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Josh Marshall Nails the Craven, Bullying, Destructive Insanity of the Bush Cartel Illogic 3/18
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Besides Blair and that Fascist from Italy, One Other Infamous Foreign "Leader" Supports Bush, Al-Qaeda : "Because of this we desire you (Bush) to be elected." Now That Would be a Bush/Cheney Commercial We'd Like to See! 3/18
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Bush Wanted to Know What Foreign Leaders Support Kerry. Let's Start with the New Democratically-Elected Premier of Spain. Antonin Scalia is Probably Busy Trying to Figure Out a Way He Can Annul the Spanish Election and Put Back Bush's Toady, Aznar.
Exponential Hypocrisy: Rove Has Hastert and DeLay Attack the Democratically-Elected Leadership in Spain. So Much for Championing Democracy! 3/18
Another Campaign Charade: Man Who Was AWOL And Let Other Soldiers Die for Him in Vietnam to "Salute Troops" in Kentucky. We're Talking About Bush, Of Course. 3/18
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Bush Administration Gives Up on Solutions to Outsourcing; Powell says there's no way to stop it. 3/18
Homophobia Runs Rampant in Bush Cartel: Gay and lesbians in the entire federal workforce have had their job protections officially removed by the office of Special Counsel (Bush Administration). 3/18
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Larry Durstin : Give 'Em Hell, Kerry; "There's nothing quite like the sound of Republicans whining." 3/18
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By Defaming the Spanish While Madrid Weeps, the Bushites Display a Sneaking Contempt for Democracy 3/18
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Neanderthal-Filled Tenn. County Wants to Charge Homosexuals "with crimes against nature." 3/18
Bush's Campaign Stop -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
The World According to Karl "Character Assassin" Rove 3/18
One year after Bush Invaded Iraq: "THE GRIM NUMBERS tell the outline of the story: 564 U.S. soldiers killed. Another 3,190 injured" 3/18
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Cost Crunch Will Force National Parks to Slash Services 3/18
Spain Proves the "Fly Paper" Theory is Wrong: Terrorists Are Not Contained in Iraq. -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Mentally ill can pass background checks for guns. Lovely, isn't it? 3/18
Memo to ABC News: Cut the anti-Kerry Bias 3/18
Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Kerry Supports Our Soldiers, While Bush Betrays the Military. Indignities Endured by U.S. Military: Exclusively from BuzzFlash. Updated Each Month.
Kerry Supports Our Veterans, While Bush Betrays Them. Indignities Experienced by U.S. Veterans.
Bank of America Plans Up to 13,000 Cuts 3/18
A CEO's Story: Send Jobs to China and India, then Campaign Cash to Bush 3/18
Jay Garner, the US general abruptly dismissed as Iraq's first occupation administrator after a month in the job, says he fell out with the Bush circle because he wanted free elections and rejected an imposed programme of privatization. 3/18
U.S. Oil Prices Close at Highest Price in 13 Years. So, How's That Alternative Energy Plan Coming Along? 3/18
Media Transparency: Meet Bush's Back-Door Political Machine 3/18
Untruth and Consequences: What We Know We Know 3/18
AFL-CIO Seeks U.S. Trade Sanctions Against China 3/18
Russ Baker: The Anniversary That Wasn't What Bush Said It Was 3/18
'On a Mission From God': The Religious Right and the Emerging American Theocracy by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
"The Pentagon plans to withhold about $300 million in payments to Halliburton Co. because of possible overcharging for meals served to troops in Iraq and Kuwait" 3/18
The Dishonored Dead: Viet Combat Vet Outraged -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution
They're So Close They Can Almost Taste It -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution
Clergy to Perform Same-Sex Weddings Outside NYC's City Hall Thursday 3/18
Medicare Plot Thickens! "Mysterious Fax" Shows Cost of Prescription Drug Benefits 3/18
Key West Proposes Resolutions to Support Gay Marriages 3/18
Rush Limbaugh Attacks Widows and Children -- BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
The White House vowed to stay in Iraq and 'finish the job for the Iraqi people,' despite the deadly bombing that marred efforts by President Bush to tout the progress in a year of U.S. occupation.
Reality Check: While international trade may broadly benefit the United States, factory towns and their workers suffer 3/18
The March 17th World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
Message to Democrats in the House: Get a Spine in Taking on GOP Abuse of Ethics 3/18
Kerry Criticizes Bush for Failing to Protect Troops in Iraq 3/18
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Bush Cartel to Force Airlines to Provide Traveler "Data," As In Police State Comes to America 3/18
CNN on the Massive Baghdad Blast 3/18
HUD Files Detail Martinez's Fla. Trips; Secretary Visited State 16 Times in 21 Months Before Resigning to Run for Senate 3/18
Allies wary of standing with Bush; Poll taken before Madrid bombings shows anti-U.S. sentiment growing 3/18
"Hanoi Jane Kerry" -- BuzzFlash Editorial Cartoon by Steve Bradenton
Defying Reason, Laws of Economics, GOP Goes After Both Deficit Reduction AND Tax Cut 3/18
New Ads Assail Bush on Economy, Iraq War 3/18
The Variable Ethics of Scott McClellan 3/18
'Chicago Trib' Reporter Stayed the Course to Get Deserter Story 3/18
The Armageddon Plan "to set aside the legal lines of succession and immediately install a new "President" in the event that a nuclear attack killed the country's leaders." 3/18
Joe Wilson: The Pinocchio presidency; A former diplomat says it's time to blow the whistle on the Bush administration's blatant lies. 3/18
2 Presidents' Aides Will Start Testifying Next Week on 9/11 3/18
Bush loses an election: "The people of Spain chose wisely. And Americans should applaud the result." 3/18
Bush's Medicare deceit 3/18
Duty calls and calls: The strains on America's military can no longer be ignored or denied. 3/18
Afghan Elections Face Delay, Karzai Says 3/18
The Progress Report: Right Wing Debasing Democracy; Squandered Support in Iraq; and more 3/18
Confidence Slides Further; Expectations Worsen as Well 3/18
Two GIs in Iraq Seek Objector Status 3/18
Nation's 'web of safety' fails to cover small airports 3/18
Karl Rove Boasts Of "Counterpunch" Campaign Against Kerry, While Criticizing Disgruntled Republicans Who Dare Air Their Complaints to the Media 3/18
Howard Stern Tells Listeners to Vote Against Bush Amid FCC Crackdown 3/18
Former Elizabeth Dole Campaign Official Pleads Guilty "to mail fraud in an embezzlement scheme involving more than $174,000 of political contributions." 3/18
Cheney gets a dose of his own secrecy 3/18
Bush fears the truth will set him free 3/18
Republicans Want to Cut Subsidies for Student Loans. Is That What They Call Compassionate Conservatism? 3/18
Bush's Failed War on Terror: Training for nuclear plant guards reduced 3/18
Jim Hightower: Battle the Monsanto milk beast; ag giant bullying small dairies into taking "hormone-free" off their milk labels. 3/18
The Daily Mislead: Powell Admits Bush Supports Outsourcing 3/18
U.S. Factory Shipped To China; Corning said it's moving to China because that's where everything is made. 3/18
Joe Conason: Alienated Spain rejects Bush's war; 'Coalition of the willing' loses yet another member 3/18
Health Insurance Premiums Crash Down On Middle Class 3/18
Brilliant! Must See! Rumsfeld: Caught on Video 3/18
What's Stopping Bank of America? Not the Federal Reserve 3/18
Bill Berkowitz: Kerry's Catholic conundrum; Will newly formed Bishops Task Force aimed at holding Catholic politicians accountable hone in on John Kerry? 3/18
Spain's Zapatero Rejects Bush Appeal on Iraq 3/18
The Ministry of Public Misinformation: the "administration commonly ignores or lies about critical problems until it’s too late to stop them." 3/18
Outsourcing Hits Close to Home for Workers in Northwest Ohio 3/18
NASA's Latest Invention ... But When It Tried To Read Bush's Thoughts, the Program Jammed 3/18
Military Families Urge Censure for Bush as Congress Marks Iraq Anniversary 3/18
Poll Shows Ralph "GOP" Nader Could Cost Kerry the State of Pennsylvania
Robert "Traitor" Novak: Bush Campaign is Writing Off Illinois 3/18
Dwindling friends: The defeat of Spain's conservative government leaves the Bush administration even more isolated in Iraq and the broader war on terrorism. 3/17
Statement of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee 3/17
Kerry said, "On issue after issue, this president's misleading misstatements have produced a credibility gap as big as the New River Gorge." Give 'Em Hell, John! 3/17
The Daily Mislead: Bush Dishonesty Takes Center Stage 3/17
Family-values group mired in a divorce 3/17
Bush two-fer: Al-Qaida is alive, Iraq is a war zone 3/17
The TrueMajority Oreo Video -- A Must See! 3/17
Iraq gunmen kill eight civilians 3/17
Iraqi exiles fed media false stories 3/17
Seventh Iraq war veteran kills himself 3/17
"Whatever we do to the original members of al-Qaeda, a new generation of terrorists similar to them is growing. So, in addition to placing more cameras on our subway platforms, maybe we should be asking why the terrorists hate us." 3/17
Six Moroccans Suspected in Madrid Blasts 3/17
John Kerry Vows to Be 'Veteran's Veteran' 3/17
Daily Reality Check: In Their Own Words; The Bush administration's media tailspin continues. 3/17
Will the press finally shut up about Kerry's "foreign leaders" comment now? "I think Kerry will win. I want Kerry to win." José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, March 14, 2004. 3/17
Molly Ivins: Red alert at the White House; Failures pile up for our anti-government government 3/17
Spain's vote against mendacity 3/17
Democrats Seek Probe of Medicare Estimates 3/17
Words and deeds on women's issues 3/17
Out with the old: After the 2000's Florida fiasco, the retired Jewish community in West Palm Beach are in no mood for the possible re-election of George Bush 3/17
A Vindicated Hans Blix Returns to U.S. 3/17
US government FAKED Bush news reports; paid actors to pose as journalists in video news releases sent to TV stations intending to convey support for new laws about health benefits. 3/17
Poll finds pessimism about U.S. direction 3/17
E.J. Dionne, Jr.: Ickesy situation; Anti-Bush 'Media Fund' could reverse campaign finance progress 3/17
Project for Excellence in Journalism Issues State of the News Media 2004 3/18
Arianna Huffington: "Desperate to shore up its highly vulnerable economic flank, Team Bush is turning positively delusional" 3/18
World Leaders Rush to Voice Support for Bush? Not. -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
The answer to terror is plain: "Has the invasion of Iraq really made the United States safer?" 3/17
How Cuts in Retiree Benefits Fatten Companies' Bottom Lines 3/17
U.S. Shut Out of Saudi Oil Contracts (NPR Audio) 3/17
What $80 Million for Medicare Ads Could Be Used For 3/17
Poll: Global Distrust Of U.S. 3/17
"And if America were permanently at war, then Bush could forget democracy and representative government. In wartime, the American president becomes, effectively, a dictator if he so chooses." A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution.
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Spain: A Lesson in Nation Building -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
"When Bad Campaigns Go Good" -- BuzzFlash Columnist P.M. Carpenter
"Planet Budget" - BuzzFlash Cartoon by Thomas Burns
A Stand-Alone Episode for New Cafe Visitors! "Lying as a Way of Life" -- Episode #9 of "The Last Chance Democracy Cafe" -- Political, Historical Fiction by Steven C. Day
Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
PART 2 of the Excerpts of the White House Inc. Employee Handbook.
The BuzzFlash Interview With Eric Alterman
Ladies and Gentlemen: The BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week is (Drum Roll, Please) U.S. Congressman Tom Cole
The Banality of Lying. As the Bush Cartel Tries to, Once Again, Rely on Character Assassination to Get Votes, Remember That This Administration Lies so Brazenly and Audaciously, It Becomes Commonplace. BuzzFlash Editorial From July of 2003.
"Passion Redux" -- A BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison
Joe Klein: Bush and 9/11. What We Need to Know 3/17
This is Brilliant! Rep. Waxman built a database of the Bush Cartel's Lies, Misstatements and Half-Truths about Iraq 3/17
Bill Gallagher: "We need St. Patrick to drive from our land and high offices the vipers of war, greed and intolerance." 3/17
French Going Wild For Kerry. Eat Your Heart Out Mr. Bush! Name 10 Leaders Who Would Give You a Dime if You Were in a Bread Line, Mr. Bush. Okay, Just Name Two.
"Bush: Soft-Headed on Military Intelligence" by The Angry Liberal
The Nature of the Threat by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
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This Modern World: Sparky sees the Right 3/17
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President's Message to the Socialist Kingdom of Spain Regarding its Fraidy-Cat Decision to Rejoin Old Europe and Flip America the Bird 3/17
Scott Bateman: Everyone agrees, America's Headed in the Right Direction 3/18
The Dubya Chronicles 3/16
"Crooked, Lying" Edition of the Top Ten Conservative Idiots 3/15
These Are Ironic Times 3/16
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