Found the steps that solved my problem. Mine was caused by popup domination. I deleted it. Here are the steps to fix it.
http://www.famousbloggers.net/getting-ready-for-wordprss-3-3-solve-fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-is_rtl.html
I renamed the plugin folder and now able to get into admin console. I reinstalled the latest release ok. Now how do I get the plugins back. Do I have to reinstall?