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France and Germany refused Thursday to support a U.S. draft resolution that would spread the burden of running postwar Iraq
About 300 protesters - some carrying signs for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, but most angry about the economy and the war against Iraq - were outside the convention hall where President Bush spoke Thursday. 9/5
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Paul Krugman: Bush's China Syndrome 9/5
The Bush Legacy: Optimism sustains local soldier who lost legs 9/5
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Such a Deal! "You send your troops into our quagmire, and the occupation will still be run by us. Your guys get to do some of the dying, but have none of the authority at all. And Halliburton will still keep all its contracts to rebuild the place." 9/5
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All We Get is Lies, 24/7 Bush Administration. Wolfowitz said the issue of a U.N. resolution "didn't sort of emerge out of nowhere a few days ago. It's been on our agenda ever since the fall of Baghdad." The Wolf Also Calls U.N. Bombing a "Breakthrough."
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Democratic Candidates Turn Harshest Attacks on Bush 9/5
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The Bush Legacy: Jobless Claims Show Labor Market Weak 9/5
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The Shameful Bush Legacy: Wounded in Iraq, Deserted at Home 9/5
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Black Box Voting: The Diebold Files 9/5
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Priorities! Priorities! House Approves Pay Raise for Itself! 9/5
Howard Kurtz Finally Gets the Message 9/5
Sen. Clinton says Bush ignoring promise to her husband 9/5
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Disparity in wealth is killing democracy, scholar warns 9/5
NRDC Cries Foul as 2 EPA Officials Depart to Reap Their Financial Rewards for Gutting Environmental Policies 9/5
Take Action! Protect overtime pay: Tell your senators to block the Bush overtime take away. 9/5
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Maryland GOP seeks resignation of head of new Hispanic caucus 9/5
Here it Comes: Bush to 'ramp up' P.R. on Iraq 9/5
The Scorecard is Looking Grim 9/5
Insanity Reigns! Rumsfeld Wants to Bring Saddam's Secret Police to Take Over Security. That Will Really Win the Iraqi Population Over. What the Hell Did We "Liberate Them" From? 9/5
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EPA lifts ban on selling PCB sites 9/5
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What if the war on Iraq had never happened? 9/5
The Texas stalemate: It's all about race 9/5
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E.J. Dionne: The Radical Goal of McCain-Feingold's Enemies 9/5
The Bush Legacy: White House Shares Some of Columbia Blame 9/5
Why Dean and Franken are so hot right now; After years of being kicked in the teeth by GOP bullies, Democrats have finally found two brawlers who know how to give it back. 9/5
The Bush Legacy: "Chronically short of musicians for military funerals, the Pentagon has approved the use of a push-button bugle that plays taps by itself as the operator holds it to his or her lips." 9/5
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The Neil Bush Divorce Gets Messier and Messier 9/5
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Senate Committee Blocks FCC Media Plan 9/5
White House Threatens Veto on Overtime Change 9/5
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Ad Rules Relaxed for NFL Bash; "To be turning the Mall into a billboard is, I think, what all the people would recognize as a violation of the stewardship of the Park Service." 9/5
A U.S. soldier in Iraq wonders: 'How many more must die?' 9/5
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Bush Betrays the Sick in Africa 9/5
What Estrada's exit means for future battles 9/5
Powell and Joint Chiefs Nudged Bush Toward U.N. 9/5
Before the war, President Bush told us Iraq was a throbbing hub of terror. It wasn't, of course. But it is now. 9/4
CA Lawmakers OK bill giving domestic partners many marriage rights 9/5
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Stansfield Turner: Hubris Repeats Itself in Iraq 9/5
TONIGHT! Democrats to Compete in 1st Major Debate 9/5
More on the Bush Propaganda Movie Airing this Weekend on Showtime 9/5
Siting advanced bioweapons germ research at secretive nuclear labs could be a serious mistake, especially given Energy’s poor security, safety, and environmental records. 9/5
Iraq Foreign Minister Says No to Turkish Troops 9/5
Quagmire? What Quagmire? 9/5
"Baghdad's capacity was over-emphasised which might suggest what was being said was: The threat from weapons of mass destruction was not imminent." 9/5
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McCain Attacks Boeing Lease Deal With Air Force 9/5
Molly Ivins: Remembrance of quotes past 9/5
Greg Palast Reported on This Story Not Long After 9/11. BuzzFlash Has Been Following It Ever Since Then. Suddenly, the Mainstream Press "Scoops" the Story More Than a Year and a Half Later. 9/5
Bill Berkowitz: Schwarzenegger uncloaked; Arnold runs from his past, ducks debate with fellow candidates 9/5
Dean’s anti-war stance not so bad a platform after all 9/5
Iraqi Officer's Funeral Brings Catharsis, But No Answers 9/5
To local and state officials, Berrien is a school on the upswing and a prime example of how out of touch with reality the No Child Left Behind Law is. 9/5
Taking 'Intelligence' Out Of 'CIA' 9/5
Critics howl, but Boeing deal for tankers still on 9/5
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U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
The Bush Legacy: U.S. infrastructure gets a D-plus; Report says schools in worst shape, need billions of dollars 9/5
Anti-War Protest Planned for Washington on Oct. 25 9/5
'02 Election Data Set for Public Release 9/5
Hundreds of Rule Violations Tied to Possible Blackouts 9/5
Sean Gonsalves: You can get killed for that; Dr. King died while working for a living wage 9/5
The Rise of the Machine: How a small group of politicians and corporations bought themselves a legislature 9/5
Molly Ivins: Just fix it; Liberals and conservatives agree -- Iraqi mess must be dealt with 9/5
Japan May Not Send Forces to Iraq, Government Spokesman Says 9/5
Geov Parrish: A different language; Assassination of Iraqi cleric reveals gulf between cultural norms 9/5
UN role won't fix the US mess in Iraq 9/5
Gore Ogles Cable in Vivendi Stable as His Media Buy 9/5
Stint as House committee clerk disillusions student 9/5
Greg Palast: The Brown Stuff or The Pepsification of America; Today, the Washington Mall -- tomorrow, the country 9/5
America's roads, wires, pipes are crumbling, engineers say 9/5
The Bush Legacy: Underfunded Pensions Double in U.S. 9/5
Washington Wrap: DNC Debate; MoveOn.Org At It Again; Something To Blog Home About; and Wrapping Up The Kick-off 9/5
Another Pay Raise For Congress? You Bet! 9/5
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Bush's Right-Wing Biased Judges At-a-Glance 9/5
Grief Corps: The Military's Casualty Assistance Officers Deliver The Worst Possible News and the Best Possible Help 9/5
Democrats Using Debate to Court Hispanics 9/5
Web site makes talk cheap for candidates 9/5
Demo duo say Bush is bad for Hispanics 9/5
Iraq war protester ordered jailed by Portsmouth judge 9/5
Afghan military tied to drug trade 9/5
Yale University and Workers' Unions Are at It Again 9/5
Halliburton Worker is Slain in Iraq 9/5
Boycotting Texas Dems Plan to Challenge Bush 9/5
Reports of Casualties in Iraq May Be Scratching the Surface 9/4
Bush to New Yorkers: Drop Dead 9/4
"The candidate who can take what the Republican Party denigrates as "wild-eyed liberal dreams" and reframe them properly as simple common sense will have the best chance to beat President Bush — and of deserving to." 9/4
Jobless Claims Show Labor Market Weak, Jump to 413,000; claims above 400,000 [are] a sign of a deteriorating labor market 9/4
Bush Said, "Bring Them On," And Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying, As Do Iraqis, As Do Members of the U.N., As Do Journalists. 9/4
The Bush Legacy: 1.4 million more Americans in poverty in 2002 9/4
State Dept. Is Sued by Applicant With H.I.V. 9/4
A Palestinian Teen Gets Sent to Detention -- And Stays 9/4
Bush's Incompetent War on Terrorism: Security weakened at U.S. entries? INS inspectors pulled from duty 9/4
Bob Herbert: Sick and Suspicious at IBM 9/4
More Wasteful Garbage From Bush: A Manufacturing Jobs Czar. How Much More Ridiculous Can They Get? 9/4
Would You Like Some "Freedom Fries" With Your Crow, Mr. Bush? 9/4
Total Recall 9/4
Mary McGrory is Ill. Send Her Your Best Wishes. 9/4
Diebold: What Happened in San Luis Obispo County? 9/4
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Where Did Bremer's Senior Adviser Previously Work? The Carlyle Group, Of Course. 9/4
Has One of the Heroic Texas Eleven Sold Out? 9/4
More on Arnold Being Egged as He Avoids First Debate. He Will Only Deign to Debate Once and Will Receive the Questions a Week in Advance, So His Handlers Can Write His Script. What a Gang-Banging Wimp! 9/4
The Bush Legacy: The Bush administration is relaxing rules that say hospitals have to examine and treat people who require emergency medical care, regardless of their ability to pay. Despicable. 9/4
Moveon.org: How to defeat the California recall 9/4
The Spymaster Gets a Pass: Nominated to fill the position of undersecretary of defense for Intelligence, Stephen A. Cambone — a Rumsfeld loyalist rising rapidly through the Defense Department’s senior ranks 9/4
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Gun Violence is a Preventable Epidemic 9/4
John Kerry's Announcement Speech 9/4
Tom "Cockroach" Delay Opens His Mouth and A Few Vile Things Crawl Out Concerning Howard Dean. Whatever Delay Dislikes Is Usually Good for the Country and Bad for DeLay. 9/4
Bush's Incompetent War on Terrorism: Taliban Teaming With Al-Qaida Again 9/4
Wesley Clark Declares That He is a Democrat. He's Passed the First Test. He's Proved That He's Sane. 9/4
Arnold, the Would-be "Gang Bang Governor," Gets Egged 9/4
Dennis Kucinich: Power to the People 9/4
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Greg Palast: Exxon Lubricated by Bush Judges 9/4
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The September 3rd World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
Repost: "The Clinton Wars" Excerpts: Bush Ignored The Terrorist Threat
Enron Scandal in Connecticut 9/4
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U.S. Report Ties Iraq Unrest to Poor Planning 9/4
Embassy shooting fuels Iran-UK tensions 9/4
Feinstein takes to Calif. airwaves to fight off recall of Davis 9/4
Report: "Ansar al-Islam behind UN bombing" 9/4
Judge may block further consolidation in the US media industry. 9/4
From 9/11 to Terror War: The Dangers of the Bush Legacy, by Douglas Kellner (Author of "Grand Theft 2000")
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From the Archives: The Candidate from Brown and Root; See also "Cheney Makes a Bundle Off War," below this article 9/4
Bombshell hits government's claims: two intelligence officers revealed there were deep concerns about the strength of the language used in the Iraq intelligence dossier, with one complaining the document was shaped for political purposes. 9/4
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Bush's Incompetent War on Terrorism: Ridge Warns al-Qaida Still Targeting U.S. 9/4
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
"Attorney General John Ashcroft has two weeks to explain why he should not be required to appear in court to tell why he violated a judge's gag order by commenting during this year's terrorism trial." 9/4
Reposted: How the Bush Cartel Hides Our War Wounded. Another Gross Betrayal of Our Men and Women in the Armed Services. 9/4
A "brutally honest" report prepared for the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff blames post-war unrest in Iraq on hurried, inadequate planning before the invasion, defense officials said on Wednesday. 9/4
Helen Thomas: "National Security" Part of Bush Plan to Gut Civil Services
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Fiore Presents: Pumping Irony 9/5
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