Not An Emergency

"more than 34,000 people have died across Mexico since the crackdown began"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/09/us-mexico-drugs-idUSTRE7184H520110209

Yet....This is NOT an emergency according to Obama.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41495274/ns/us_news-security/

I wonder how many dead people constitute and emergency.