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Robert Novak: "The inadequate, unrealistic planning for the occupation of Iraq will never be admitted publicly, but it is common knowledge at high levels of the administration." Hmmm. 12/19
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Bush can't order citizen held as enemy combatant 12/19
Truck Blast Wounds Two Soldiers in Iraq 12/19
Hundreds of videotapes that federal prison officials had claimed were destroyed show that foreign nationals held at a New York detention facility after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were victims of physical and verbal abuse by guards 12/19
Retaliation, Bush Cartel Style: Tell the Truth and You are History.U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa C. Chambers Will be Fired for Saying the Dept. is Understaffed. 12/19
The Lies About Iraq and the Truth About Al-Qaeda: A BuzzFlash Two-Book Special
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One Man Fights Against Government Secrecy 12/19
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"Any demonstration against the government or coalition forces will be fired upon," Jaburi's voice said, according to an army interpreter. "This is a fair warning." Ah Yes, This is Called Bringing Democracy to Iraq by Bush. 12/19
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Former Head of WSJ Editorial Page Was "original lying liars, Bartley smeared Bill Clinton and his associates for eight straight years, helping to fuel the right-wing rage that led to Clinton’s impeachment and near-removal from office." 12/19
BUSHel Full of Lies for the Holiday Season: A BuzzFlash Four-Book Special that Catalogues the Bush Lies from Soup to Nuts
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The Continuing Scandal Surrounding the Pro-Bush Media Baron (Aren't They All) Conrad Black and the Hollinger Corporation 12/19
December 18th Mailbag. The Real "No Spin Zone": The BuzzFlash Mailbag! Uncensored and Unvarnished Truth from BuzzFlash Readers.
White Collar Anger 12/19
"Get Negative, Stay Negative" from BuzzFlash Columnist P.M. Carpenter
Grass-roots movement helps 'Uncovered' reveal Bush's Iraq policy 12/19
It All Started on BuzzFlash.com. HELD OVER by Popular Demand: Would You Hire this Man? The George W. Bush Resume That First Appeared on BuzzFlash.Com!
The Bush Legacy: Hunger and Homelessness Increase in U.S.
Paul Krugman: The Death of Horatio Alger 12/19
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Under Republican Gov. Ryan, 'The state of Illinois was for sale' 12/19
And We Bet Most of These Montana Farmers Who Get Hit in the Pocket Book Vote for These Republicans in Montana 12/19
Drive the Message Home, "Save America: Recall Bush" End America's Nearly Three Years of a Bush Cartel Halloween Nightmare
It's Time to Go for Broke -- A BuzzFlash Guest Commentary
Banishing Snowmobiles: Halting the Bush administration's plan to continue and indeed expand snowmobiling in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks 12/19
Clark: Bush lacks will to find bin Laden 12/19
U.S. Congressman Sherrod Brown: "Never before has the House of Representatives Operated in such Secrecy" 12/19
Dubious Link Between Atta and Saddam; A document tying the Iraqi leader with the 9/11 terrorist is probably fake. 12/19
The Daily Mislead: White House Covers Tracks by Removing Information 12/19
What the Soldiers Tell Us is Quite Different Than What We Hear on Mainstream News 12/19
Curiosity Department: Montana Population Increases by 7,249 12/19
Afghan woman calls warlords `criminals' 12/19
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More on the Huge GOP Corruption Scandal in Illinois: The State Was Put Up for Sale 12/19
UC Berkeley Sociologist Arlie Hochschild answers the question, "Why are 50% of Blue Collar White Males Planning to Vote for Bush in 2004, Even When He is Picking Their Pockets and Stealing the Futures of Their Children?"
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David Kay, Chief of Weapons Hunt in Iraq, May Quit; Blix says U.S. and U.K. "not willing to explore the possibility that they're wrong" 12/19
Matt Drudge and Bill O'Reilly Get Into a Right Wing Cat Fight! Oh, Boy! 12/19
Washington Wrap: 30-Day Ad Law Starts for Iowa; The Whouley Primary Could Be Paying Off; and more 12/19
Vanishing Jobs: Structural change in the economy means many jobs are never going to come back. 12/19
Daily Reality Check: Bush Caught in the Web of His 9/11 Lies 12/19
Reps. Waxman and Dingell: Iraq procurement plans "fundamentally flawed" (PDF) 12/19
Baghdad Burning Blog: "We've been without electricity for almost 72 hours- other areas have it worse." 12/19
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The Supreme Court may alleviate Cheney's energy task force troubles; "The Supreme Court took the case to kill it. They did not take the case for any other reason then to drive a big spike through it." 12/19
Justice Dept. Finds Evidence of Abuse of Sept. 11 Detainees; Inspector General Says VideoTapes Show Physical, Verbal Abuse by Prison Officials 12/19
Cheney's bird hunt (slaughter?) draws critics' fire 12/19
US court grants Guantanamo rights; says Detainees "should have access to lawyers and the US court system" 12/19
States Try to Limit Drugs in Medicaid, but Makers Resist 12/19
Oil Hits Post-Iraq War High 12/19
World knows our foreign policy better than we do 12/19
Rescuing Wetlands: Bush abandons draft proposal that would have narrowed the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act and greatly reduced federal protections for streams and wetlands. 12/19
Ending the tilt in Va. elections: high court considering whether Penn. lawmakers carried political gerrymandering too far; drew districts virtually guaranting GOP majority, despite a Democratic edge in the state 12/19
Iran to OK unfettered nuclear site inspections 12/19
"Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election" DVD
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Pentagon Refuses to Give Senate Documents on Boeing Tanker Contract 12/19
McCain says no torture for Saddam 12/19
Soldier battles to get home for the holidays 12/19
The Face of Scare Politics 12/19
"Strom's Ghosts" - BuzzFlash Cartoon by Thomas Burns
Jimmy Breslin: Saddam on Lips At Ground Zero, "No matter that Saddam had nothing to do with the attack." 12/19
Public Citizen says Newsweek Article on Lawsuits Is Fatally Flawed, Full of Falsehoods and Exaggerations 12/19
Joe Conason: Who will testify at Saddam's trial? Hussein defense could shame a parade of American executives 12/19
A repressive embarrassment: Ashcroft Deporting Foreign Journalists 12/19
Big Yawns for Bush Interview; Paris Hilton and Mark Harmon Got Bigger Audiences 12/19
Molly Ivins: Marveling at the hypocrisy; Irony taken to new heights by finger-pointing over deals with Saddam 12/19
The Ellis Memos: Revealing Delay's redistricting role 12/19
Jon Stewart is ABC News' Person of the Week 12/19
Moseley Braun running 'for love of country' 12/19
Again, the poor go begging for heat 12/19
Schools Closed Near Ohio H'way where a series of shootings have occurred 12/19
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America by Molly Ivins. Now Available from BuzzFlash.com.
Sharon Gives Ultimatum on Peace Deal with Palestinians 12/19
Highly Recommended: In Response to the "Capture" of Saddam, We are Re-Running Our March 17th Editorial, "Endgame," That Lists the Real Reasons the Bush Cartel Went to War With Iraq. Saddam is a Dramatic Distraction from the War on Terror.
Joe Lieberman Should Strop Trying to Destroy the Democratic Chances of Winning the Presidency and Just Declare That He's a Republican Already. 12/18
US soldier killed in Iraq 12/18
Gunmen Kill Iraqi Political Figure 12/18
Chicago Tribune Coverage of Indictment of Illinois' Last GOP Governor: George Ryan. Irony is Ryan Instituted the First State Moratorium on the Death Penalty and Was a Social Moderate Who Supported Gun Control and Gay Rights. He Was Also a GOP Crook. 12/18
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U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
Is Dick Cheney's Halliburton Still Doing Business with "Axis of Evil" Iran. Sure Looks Like It. 12/18
Back in the U.S.S.R: White House Scrubs Its Website When It Needs to Revise History. Somewhere, Brezhnev is Smiling. 12/18
Former Republican Senator from New Hampshire and Permanent Right WIng Bonehead, Bob Smith, Will Seek Bob Graham's Seat in Florida. The Granite Head from the Granite State Joins the Jeb Bush Crew. 12/18
What About Those WMD? David Kay, the head of the U.S. effort to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, has told administration officials he plans to leave before the Iraq Survey Group's work is completed and could depart before February. 12/18
Military authorities searched offices of lawyers who represent an Air Force interpreter charged with spying at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison, one of the man's lawyers said yesterday. 12/18
Where Everyone's a Straight Shooter... 12/18
Bush's Transparently Phony "Goal" to Reduce Deficit Criticized 12/18
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At Far as the White House and Saddam: When Does One Chickenhawk (Or In the Case of Cheney and Bush, Two) Call Another Chickenhawk a Chickenhawk? A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
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Bush Doesn't Even Probably Know That He Admitted He Lied About WMD in Diane Sawyer Interview 12/18
The Daily Mislead: Despite Claims to the Contrary, Bush Not Doing Everything He Can to Protect Troops 12/18
As of Tuesday, Dec. 16, 457 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq 12/18
After Admitting He Lied, Republican CT Gov. Rowland Vows to Stay On as Governor 12/18
State Dept. advises Americans to leave Saudi Arabia 12/18
U.S. House of Reps. Approves Bill to Censor American Citizens from Voicing Opposition to U.S. War on Drugs 12/18
`Radio Free NRA' eyes broadcast from Mexico 12/18
"The images of the humiliated Saddam were another and most significant building block in the changing dynamic of the public relations campaign of this war. It is a form of brainwashing." 12/18
Knowingly or Unknowingly, Ralph Nader Has Become a Tool of Grover Norquist and Karl Rove. The Guy is Enabling the Bush Administration. The Main Financiers of Ralph's 2000 Vanity Run for the Presidency Will be Republicans, You Can be Sure. 12/18
Madonna Backs Wesley Clark (See Video) 12/18
The Great Big Book of Tomorrow, by Tom Tomorrow , Creator of "This Modern World"
Charles Krauthammer's Unethical Behavior As a Psychiatrist, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
Schwarzenegger's Plan Targets Disabled; proposing a sweeping reduction in funds for the poor 12/18
Well, Well, Well, A Statue for Benedict Arnold: The state Senate Republican leader wants to erect a monument to Democratic U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, who has been blasted by leaders of his national party but embraced by more conservative politicians. 12/18
Our Soldiers Get Soaked by Legal Loan Sharks 12/18
A nationwide all-liberal radio network where Al Franken would host a three-hour daily gabfest could hit airwaves as early as March, the author and comedian said yesterday. 12/18
The worst effect of political money is TV advertising. 12/18
World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
Doctors to Scan Bush's Right Knee: They Might Scan His Butt Too, Which is Where They Will Find His Head 12/18
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No Mention of An Intelligence Failure for Now 12/18
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Neither Bush Nor Saddam Will Divert BuzzFlash From the Issues the Bush Cartel Wants Buried: BuzzFlash.com Talks with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., About His Emile Zola-like "J'Accuse" Indictment of the Bush Anti-Environmental Record
New Hampshire TV station bans union's anti-privatization ad 12/18
New Developments in Case of U.S. Spying on U.N. Security Council: Former British Cabinet Minister Decries Prosecution of Whistleblower 12/18
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Democrats.Com Unity Pledge. (Don't Worry, Lieberman is NOT Going to be nominated. He will probably drop out after New Hampshire.) 12/18
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China Sentences Two to Life in Prison for Sex Party 12/18
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How Saddam could embarrass the West 12/18
Texas Death Row Details Left Bad Taste for Some 12/18
The 2004 Bushism Calendar: A Natural for Your Holiday Gift Giving. Hey, George, we're not laughing with you, we're laughing AT you.
Milosevic Trial Helps Clark Try to Gain Notice 12/18
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Desertions deplete Afghan Army 12/18
New Legislation for Fed-Funded Foreign Studies programs "is meant to provide a highly partisan, ideological litmus test for academics." 12/18
Mark Morford: Saddam, So Not Worth It; Dubya, now that you've got your dime-store thug, can you stop the warmongering and death? 12/18
Washington Wrap: Dean Rolls On; Madonna for Clark; Bush Opposes Gay Marriage; and more 12/18
Criminalizing Motherhood: Regina McKnight is "the first woman in America convicted for murder by using cocaine while pregnant" 12/18
Still no mass weapons, no ties to 9/11, no truth 12/18
Send a fax to your Representative urging him or her to support voting machines with a paper trail 12/18
Halliburton files KBR bankruptcy to settle Asbestos Lawsuits 12/18
Baker's mission impossible over Iraq's debt 12/18
Man Who Shot Reagan, John Hinckley Jr., Allowed Unsupervised Trips 12/18
Saddam Is Ours. Does Al Qaeda Care? 12/18
Electronic Voting: "2003 will be remembered by future historians as the year the pretense of democracy in the United States ended." 12/18
78-year-old Essie Mae Washington-Williams, Strom Thurmond's Illegitimate Child, Speaks Out 12/18
The Progress Report: The Changing WMD Rationale; Cheney's Believe It, Or Not; What About Osama?; and more 12/18
Fed Appeals Court OKs Law Banning Late-Term Abortion; said Ohio's law meets standards set by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2000 that allow doctors to use the abortion method when necessary to protect the mother's health. 12/18
EPA drops plans to reverse wetlands protection; Conservationists are happy, developers are not 12/18
Stress Relief: Dean Should Make After-School Care His Issue 12/18
Ashcroft and Homeland Sec. Dept. Misused Crime Database for Civil Issues, Suit Says 12/18
Clark Says It's Time to Find Bin Laden 12/18
Coming Soon to Arab TV's: U.S. 12/18
Kucinich gives spirited defense of gay marriage; Democratic hopeful chides his rivals for equivocating 12/18
Dallas Drug Scandal Targets Mexican Immigrants 12/18
Earlier This Month, We Posted a Link to This Article in Which a Republican Illinois Congressman Said That He Knew U.S. Was About to Capture Saddam. That Was on December 2. A Planned Christmas Surprise, as BuzzFlash Had Predicted?
The Talk Radio Network today dropped a suit aimed at shutting down Web sites that urge people to boycott companies that advertise on a nationally syndicated right-wing radio show (The Savage Show) 12/18
The Special Saddam Hussein BuzzFlash Mailbag
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"Saddam Hussein Captured: Was It Worth It?" from BuzzFlash Columnist The Angry Liberal
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Interrogator's Show Saddam "Trista and Ryan's Wedding"; Rumsfeld Defends Tactics 12/18
Must See! Another Brilliant Animation from Mark Fiore: Halliburton! 12/18
Britney Spears "Gigantically Relieved" at Hussein's Capture; Shares Passion 12/19
Boondocks on Homeland Security 12/19
Statement by the Late Strom Thurmond Defending His Indiscriminately Voracious Fondness for Slave Koochie 12/19
Ironic Times: Wright Brothers Successfully Fly First Plane, Luggage Ends Up on Another Flight 12/18
Geraldo To Reveal WMD’s In Live Broadcast From Hussein’s Bunker 12/18
Statement by the Vice President Announcing Punitive Reawarding of Lucrative Pentagon Contracts from Tainted "Halliburton" to Ethically Spotless "KBR" 12/18
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