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Our Poor Soldiers in Iraq are Punished for Believing That They Live in a Democracy: Claims that Bush Ordered Extended Stays and Punishments. This is Outrageous. Our Soldiers are Not Bush Cartel Chattel! Someone Please Speak Up for Them! 7/19

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U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Bomb Attack: Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- and Still are Dying. 7/19

Why is the Bush Cartel Keeping Saddam's Science Advisor Under Wraps? Is It Because He Might Embarass the Bush Cartel by Telling the Truth? 7/18

Another Bush State of the Union Lie: Iraqi scientist counters U.S. claims on tubes, bomb project 7/18

Another Reason for Impeachment: "The military will punish demoralized soldiers in Iraq who are bluntly venting their frustration to reporters, the Pentagon said yesterday." This Isn't the Soviet Union, Or Is It? 7/18

Did the Bush White House Commit Treason by Outing and Naming An Active CIA Agent? It Sure Looks Like It. 7/17

Bush had hands-on role revising disputed speech; Wrote notes in margins of State of Union drafts, gave writers pointers 7/19

The July 18th World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia

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Paul Krugman: Like a Venereal Disease, Bush is Passing It Along (BuzzFlash's Title, Not Krugman's) 7/18

White House Official Who Jammed Niger Uranium Fraud Down the Throat of the CIA is Named 7/18

Dean: Bush Owes U.S. Explanation on Iraq 7/19

Unfounded U.S. claims of WMDs warrant an independent investigation 7/19

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Both Bushes toyed with intelligence 7/19

After TWO Years of Detention, US releases 11 INNOCENT Pakistanis from Guantanamo Bay. U.S. Citizens Will Pay the Price of the Bush Administration's Arrogance and Contempt for Justice. 7/19

'Time running out' to secure Iraq, says top Pentagon Advisors 7/19

Latest Zogby poll not good for Bush 7/19

Youth Find More Truth In Eminem Than Bush 7/19

Deceit runs deep 7/19

Seymour Hersh: The Syrian Bet; Did the Bush Administration burn a useful source on Al Qaeda? 7/19

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Lying -- a Bush Family Value 7/19

Iraq casualties keep Landstuhl Hospital (in Germany) full 7/19

Iraq answers do not add up 7/19

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Death of public servant stuns UK's establishment 7/19

Message to Pat Roberts, Bush's New Senate Republican Boy Toy: Bushie Boy Loves 'Em and Leaves 'Em. Get Out While You Still Can. -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary

Take Back the Media Radio is On the Air!

Arianna Huffington's "Pigs at the Trough" and a BuzzFlash.Com Honest-to-Goodness Piggy Bank! Can You Beat a Combination Like That?

Texas lawmaker sues agency for papers on legislator hunt 7/19

Blair Under Fire as Speech 'Undermines Legal Case for War 7/19

Richard Reeves: Rolling Truth in the White House 7/19

Journalists 'must protect whistleblowers'; The apparent death of Dr David Kelly has put the spotlight back on the BBC 's refusal to name its source for the story that an Iraqi weapons dossier was "sexed up". 7/19

Blix attacks Danish minister for false information on Iraq arms 7/19

White House e-mail system becomes less user-friendly. 7/19

Robert Kuttner: Journalists should stop giving Bush a free ride. 7/19

Durbin Amendment Examines Role of White House & Executive Branch Employees in Use of Iraq-Related Intelligence Information 7/19

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U.S. Suspends Military Trial of British Suspects 7/19

Amnesty Tells U.S. to Stop Executing Child Offenders 7/19

Focus on Smallpox Threat Revived; Experts Say Immunization Program Is Crucial to Homeland Security 7/19

Experts believed no Iraqi WMDs in 2001: analysts 7/19

Intelligence Dispute Festers as Iraq Victory Recedes 7/19

Bush: British detainees are 'bad people' 7/19

A New Hard-Liner at the DEA 7/19

Broken promise: America's approach to governing Baghdad has failed to involve Iraqis, says ISAM al-KHAFAJI, who returned home to help rebuild his country 7/19

TX Gov. Perry cuts GI Forum funds; Some say cause is opposition to redistricting 7/19

Bush Job Performance Slips to 53% Positive, 46% Negative; More Voters (47%) Say It's Time for Someone New Than Say He Deserves Re-election; Two-in-Three Say it Makes No Difference if WMDs Are Never Found, According to Newest Zogby America Poll 7/19

Nelson Mandela Celebrates 85th Birthday 7/19

Weapons Of Mass Stupidity: Fox News hits a new lowest common denominator 7/19

U.S. Syria raid killed 80 7/19

Tragic price of contempt for free press; A man may have died as a result of the government's contempt for one of the cornerstones of democracy - a free and independent press 7/19

The Democratic Divide: On Howard Dean and the DLC (with a BuzzFlash.com mention) 7/19

John Dean: Why A Special Prosecutor's Investigation Is Needed To Sort Out the Niger Uranium And Related WMDs Mess 7/18

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." Yeats Wrote That. 7/19

A Bummer of a Summer for Bush 7/19

Appeals Court Comes to Norton's Defense 7/19

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Equals 1991 War 7/18

Media Underplays U.S. Death Toll in Iraq; Soldiers Dead Since May Is 3 Times Official Count 7/18

An Unprecedented Deception 7/18

Report: Bush Cartel Obtained Phony Uranium Documents from a "Private Source" 7/18

BuzzFlash Readers Catch More Bush Lies in the Mailbag. But It's Kind of Like Trying to Swat Flies Away from Horse Manure! BuzzFlash Mailbag Latest Edition!

Message to Pat Robertson: Just Shut Up, Already! The Lord is Tired of Listening to Your Whining. 7/18

Report: C.I.A. Forces White House to Stand Down on Claims of WMDs in Syria 7/18

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The Bush Legacy: Money for Financial Aid for College Students Will be Reduced 7/18

Bob Graham Says the "I" Word in New Hampshire 7/18

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Tenet Testimony Raises New Furor 7/18

Was William H. Pryor Less Than Truthful in His Senate Testimony? 7/18

White House, In Essence, Calls CIA Testimony to a Congressional Hearing Lies 7/18

Stretched in Iraq, Bush Cartel May Return to U.N. 7/18

Should be a Bombshell, But the White House is Already Lying About the Lie: Tenet Told Senators that White House Official Insisted Iraq Uranium Claim be Included in State of the Union. Talk About a Smoking Gun.

Little Caesar's Quicksand 7/18

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Revisionist History from the White House 7/18

In Senate, Democratic Foes Halt Vote on School Vouchers 7/18

Meria Heller Interviews Greg Palast 7/18

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Kerry Says Bush Lacks Viable Security Plan 7/18

U.S. Had Uranium Papers Earlier 7/18

Bush Creates New Enemies in Africa 7/18

"Unexploded ordnance continues to kill Iraqi children - UNICEF" 7/18

Who Overruled the CIA at the White House? Just Remember the Buck Stops at Bush. 7/18

E.J. Dionne: Moving Right Along 7/18

New Budget Director Calls Deficit Manageable. Yeah, Manageable Until they Get Kicked Out of Office and Don't Have to Worry About it Anymore. 7/18

So Who's Protecting the Saudis? 7/18

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Evolving Untruths 7/18

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U.S. Writes Off Canada's Gift to Bush 7/18

The Jeb Bush Legacy: Allegations of document falsification and a general lack of accountability regarding the corporate tax credit school voucher plan call the Department of Education's credibility into question. 7/18

Controversy Surrounding How a Republican Governor Got His Air Force Reserve Commission 7/18

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Bush Turns to His Lapdog, Tony Blair, for Support 7/18

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Medicare Robbery 7/18

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U.S. Soldier Reveals His Own Most Wanted List to ABC News:"The aces in my deck are Paul Bremer, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush and Paul Wolfowitz," he said.

GOP Family Values Lesson of the Day: The daughter of Sen. Mitch McConnell Tied Kids to Chairs and Taped Their Mouths Shut in Her Classroom. A True Republican! Daddy Must be Mighty Proud of Her! 7/18

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Canada Wants Answers from Iran About Beating Death of Canadian Citizen in Tehran 7/18

How PNAC Had Their Way with our Foreign Policy 7/18

How the Land of the Free Became the Dinosaur in the Tar Pit by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell

Just When You Think that the Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP) Couldn't Get Any More Hypocritical and Unethical, It Proves It Can:Republican state attorneys general in at least six states sought campaign contributions from groups they might regulate or sue.

A U.S. soldier was killed Wednesday in an attack on a convoy in Baghdad, bringing the number of American battle deaths in the Iraqi conflict to 148 surpassing the 147 killed in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. 7/17

Richard Cohen: . . . Unshakable Faith. Did God Make Bush Trash Our World? 7/18

Accident is North Korea's biggest nuclear threat 7/18

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Robert Scheer: A Firm Basis for Impeachment

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Ted Rall: The Beginning of the End? 7/18

A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights

U.S. high horse now riderless 7/18

ConWebWatch: Savagely Pink-Slipped; Parts of the ConWeb are surprisingly critical of Michael Savage's gay-bashing remarks -- but they also equivocate his behavior. 7/18

White House is starting to lose its credibility. Have they every had any? Just asking. 7/18

The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)

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Snow steps up warning over US budget deficit 7/18

Judge Gives Life Sentence for Theft of $20. George Bush's Buddy, Ken Lay, Still Free and Living High on the Theft of Billions. Where's the Justice in That? 7/18

Bush Popularity Sinks in California, Poll Finds 7/18

Bush Proposal Could End Overtime Pay for Millions of Workers 7/18

Joe Conason: To Show Loyalty, Rice Lies for Bush 7/18

Congressman Waxman's 12-page Letter Demanding an Independent Investigation of Intelligence Abuses by White House (PDF) 7/18

Defiance in Moussaoui case draws law experts' criticism; Attorney general's action appears to undermine federal judges' authority 7/18

So Frightening It's Funny: Announcement of HUGE Security Flaw in Microsoft Software Comes One Day after Homeland Sec. Dept. Announces 5-Year, $90 Million Contract for Microsoft Software. Feel Safe Yet? 7/18

A Calendar of Combat Fatalities in Iraq after Bush said "Mission Accomplished" 7/18

The Contortions of the Pro-War Democrats 7/18

Arianna Huffington: Yellowcake-gate, Bush's Mis-State-Ment Of The Union Fiasco 7/18

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U.S. Commander in Iraq Says Yearlong Tours Are Option to Combat 'Guerrilla' War 7/18

Rape and trafficking of women prevalent in post-war Iraq 7/18

Illinois Will Require Taping of Homicide Interrogations 7/18

War Effort Impedes Security at Home 7/18

CBSNews.com's Washington Wrap 7/18

Bush Lies About Iraq Are Only The Symptom, Not The Disease 7/18

Red Cross: War on terror disrupts relief aid 7/18

BBC In The Crossfire 7/18

The Bush Legacy: Resentment of U.S. Hitting Corporate Balance Sheets 7/18

A Look at Iraq's Governing Council 7/18

The Bush Administration's "House of cards" 7/18

New Purported Saddam Tape Urges Holy War. Is this a CIA faked tape to try to "explain" Iraqi resistance or is it for real? Who knows? If it's for real, once again bush didn't get his man. If it's fake, it's one more bush cartel con job. 7/18

20 Lies About the Iraq War! More lies are being used in the aftermath. It's Not Just the Niger Uranium Lie; It's a Whole Orchestrated Avalanche of Lies.

Ltr to Ed.: Bush needs to join jobless 7/18

Careful: The FB-eye may be watching; Reading the wrong thing in public can get you in trouble 7/18

Mystery illness kills Missouri soldier 7/18

Murdoch's Extended Reach 7/18

Tom DeLay's Down-Home Muscle 7/18


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Play the "George W. Bush Credibility Twister" Game 7/19

Greenspan Blames Krugman For Sluggish Economy 7/18

Betty Bowers Introduces Miracle Cards 7/17

Sgt. Tenet Schultz: "I Know Nothing!" 7/18

Clarence Thomas GOP Playing Card 7/17

Scam Uranium Document Contains Obvious Flaws 7/18

Who's on First? 7/18

Who Would be a Better President: Bush or Tic-Tacs 7/19

Let Them Eat Yellow Cake! 7/18

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