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Bush Cartel Has a Moment of "Persuasion" With Chairman of "Independent" 9/11 Commission: "We have no evidence that anybody high in the Clinton administration or the Bush administration did anything wrong," chairman Thomas Kean said in an interview. 12/19
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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
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U.S. civil administrator L. Paul Bremer survived an insurgent attack this month on his convoy in Baghdad, U.S. officials admitted Friday. 12/20
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Nader Presidential Exploratory Committee. He Ain't Going to be President. We Can Only Imagine How Many Republicans are Writing Him and Urging Him to Run. Ralph Running for President Will Damage the Reputation of the Greens and Aid Bush. 12/20
Mario Cuomo Sues Author Palast for $15 million. Palast's Response. 12/20
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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
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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
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MUST READ! 9/11 Commission Chair Says Attack Was Preventable. "Appointed by the Bush administration, Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, is now pointing fingers inside the administration and laying blame."
LOL: Halliburton denies overcharging, says it saved Pentagon money. 12/20
Updated, Indignities Endured by U.S. Military
Updated: Bush Cartel Indignities Endured by U.S. Military Veterans
There's No Sugarcoating Thurmond's Hypocrisy 12/20
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One Man Fights Against Government Secrecy 12/19
The Burden of Truth: Two former CIA analysts talk about the lies behind the Iraq war and the heavy weight of conscience. 12/20
The New York Stock Exchange appointed another Wall Street insider as its chief executive yesterday, leading to sharp criticism that it has ignored earlier pledges to distance itself from the top investment banks. 12/20
Patriotic Acts: A Series of Photo Montages 12/20
Pentagon fired military lawyers assigned to defend Guantánamo prisoners 12/20
Here We Go Again! U.S. Intelligence Learn of Possible Threats to New York and Other Cities 12/20
Celebration aside, nothing has changed in Iraq 12/20
Wounded Soldiers and Medical evacuations from Iraq near 11,000 12/20
Jon Carroll: "If Dean Is Too Liberal Why Don't We All Just Shoot Ourselves?" 12/20
The Spam King: Bill Waggoner's rise from pizza delivery boy to penis pill pusher; "a staunch political conservative" 12/20
McCain-Feingold foe to head FEC; Campaign finance watchdogs had called for Bradley Smith to remove himself from FEC rulemakings 12/20
More Tom Delay Fundraising Problems; New document raises questions about fund raising by Texans for a Republican Majority 12/20
Simmons chastises Rowland: Says governor's behavior 'degrades our democracy' 12/20
Iraq news feed draws criticism; Local broadcasters slam Pentagon plan 12/20
During trial, Hussein may try to implicate Western leaders 12/20
Is the search for weapons over? After eight months with no discoveries, mission chief quits; Fewer than 40 of the 1,400 inspectors still in the field; As attacks on US military grow, WMD hunt no longer a priority 12/20
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Do Special Envoys Get Paid? What James Baker III earned on his trip to Europe. 12/20
U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
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
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Bush the Bumbler: The real trouble with the president's foreign policy. 12/20
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
Matt Drudge and Bill O'Reilly Get Into a Right Wing Cat Fight! Oh, Boy! 12/19
Wounded Troops Denied Benefits? 12/20
New Hampshire station bans union's anti-privatization ad 12/20
Con Job at Diebold Subsidiary 12/20
"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
The Progress Report: WMD Rationale Crumbles; Wanted: A Real Economic Program; Big PhRMA Bullies FDA; and more 12/20
Republican CT Gov. Rowland's Links to Paving Contractor Who Got State Work 12/20
E.J. Dionne, Jr.: Dems vs. Dean; Candidates once hostile to Bush attack Dean in attempt to survive primaries 12/20
It's better in Iraq now? For those who believe that the Iraqi people have it "better" now that the United States is in charge, look at what Iraq is like. 12/20
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Allegation: Perdue aide spent time boosting Bush 12/20
Dean Assails 'Washington Democrats' on Iraq 12/20
Bush's Conundrum: Saddam's Trial Could Bring Bush Down 12/20
Military foresaw more attacks after Saddam's capture 12/20
The Daily Mislead: Bush Decision to Invade Iraq a Full Year Before War Brings Claims of Military Power as "Last Choice" into Question 12/20
Court rejects recording industry effort to get Internet subscribers' names 12/20
Texas prisons start barring book authors from inmate interviews 12/20
Watchdog Groups Criticize Alaska Senator; he grew "wealthy from investments with people who benefited from legislation he helped write." 12/20
IF YOU are reading this, you are not the president of the United States. 12/20
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Geov Parrish: The stakes are huge; Federal appeals court ruling rejects the detention without charges of U.S. citizen Jose Padilla 12/20
Eric Alterman: Think Again: We Are No Safer 12/20
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Wanted: Records Related to Lobbying Blitz Hatched by Bush Administration and Energy Industry Officials 12/20
Many suggest Rowland should quit: polls 12/20
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Saddam’s approval rating plummets 12/20
Bust Bob Novak for Outing Valerie Plame 12/20
The True Color of Money. What's Wrong With This Picture? 12/20
U.S. House of Reps. Approves Bill to Censor American Citizens from Voicing Opposition to U.S. War on Drugs 12/18
Reserve Unit Awaits OK to Use Steel Armor 12/20
Kenneth Starr: Go Away, You Sanctimonious Hypocrite 12/20
Lebanese Says U.S. Troops 'Tortured' Him with Rap 12/20
"People like the Parkers don't have access because they don't have $10,000 to pay for face-time with [Gov. Schwarzenegger]" 20/21
Paul Krugman: Telling It Right 12/20
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Court Overrules Bush in Terror Cases 12/20
Jimmy Breslin: Saddam on Lips At Ground Zero, "No matter that Saddam had nothing to do with the attack." 12/19
Pentagon Refuses to Give Senate Documents on Boeing Tanker Contract 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
Schwarzenegger declares crisis, invokes emergency powers 12/20
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Howard Dean’s Loose Lips, by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America by Molly Ivins. Now Available from BuzzFlash.com.
The Continuing Scandal Surrounding the Pro-Bush Media Baron (Aren't They All) Conrad Black and the Hollinger Corporation 12/19
White Collar Anger 12/19
"Get Negative, Stay Negative" from BuzzFlash Columnist P.M. Carpenter
AWOL Bush Decides War Wounded are Worthy of a Visit 12/20
Grass-roots movement helps 'Uncovered' reveal Bush's Iraq policy 12/19
Paul Krugman: The Death of Horatio Alger 12/19
The Bush Legacy: Hunger and Homelessness Increase in U.S.
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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
Afghan woman calls warlords `criminals' 12/19
Curiosity Department: Montana Population Increases by 7,249 12/19
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
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
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
Lee Boyd Malvo Found Guilty of Murder in Sniper Spree 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
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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
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
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
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
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?
Charles Krauthammer's Unethical Behavior As a Psychiatrist, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
The Special Saddam Hussein BuzzFlash Mailbag
"Cooking with George" - BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison
"Saddam Hussein Captured: Was It Worth It?" from BuzzFlash Columnist The Angry Liberal
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This is Your Brain on Propaganda, by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
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Ann Coulter's RNC Christmas Carol 12/20
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
Gollum W. Bush in "The Lord of the Right Wing" 12/20
Jackson, Bryant and Boy’s Choir of Harlem Admit To Being Love Children of Strom Thurmond 12/20
This Modern World: The Patriotism Police 12/20
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