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Obama Speaks to Jay Leno about the Country’s Challenges
9:29 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics| TV| iran · 2 Comments
20 Mar 2009It’s really refreshing to see a U.S. President address the country in a medium that resonates with the regular citizen: late night TV. Refusing just to stand behind a podium and stick to talking points, President Obama sat down with Jay Leno to chat about the country’s biggest issue: the economy. If nothing else, he has guts like no other president has ever had with regard to facing the public. Check out the video:
What’s also refreshing is that he’s explaining complex issues like the AIG crisis in layman’s terms. It remains to be seen what kind of president Obama will be, but at least he’s speaking clearly to the public and not just dodging bullets.
Another really good sign? His opening of doors to the people and the government of Iran. Obama recorded a special New Years video message which was distributed through the Voice of America network, and which you can watch after the jump.
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While I’ve been dancing around to the beat of the LAMC, Iran is testing missiles and the U.S. government is getting antsy about it.
Iranian state media reported that Iran test-fired more long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, bringing a pledge from the United States to defend its allies from an Iranian attack.
Iran state television is reporting that the missiles have what it called “special capabilities,” but the report did not elaborate on what they were. The missiles were launched throughout the night, with another report saying the new tests included the Shahab-3 missile.
Officials have said the Shahab-3 could reach targets almost 1,250 miles away. It was the second day in a row that Iran conducted missiles tests.After Wednesday’s military exercise, Washington called on Tehran to halt further tests if it wanted to gain the world’s trust. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran that Washington will not back down in the face of threats against Israel.
“We are sending a message to Iran that we will defend American interests and the interests of our allies,” Rice said Thursday in Georgia at the close of a three-day Eastern European trip.
The U.S. has said it wants to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program diplomatically, but neither it nor Israel has ruled out a military option against Iran. Iranian officials have said the tests are intended to show the country can defend itself.
I’m not saying that what Iran is doing is not provoking. Clearly they are aware of the reaction such testing would cause. Is their going forward anyway a misguided attempt at showing their national sovereignty?
Via / NPR
Argentine Jewish Community Upset with Maradona
5:38 pm By Maegan La Mala · Argentina| Controversia| Culture| Religion| iran · 1 Comment
26 Dec 2007
Maradona might be considered an untouchable demigod in his home country of Argentina, but the embattled soccer star has fallen from grace in the eyes of some in Argentina’s Jewish community because of a controversial comment. La mano de Dios was quoted as saying that he wants to meet the president of Iran: “I’ve already met (Hugo) Chávez and Fidel (Castro). Now the only one I’ve still got to meet is their [the Iranian] president. I want to meet Ahmadineyad.”
The comment was not well-received by the Jewish community, which
…”strongly laments” the words of ex-soccer player Diego Maradona in favor of Iran and hopes that “he rectifies [the situation]“, said the secretary of the Israeli and Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA), Edgardo Gorenber.“We are admirers of Maradona as a player and we strongly lament his expressing his opinion on such delicate an issue as this one,” he said, after citing that in 1994 the AMIA was the target of a terrorist attack which left 85 dead and which the Jewish community attributes to terrorists protected by Iran.
“Diego is the most well-known Argentine in the world and our soccer embassador. It would be good to tell him the true story about how much pain [Iran] brought us 13 years ago,” said the Agencia Judía de Noticias.
I think the relative gentleness of this chiding of Maradona is a testament to how powerful he still is in Argentina. I doubt anyone else could get away with such statements as that one given the history of the relationship between Iran and Argentina and Ahmadinejad’s denial of the verity of the holocaust.
Via / 20 Minutos
Iran Makes Enemies and Friends in NYC
8:03 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bolivia| New York City| Politics| Venezuela| iran · 1 Comment
25 Sep 2007
While Bush and many others in NYC protested Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad at both the United Nations and Colombia University, others were making nice with Iran. On Monday Evo Morales’ administration announced that coming soon would be a diplomatic relationship with Iran. Evo’s opposition say that he is acting as Hugo Chavez’s lapdog. Hugo Chavez canceled his appearance at the U.N General Assembly opting instead to stay home and focus on his current gig as a negotiator with FARC. Ahmadinejad will visit Bolivia and Venezuela this week.
Story and Image Via / El Nuevo Herald
Iran Keeping Picasso and Miro in the Basement
20 Sep 2007
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art may contain the largest collection of Western Art outside of the west but works by greats including Spanish painters like Picasso and Miro but most won’t see them. And while many will say it’s an example of Iranian censorship and anti-Western sentiment, the reasons given an a Los Angeles Times article range from a lack of space to protecting the paintings.
Via / The Los Angeles Times
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