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Don't Just Complain and Gnash Your Teeth. Help Out Buzzflash.com. BuzzFlash Alerts! Don't Miss A Thing! Bush Denounces Affirmative Action; Supports Lawsuit Against University of Michigan. Continues to Support Affirmative Action for Wealthy White Males, Like Himself, a "C" Student Who Got Into Yale Only Because His Last Name was Bush. 1/16 Selective Service and My Son -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary George Bush Says My Friend Might Have To Die -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary Cast Your Vote for News That Fights Back. BuzzFlash Needs Your Support to Expand Our Coverage. How Much is Enough: The Death of the American Dream - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary Top Ten Signs Your Foreign Policy Sucks Wind, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary No Parent Would Let a Toddler Get Away with This Type of Idiocy, Why Doesn't Someone Give Donald a Good Spanking? 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Vote on a War With Iraq 1/16 Watch NOW, With Bill Moyers John le Carre: The United States of America Has Gone Mad 1/15 "The Bush administration is leading us down a dangerous path, one where our government is far less interested in being responsive to the people than in self-protection and self-promotion" 1/16 U.S. Sends 600 Troops and Antimissile Systems to Defend Israel if Iraq Attacks 1/16 A Little Bit of Fight Showed up in Senate Democrats 1/16 This Washington Post Reporter Must be Reading BuzzFlash. He Understands that the Bush Photo-ops with Black Kids are to Reassure White Women , Not to Attract Black Voters. The New York TImes Editorial Board Remains Clueless About All of This. 1/16 The Party of Deficit Spending: White House Says No Balanced Budget This Decade 1/16 Report: N. Korea Rejects Possible U.S Aid 1/16 "A third-year law student at Regent University, who helped run several successful campaigns for local Republicans, was arrested Jan. 10 and charged with two counts of soliciting sex with a minor over the Internet." 1/16 U.S. Becoming Big Brother Society 1/16 "Get Your War On" by David Rees Joe Conason: Republicans Scrap Old Vows As Media Naps 1/16 Bush Cartel is Sending Leakers to Jail. Why Doesn't It Start With Its Own Administration, Like Fleischer and Rumsfeld, Among Others? 1/16 Molly Ivins: Bush's Numbers May be Crunching Us 1/16 Bush’s new tax proposal will stuff well-lined pockets 1/16 "Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate," by Naomi Klein The Past is Prologue: "Secrets," by Daniel Ellsberg. By the Man Who Released the Pentagon Papers. A Warning About a Government that Keeps Secrets. Class Warfare by Fuzzy Numbers 1/16 "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg Chicago City Council Committee Approves Anti-Iraq Attack Resolution 1/16 It's Kitsch, It's Campy. Dress Up the "First" Family! George W. Bush and His Family Paper Dolls -- Available From BuzzFlash Philanthropist Gives A.C.L.U. $8 Million 1/16 Will Israel Intelligence Services Conduct "Wet Jobs" in Allly Countries? 1/16 400 People March for Peace in Rochester, New York 1/16 The Mystery of the Stolen Anti-War Signs in Minnesota 1/16 Report: Death and Torture in the North Korean Gulag 1/16 Is the Rev. Moon Whispering in Bush's Ear About North Korea? 1/16 Missing Vials Found in Texas Plague Scare 1/16 No Head is Complete Without a BuzzFlash Cap! Did ABC Delete the Crowd Booing Papa Bush at the American Music Awards? 1/15 The January 15th BuzzFlash Mailbag - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-American! Paul Krugman: Your Questions Answered 1/16 Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute Will Only Take a Second! Mark Morford: Are Hummer Owners Idiots? More delightful proof positive that most SUVs are, in fact, morally repugnant. Go, America! 1/16	BuzzFlash Can be Even Better, But Only With Your Support. Click Here. Bring It On: Let's Debate Class In America 1/16 BuzzFlash Supports the Opening of a Peter Bronson "Lie-Brary," A BuzzFlash News Analysis Marie Cocco: Dividend Tax-Cut Claims: False Advertising 1/16 U.S. Accused of Blocking 'Sunshine Policy'; South Koreans claim DMZ rules are impeding rail and road projects to the North. 1/16 GAO: Social Security Reform May Mean Cuts 1/16 United for Peace.org. Rally for Peace This Weekend. The January 15th BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.) Glasgow MPs unite against war on Iraq 1/16 "I recommend this book to everyone with a brain -- and Republicans too," Says James Carville. "It's Still the Economy Stupid," by Paul Begala. Your Purchase of This Book Supports BuzzFlash.Com Iranian cyclist's peace tour stopped cold in Ariz.; "now he runs in circles at an INS detention center." 1/16 Obstruction of justice: The Chicago Tribune Defends Former Gov. Ryan's Death Row Commutations 1/16 Bush Urged to Push for Social Security Reform 1/16 The Rehnquist Choice by John Dean -- The explosive, never-before-revealed story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the man responsible for his candidacy. War Is Good Business 1/16 House GOP Reform Advocate Passed Over 1/16 A heartening rain as we await the flood: Gov. Ryan's Commutations 1/16 Missing Texas Plague Samples Located 1/16 In Graphic Protest: Antiwar posters survey modern U.S. opposition movements and tacitly rally against a war with Iraq. 1/16 Offshore Cardholders Get 2nd Chance 1/16 Time for Another Outsider? 2004 might be a year when Americans are looking for a sure hand, not a fresh face 1/16 "The United States edited out more than 8,000 pages of Iraq's 11,800-page dossier on weapons, deleting potentially embarrassing information about foreign firms involved in supplying weapons-related materials to Iraq from 1975 to 1999." 1/16 UC finds anarchist's words too red hot; Emma Goldman's quotes deleted 1/16 Stick with UN on Iraq, cabinet warns Blair 1/16 Pleasing The Bosses, Failing The Public: CNBC Shows How Media Mergers Degrade Journalism 1/16 Protest Groups Using Updated Tactics to Spread Antiwar Message 1/16 Audacious: Time To Consider Alternatives To White House Tax Proposals 1/16 Poor Paying More: State and Local Taxes Rigged for the Rich 1/16 The Silent Majority Needs To Be Heard: Paul Volcker's Preface To "Wealth And Our Commonwealth" 1/16 Republicans Stalk Out Of Bloomberg Dinner; Mayor Promises Political Support For Tax-Increasing Democrats 1/16 U.S. formally asks for limited NATO help 1/16 PFAW's "Right Wing Watch" 1/16 White House Sees Deficits for 'Foreseeable Future' 1/16 As always, Congress takes care of itself first 1/16 Iraq Agenda Unmasked 1/16 Depressed? Read "The Emerging Democratic Majority." Remember that the Democrats Won the Last THREE Presidential Elections. Republicans Can Only Win Through Campaign Deception and 5-4 Supreme Court Votes. This Book Will Cheer You Up! The Bush Cartel is Shivering In Its Boots About John Edwards: This is An Actual North Carolina GOP Alert Sent to a BuzzFlash Reader 1/15 "Bob Graham said Tuesday that he has consulted more than 200 people, including former President Bill Clinton, on a possible run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination." 1/15 What the Hell is the Attorney General of the United States Doing Shilling for Faith-Based Funding? 1/15 USA Today: Web of board members ties together Corporate America 1/15 While Handing Out Billions of Dollars in Cash to the Super Wealthy, Bush Says Moms with Children on Welfare Earning Sub-poverty Wages Don't Earn Enough. Leave Every Child Behind, Except for the Offspring of the Rich. 1/15 Joe Conason's Journal: Lieberman and Sharpton, the favorite Democrats of the Republican Party 1/15 Chuck Schumer Vs. a Neo-Confederacy Bush Judicial Appointment 1/15 National Parks in Peril 1/15 Reposted: An American Press That Shills for the Bush Cartel War Agenda 1/15 A Must Read: "Wealth and Democracy" by Kevin Phillips. A BuzzFlash Premium. The influence of money on government is now, more then ever, a hot political issue. Reality at the SEC 1/15 Chicago's "Forces of Virtue" present A Concert for Peace 2002: A Year in the Failed War on Drugs 1/15 From the BuzzFlash Archives, a Must Read: Rumsfeld, Bush and the North Korean Nuclear Program Unethical Pizza 1/15 Texas Budget $1.8 Billion in the Hole This Year; $8.1 Billion for Next Two-Year Budget 1/15	Rumsfeld Must Resign -- A New Flash Animation from TakeBackTheMedia.com Bush Declares "Sanctity of Life" Day, But Only for the "Unborn." It's Those of Us Who Are Out of the Womb Who Have to Worry. 1/15 Bush Declares War on Country Where There's NO Imminent Crisis, but Will Talk with Country Where There Is A Crisis. Say What? 1/15 Bush the First Abandoned the Shiites in Iraq After the First Gulf War 1/15 First Four Democratic Presidential Primaries Will be Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Virginia 1/15 A Postal Service facility for sorting U.S. government mail in Northeast Washington was shut last night as a precaution after a letter sent to the Federal Reserve Board showed the possible presence of anthrax spores 1/15 George W. Bush Waived the Nuclear Inspections Required for North Korea -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary Judge Resigns Position in Virginia to Protest Iraq Attack 1/15 Online MSNBC Survey: Is Bush Doing a Good Job? 1/15 A sister of conscience confronts a lack of tolerance for dissent 1/15 Dean Says Democrats 'Timid' in Challenging Bush 1/15 What would happen if you woke up living in a quasi-police state? You Do, Everyday. Study: It Helps in Job Search to Have 'white' Name; 'Brett' Gets More Responses Than 'Kareem' 1/15 US 'inciting global rights abuse' 1/15 Bush Wages Class Warfare Against the Poor and Middle-Class. He's A Rich Boy Helping Other Rich Boys. 1/15 EPA to Allow Polluters to Buy Clean Water Credits; Environmental Groups Say Policy Weakens Law 1/15 The Nixon Shadow that Hovers Over the White House, by John Dean 1/15 Lawyer Blames "Friendly Fire" Bombing on U.S. Pilots Being Given Amphetamines 1/15 AIDs ain't Terror: Just last month, at a United Nations' population conference in Bangkok, the American delegation made an embarrassing, and ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to block an endorsement of condom use to prevent AIDS. 1/15 'Peace is patriotic': Activist organizes marches to encourage public opinion 1/15 Does the New York Times Editorial Board Still Think That "Few Can Doubt Mr. Bush's Commitment To A Multiracial America"? A BuzzFlash News Analysis Buzz Into Winter! Get A BuzzFlash.com T-shirt And Spread the News! The Media: Playing Tag with John Edwards -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary Arms deals criticized as corporate US welfare 1/15 Reposted: Kevin Phillips on the Bush Tax Cut 1/15 Today's anti-war movement is a multigenerational affair 1/15 What A Small World (note dripping sarcasm): Treasury Secretary John Snow's very recent former company CSX sells ships to George H.W. Bush's The Carlyle Group for $300 million 1/15 Highly Recommended Book on the Right Wing Agenda of the Supreme Court: "Courting Disaster." This Book and John Dean's Fantastic "The Rehnquist Choice" for $50 (less than the combined retail cost, and we pay the shipping). Support BuzzFlash. John le Carre: A Predatory and Dishonest War 1/15 Is Our Children Learning? Paul Begala Knows the Answer to That Question Swearing In for 108th Congress, by U.S. Representative Dennis J. Kucinich 1/15 Must Read: "Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law." Become a Reader Supporter of BuzzFlash.com. Japanese activists rally to antiwar cry 1/15 Georgia Supreme Court Rules That It's Not Illegal for Unmarried People to Have Sex. Now, That's a Relief. 1/15 States Organizing a Nonprofit Group to Cut Drug Costs 1/15 Clearing of Illinois Death Row Is Greeted With Global Cheers 1/15 The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist) More Right-Wing Conservative Judges from Bush: 11th Circuit Could Ignite Capital Controversy; "Pryor seems to embody the controversial characteristics of Bush's other bench picks." 1/15 Activists Step Up Opposition to Iraq Attack in Syaracuse, New York 1/15 Black Gold: The U.S. is becoming less reliant on Middle Eastern oil, thanks to West Africa 1/15 The King Has No Clothes: But Saying So Might Land You In Prison 1/15 Must See! 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In the Vice Grip of Politics, by BuzzFlash "Southern Style" Columnist Rebecca Knight

In the Vice Grip of Politics, by BuzzFlash "Southern Style" Columnist
Rebecca Knight