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2007-08-02 Afghanistan
A massive phenomenon in Afghanistan: Television
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Posted by Fred 2007-08-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 Oh, the Taliban aren't going to like this one bit!
Posted by gorb 2007-08-02 01:45||   2007-08-02 01:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Welcome to the 21st century. More power to you.
Posted by newc">newc  2007-08-02 01:48||   2007-08-02 01:48|| Front Page Top

#3 So far, so good. No mention of al Jazeera or al Manar.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-08-02 02:38||   2007-08-02 02:38|| Front Page Top

#4 In Europe we can watch Ariana (international) and Ariana Afgnistan through Hotbird. Some of the anchoress are really worth watching. (No, theyu don't wear Burkhas).
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-08-02 05:55||   2007-08-02 05:55|| Front Page Top

#5 In related news, a coke bottle was found in Rigestan.

There was much rejoicing.
Posted by GORT 2007-08-02 07:48||   2007-08-02 07:48|| Front Page Top

#6 This is good to see, the more of this that catches on the better. Every TV set makes it a little bit harder for the Taliwhackers to ever get their foot in the door again.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-08-02 08:35||   2007-08-02 08:35|| Front Page Top

#7 I saw the generator bit. How has creation of a power distribution network in Afghanistan progressed?
Posted by 3dc 2007-08-02 08:59||   2007-08-02 08:59|| Front Page Top

#8 “We’ve just bought the rights to ‘24,’ the American show,” he added. “We had some concerns. Most of the bad guys are Muslims, but we did focus groups and it turns out most people didn’t care about that so long as the villains weren’t Afghans.”

OMG! That's gonna leave a mark. Sums up neatly the one thing that trumps religion/Islam in many of these countries...tribalism. Of course, the more they think that all Americans are like Jack Bauer, the less they are to attack us, so this is a win-win for us.
Posted by BA 2007-08-02 09:04||   2007-08-02 09:04|| Front Page Top

#9 GORT, that was a coffee-nose moment.
Posted by wxjames 2007-08-02 10:10||   2007-08-02 10:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

"But Ahmed, I can't attack the infidel dogs! Baywatch is on!"
Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-02 10:19||   2007-08-02 10:19|| Front Page Top

#11 What they need is a bunch of B list celebrities playing Texas Hold'em while discussing the latest Kabul gossip in a house being rehabbed while somebody cooks them a nice meal. At the end of the show they all sing and the audience votes to kick someone out.
Programming isn't brain surgery...
Posted by tu3031 2007-08-02 10:26||   2007-08-02 10:26|| Front Page Top

#12 You ever wonder what the muzzies are thinking when they see a woman without a patch of hair under her arms and smooth shaven legs? It's gotta be cultural shock
Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z  2007-08-02 11:52||   2007-08-02 11:52|| Front Page Top

#13 --chefs preparing meals that most people would never eat in kitchens they could never afford; --

Mebbe not them, but their kids.....

Ahhh, I love the smell of greed in the morning....
Posted by anonymous2u 2007-08-02 13:05||   2007-08-02 13:05|| Front Page Top

#14 It's gotta be cultural shock

I'm not so sure, Mark Z. As I understand it, historically Middle Eastern women have allowed hair only on their heads. Seeing women semi-clothed in public is a different story for the pius and backward, though. Not to mention being treated as equals.
Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-02 13:23||   2007-08-02 13:23|| Front Page Top

#15 The doctor proscribes free satellite TV for everyone in the muzzie world on the condition that every hour Randy Newman's I Love LA is played. Their world will collapse in two weeks.
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-02 15:02||   2007-08-02 15:02|| Front Page Top

#16 Each night at 7:30, people in Kabul obey the beckoning of prime time much as they might answer the call to prayer.

Fighting Islam one channel at a time.
Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger  2007-08-02 15:19||   2007-08-02 15:19|| Front Page Top

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