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Bush Cartel to Send Marines to Haiti to Back Up What Was Likely an Otto Reich "Iran Contra" Type Coup 3/1 Hypocrisy of the Decade: Bush Let's Real Master of WMD Trade Go Free In Order to Get Pakistani Permission to Go After Bin Laden for Fall Election Propaganda Gain 3/1 Free Subscription to BuzzFlash Alerts! Don't Miss A Thing! Sign Up Now! Comic Relief Combo includes the satire, "The White House Inc. Employee Handbook: A Staffer's Guide to Success, Profit, and Eternal Salvation Inside George W. Bush's Executive Branch," the BuzzFlash piggy bank and "Bush-Liar-Liar-Pants-On-Fire" doll. Democratic Voters Gear Up for Super Tuesday 3/1 A Must for Any BuzzFlash Reader Library: "Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the G.O.P., Their Friends and a Few Others, 1994-2004" Electronic Voting Threatens Democracy! Read the Groundbreaking "Black Box Voting" by Bev Harris, Lead Investigator on the Perils of Electronic Voting. Impeach Him for Crimes Against the Nation: Bush to Limit Interview with 9/11 Panel to an Hour. He's Guilty of Failing to Prevent 9/11. Put Him Under Oath, Impeach, and Jail Him for Betraying America, And Lying About It. 3/1 The Social Security Promise Not Kept 3/1 "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush," Get the Kevin Phillips' Book from BuzzFlash.com Greg Palast CD from BuzzFlash.Com: "Weapons of Mass Instruction" Drive the Message Home, "Save America: Recall Bush" End America's Nearly Three Years of a Bush Cartel Halloween Nightmare Old Law Gives DeLay New Trouble 3/1 Sensitive Wildlife Habitats Auctioned to Bush Contributors, Environmentalists Say 3/1 Britain: Doubts about the legality of the war could lead to a flood of compensation claims against the government from servicemen injured in Iraq, according to a leading international lawyer. 3/1 A snapshot of Georgia's program for uninsured children shows that it's packed with kids of Wal-Mart employees. 3/1 Special Comic Relief Care Package from BuzzFlash.com! Check It Out! Many U.S. Expatriates Prefer 'Anybody But Bush' 3/1 Last Democratic Debate Before Super Tuesday Edwards Challenges Kerry 3/1 "Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War" Get This DVD! BuzzFlash Headlines On YOUR Web Site for Free (You Can't Get Any Cheaper Than That!) -- Spread the Pro-Democracy, Anti-Hypocrisy Word! Iraq: Polish soldiers open fire on bus; U.S. troops fire on car 3/1 John Le Carre's "Absolute Friends." BuzzFlash's First Fiction Premium. Le Carre At the Top of His Game. Read Our Review and See Why We are Offering It. "Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election" DVD The White House, determined to fight crass social climbing at the highest levels, has banned self-proclaimed “It” boy Fabian Basabe from all White House functions. Basabe attended a Christmas party there last year but won’t be back anytime soon. 3/1 The Results Are in and the Winner Is . . . or Maybe Not: Fears About Black Box Voting 2/29 Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the government to halt construction of part of the West Bank barrier for one week. 3/1 Aristide Given Temporary Asylum in Africa 3/1 Are Democrats Giving Up on Taking Back the House? 3/1 Report: US troops 'made Aristide leave' 3/1 "Aristide Flees After a Shove From the U.S." You Can See Those U.S. Military Bases in Haiti Already. 3/1 Aristide Flees Haiti. Has This Been a Bush Cartel Led Otto Reich Coup? We Think So. Arizona: Marines in Valley to Train for Urban War 3/1 Black Voters Align With Democrats Against Bush 3/1 Max Cleland, A True Vietnam Era Hero 3/1 Southern California grocery workers on Sunday ratified a contract that put an end to the longest-running grocery strike in U.S. history. 3/1 Remember Afghanistan? 3/1 "It proves that for much of the last two millennia, in parish churches and cathedrals throughout Christendom, [even] in the heart of Rome itself, homosexual relationships were accepted as valid expressions of a God-given ability to love." 3/1 Were it not for his major league ability at practicing partisanship and vindictiveness, Tom DeLay still would be spraying bugs in Sugar Land, rather than living off the taxpayers and lobby largess in Washington. 3/1 Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy on Bush's "New" Keep the Landmines Policy 3/1 Bob Herbert: Stolen Kisses 3/1 Making Bombers in Iraq 3/1 James Carville, "Had Enough?: A Handbook for Fighting Back." Available on BuzzFlash.com. Your Carville Book Purchase is the Way We Pay for the Site. Remember, No Outside Advertising, No Subscription Fees, No Sales of Our E-mail List. We Depend on You. "Time Grows Short" -- Episode #7 of "The Last Chance Democracy Cafe" -- Political, Historical Fiction by Steven C. Day BuzzFlash Premium: "The Bush-Haters Handbook: An A-Z Guide of the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years" Stock Up on "The I Hate Republicans Reader: Why the GOP is Totally Wrong About Everything" Iraqi Council Agrees on Terms of Interim Constitution 3/1 John Kerry volunteered for Vietnam, and upon returning home, said the war was wrong; George Bush stayed at home, but insisted the war was right. Who has character? 3/1 The Bush Cartel Is Brewing Up a Disaster for the Kurds 3/1 Bush Goes Deceptive on Burger Flipping (See Second Item in Column) 3/1 Support BuzzFlash Now, More Than Ever! We are now averaging around 115,000 visitors each weekday! Governor Gropinator Has a Tendency to Stretch the Truth 3/1 Cold Reception for Gay Wedding Ban 3/1 Be Cool in a BuzzFlash Hat! Georgia on My Mind 3/1 A lesson in 'disappearing the dead' 3/1 Get the "Trials of Henry Kissinger" DVD at BuzzFlash.com. We found this recently released -- and overlooked -- documentary absolutely riveting. "Did a Deranged Republican REALLY Say Something That Despicable?" Yes, They Probably Did. BuzzFlash Interviews Bruce Miller, Editor of "Take Them At Their Words: Shocking, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the G.O.P. and Their Friends, 1994-2004" Bush Disrespecting the 9/11 Families - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary States Criticize Bush Educational Plan 3/1 "FRAUD: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You." Mitch Albom: Forget, for a Moment, the "Whiteness" of Mel Gibson's Film, Its Violence, It's Alleged Anti-Jewishness. Mel's First Task is to Refute a Holocaust-Denying, Extremist, Bigoted Father. 3/1 Bundlers for Bush 3/1 ReDefeatBush.com Plans to Register a Million New Democrats -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary	Get Your "Loaded Deck" of Playing Cards Harvard Plans Stem Cell Research Center 3/1 Read the Full Honor Roll of the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrites of the Week! Or Listen to Them! You Can Also Hear Them as Part of the Take Back the Media.com Weekly News Program. A two-time Republican candidate for City Council in Bloomington, Indiana, has resigned as a GOP precinct representative in protest of President Bush's support of banning gay marriages. 3/1 "Don't Bush Me" -- A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary Send the Message Across the Nation: "Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died" Postcards. The Perfect Message to Your Senators and U.S. Representatives. Support Independent Media! Is BuzzFlash worth $1 a day to you? For about $1 a day, you can buy One Premium a month and help BuzzFlash stay Independent. We Take No Advertising. Help Spread the Pro-Democracy, Anti-Hypocrisy Message. (BuzzFlash Contributions are Not Tax-Deductible) More of the Bush Media Baron Entertainment Conglomerate Getting Out a Propaganda Message: Bush Backs New Terrorism T.V. Series that he and Ridge Contribute Soundbites to. 3/1 According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, some 760,000 jobless workers so far this year have exhausted all unemployment benefits. Data from Bush's own Labor Department shows that 350,000 individuals exhausted all benefits in Jan. 3/1 Nearly Half of NYC Black Men Found Jobless 2/29 Partisan, Radical Ideology Force Science to Become a Political Tool (Lie) Under Bush Cartel 2/29 Get It and Support BuzzFlash: The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq: "a chilling portrait of the cabal of neo-cons who have commandeered American foreign policy" This week our GOP BuzzFlash Hypocrite of the Week, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, betrayed the nation. It's that simple. You see, Hastert refused to allow Congress to extend the life of the 9/11 Commission. (Before He Backtracked. See Story Below.) Hastert May Be Reading BuzzFlash: On Friday, He Backs Down on His Effort to Squelch the 9/11 Commission. Clearly the White House Was Reading Negative Polling and Told DeLay to Tell Hastert to Reverse Course. "Passion" -- A BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison Amend This! The Case for Gay Marriage by The Angry Liberal The True Lies of George W. Bush, A BuzzFlash Guest Commentary Mourning in America -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution 45 Minutes: Behind the Blair Claim 2/29 Blix suspected U.S. spied on him 2/29 Report: Zimbabwe's torture training camps 2/29 Are Georgia Democrats in a Foul Mood? 2/29 Mass layoffs set record in January 2/29 Diebold, electronic voting and the vast right-wing conspiracy 2/29 Collateral Damage: At least 11 people were killed when Pakistani troops opened fire on a van carrying suspected Islamic militants in the South Waziristan tribal region today. 2/29 Haiti Crisis Holds Added Significance in Florida Politics 2/29 Hilarious Comic Relief for the Dark Ages of the Bush Years, The White House Inc. Employee Handbook: A Staffer's Guide to Success, Profit, and Eternal Salvation Inside George W. Bush's Executive Branch by the Writers of WhiteHouse.Org Institute of Hate: Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage 2/29 Bush bio on Web inflates Guard service 2/29 Cornyn bill rearranges presidential succession 2/29 Wounded U.S. Soldiers Maltreated: Maimed in Iraq, then mistreated, neglected, and hidden in America. 2/29 If News From Iraq Is Bad, It's Coming From U.S. Officials 2/29 The nation's civil rights battles aren't quite over yet 2/29 The Rumsfeld-Bush Legal Black Hole; Powers Formerly Reserved Only for Kings 2/29 Get A BuzzFlash.com T-shirt And Spread the News! John Kerry's Defense Defense; Setting his voting record straight. 2/29 Solution is raises, benefits, unions 2/29 Scandal in the TX Speaker's Office; A campaign finance scandal threatens to swallow Tom Craddick 2/29 British MoD ‘lied’ over depleted uranium 2/29 U.S. wanted Canadian Arar to be tortured, lawyer says. They "contracted out" the torture. 2/29 Open Secret: Dick Cheney's dubious history and unprecedented role are hidden in plain view. Luckily, it's becoming an issue in the election. 2/29 Baylor Univ. Paper: San Francisco should pursue gay marriage suit 2/29 George Soros: "The Bubble of American Supremacy" No winner yet in 'Doonesbury' Bush search 2/29 The Free-Lunch Bunch: The Bush team's secret plan to "reform" Social Security. 2/29 The Campaign for Reader Privacy 2/29 "He was just a rich kid who had no respect for other people's possessions," said Bush's Landlord during his 1972 Alabama Guard(less) days 2/29 NYT Fires Reporter For Having Past Connection to Gay Rights Group 2/29 War's Invisible Casualties: The Families of Part-Time Soldiers 2/29 Sen. Robert Byrd: A Budget of Gimmicks, False Promises, and Unrealistic Expectations 2/29 Electronic Vote Faces Big Test of Its Security 2/29 Bush's One-Note Politics: Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, No Matter the Consequences 2/29 Anti-war movement to sue Bush, Blair over Iraq 2/29 Haitian-Americans and immigrant advocates criticized the Bush administration Friday for sending more than 500 Haitian migrants back to face a violent uprising in their homeland. 2/28 The Book on Bush: How George W. Bush (Mis)Leads America, by Eric Alterman and Mark Green Another Reason to Turn off the TV: Bush Backs New Terrorism TV Series. 2/29 Do you think Bush will exploit 9/11? “Or, and this is a real possibility, we could see President Bush giving his acceptance speech at Ground Zero,” he added. “It’s clearly a venue they’re considering.” (scroll down) 2/29 Haiti's Lawyer: U.S. Is Arming Anti-Aristide Paramilitaries 2/29 Several thousand anti-war protesters converged on Scottish Labour's annual conference to voice their disapproval over the war with Iraq. 2/29 Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources. Schwarzenegger's accusers question if the price they paid is too high. Lack of concern daunts women. 2/29 Bush Ejects Two From Bioethics Council 2/29 'Britain and US Shared Transcripts After Bugging Blix's Mobile Phone' 2/29	The Daily Outrage: Compassionate George (or lack thereof) 2/29 What if the oppressed Americans revolt? 2/29 Arianna Huffington: Code Red; The Weapon to Cripple Rove's Attempt to Paint Bush as Nat'l Sec. Leader 2/29 You are a Member of the BuzzFlash Community Israeli firm awarded oil tender in Iraq 2/29 Pentagon to Offer Direct News Service. More Sovietization of the American Press Under Bush. Will It be Called "Pentagon Pravda"? 2/28 The BuzzFlash Mailbag -- Uncensored and Unvarnished Truth from BuzzFlash Readers. Warning: It's Addictive. The Bush Legacy of a Failed Economy: Mass layoffs set record in January 2/28 Another BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week Who May be Reading Us: Tauzin Decided Not to Take Pharmaceutical Association Job, After All. At Least Until the Dust Settles. 2/28 Read and Hear Them All: The BuzzFlash Honor Roll of GOP Hypocrites of the Week! Diebold, Electronic Voting and the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy 2/28 Does Bush Drink D.C. Tapwater? A More Revealing Question Than You Might Think. 2/28 Why are Republicans still stonewalling the 9/11 Commission? And what are they hiding from the American People? 2/28 Bush Cartel Orwellian Update: It is Illegal to Edit Books from Prohibited Countries. We are Not Making this Up! 2/28 Study: 10,667 Accuse Priests of Sex Abuse 2/28 In a story that surely brought smiles to the entire Bush-Cheney staff, National Journal reports that John Kerry’s voting record is the most liberal in the U.S. Senate. The other main Democratic alternative, John Edwards, ranks fourth. 2/28 Oh Yes, About the Use of Depleted Uranium by U.S. Forces 2/28 Click Here to Make a Difference! BuzzFlash Depends Entirely Upon You. We are THE Pro-Democracy News and Commentary Site for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. We Have No Advertising, Just You. Help Us Expand. In Texas, Grand Jury Given Records of Republican House Speaker 2/28 In Recognition of the Chief Chickenhawk Who Let Other Young Men Die in Vietnam, While he Partied Hearty in Texas, George W. Bush, New BuzzFlash Premium! The GOP Chickenhawk Deck of Cards. Top Gun Bush, a Flash 2/28 Talks on N. Korea End Without Settlement 2/28 'Britain and US shared transcripts after bugging Blix's mobile phone' 2/28 Ray McGovern: No Skunks Allowed 2/28 British intelligence gave Blair 'snippets of Chirac's private conversations' 2/28 Bush Tightens Rules on Travel To Cuba 2/28 The Sorrows of Empire: A New Premium on BuzzFlash.com An Oklahoma House Republican on Thursday was at the Oklahoma County Courthouse pleading not guilty to a felony sexual battery charge. He was author and chief sponsor of the Oklahoma "Defense of Matrimony" Act. 2/28 If Science Doesn't Advance a Bush Cartel Extremist Position, He Fires the Messengers of Truth 2/28 Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute! "Character" -- Iraq Sketchbook, a tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Nature of the Threat by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell The February 27th World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia Bush short on empathy for Haitians 2/29 Poll Woes for Bush: Kerry/Edwards Ticket Beats Bush/Cheney, 50% to 42% John Ashcroft Wants to Know if You Had an Abortion. Justice Department subpoenas Planned Parenthood records. Someone should subpoena John Ashcroft. Edwards Optimistic Despite Lagging Polls 2/29 Kerry speech blasts Bush's 'unilateral preemption' 2/29 Democrats Race Toward Super Tuesday 2/29 Maureen Dowd: "It is a triumph of chutzpah for Mr. Bush to thwart the investigation into 9/11 at the same time he seeks re-election by promoting his handling of 9/11 and scaring us with the specter of more terrorism." 2/29 Super Tuesday: Vying for the "Common" Man and Woman 2/29 British Army chiefs feared Iraq war illegal just days before start 2/29 Did Howard Stern Get Fired Because He Turned on George Bush 2/29 Justice Scalia and Mr. Cheney 2/29 Iraqi discord delays interim constitution 2/29 Bush Cartel, After Detour in Iraq, Gets Desperate for an October Surprise Political Scalp: U.S. escalates its pursuit of bin Laden 2/29 Republicans Don't Understand Why No One Likes Them For Passing a Crappy Medicare Bill. 2/29 "Shoot! Loot! 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