arthurMUST READIt started like a harmless joke, didn't it? Palin is from Alaska, Alaska is near Russia...But for Republicans, the fact she's lived in a state near Russia is now a qualification for national office. link
 

 washingtonMUST READBush sues a meat packing company to stop them from testing meat:
The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. link
 

 arthurMUST READThe FBI saw the mortgage crisis coming as early as 2004, but agents were told to concentrate on fighting terrorism instead; It's clear that the FBI failed to avert a problem it had accurately forecast link