Talk politics.

Voted for the first time ever in my life today for Mir Hossein Mousavi. I'm not a Ahmedinijad hater like majority of Mousavi supporters, I just think he isn't the leader we need at the moment. I'd rather someone a bit more intellectual, classy, and even boring, who can quietly try to lead Iran in a more organized path, and I think Mousavi is better than Ahmedinijad in this regard.

I don't expect a sea of liberal change from Mousavi, nor do I desire it. I don't give a shit about a lot of western and upper class Iranian concerns, I'd rather see a change on Iran's economic front.

We'll see the results tommorrow. If no one gets over 50% of the votes, then it will go to a second round, with the top two. The voting for that will be next week, and I'm not sure if the voting fever will remain or will cool off. I for one don't know if I'll vote again.

Iranian's this year have been very excited about voting, and in typical Iranian fashion, everything becomes a family outing. Another family joined our family, and we drove all the way to the polls to vote. We voted in Sharjah, UAE, and it is great to know that even with all the puffings between UAE and Iran, they still have good enough relationship to allow several points in the Emirates for Iranians to vote. We went to an exhibition center, and there were Emarati police and army personal to help keep security up, with an organized Iranian members to ensure polling is easy. We gave our passport, they gave us a form, and I put my fingerprint on the other half (not the voting half). In the voting form, I wrote down Mousavi's name (there is no checklist) and his voting code (77!).

There are those people that claim that Iranian's election doesnt count because it is not a complete democracy, and I'd dispute that because democracy comes in many shapes and forms, and Iran's election process is no less worthy than many other countries. No one man can bring 100% change, but then neither can most candidates differ all that much from the previous government in most countries either, And people claim that the President doesn't have complete power, and so what? I think of this as an advantage, discouraging any new person to completly consolodate power. We're voting for the post of presidency, with specific job responsibilities, not the Shah of Iran.

There has been lots of reports in western media trying to throw cold water over the election by claiming that Mousavi is not that different from Ahmedinijad because he supports the nuclear program. Of course, this is not what we Iranian's are voting for. This program existed before Ahmedinijad and will exist after Ahmedinijad and none of the candidates claimed they will stop it, and nor would I feel happy if that is what they said.

Well, either way, wish us luck!