Hillary Clinton has claimed that she has "crossed the threshold" of Foreign Policy experience. This "experience" has not been fully vetted by the corporate media. They have simply given her a pass on examining this in depth. Only because of the wide internet exposure of her Bosnian "sniper fire" claim has this been reported.

Below are five of her claims of foreign experience as outline by FactCheck.org

The House will vote shortly on Bush's FISA Bill.

Word is that the House will cave in just like the Senate, but it ain't over till it's over.

Contact Your Representative NOW!

Just for a reference you may wish to read our Constitution. I wonder how many of our Congressman have read it and understand it.

Voting for this Bill , gives "approval" to Bush's impeachable offenses. Even if it needs to be re-authorized in six months.

This is one example of how to benefit from our trash.

A company called AgriPower will begin production next year of a movable power generator fueled by a wide range of waste products, from walnut shells to discarded tires.
Although solar and wind energy are the best-known renewable energies, generating power from biomass is getting a closer look, as societies try to diversify their fuel sources.
AgriPower's combined heat and power system was originally envisioned for developing countries that could burn agricultural wastes to make electricity and heat.

Last year I had to have a tree cut down. I was fortunately left with a pile of wood chips when they finished. I checked on the pile a few days later and noticed alot of steam coming from the pile. I used a shovel to dig into the pile and saw that the chips were starting to decompose and that the chips very very hot. Mother nature was at work producing power.

WaPo has an excellent timeline of Libby's role in the CIA leak case.

In  February 2002 the CIA sent Wilson to Niger to investigate the report that Iraq tried to buy "yellowcake" uranium from Niger for nuclear weapons.

In  March 2002 Wilson briefed the CIA on his findings. The agency sent a memo to the White House.

On  Jan 28 2003 Bush gave his State of the Union address and included the famous 16 words

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of Uranium from Africa"

While Bush was on vacation and having fun at birthday parties ect, people trying to walk out of the city were shot at, to keep them from crossing the bridge to safety into their suburban towns.  This is what happens when there is no national leadership in a national emergency.

Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly has an excellent article posted today asking why people from New Orleans were stopped from crossing some bridges out.
One bridge is the Crescent City Bridge next to the New Orleans Superdome.  Mr Drum asks

For the past couple of days I've vaguely noticed some stories circulating about police preventing people from leaving New Orleans after Katrina hit, but there have been so many urban legendish anecdotes like this making the rounds that I didn't pay much attention to it.

Big mistake. Not only is the story true, it's worse than you can imagine. It wasn't New Orleans cops keeping people in, it was cops from other cities keeping people out:

 

This report was on the ABC Evening New tonight and is also frontpaged on their website.  I happened to watch this report tonight and it made my blood boil.  How could this be reported without gagging.

They have blantantly followed Rove's talking points. Below is the same story as frontpaged on their site. This is what millions of people see every night. Not everyone is reading dkos.    

Visiting family in Virginia.

My Red sisters family is going to be a part of a parade float featuring Scott Lingamfelter.
He is on the Viriginia State Legislature R-Dale City and is kicking off his re-election campaign.

I was sad to learn that Lingamfelter does not have any primary or general election opponents in his bid for a third term in the House of Delegates, though he has been raising money to safeguard his position.

 On the lighter-side today

Do Fundamentalist Christians / Right Wing Republicans believe that Jesus Hates You if for example:

You are not a Fundamentalist Christian

You believe in Evolution.

You are not a Republican.

You are Pro-Choice

You do not believe in Corporate Tax Cuts.

I am a born-again Christian are you? Thought so.

I love my God. He believes I should not have to pay taxes.  God gave me these gifts. He did not give them to you. Why are lazy-hippy-socialist-welfare un-Americans trying to take away what is mine.

My parents beat into me that I should be a good Christian. I have instilled this in my family.

I believe that our government needs more leaders like Tom Delay and President Bush.  They fight for what they believe in no matter what the facts are.  

Image from http://www.billmon.org/

From the New York TImes comes this article-

List of Schiavo Donors Will Be Sold by Direct-Marketing Firm

I haven't been reading the NYTimes in the last few years because of their poor front page coverage, but caught this link over at Rawstory.

 BuzzFlash Takes on the New York Times

During Bill Clinton's eight years the worst the Republicans could dish out on him was his relationship with Monica. Below is a list of actual scandals that happened during Bush's first term.  Imagine if Bush was investigated the way Clinton was. There is no question that many more scandals would emerge. That is not to count Bush's scandals before he was selected.

I am glad that the RWCM is thoroughly investigating Bush's record. Of course thats what they are paid to do<snark>.

The 34 Scanals of George Bush's First Term

 

Due to lack of employment I have decided to give journalism a try.  Today is my first day and dKos is a good place to start. The pay is not good but, I can sleep at night.

How far do you live from a chemical plant?

  Bush Starts Inauguration Day At Church
President George W. Bush, who rarely carries a wallet, is caught empty-handed when the offering plate came around during a church service.

( Caution - some images below the fold are very graphic )

 Dear Senator:

 I am crossing my fingers today that at least one Senator will stand up for democracy and contest the election.  I am sure you have received many phone calls from pronin2 and company, read the  excellent diary's here at kos covering the election irregularities and have read Conyers Report Preserving Democracy - What Went Wrong in Ohio