Rahm Emmanuel

OBAMA’S CHIEF OF STAFF UNDERGOES COSMETIC SURGERY Rahm Emmanuel shows off new, longer neck; hires Padaung tribes woman as his personal assistant. (April 1, Washington, DC) This town is certainly no stranger to plastic surgery. The members of Congress who have undergone plastic surgery in recent years is a long list indeed. While Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has settled for several disastrous face lifts, Botox injections, eye and ass lifts, the White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, has opted for a decidedly novel cosmetic procedure. Emmanuel recently returned from Mayanmar where he underwent several rigorous weeks of neck lengthening under the ... Read Full Story

GAY CHIEF OF STAFF FLIPS FOR PELOSI Emmanuel jilts long time lover Anderson Cooper. (May 14, Oakton, VA) This posh suburb south of Washington, DC , where houses can cost well over $1 million dollars, is home to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel. This is the place he spent the most time with his long time lover, Anderson Cooper of CNN. Neighbors often saw the outwardly appearing couple strolling hand in hand. Their love affair has been one of the best kept secret in the fish bowl that is Washington although, by many accounts it as known but kept quiet . The ... Read Full Story

New York Magazine does a summary analysis of all the players in the health care debate right now. It does a good job remaining nuanced and objective… until you get to Congressional Republicans. Who: Republicans What They Want: Whatever Grassley, Snowe, and Enzi settle on, the rest of their party is following a brutal strategy: Tag reform as budget-busting socialized medicine, kill it, and hang its carcass around Obama’s neck. What They’ve Done : Relentlessly, and fairly successfully, attacked Obamacare as too expensive — while blocking money-saving reforms. Leaders have bragged that stopping Obama on health care will, as Senator Jim DeMint said , ... Read Full Story

Continuing Resolution Threatens Preparations for 2010 Census October 16, 2007 – U.S. Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon testified before Congress on how the Census Bureau's funding levels under a continuing resolution through Nov. 16 is threatening critical preparations for the 2010 Census. Speaking for more than an hour before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee, Kincannon discussed the impact of the continuing resolution budget that funds most government activities at previous fiscal year levels. The Census Bureau is uniquely affected because its budget almost doubles this year as it ramps up for its 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal and other key 2010 Census operations ... Read Full Story

Glenn Greenwald of Salon.Com has released another irreverent essay , which ensures that he will forever remain an edgy blogger, rather than becoming a writer for a mainstream media conglomerate. In his latest essay, Greenwald dissects a "love letter" (also known as an "article") on Rahm Emmanuel that appears in The New Yorker . Here's a clip (from a very lengthy essay): []The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza has written a very lengthy profile of Emanuel -- almost 5,300 words -- that is so reverent, one-sided, and glorifying that it is hard to believe it wasn't written by Emanuel himself. In fact, much of the ... Read Full Story