President-elect Obama is not off to a smooth start to his new Administration. He chose the Democratic version of Karl Rove, Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, as his White House Chief of Staff. Emanuel is not equipped with an "off" switch, unlike Rove, who knew when to keep his mouth shut. The GOP labeled him a "hyper-partisan" immediately upon the announcement of his nomination to be White House Chief of Staff.
Here is an example of how a Klingon deals with an annoyance, which matches how Emanuel will deal with people in the White House:
This will be a VERY interesting appointment. Obama's found someone meaner than Michael Savage, which I didn't think was possible. Here's Emanuel's Wikipedia entry, including a recounting of the famous steak knife incident, which helped to earn him his nickname of RAHM-bo, owing to his "take no prisoners" strategy of dealing with people he doesn't like.
I though President-elect Obama would pick a Klingon-like person to fill the role of Chief of Staff, not an ACTUAL Klingon!
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An interesting development!
A new international language, named after Barack Obama. And no, it has not been named after Klingon nor Bill Shatner's Esperanto.
It is called Obami and can be seen at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/6/23824/4027
However Obami will have a lot of work to do to catch up with Esperanto.
Esperanto is now within the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook.
Native Esperanto speakers, include George Soros, Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet, and World Champion Chess Player, Susan Polger. The World Esperanto Association enjoys consultative relations with both the United Nations and UNESCO.
Evidence can be seen at http://www.lernu.net
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