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Alleged December 19th Halliburton Memo Forwarded to BuzzFlash. A Second BuzzFlash Reader on the Halliburton/KBR Staff Says That He/She Also Received It.
London Newspaper: Bush and Blair Had Falling Out. Is This Marriage on the Rocks? Or Did Blair's Office Make This Up to Improve Blair's Domestic Standing? Aren't We the Cynical Ones. 12/22
The Selling of the Saddam Story Continues, This Time With An "Exclusive" Jail Cell Confrontation with Paul Bremer. Okay, Saddam Was Drugged and Bremer Was Obviously Scripted, But What the Heck. The Bush Cartel is Just One Big Script, Anyway. 12/22
BUSHel Full of Lies: A BuzzFlash Four-Book Special that Catalogues the Bush Lies from Soup to Nuts
Did the Photo-op Capture of Saddam Hussein Cover Up Bush's Signing of "Patiort II"? 12/22
Was Saddam already a prisoner when U.S. caught him? Apparently, Yes. 12/22
Did the Media Just Overlook Bush's Signing of "Patritot II." We Guess There are More Important Things, Like a Staged "Capture" of Saddam After a Kurdish Faction Drugged Him. 12/22
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Reposted: The total number of wounded soldiers and medical evacuations from the war in Iraq is nearing 11,000 12/22
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GOP "Ethics" In Action in Connecticut 12/22
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Saddam Takes the Heat Off Bush 12/22
Barenboim: It's time for Israel to learn what democracy means, Says Daniel Barenboim. He Could be Speaking About Bush. 12/22
Violence against Iraqi civilians worsened in the week following former dictator Saddam Hussein's capture, and many Iraqis and American occupiers are worried about where it's headed. 12/22
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Bad Reporting on Gay Marriage at the New York Times 12/22
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Rockets Strike Kabul as Delegates Meet 12/22
Con Job at Diebold Subsidiary 12/22
Where is the Outrage? Remember 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'? For Bush, They Are a Nonissue. 12/22
Clark in Search of Following as Antiwar Warrior 12/22
Did You Know that the Gun Industry is NOT Regulated: Top police gun prone to accidental firing. But Manufacturer, Glock, "Gags" Those Who Settle Suits. We Need Guns Treated as Consumer Products, Not as Religious Objects Exempt from Safety Standards.
Clark Campaign Beats The Spit Out Of Tom 'Chicken-Hawk' Delay 12/22
Boeing, Boeing, Gone. Boeing's Cozy Connections with the Pentagon. 12/22
Michael Moore: Letters the Troops Have Sent Me 12/22
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Latest Attacks Could Worsen Fuel Shortage Faced by Iraq 12/22
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Just in Time for the Holidays: Tom Ridge Emerges from HIS Cave and Announces Orange Alert. Of Course, It Just Happens to be on the Day That the U.S. "Capture" of Saddam is Exposed as a Photo-Op. 12/22
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Even as he pleaded guilty Tuesday to the felony of lying to an FBI agent, former REPUBLICAN Fulton County Commission Chairman Mitch Skandalakis seemed to find it difficult to accept his situation. 12/22
On the campaign trail, Bush will tout this reform, as long as it's misunderstood 12/22
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Well, the cat is out of the bag so to speak. Saddam Hussein was captured by Kurds, not US forces. 12/22
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From the Archives: An April, 2002, Interview with Congressman Dennis Kucinich About his "Prayer for America" 12/22
The Daily Howler 12/22
Must Read: Florida Judge presiding over the cases of free trade protesters said in court that he saw ''no less than 20 felonies committed by police officers'' during the November demonstrations. Yet, no charges have been filed AGAINST the police.
Essie Mae's chair, Thurmond's hypocrisy under wraps 12/22
Cheney's Pheasant Hunt is, Perhaps, a Metaphor for How the Bush Cartel Never Risks Anything Personally Or Has to Work for Their Kill. It's All a Rich Man's Macho.
Ralph Reed is the Bush Cartel's Man to See in the South 12/22
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Bechtel gets black marks on Iraqi school repairs 12/22
Declassified Secrets from the U.S.-Iraq Relationship 12/22
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This is Happening in America. Who Will be Detained Next? What Happened to Freedom of the Press. Another Sign of the Encroaching Police State.
Selective Memory and a Dishonest Doctrine 12/22
Anyone who thinks the administration and its law enforcement chief, Attorney General John Ashcroft, aren’t out to impede a free press need only hear how the federal government is treating foreign journalists coming to this country on assignment.
Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged and left for US troops 12/22
General Clark Faces Down Milosevic 12/22
Military Recruiters Meet Resistance Trying to Aggressively Recruit High School Students 12/22
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Claims that US troops captured Saddam Hussein have been challenged by reports that he was discovered only after Kurdish forces had taken him prisoner. 12/22
LOL: "I came to this office to solve problems and not pass them on to future presidents and future generations," Bush told the crowd. 12/22
Interesting Handicapping of the Democratic Primary Race, Whether You Agree With It or Not. By Craig Crawford of the Congressional Quarterly. (It Is Not a BuzzFlash Analyis, So Don't Write Us Indignant Letters About How It is Unfair to Your Choice.) 12/21
Bush Campaign Tries to Strike Out at General Clark 12/22
A Little Historical Perspective Please: Rumsfeld was told to placate Saddam in 1984 12/22
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The new "free" Iraq, unless you're female 12/22
Flights at Chicago Airports Top Pre-9/11 Levels 12/22
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Letters in Stars and Stripes 12/22
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World leaders and politicians have welcomed the Libyan decision to abandon its weapons of mass destruction -- but relatives of victims of Libyan actions abroad say an apparent deal by the West amounts to rewarding terror. 12/22
Iraqi feuds heightened after capture of Hussein 12/22
U.S. Recovery: Tell It to the Unemployed 12/22
Unemployed with 4 children to raise, mom not looking forward to Christmas 12/22
Iraq news feed draws criticism: Bush Cartel Puts Government Directly Into the News Business. Bush Cartel Orwellian Story # 10,971 12/22
Former Nevada Republican Candidate Accused of Practicing Medicine Without a License: "We need to get Nevadans off of welfare and back into the work community," He Declared as a Candidate. 12/22
Capture of Saddam Has a Disturbingly Hollow Ring 12/22
Ten Reasons Why Joe Lieberman is Wrong 12/22
President Bush is a "fraud" and a "disaster." He's betraying the Reagan Revolution. He has turned the Republican Party into the "the new welfare state party." 12/22
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Saddam is the Man Who Knew Too Much 12/22
Additional 82nd Airborne unit tapped for Iraq tour 12/22
Afghan deadlock weakens Karzai: As warlords squabble, violence is on the rise 12/22
Missing U.S.-Iraq History 12/22
Tracking the Bush Administration's Environmental Misdeeds 12/22
Deflating the War on Terror 12/22
Veterans Against the Iraq War 12/22
Doctors Seeing More Brain Injuries from Iraq 12/21
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
The "Good" Thomas Friedman Showed Up for Work Today. He Must Have Left His Flummoxed, Muddle-Brained Twin at Home. 12/21
When Will Press Stop Circulating Dubious Iraq Claims? 12/21
Dollar's Drop Becomes More Ominous 12/22
"The British and Americans were prepared to go to war to dismantle a regime like Saddam's. But they are quite happy to accommodate Gadaffi, who is no less tyrannical and repressive." 12/21
Iraq Pipelines, Storage Tanks Set on Fire 12/21
Tom Oliphant: "THE PROBLEM is not Tom Kean's assertion that the terrorist attack on the United States two years ago was preventable, it is President Bush's repeated assurance that it was not." 12/21
The Great Big Book of Tomorrow, by Tom Tomorrow , Creator of "This Modern World"
Howard Dean Blasts the Washington Post. We Like That! 12/21
A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a trial in a lawsuit that says Florida's law barring felons from voting is unconstitutional because it discriminates against blacks. 12/21
Canada fires back at Hastert for drug-pricing remarks 12/21
Cheney: Three-time Loser? 12/21
Justice Denied: Ashcroft Not Queried On Campaign Funds 12/21
The Justice Dept. tally of more than 280 suspects detained for prosecution after Sept. 11 is inflated with dismissed and unrelated cases 12/21
Shouldn't This be a Top Justice Department Priority in the War on Terrorism? That Makes Too Much Sense: Dumpster-Diving for Your Identity 12/21
This is What Republican, One-Party Rule In Congress Looks Like
"The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception." Now in Stock.
GOP 'Dominance' Is Just Trash Talk 12/21
There's No Political Plus for the Bush Cartel to Play Up the Arrest of Domestic Terrorists. Karl Rove Wants to Make Sure We are Only Afraid of "Them Fur-eigners" 12/21
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Do you believe your government is capable of lying to the American people about these important issues? 12/21
Thousands of Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the occupation. So why is there no official death toll? 12/21
Milking the Saddam Capture 12/21
Maine Truck Driver Needs Job: Hired by Halliburton to Drive in Dangerous Iraq Convoys. "People are losing jobs here [in Maine] ery day." Three "Commercial" Drivers Have Already Been Killed in Iraq. They are Not Counted in Military Deaths. 12/21
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A Deficit of $100 Million Is Confronting the N.R.A. 12/21
Kucinich Blasts Corporate Media 12/21
Halliburton Website 12/21
John "KGB" Ashcroft Approves DeLay-Rove Engineered Theft of Democracy (Redistricting) in Texas 12/21
Clark Says That He's the Only Democrat That Can Beat Bush 12/21
While Our Soldiers Die, Bush is Out Fundraising. A Flash from Take Back the Media. 12/21
Kucinich: U.S. should get out of Iraq after capture of Saddam 12/21
Seventy-thousand members of the UFCW are on strike against Safeway/Vons in Southern California— and locked out by Albertsons and Kroger/Ralphs. 12/21
Dick Cheney and the Axis of Avarice 12/21
The new Iraqi war crimes tribunal includes provisions taken from the International Criminal Court, which the United States vehemently opposes 12/21
In Memory of the Dead and Buried News Stories of the Year 12/21
More on Murdoch's Big Win at the FCC 12/21
FCC Approves News Corp.'s DirecTV Bid. Michael Powell Was Shilling for Murdoch, Of Course. 12/21
Strom's "daughter Essie Mae merely adds more tales to the story — tales of hypocrisy, bribery, and shame." 12/21
Bob Herbert: Change the Channel 12/21
Rush and Rove's Phallic Fixation 12/21
We Have a War on Terrorism and This is How the Bush Cartel Wastes OUR Resources: Feds go after Berkeley man for Cuba visit 12/21
Message to Joe Lieberman: You're Going to Have to Drop Out After New Hampshire, So Why Don't You Stop Acting Like You Want to Bring the Democratic Party Down With You. 12/21
CBS Poll on Democratic Presidential Preferences 12/21
Dear Friends of Bushes Charged with Swiss Bank Account Fraud: Former Argentine president Carlos Menem 12/21
Republican Fundraising in Texas 12/21
Out of Work and Full of Worry 12/21
Distressed by the growing controversy around Connecticut Gov. John Rowland's ties to contractors, the state's Republican members of Congress want to meet with him to discuss his political future. 12/21
Chinese mega-bucks for Bush brothers 12/21
News Blackout 12/21
Safeway’s CEO Steve Burd is leading a coalition of grocers demanding deep cuts in workers’ health coverage as well as lower wages for new hires. 12/21
Prosecutor: Unseal Limbaugh's Med Records 12/21
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?"
December 19th Mailbag. The Real "No Spin Zone": The BuzzFlash Mailbag! Uncensored and Unvarnished Truth from BuzzFlash Readers.
Rush Limbaugh, The Neanderthal Ape -- A BuzzFlash News Analysis
Denver Greens Say No to Nader -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
The December 19th World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
"A majority of Americans believe the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has not made them safer or more secure and are concerned about a potential quagmire in Iraq, according to Newsweek's latest survey" 12/21
With Salty Remarks, Clark Defends Record 12/21
The U.S. Soldier is Time Person of the Year 12/21
A French official is examining whether to prosecute US Vice President Dick Cheney over alleged complicity in the abuse of corporate assets dating from the time he was head of the services company Halliburton, the French newspaper Le Figaro said. 12/21
The 1966 film “The Battle of Algiers" Tells Us a Lot About the Battle for Iraq 12/21
Is John Lott Mary Rosh, Or is Mary Rosh John Lott? 12/21
Report: Kurds Captured and Held Hussein Before U.S. Forces Moved In for the Photo Op 12/21
Did Bush Comments to an Israeli Reporter Condone the Assassination of Yassir Arafat? Bush is a Dangerous Man to Let Go Off-Script. Karl Rove and Dick Cheney Need to Keep Him on a Tighter Leash. 12/21
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Howard Dean’s Loose Lips, by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
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Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
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Merry Christmas, "Mad Dog" 12/21
Lawyer Who Disclosed Bush's DUI Gets a Friendly Letter from George 12/21
These are Ironic Times 12/21
Ridge Issues Santa Claus Advisory 12/22
The Dubya Chronicles 12/22
Jackson, Bryant and Boy’s Choir of Harlem Admit To Being Love Children of Strom Thurmond 12/20
The Adventures of Bushmaster 12/22
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