Don't Worry! Be Happy! FEMA's here!

Rahm Emanuel: More chief than staff

This month, Barack Obama was meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers when Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff, began nervously cracking a knuckle.

Obama then turned to complain to Emanuel about his noisy habit.

At which point, Emanuel held the offending knuckle up to Obama's left ear and – like an annoying little brother – snapped off a few cracks.

The episode underscores some essential truths about Emanuel: He is brash, has a deep comfort level with his new boss and has been ever-present at Obama's side of late, in meetings, on podia and in numerous photographs.

"Has a deep comfort level with his boss"? They're kidding, right?

More like that was a "screw you I'm in charge" moment - call it disrepectful if nothing else!

Someone yields a lot of power from the shadows....

To uphold and defend the what? LOL!

To uphold and defend the what?

The best is yet to come..

clipped from theinternationalforecaster.com Just The Early Stages of Economic and Financial Collapse Posted: January 21 2009 further declines in real estate, banks bankrupt, lower class, middle class, and upper class borrowers are all in trouble now, plenty of pain ahead for all lenders and borrowers, Little in loans whether it be bailouts or personal loans will ever be paid back

Hope. Change. Abortions for All!

"Family Planning" read Eugenics. Sweet.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk US President Barack Obama has lifted a ban on federal funding for foreign family planning agencies that promote or give information about abortion. The US is one of the biggest supporters of family planning programmes globally, but former president George W Bush blocked funds for abortion services.

Don't question the commander!

clipped from www.politico.com Obama flashes irritation in press room By JONATHAN MARTIN & CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 1/22/09 6:43 PM EST  Updated: 1/23/09 7:20 AM EST Text Size:    President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House press corps Thursday night, but got agitated when he was faced with a substantive question.