we are.
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And here we begin yet another entry whose title was so very nearly something like, "How F*cking Stupid Are These CheeseF*cking, P*ssDrinking, GoatBl*wing Cretins!?" And I thought to myself, "Self, while it's true that the Bush administration's apparent plans to nuke Isfahan might even exceed in stupidity a target selection guided by a game of drunken pin-the-turban-on-the-mullah in the Oval Office played with a map of the Middle East, such a title might not properly clue readers in to the topic of the post. Further, I'm offended by the implied abuse of innocent goats and it's too long and unwieldy even to be (peace be upon Dave Barry) a good band name. While you're at it, don't forget to throw in some nice pictures." It was a fair point, so here we are.Though borders and rulers changed, many pockets of continuous Persian culture have persisted in what was once the Persian Empire, such as Isfahan, the former capital of the Safavid dynasty and "[t]he Persians called it Nisf-e-Jahan, half the world; meaning that to see it was to see half the world." (Ethnic map of Iran.)
