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North Korea space launch 'fails'
bbc ^ | Sunday, 5 April 2009

Posted on 04/05/2009 7:27:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono

North Korea failed in its attempt to get a satellite into space after a rocket launch early on Sunday, US and South Korean officials say.

Two stages of the rocket and its payload landed in the Pacific Ocean, a US military statement said.

Hours earlier North Korea claimed the satellite had successfully been put into orbit and was transmitting data.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: northkorea
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To: mad_as_he$$

zerO responds by threatening to disarm the USA....

we have a “moral responsibiity” because we brought a gun to a knife fight in 1945

(cue in crowd cheersa and mass media tingles)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20901.html

PRAGUE – Just hours after North Korea launched a long-range rocket, President Barack Obama called for “a world without nuclear weapons” and said the United States has a “moral responsibility ” to lead the way, as the only nation ever to use them....


21 posted on 04/05/2009 8:03:03 AM PDT by silverleaf (We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
Jeez not AGAIN


22 posted on 04/05/2009 8:03:33 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: silverleaf

The only “moral responsibility” this nation has it to divest itself of Hussein!


23 posted on 04/05/2009 8:06:32 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: JoeProBono

I suppose since the launch was a “failure” Obama won’t be under much pressure to do anything about it.


24 posted on 04/05/2009 8:08:19 AM PDT by Yardstick
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25 posted on 04/05/2009 8:11:02 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: FrdmLvr

26 posted on 04/05/2009 8:15:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: silverleaf

Odooma is a complete incompetent and an embarrassment to the citizens of America.

We are NOT World citizens. Our loyalty is to our nation first. My apologies are for those stupid Americans who voted for zero.


27 posted on 04/05/2009 8:17:51 AM PDT by o_zarkman44 (Obama is the ultimate LIE!)
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To: Oldpuppymax
Create a distraction


28 posted on 04/05/2009 8:18:55 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Hours earlier North Korea claimed the satellite had successfully been put into orbit and was transmitting data.

It must be forbidden to say that North Korea was lying about it.

NK and Iran both know they can do whatever they want without consequences. These UN Security Council meetings must give them fits of laughter.

29 posted on 04/05/2009 8:21:07 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
no you big goof. I meant I wonder if the U.S. has boats in the area. If this was a guise to test long range capability, then the payload is probably bogus. Be great to prove it.
30 posted on 04/05/2009 8:25:06 AM PDT by stylin19a (Obama - the ethically excepted asterisk administration)
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To: JoeProBono

Maybe it flew into a stray lazer beam.


31 posted on 04/05/2009 8:35:14 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Defiant


32 posted on 04/05/2009 8:44:28 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: All

33 posted on 04/05/2009 8:56:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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34 posted on 04/05/2009 9:00:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Defiant

LOL!!


35 posted on 04/05/2009 9:06:30 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: JustSurrounded
With the weak western response, how long will it be before China invades Taiwan?
36 posted on 04/05/2009 9:07:07 AM PDT by bygolly
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To: bygolly

The “fail” is a us cya to cover their own failure.

This missile was a success in terms of getting “up there” the communication satelite story was total BS.

Our enemies have been dividing up the work to do a nuke missile. N.Korea has the rocket, iran has the material, and the bomb tech is somewhere in the middle east.


37 posted on 04/05/2009 9:11:42 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: bitterohiogunclinger

If it wasn’t for HAARP, we’d never have heard what it had to say.


38 posted on 04/05/2009 10:28:15 AM PDT by Defiant (One Big-Ass Mistake, America!!)
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To: JoeProBono

That is what happens when you steal technology from NASA. It is like cheating off the dumbest kid in school.


39 posted on 04/05/2009 1:32:42 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
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To: longtermmemmory
"Our enemies have been dividing up the work to do a nuke missile. N.Korea has the rocket, Iran has the material, and the bomb tech is somewhere in the middle east."

You're absolutely correct. The bomb tech will most likely come from Pakistan. Of course there are other enemies of America that could supply it.

40 posted on 04/05/2009 2:07:55 PM PDT by StormEye
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