Saturday, February 14, 2009

Enjoy Valentine's Day - It only takes a few words to make the day. "I love you"


The Emanuel Brothers. Hey, look. It was once Jack and Bobby. Why not?

A family man, physician and familiar with government. Let's move on this already !


...The brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a noted bioethicist, is advising the Obama administration on health care reform.
Dr. Emanuel is the Chair of the Department of Bioethics at The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health and a breast oncologist.
Dr. Emanuel is a special advisor to the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget for health policy. He told me he is "working on (the) health care reform effort." He is "detailed" to the OMB spot and is still officially an employee of the NIH....

Massachusetts is an excited and energized place these days. Every state in the union should also be.

Project Economy - "Its an oversight thing"

Gov. Unveils Stimulus Program Web Site (click here)
Bay State Could Get Up To $11B In Stimulus Package
POSTED: 9:34 am EST February 11, 2009
UPDATED: 6:46 am EST February 122009

BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday that he wants to let the public clearly and easily monitor the state's use of any federal stimulus money it receives....

Massachusetts Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (click here)

The people in Massachusetts are energized. They are making wish lists. In Boston, there are hopes for quality improvements to infrastructure as well as being able to maintain jobs for teachers.
The cities of the state are lining up for monies that will protect and enhance their communities. The competition is intense. Where 'job sharing' or 'time sacrifice' to maintain peers in their jobs has become an everyday occurrence, the state governments are ready to go 'full time' once again.

I congratulate the Governors that worked as hard as the President to bring this economic stimulus to their citizens. In all honesty, these monies can go a long way, but, the primary focus should be projects that create jobs and sustainable jobs.

I sincerely believe and it only makes sense that sustainable jobs will increase the tax base, which will increase the state's income, which will provide MORE opportunity for more job grow and MORE projects. Eventually, the tax base will be returned to full blossom and all the projects can recieve funding.

The opportunity presented to the states should be viewed as one of growth and sustainable futures.



...The governor's administration has expressed sensitivity to the perception and is trying to head off a political feeding frenzy by setting up a process that will be palatable to elected officials of all stripes. Patrick is expected to announce part of the plan today.
How much in total aid Massachusetts and its residents would receive is still in flux, but it could be as much as $11 billion over two years. Officials have said they hope to create tens of thousands of jobs with the economic jump-start generated by the money, and save tens of thousands more positions by avoiding layoffs....

...House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo declined to be interviewed.
US Senator John F. Kerry told reporters yesterday that he had asked the governor to use federal stimulus money to finance a commuter rail extension from Boston to Fall River and New Bedford.
"Everybody thinks that their project is the most important project, and I understand that," Capuano said. "If God Almighty himself were making the decisions, some people would still be unhappy with the decisions."

Icing suspect in NY air - Sudden and deadly storms. What did I say about this troposphere? It was a bad day for planes.


The troposphere under Climate Change is unpredictable. Add to that the degradation of economic support for sophisticated transportation issues when frequent mechanical inspections are required and what do you have?

Thursday in Clarence Center, N.Y.
Friday Feb. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The crew of the commuter plane that fell on a house, killing all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground, noticed significant ice buildup on the wings and windshield just before the aircraft began pitching and rolling violently, investigators said Friday.
Officials stopped short of saying the ice buildup caused Thursday night's crash and stressed that nothing has been ruled out. But ice on the wings can interfere catastrophically with an aircraft's handling and has been blamed for a number of major air disasters over the years....




People mill arround a British Airways aircraft with its nose on the tarmac at London City airport, London

Last updated February 13, 2009 6:23 p.m. PT
Jet's nosegear collapses during landing in London
By MEERA SELVA

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
LONDON -- The nosewheel of a British Airways passenger jet collapsed with a loud bang as it landed Friday evening at London City Airport, sending the plane scraping across the tarmac with 71 people aboard, officials and witnesses said. All aboard escaped by emergency slides, but one person was taken to a hospital with a minor injury....



The wreckage of a twin-jet business Falcon 10 plane (click here), is recovered from the crash scene at Engadin airport in Samedan, Switzerland, Friday. The jet was en route from Vienna, Austria, when it had problems during the landing and crashed into a snow wall late Thursday, Feb. 12, police said. The occupants of the plane are unidentified, and twere killed in the accident, a third person was seriously injured. (February 13, 2009)
Associated Press

The Homelessness in the USA parallel's the legacy of Reagan and the same issue during his two terms. It is ECONOMIC based, not mental illness based.

Is it no wonder that Barak Obama and his legacy will reveal a President dedicated to the nation and its people in a way no other has been before? There is no reason to question the expediency of President Obama's vibrant energy as he moves through the demands of his office in the year 2009.

I guess some don't 'get it.'

He is the People's President. There isn't any People's Choice Awards that is the level of Hollywood, so that most Americans that are disconnected from the reality of poverty today in the USA will understand. The elections of 2008 were The People's Choice Elections and Obama is the guy, okay?

He knows his job, he knows the nation's needs and all the folks that have come to serve in his cabinet and failed and are failing is NOT his fault. He gave 'em a chance. He thought they would be able to work with him. They can't or won't so he keeps 'the faith' and in return 'we all do.'

Nothing 'hard' about this or about this President. He is on OUR side and he listens to us all the time. It is unfortunate Republicans are so 'closed' to the needs and best interests of a nation that they can't get out of their own way ! We don't need the return of Republican agendas. They never worked and what President Obama is facing now is a country completely exploited and trying to turn the corner on "W"rong "W"ay 'Dubya.'

When the states that still abide by Repubilcan ideologies come to terms with the fact their lives are elevated by programs and policies brought to them by Democrats we won't have to put up with federally elected officials that have 'Opposition Behavior Disorder' while they try to maintain their 'political profiles' as those that can bring tax relief to 'their base.'

I live for the day when a new 'second' party emerges, but, am completely satisfied with ONE !

I think Barak said he is faced with a "Perfect Economic Storm." He's right and he is moving in every direction to move the country to a path of restoration of its democracy and economy. His presidency will prove to be one of the most dynamics administrations in the history of the USA and Rahm Emanuel is an asset to its formation. There is no blame game here except for those that FAIL to bring about the change demanded ! Rahm is an eloquent speaker to the priorities of the administration and shares in the expediency of this President.

Obama Scores Early Victory of Historic Proportions (click title to entry - thank you)
By
Michael D. Shear and Alec MacGillis
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, February 14, 2009; Page A09
CHICAGO, Feb. 13 -- Twenty-four days into his presidency, Barack Obama recorded last night a legislative achievement of the sort that few of his predecessors achieved at any point in their tenure.

In size and scope, there is almost nothing in history to rival the economic stimulus legislation that Obama shepherded through Congress in just over three weeks. And the result -- produced largely without Republican participation -- was remarkably similar to the terms Obama's team outlined even before he was inaugurated: a package of tax cuts and spending totaling about $775 billion....



The Obama family at a homeless Shelter on Thanksgiving. The last time the USA was in this intolerable a state of condition, it was under Ronald Reagan. (click here)


Fla. homeless woman gets help after Obama question (click here)
By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer
Story Created: Feb 12, 2009 at 4:56 PM EST
Story Updated: Feb 12, 2009 at 4:56 PM EST
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Henrietta Hughes slept only a few hours that first night, her pickup truck's seat barely reclining. For the next seven months, she and her son camped night after night in obscure parking lots a alongside the same nameless faces....


...Obama kissed Henrietta Hughes' cheek Tuesday and promised to help the 61-year-old and her son, who have fallen on hard times like so many others in this southwest Florida city. A few years ago, the area boomed with new homes and businesses. Now the foreclosure rates are among the nation's highest and the unemployment rate has nearly tripled....