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Taiwan's President, VP Wounded in Apparent Assassination Attempt "House of Bush, House of Saud" Taken for a Ride by the Bush Cartel -- Or Never Having to Hold Bush Accountable for Anything (Being the Spoiled Rich Kid That He is), By Paul Krugman Free Subscription to BuzzFlash Alerts! Don't Miss A Thing! Sign Up Now! "Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time" Iraqi Reporters Rebuff Powell, Leave News Conference 3/19 From the BuzzFlash Editorial Archives: If you had to distill the Bush administration's argument for its existence down to the essence, it would amount to simply this: "It's Me or the Terrorists! You Have Three Seconds to Decide." Remember, BuzzFlash is Reader Supported. Contribute Now! We Don't Sell Advertising. We Don't Charge for Subscriptions or Our Alerts! It's You Who Finances BuzzFlash. We Depend on the Kindness of Our Readers. Ted Kennedy: Bush's Distortions Misled Congress in Its War Vote 3/19 It Takes a Student from Indiana State University to Lay It on the Line: George W. Bush is Losing the War on Terrorism Because He Has Failed Us 3/19 Ladies and Gentlemen: The BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week is (Drum Roll, Please) Chairman of the Bush/Cheney Campaign, Marc Racicot McCain Says Kerry Not Weak on Defense "or would compromise national security if elected president." 3/19 Bush-Approved Lie About Kerry's Support for the Troops -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution Give us the names, dammit! -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution National Guard Service -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution BuzzFlash Headlines On YOUR Web Site for Free (You Can't Get Any Cheaper Than That!) -- Spread the Pro-Democracy, Anti-Hypocrisy Word! 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"American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush," Get the Kevin Phillips' Book from BuzzFlash.com WarProfiteers.com Updated 3/20 Beating Around The Bush On Park Cuts 3/20 Head Start Findings Distorted to Advance Bush Agenda for Dismantling Program 3/20 The Sorrows of Empire: A Premium on BuzzFlash.com Support BuzzFlash Now, More Than Ever! We are now averaging around 115,000 visitors each weekday! Homeland Security Department is seeking help from sometimes reluctant city and state police. 3/20 Paper backup for e-voting called for in ads 3/20 Court halts work on portion of barrier 3/20 Send the Message Across the Nation: "Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died" Postcards. The Perfect Message to Your Senators and U.S. Representatives. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart re-ups thru 2008 3/20 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. 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) Bush's partial history: Stringent military screening program may explain gaps on president's record 3/20 Get Your "Loaded Deck" of Playing Cards If only I had been mistaken about Iraq war 3/20 "Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election" DVD Greg Palast CD from BuzzFlash.Com: "Weapons of Mass Instruction" Oil Prices Reach 13-Year High, Posing Threat to U.S. Economy 3/20 Some in Bush's 'coalition of the willing' are suddenly losing their will 3/20 Legislators look to weaken manatee protections 3/20 Made in Burma: Bush's campaign store sells a pullover from nation whose products he has banned from being sold in the U.S. 3/20 Reps. Waxman, Rangel, Dingell, Stark, and Sherrod Brown ask the White House and OMB about their involvement in the development and withholding of cost estimates of the Medicare prescription drug bill. 3/20 Ashcroft's Fear Tactic: "Here's why the Bush administration should halt its repugnant effort to invade patient privacy." 3/20 Worst Setback Yet for Republican CT Gov. Rowland; Pratt Pleads Guilty To Federal Tax Charge 3/20	Stealing From Your Children 3/20 Three Mile Island: The nuclear option will stay alive as long as the government keeps subsidizing it. 3/20 "The one benefit is the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime from power in Baghdad, but the costs of that so massively outweigh it that the enterprise must be judged a failure and bankrupt." 3/20 Two U.S. Marines Die in Combat in Iraq. Bush Celebrates Anniversary of Start of War. 3/20 Bush Marks First Anniversary of Iraq War. Do You Think He Ever Loses Sleep Over the Dead and Permanently Disabled Solders and Innocent Civilians? We Didn't Think So, Either. 3/20 Battle for control of the Senate shaping up as a close race 3/20 Use a cockroach to catch a cockroach: The war on terror "is not a war to be fought by uniformed soldiers of the Armed Forces before the TV cameras." 3/20 USA Today says reporter faked major stories; Kelley nominated five times for a Pulitzer Prize 3/20 S. Korea Balks at Sending Troops to Iraq 3/20 Rational Security: The problem isn't that George W. Bush hasn't done enough in the war on terrorism -- it's that he's hardly fought it at all. 3/20 "Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War" Get This DVD! Molly Ivins: Red alert at the White House; Bush "is living on some parallel planet." 3/20 Bush Campaign Has $110 Million on Hand. 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Dean group to focus on ousting Republicans 3/19 Afghan Women: Don't Forget Us 3/19 Riots Spread Across Kosovo, Serbia 3/19 The Progress Report: Mistreating the Troops in Iraq; Misleading the Public on Spain; and more 3/19 Some Cuban-Americans in Florida are Flirting with Supporting Kerry 3/19 SICK: A disturbing pattern has emerged with the Bush administration: Don't like the facts or evidence on an issue? Ignore them or misrepresent them. Or suppress them. 3/19 Repost: Iraq on the Record; "database identifies 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by these five officials in 125 public appearances" 3/19 Budget's red ink colors turmoil in GOP 3/19 Biden endorses a fusion ticket: Kerry-McCain. At this point, it's clear there is a trial balloon thing going on here. 3/19 Mortar Rounds Kill Three Soldiers, Wound Nine at two U.S. military bases. Bush Lies, Soldiers Die. 3/18 Conservative Chicago Tribune Columnist Steve Chapman: Changing positions is something President Bush knows a lot about. He does it all the time. 3/19 Federal Prosecutors in Chicago Launch Probe of Pro-Bush Hollinger Media Conglomerate 3/19 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghan Fighting 3/19 The Armageddon Plan 3/19 Greenpeace 3/19 In 2004, It Will Likely Boil Down to Just a Few Toss-up States 3/19 How the Bush Cartel Hinders Terrorism Prosecutions Abroad 3/19 Deadly Attacks Across Iraq as the Anniversary of the U.S. invasion approached 3/19 Anti-war groups today predicted a huge turnout at a national demonstration against the UK’s involvement in the Iraqi conflict amid continuing calls for the Government to “come clean” on the reasons for war. 3/19 The Arab satellite television channel al-Arabiya says US troops in Baghdad have shot dead one of its cameramen and wounded its correspondent. 3/19 Anti-War Protests this Weekend 3/19 Concerned About Electronic Voting! This is THE Book to read. "Black Box Voting" by Bev Harris, Lead Investigator on the Perils of Electronic Voting. The BuzzFlash Mailbag -- Uncensored and Unvarnished Truth from BuzzFlash Readers. Warning: It's Addictive. A Mishandled War on Terrorism 3/19 Spain Reportedly Reluctant to Include FBI in Investigation of Terrorist Bombings 3/19 Baghdad Bombing: "Why are you blocking us from rescuing our people?" asked Faiz Sadeh, a construction worker. This is the Face of the Bush Cartel Bringing "Democracy" to Iraq: Death, Chaos, Anger, Failure. The Bush Cartel Prepares for Nuclear Fallout 3/19 Things Fall Apart 3/19 Death of a patriot: No more 3/19 Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, by David Cay Johnston Hans Blix Tells His Side of the Story: "Disarming Iraq." Available from BuzzFlash.com. BuzzFlash Premium: "The Bush-Haters Handbook: An A-Z Guide of the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years" President of Poland:"They [the Bush Cartel] deceived us about the weapons of mass destruction, that's true. We were taken for a ride," The BuzzFlash Interview with Laura Flanders, Author of "Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species" Three Iraqi journalists killed in drive-by shooting; Nine Wounded 3/19 Is BuzzFlash Bugging Me Again? Bush's Bagmen: Meet the Pioneers and Rangers, the president's A-team for campaign cash 3/19 Special Comic Relief Care Package from BuzzFlash.com! Check It Out! Pakistanis (along with CIA and American Troops, You Can be Sure) May Be Near al-Qaida's No. 2 3/19 "Always a Borrower Be" -- Episode #10 of "The Last Chance Democracy Cafe" -- Political, Historical Fiction by Steven C. Day The Book on Bush: How George W. Bush (Mis)Leads America, by Eric Alterman and Mark Green Iraq war 'may have been a mistake': Italian minister 3/19 Another U.S. Helicopter Down in Iraq. Save Our Soldiers: Impeach Bush and Cheney for High Crimes Against the Nation. 3/18	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. Blasts shake two Baghdad hotels popular with coalition contractors 3/19 We Recommend "Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species," by Laura Flanders Could Stern's anti-Bush rants shock the vote? 3/19 Oppose the New Ashcroft Internet Snooping Request! 3/19 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. Drive the Message Home, "Save America: Recall Bush" End America's Nearly Three Years of a Bush Cartel Halloween Nightmare The Daily Mislead: Bush Ally Admits He Was Misled About Iraq 3/19 Gas Prices Are Seen Rising Even Higher 3/19 The Damage Done: It's easy to send soldiers off to war. It's a lot harder to face them when they come home. 3/19 Critics of tribunals gain unlikely allies: lawyers in uniform 3/19 Inquiry Set on Bribery Claim in Medicare Vote 3/19 Molly Ivins: Crooked Liars; Kerry refuses to apologize for open mike gaffe -- truth is absolute defense 3/19 Arianna Huffington: A modest proposal; Let's have two GDPs -- one for Bush Pollyannas, one that tells the truth 3/19 "Bush's War," By James Moore, Author of "Bush's Brain." Moore Doesn't Forget the Military Victims of the Bush Cartel War Machine and Neither Do We. This is a Book that is Written With Heart, Soul, and a Sense of Deep Betrayal by Bush and His Cohorts. U.S. Sends Troops to Quell Kosovo Violence 3/19 "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. Rush Limbaugh Attacks Widows and Children -- BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell Frenzy of speculation on bin Laden's possible whereabouts 3/19 These Men Died in Vietnam While George W. Bush and Dick Cheney Avoided Combat Like Cowards. The Dead From the Hometowns of Bush and Cheney: Midland and Casper. The Two Cowards Let Others Die to Maintain Their Wealth, Elitism and Privilege. Sidney Blumenthal: The Last Rites of the Bush Doctrine 3/18 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. 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 Antonin "The Fixer" Scalia, the Republican Partisan Who Stole the Election in 2000 for Bush, Refuses to Recuse Himself from Cheney Energy Secrecy Case. Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely! Byron Williams: Bush's global credibility gap; Spanish election, Pew study show world wants Bush out 3/19 Jim Hightower: CostCo, a corporation that breaks the greed mold 3/19 Al Sharpton Endorses John Kerry But Continues Own Campaign 3/19 Listen to Stephan Smith's "You Ain't A Cowboy" 3/19 End of hot meals for U.S. troops? Cheney's Halliburton Stiffs Food Service Firm for $87 Million 3/19 Support Independent Media! 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. Downloadable Poster to Bring to Protests this Weekend 3/19 American troops and Iraqi civilians were killed Thursday in attacks around the country, one day after a massive bomb destroyed a hotel in central Baghdad. 3/18 336,000 new jobless Americans. 3/18 "Bring 'em on" -- Iraq Sketchbook, a tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Turning Tyranny into Tea-ranny -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution 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. Bush's Campaign Stop -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution Spain Proves the "Fly Paper" Theory is Wrong: Terrorists Are Not Contained in Iraq. -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution 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. 'On a Mission From God': The Religious Right and the Emerging American Theocracy by BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell The Dishonored Dead: Viet Combat Vet Outraged -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution They're So Close They Can Almost Taste It -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution "When Bad Campaigns Go Good" -- BuzzFlash Columnist P.M. Carpenter Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources. PART 2 of the Excerpts of the White House Inc. Employee Handbook. This is Great Satire of the Bush Administration, Which has become a Sad Parody of Good Government. "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. THE LIGHTER SIDE: MadKane: Dubya's Terrorist Election 3/18 This Modern World: Sparky sees the Right 3/17 The Late Night Take on Bush and Kerry 3/17 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 Excerpts from Lynne Cheney's "Sisters" 3/19 Ask Lynne Cheney! 3/19 Fiore Presents: School Daze, It's Not Quite Like You Remember It 3/19

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