Putin

From Reuters

"Of particular concern, he said, were the 'media environment and the use of government resources.'... Interfax news agency quoted a Kremlin source as saying authorities "truly do not understand" the criticism.
'The experience of the latest U.S. elections hardly gives the Americans the right to make such comments,'"

Someone, somewhere had to use the 2000 elections like this.

Plus: Baker's back to help Bush restructure Iraq's debt.
Page 22 shows that while the axis of weasel (France, Russia, and Germany) are each owed just about as much as the US, neighboring Gulf states are owed 10-fold more. Ya think this might help UBL's propaganda to undermine the house of Saud and their willingness to allow our forces to launch from the kingdom?