politico.com:

THAT WAS FAST: Obama has granted an ethics waiver to Deputy Defense Secretary-designate William Lynn, a former Raytheon lobbyist who would have been precluded from serving in the administration by the new ethics regulations POTUS signed -- yesterday.

www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17862.html

President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.
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www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7cf745dc-e8ce-11dd-a4d0-0000779fd2ac.html

Obama wants Israel to open the Gaza border. What, is he disappointed at the lack of recent suicide bombings?

This guy will sell Israel out in a heartbeat - and if the Jews were all exterminated tomorrow, his core supporters on the American Left would probably throw a party.

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/01/stimulus-how-to-create-jobs-without.html & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxuUj6vFa4

Obama's economic adviser Robert Reich (with help from Charlie Rangel, of course) wants to make sure the infrastructure jobs created by $825 billion dollars of your money don't go to "white male construction workers" and ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to me.