Iranian Presidential Blog

This is not Lebanese, but is of interest to the region...

Iran's (Persian: ايران‎) President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog, complete with polls. I'm really interested in politicians using blogs both as a means to share ideas and as a means to remain in touch with the voting public. He includes an autobiography and contually references almighty God. From his writing (note that I'm reading the English translation provided on the blog), he seems a well-educated, deeply spiritual man who has experienced much personal growth in his rise through the ranks of the Iranian political scene. He seems keenly aware of the puppetry of previous regimes, and seems to actively wish to prevent it in his own. We'll have to keep it on the log to keep watch on it for interesting messages.

This goes to show that blogs are increasingly being used as tools by politicians to get the word out to the digitally-connected public.