It’s another exciting night of  American Idol.  Ellen Degeneres did an outstanding job in her debut last night.  She made the show interesting and seemed to be a great fit.  For me, I really don’t miss Paula as much as I thought I might.  Opinions?

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1.  Obama’ Treasury Secretary has appealed to Congress to raise the debt limit to a whopping $12.1 trillion dollars.  The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that this years deficit will rise to an astonishing $1.8 trillion dollars by October.  The question remains; when will leaders in the House and Senate cut government spending?

2.  Military analyst are predicting that the war in Afghanistan will eclipse the total spent in Iraq.  As the Obama administration continues to send more troops to the war-torn region, casualties have increased substantially- surpassing the deaths in Iraq.

3.  A Georgia Democrat Congressman yelled at a doctor over the health-care debate at a town hall meeting- accusing him of being an outside Republican operative.  A local television later confirmed that the doctor lived in the Congressman’s district.  No word as to whether the Congressman apologized.

4.  Paula Abdul has been asked to join ‘Dancing With The Stars’.  The former American Idol judge has been inundated with offers since her departure which includes a spot on the judging panel for ‘So You Think You Can Dance’.

5.  Former child actor Mark Lester revealed that he is the father of Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris.  How many more men will stand up to claim they are Paris’ father?

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