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War Incorporated 3/19
Powell Reveals List of Nations Forming "Coalition of the Coerced" 3/19
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Must Read: How Could a Crazed Tobacco Farmer Terrorize Washington D.C. for Two Days And No One Questions the Bush/Ridge/Ashcroft Incompetence in Fighting Terrorism?
On the Eve of War, BuzzFlash.com Interviews an Advocate of Peace: Janeane Garofalo
Grand Hypocrisy Party Blasts Daschle for Telling the Truth. Call Daschle's Office at (202) 224-2321 to Let Him Know You Support His Comments. 3/19
Bush Cartel Wants to Conduct Surveillance of Internet Users 3/19
U.S., U.K. Work on Iraqi Oil Money Plan 3/19
In a December 2001 Commentary, Richrad Perle Laid Out Some of the Real Reasons for Iraq War: "Those who think Iraq should not be next may want to think about Syria or Iran or Sudan or Yemen or Somalia or North Korea or Lebanon or the Palestinian Auth."
Bush's Monday Night Lie: "Every Measure Was Taken to Avoid War." 48 Hours Until the Bombing Starts. ENDGAME, A BuzzFlash Editorial
Fighting Between the Turks and the Kurds Seems Likely When Bush Attacks Iraq 3/19
GAO: Bush Not Protecting Chemical Plants 3/19
No Head is Complete Without a BuzzFlash Cap!
"[I]nstead of coming up with the money to offer real domestic protection against terrorists, the administration is treating homeland security like an unwanted stepchild." 3/19
Bush Says U.N. Will be Involved After the War. Then Why Shouldn't the U.N. Control the Oil Fields, George? Just Asking. 3/19
Is Iraq Bush's Elizabeth Smart? 3/19
U.S.'s Image is Fast Eroding with War Plans 3/19
Zogby Poll: Al Gore Leading Contender Against Bush 3/19
U.S. Troops, Iraqi Citizens Brace for War 3/19
Terrorists Don't Need to Shoot America Up. With the Help of the Gun Industry, We Do It to Ourselves. 3/19
Must See Flash: Democracy and Liberation
Witnesses Say American Protestor Was Deliberately Killed by Tractor Destroying a Palestinian Home 3/19
War is Peace. War is Fear. War is Never-Ending Homeland Security. War Stops Political Debate. War Stops Dissent. Are You Getting the Picture. "Homeland Security" Ramped Up to Meet New Terrorist Threats Caused by Bush War. Got It? 3/19
I Wanna' be a Dictator, Says Bush 3/19
A Weakness Parading as Strength 3/19
Bush to ask for $168 billion to pay for war 3/19
Sure Looks Like the Bush Cartel is Afraid of War Crimes Trials....Against the Bush Cartel. For Real. 3/19
Politically Incorrect Bill Maher is Author of "When You Ride ALONE, You Ride With Bin Laden." The Newest BuzzFlash.Com Premium. In Book or CD Format.
The BuzzFlash Mailbag - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-American!
"Get Your War On" by David Rees
Human Shields Await Their Fate in Iraq 3/19
The Nightmare World of a Paranoid President 3/19
First Shot Fired at Sea 3/19
Maureen Dowd: The Perpendicular Pronoun 3/19
Wiretapping Devices Found at French and German European Union Offices. BuzzFlash.Com Can't Imagine Who Would Put Them There. Can You? 3/19
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Bush Cartel Team to Plant, We Mean Seek, WMD in Iraq 3/19
"Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg
Susan McDougal's "The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk." A Premium From BuzzFlash.com.
Resistance to "Brainwashington," a translated article from Der Spiegel (mentions BuzzFlash.com)
People with disabilities would suffer from Sutton's judicial confirmation 3/19
More on the Coalition of the Coerced 3/19
Republicans Seek to Slash VA Budget 3/19
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute!
Great List of Bush Broken Promises! The Bush Credibility Gap
Boom, A Flash 3/19
Some Newspapers Pull Reporters Out of Baghdad 3/19
In the Shadow of War, a Pastoral Letter from the Episcopal Church 3/19
Defining Patriots and Taking Back Old Glory 3/19
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Giving the Term "Embedded Reporter" New Meaning 3/19
U.S. Churches Urge Blair to Stop War 3/19
Time To Cast the Big Butterfly Net? - P.M. Carpenter
No Particular Concern: "somehow, when the State Department this month issued its list of "countries of particular concern" -- a list that included China, Iran, Iraq, Burma, North Korea and Sudan -- the [Saudi] kingdom was left off" 3/19
Is One of Election 2000's GOP Goons Slated to Oversee the Media in Iraq?
Few In Congress Want To Discuss War, Much Less Debate It 3/19
Arafat Names Abbas As Palestinian P.M. 3/19
The Plan: Were Neo-Conservatives’ 1998 Memos a Blueprint for Iraq War? 3/19
Michelangelo Signorile: Alterman in War Paint; Deep in the media jungle, there is Kurtz. 3/19
Boston Globe Reporter Expelled from Iraq 3/19
New! Updated and Expanded American Edition of Greg Palast's "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." Available Now at BuzzFlash.Com.
Vatican: US, Backers Responsible Before God on Iraq 3/19
Thomas Friedman Finally Gets It 3/19
Halliburton, the Iraq War and Cowboy Junkies 3/19
A Letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush on the Eve of War 3/19
Spain Won't Have Any Combat Troops Fighting Iraq, So What Was that Whole Azores Thing About? A Photo-Op Perhaps? Mercy Me. 3/19
March 15 Anti-War Protest in DC - Two BuzzFlash Reader Commentaries 3/19
The Resident of the White House Who Dick Cheney Threatened, A BuzzFlash.Com Interview with the Creator of WhiteHouse.Org
Anti-Abortion Activist Convicted Of Doctor's Murder 3/19
A BuzzFlash Interview with Martin Garbus, Author of Courting Disaster
Whose Interests at Heart? Very Compelling Commentary by Iraqi Exile in London 3/19
The Past is Prologue: "Secrets," by Daniel Ellsberg. By the Man Who Released the Pentagon Papers. A Warning About a Government that Keeps Secrets.
Aid or heroin, Afghanistan warns. 3/19
US may attack before ultimatum runs out 3/19
Harper's boss predicts al-Jazeera will be knocked out fast 3/19
"Robin Cook was given a standing ovation by Labour MPs this evening when he announced that he would be voting against an attack on Iraq tomorrow." 3/18
Nuclear inspectors reportedly angry; Checking False U.S. Leads Wasted Time 3/19
GOP Fails to Break Judicial Filibuster 3/19
Flash Animation of Iraqi Children, from TakeBackTheMedia.com 3/19
Boycott Mainstream Media and Tune in the World: How To Listen to Shortwave Broadcasts via Radio and the Internet - A Special BuzzFlash Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
Jimmy Breslin: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright 3/19
It's Been a Long Time Since We Said This, But Go Tom, Go! Call Tom Daschle and Tell Him You Support His Criticism of Bush's Inept Diplomacy. Thank Him for the Estrada Filibuster Too. 3/19
The Bush Legacy: Diminished role for UN stokes fear of instability 3/19
Some Democrats to halt campaigns 3/19
The Madness of King George: Problems Abound, but Bush Stays Confident 3/19
Editorial: Canada is right to say No to war 3/19
US churches urge Blair to stop war 3/19
Holy Cripe! Worldcom Wins Third Gov't Contract Since November. 3/19
Martin Sheen: A Celebrity, but First a Citizen 3/19
Toxic ammo is tested in fish areas; U.S. Navy uses depleted uranium in coast waters; activists may go to court 3/19
Blair Wins Legislative Votes on Iraq 3/19
Howard Dean says he will back troops, but not war policies 3/19
Richard Perle, Ann Coulter and America's Savage Regression
Hastert, Not Seeing the Glaring Hypocrisy in his Words, Attacks Daschle for Negative Comments about Bush. Geez, Denny, Can't We "Support the Presidency Without Supporting the President"? Now, Where Have We Heard That Before? 3/19
Profiles in Prophecy: Which Armageddon Angle is Right for You? - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
Bush clings to dubious accusations; Some U.S. claims about Saddam’s arsenal are hotly disputed 3/19
Is the Bush Cartel Issuing Pre-Emptive Disinformation to Explain Away Civilian Casualties at the Hands of U.S. and British Forces?
From the Archives: You Call That Evidence! 3/19
Is Bush a "Dry Drunk"? This is a Serious, Not Just a Provocative Question, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
Bush is a Gong Show Reject. The Eyes Tell You Everything.
Robin Cook on George Bush 3/19
Congressman Henry Waxman: Doubts about Administration's Nuclear Evidence on Iraq (top of page) 3/18
Texas Cases Challenged Over Officer's Testimony 3/19
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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.
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
Senators Inouye, Akaka join critics who say Bush hasn't justified war 3/19
Credibility Bomb: The "powerful odor of mendacity" (to borrow Tennessee Williams’ phrase) hung over George Bush’s primetime virtual declaration of war Monday night. 3/19
When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History 3/19
Democrats Block GOP Energy Nominee 3/19
Waging War: Bush's impossible dream 3/19
Dixie Chicks Continue To Receive Backlash For Anti-Bush Comments 3/19
Terrorism And The War With Iraq 3/19
Prices at the pump hit all-time high 3/19
Democrats Criticize Homeland Defense Plan 3/19
Blair should fear eloquent Cook 3/19
Ignoring The Unthinkable: "If a terrorist were to detonate a 10-kiloton nuclear bomb in Grand Central Station, about half a million people would die immediately" 3/19
Republicans Resigned to Defeat on Alaska Wildlife Refuge Drilling Plan 3/19
Denmark: CIA's `favourite' Iraqi dictator charged with war crimes 3/19
US to use depleted uranium 3/19
Sen. Levin's Senate floor speech on Iraq 3/19
Iraq Envoy: No Safe Place for Americans in War 3/19
If War Comes, by Paul Loeb & Geov Parrish 3/19
A Call To Action: From the Widow of a Vietnam Veteran and Mother of a Soldier. She is Legally Challenging Bush's Right to Go to War Without a Congressional Declaration of War
Military families lose benefit 3/19
Kerry to Offer Security Proposals; Democratic Hopeful, Criticizing Bush's Response, Has $50 Billion Plan 3/19
War in the Ruins of Diplomacy 3/19
E.J. Dionne, Jr.: Facing the Costly Reality 3/19
French Say They Will Support War on Iraq if Iraq uses WMD 3/19
Drinking Problem Seen at Nuke Sites 3/19
The Selling of Fear 3/19
Secondhand Diplomacy: After closed-door meetings with cigarette makers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty. 3/18
Daschle says Bush has failed `miserably'' in diplomacy, forcing America to war 3/18
Get Ready for a Heightened "Terror Alert" to be Used for Political Purposes Once Again. What the Hell Do They Ever Mean? Does Anyone Know? Of Course, Karl Rove Knows. They Mean Get Everyone Scared Enough to Support Bush and Forget About His Incompetence.
The March 17th BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
"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
Go Buy Some Duct Tape. Karl Rove Decided That It Was Time to Scare Americans Again to Soften Them Up for the War. We're on "Orange Alert." 3/18
A Bushel Full of Bushisms. Two Books Filled with the Slate Collection of Honest-to-Goober Bushisms. Buy Them AND Support BuzzFlash.com! It's Positively Stupefying!
Southeast Asia Braces for Terrorism Attacks as a Result of War 3/18
The Short, Unhappy Life of Campaign Finance Reform 3/18
War Inc. - American corporations with close ties to the White House are poised to cash in on Saddam's defeat. French companies need not apply. 3/18
From the Archives: Wolfowitz Had the CIA Probe Blix in 2002 3/18
President Bush Prepares for War. Well, That's Because He Doesn't Understand Anything Else. 3/18
Poppy Bush Buys Tobacco Industry in Italy 3/18
Martin Sheen says Hollywood activists deserve respect 3/18
Top Iraqi defector disappears; General was facing war crimes investigation 3/18
Singing for Peace on the Washington Mall 3/18
BuzzFlash Interviews Ted Rall on Bush's Failed Nation Building in Afghanistan and What It Portends in Iraq
Bush the Rule Breaker 3/18
Bush is Patient with Tractor Terrorist in D.C. He's Probably a Bush Voter. 3/19
Statement of Edward Kennedy on War With Iraq 3/18
Police Negotiate with Farmer in D.C. Standoff; Forced Closure of "three federal buildings and restricted access to several others." And Bush Thinks He Can Protect Us From Terrorists? 3/18
Code Barf Bag Alert: Military's spin corps promises honesty over civilian deaths 3/18
Gangbanger, fifth columnist, radical Muslim, poor fatherless Puerto Rican -- is it mere coincidence that in Jose Padilla the government has the perfect fall guy? 3/18
Russia Delays Ratifying U.S. Arms Pact Over Iraq 3/18
Priorities, Priorities! Senate GOP Trying to Save Bush Tax Cuts. 3/18
"One of the first major objectives in the war against Iraq will be to seize its largest southern city, Basra, and secure its port facilities and nearby oil fields" 3/18
"As We March to War, the Bush administration's interest is to discredit, even foreclose, dissent." 3/18
Paul Krugman: The Shape of Things to Come, Bad Moon on the Rise 3/18
State Department Letter of Resignation Over War 3/18
U.S. WMD 3/18
Lookee Here, Another "Family-Oriented" Republican Nabbed for Child Porn. There's nothing like the smell of hypocrisy, is there? 3/18
U.S. Unilateralism Worries Trade Officials 3/18
Arianna Huffington's "Pigs at the Trough" and a BuzzFlash.Com Honest-to-Goodness Piggy Bank! Can You Beat a Combination Like That?
Father Andrew Greeley: How smart is the president? 3/18
UK Attorney General's Iraq response 3/18
Not in Our Name to Run Anti-War Advertisement on MTV and BET. See it here. 3/18
Pushed into War by Liars and Cheats 3/18
Robin Cook's resignation letter 3/18
Never Mind, by BuzzFlash Writer Rebecca Knight in Southern Style
Where Did Saddam Hussein Get His Weapons? - The Angry Liberal
Message to Tom Daschle: Continue the Filibuster Until Estrada's Nomination is Withdrawn -- Or Resign
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
This Week's Top Ten Conservative Idiots: Freedom Fries Edition 3/17
Bush Gives Dixie Chicks 48 Hours To Flee U.S. 3/18
President's Televised Address Granting Saddam Hussein 48 Hours to Stop 3/19
St. Patrick's Day at the White House: President's Statement Welcoming Irelandian Prime Minister Bertie O'Hern 3/18
Justice Scalia Taunts Clarence Thomas with Justice Scalia Taunts Clarence Thomas with Sandra Day O'Connor's Chastity Belt Key 3/19
These Are Ironic Times 3/18
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