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Iran test-fires satellite rocket

Iran has successfully test-fired a satellite rocket, state television has reported. The report by broadcaster Al Alam, said the rocket was a “Kavoshgar 3 satellite carrier”.

It said the rocket carried an “experimental capsule,” but did not give any further details.

The BBC’s Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne says it will raise concern about Iran’s rocket technology and possible links to its nuclear programme.

Iran’s Press TV said that three new satellites and a satellite carrier would be unveiled on Wednesday – a year after Iran put its first domestic research satellite into orbit.

The announcements came during Iranian celebrations for the anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

The West fears Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons, but Iran has denied this.

Earlier, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country was ready to send low enriched uranium abroad in exchange for higher grade nuclear fuel.

Correspondents say that such a decision would be a major shift in Tehran’s position.

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Simon Cowell says this is last season on American Idol

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Simon Cowell just told the Associated Press that this will be his last season on American Idol. We will get more on this story as it happens . . .

What would “American Idol” be like without Simon Cowell?

Well, viewers might find out far sooner than they’d like, with Cowell’s brother Tony saying last month that Simon will leave “Idol” after this season to focus on the U.S. version of “The X Factor.” New judge Ellen DeGeneres, for her part, resisted the move, telling Entertainment Weekly, “If Simon goes, I go! I will not be there without Simon.”

Original judge Randy Jackson, however, isn’t making any promises until he is positive Cowell is on his way out the door.

“Until I really hear it from him, I’m not going to believe any rumors or believe anything,” Jackson said when we caught up with him Friday. “There’s so many rumors and speculation about everything going on.”

It’s been a rumor-filled offseason, with Cowell’s “Idol” future in question and Paula Abdul’s next move up in the air. But Jackson only has one focus: the new season, which kicks off Tuesday at 8 p.m.

“The thing that I’ve just been saying is, we’ve got an exciting, very different season nine going on to the show, and I think it’s the best talent show that there is, and I’m just looking forward to the season,” he said. “Because, you know, the rumors get so wild and crazy, you just don’t know what to believe.”

Jackson wants to make sure fans stay on track and enjoy the season, without focusing on the possible revolving door of judges.

“In terms of the show, I’m sure it’s pretty much a distraction, because people get a little sidetracked with that,” he said of the rumors. “I mean, there are contestants. ‘Wait a minute, this is a singing competition!’ [Laughs.] What is this really about? Not to belittle what we do, because I think the show is completely about the four of us judges and Ryan and also the contestants, but let’s also focus on what we’re judging and what the actual more meat of the show really is. It’s about finding that next superstar talent.”

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Obama’s First Year as President

obama_tiger_golfIt all started with a lie.  A big lie.  It was created by the Democratic National Committee or DNC,  and propagated by the socialist American media.   It was the idea that sparked a landslide victory for then Senator Obama and took the most qualified person in the race to the White House,  Hillary Clinton, and trew her under the bus.   The lie was this.   Obama will be a good president because he is black.   Oh and lets not forget how inspiring Obama is.  The rest as they say,  is history.

Obama and the democrats have been crowing about their  victories in 2008 and their majorities in both the house and the senate ever since.   The democrats were acting fearless by pushing both climate control and socialized medicine because of this majority, which are two hot button issues in American politics today.

Incredibly enough,  the democrats in Washington are so stupid that they actually believed the media when all the networks and newspapers across America were calling the Obama victory in 2008 “The end of the Republican party as we know it.”   Some news outlets were even predicting that the GOP would disband before the end of 2009!

This theory was working well for the democrats for the first three months of 2009,  when Obama and the dems were strutting this stuff around Washington like they owned the joint.    They were the cocks of the walk.    But from early on,  there were cracks developing in the media’s theory with regard to the GOP.   It wasn’t long before the American public began to realize that they were duped into believing that Obama actually knew anything about being president.

At first,  the media tried to portray anyone that doubted the ability of President Obama to effectively lead as racists and bigots.    Most of this as we now know,  was being orchestrated by the White House.  When Obama bowed to King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia,  the American media and the Obamabots ran about attacking anyone that criticized Obama by calling them racists.   When Americans realized that Obama could not form a cognitive sentence with a teleprompter and goofed on him ala GW Bush,  they were called hateful and mean spirited.

To the average self absorbed American,  this was no big deal.  But to the American voter,  this was a hard slap in the face.     It was right about this point that things began to change.   Poll numbers started to slide for Obama and the democrats.   People for the first time were openly criticizing Obama and his administration,  and most of the attacks seemed to focus on the inability to speak freely about how they felt about Obama because he is half black.

At the beginning of the third quarter of 2009,  the Obama administration decided to go on the offensive.   They began to plant news stories about new white supremacist groups cropping up across America.   The media took the ball and ran with it.   They “created” news stories about these groups plotting to take over America and all the usual nonsense.

Obama himself decided to attack talk radio,  in particular Rush Limbaugh,  and make all of America’s problems Limbaugh’s fault.   Like Bill Clinton before him,  Obama learned a hard lesson when he attacked Limbaugh.    He learned that by trying to blame others for your own inequities blows up in  your face.    We now know that there has been no real resurgence of the K.K.K.     Limbaugh had huge ratings jumps  . . .   again.

With all of the problems in America today,  Obama himself was spending more time jetting from country to country than he was in Washington.   There have been so many colossal blunders by Obama that I have lost count.   But the biggest blunder of all was loading up the Obama posse and jetting to Copenhagen to make a pitch to get the Olymic Games in Chicago in 2016.   Talk about an ego-maniac.   Obama actually thought that his star power would convince the Olympic Committee to bring the games to Chicago.

I have read several accounts of what happened when the Obama’s arrived in Copenhagen.   Most tell of the rather cold reception the Obama’s received there.   President Obama gave his pitch as well as the first lady,  and they were roundly rejected by the IOC,  and the games were given to Brazil.  Insiders say that Obama was furious.   He knew that this was a huge political gamble,  and he lost.

Back in Washington,  the democrats were infuriated.  They were in the middle of pushing climate control and health care reform,  and Obama is flying off to Copenhagen to help feed his massive ego.   When Obama was bitch slapped by the International Olympic Committee on world wide television,  it was felt by every democrat in Washington.

During the last quarter of  2009,  Obama and the democrats find themselves trying desperately trying to put together some type of health care reform and run it through the senate so Obama can crow about getting it done on his first year in office.   The democrats know that this is simply being done to feed Obama’s ego.   The cracks in the democratic party are on display for all to see.

Reading the polls this morning it appears now that the democrats are in trouble in 2010.   Rassmussen reports today that Obama is down to just 44 percent of Americans somewhat supporting him.   Only 39 percent now want health care reform.   Many other polls report that support for President Obama’s radical socialization of America are at new lows.    No one can predict the future,  but I would be willing to bet that 2010 is going to be a defining year for the democrats.   Like the Clinton administration,  Obama is going to have to swallow a big piece of humble pie.  Lets just hope its not as big as the piece reserved for Tiger Woods.   JD

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