Although the Obamas are the first to bring a Portuguese water puppy into the White House, they were not the first to consider it. Former President Bush once considered the same breed. Bush nixed the idea after deciding it wouldn’t be fair to the dog since he didn’t speak a word of Portuguese.

President Obama gave the trick-or-treaters a choice of treats:  M & M's, dried fruit, or the public option.  

Please let one of those people be Nancy Pelosi.

In his comments on the current jobless "recovery" yesterday, President Obama said he is looking "at new models for where future growth is going to come from." 

"We'll look at anything, except capitalism of course, that's crazy talk," he said.

In related news, Barack Obama announced he will increase funding for PBS and will appoint Elmo as his new media czar.

Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority for launching NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 that stopped the brutal Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.  ***MARLAR: He had the Albanians take photos of him next to the statue so he could prove to Hillary that he was truly there.

   Absolutely furious with our free-spending President, all one citizen could think to say when he wrote him was, "Be careful some besieged taxpayer doesn't profusely piss on your shiny new shoes!"

   Mr. Obama is said to have responded with:  "Thank you so much for your concern.  You may be sure I will endeavor to continue looking out for number one."   

   If this vast Republic can function with a single Vice President, why do so many corporations require more than twenty?

   That's a lot of Joe-Biden-types to tolerate at one business meeting. 

Despite getting lectured by PETA, Al Gore says he isn't going on a vegetarian diet to save the planet. Hey, Al's so fat, if he just goes on any kind of diet, he may save the planet.

I guess it's big news that the Kosovo Government ERECTED a statue to honor President Bill Clinton....

Monica Lewinski commented that it was a very nice ERECTION.

Hillary Clinton said that she hadn't seen it.

President Barack Obama assured American Indians that they have a place  on his agenda, telling tribal leaders they deserve more from their government.   Tribal leaders told the President they need more funding for such things as education, health care, and slot machines.