"I know they are pro-abortion, but I can't help but like them - they are really nice people."

I said that about the Obamas during the nightly news last night.  I know!  I can't believe I can be so easily misled and compromise my morals like that. 
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Lord have mercy!

Outside the USA: Catastrophic floods in Brazil...

Sometimes I wonder if Americans even realize there is a whole world outside the US and its dominions?
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Brazil is the latest country to be devastated by floods...
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Such disasters hit Brazil annually in its rainy summer season and unduly punish the poor, who often live in rickety shacks perched perilously on steep hillsides with little or no foundations.
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Rio state's Civil Defense department reported on its website that 159 people were killed in Teresopolis, 160 in nearby Nova Friburgo and 36 in neighboring Petropolis.
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"It's over. There's nothing. The water came down and swept everything away," said Sidney Silva. - Source
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"...unduly punish the poor."
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Photo:  Brazil floods - BBC