Is There Rat Poison in Your Food?

This is part of a pattern of an endangered food supply. The result of a lack of food inspection, especially from imports. This administration has little concern for anything that isn't about the wars:

Pet owners were rechecking their cabinets and threatening legal action after state officials said rat poison was found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs.

It was unclear how many deaths would eventually be linked to the "cuts and gravy" style food produced by Menu Foods, but scientists said Friday they expected more would be announced.

The ball is in Bush's court:

The House voted Friday for the first time to clamp a cutoff deadline on the Iraq war, agreeing by a thin margin to pull combat troops out by next year and pushing the new Democratic-led Congress ever closer to a showdown with President Bush.

The 218-212 vote, mostly along party lines, was a hard-fought victory for Democrats, who faced divisions within their own ranks on the rancorous issue. Passage marked their most brazen challenge yet to Bush on a war that has killed more than 3,200 troops and lost favor with the American public.

This could be the trigger that leads to war with Iran:

Efforts were underway on Saturday to try to resolve a diplomatic dispute between Britain and Iran triggered after Iranian forces seized 15 British sailors and marines off the coast of Iraq.

Britain said two boatloads of sailors and marines had searched a cargo ship in Iraqi waters on a U.N. approved mission when Iranian gunboats encircled and captured them on Friday.

Another day another sanction:

Major powers expect unanimous approval Saturday of new U.N. Security Council sanctions to pressure Iran into suspending uranium enrichment.

The new measure comes after arduous negotiations that sought unity in meting out punishment against the Islamic country for its nuclear defiance.

Democrats are their own worst enemy. Maybe thats Bush's plan, to wait and see if the Dems implode:

Democrats may have support from President Bush on immigration, but they face other obstacles in getting a bill through Congress.

The Democrats lack enough votes within their party and must overcome lingering Republican disdain for what some consider "amnesty" for some people in the U.S. illegally, as well as union opposition.

You're toast, Albert:

Contrary to his earlier assertions, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took part in a confidential meeting on firing seven out of eight US attorneys now at the center of a political controversy, documents released late Friday show.

The e-mails and other papers sent by the Justice Department to Congress indicate that on November 27, Gonzales attended an hour-long meeting on the firings with his then-chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, the man in charge of putting together a list of those to be dismissed.

Hillary finishes 5th in Democrat 'pulse poll':

While she's widely regarded as the front-runner, Sen. Hillary Clinton finished a distant fifth – behind Dennis Kucinich – in a "pulse poll" of Democratic presidential candidates by Howard Dean's grassroots political action committee.

While the online survey is unscientific, the group says it uses such polls as a gauge to assist in its possible endorsement of a candidate.

And this is the fastest growing economy in the world:

More than 5.5 million people are short of drinking water because of an acute drought in south-western China, state media reports.

Low rainfall in the province of Sichuan has forced officials to deliver clean water to the worst-hit areas.