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Iraqi Teens Abused at Abu Ghraib, Report Finds. They Were Also Hidden from Aid Groups. Another REAL Bush Scandal Goes Underreported, as AWOL Bush Lets the Dog Loose to Slander Kerry. 8/24
In a conference call with reporters arranged by the campaign, three Navy Swift boat officers who served with Kerry 35 years ago but who said they have not been in touch with him for years defended his service and his bravery. 8/24
Bush's Bogus Medals -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution from Bob Fertik of Democrats.com
Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots Say Jerry Corsi Deserves As Much TV Air Time As John O'Neill, by Evelyn Pringle, CFHFP Founder
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Bush GOP Swift Boat Liars Start to Get Their Due: Oregon Prosecutor Discloses That He Accused Kerry Based on "Hearsay," Not Personal Information 8/24
Bombs Target 2 Iraqi Ministerial Convoys, 5 Killed 8/24
While the Media Makes a Circus of the Phony Bush GOP Swift Liars, More of Our Soldiers Have Died in Iraq, Which Bush is Happy to Cover Up with a Slime Attack on Kerry. As of Monday, Aug. 23, 958 U.S. service members have died in Iraq. 8/24
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Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber
Cowards All Around: The media should take a step back and remind us what Bush and Cheney were up to in 1969.
Bush Misleads on Connection to Smear Campaign 8/24
Bush Uses Laura (His Lump in the Bed, His Words Not Ours) to Win Over Undecided Stepford White Women 8/24
Garrison Keillor Gets to the Soul of the Democratic Party in "Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America."
Is Army Forcing GIs to Vote? 8/24
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Perspectives on Bush's Non-Denouncement of Specific, Scurillous Lying Bush GOP Swift Liars' Ad 8/24
William Rivers Pitt: Your Children are Burning 8/24
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THE Booker School Video Showing Bush Sitting for More Than Five Minutes After Being Notified of the SECONDTerrorist Plane Hitting the Twin Towers. He Didn't Seem to Have a Care in the World, Even Though He Was Warned in August 2001 About Planned Attacks.
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How a Philosophy Professor With a Checkered Past Became Bush's Highest Ranking Catholic Adviser 8/24
The August 23rd World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
The Joker's Wild Playing Cards (Oversized) from Greg Palast, with Illustrations by Robert Grossman
Flashback: In 1999, media virtually ignored anti-Bush book -- except to report on author's credibility 8/24
Bush Cartel Brainwashing Update on WMDs in Iraq 8/24
Kerry TV Ad Pins Veterans' Attack Firmly on Bush 8/24
AWOL Bush, Who Let Other Young Men Die in Vietnam While He Boozed and Snorted It Up, Continues to Refuse to Condemn Specific Lies Against Kerry Promulgated by His GOP Surrogates, While Changing the Subject
David Zweifel: Response Shows Healthcare is a Huge Issue 8/24
Israel Expands Settlements 8/24
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Swift Boat Stooges for Bush 8/24
The Freeway Blogger 8/24
Swift boat veteran backs Kerry on details of 1969 ambush 8/24
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Embassy letter opened doors for Idema; an official at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan wrote a letter identifying him as a contractor with the Department of Defense. 8/24
Iraqi national guard members reluctant to fight Mahdi Army 8/24
Kerry Unveils Ad Countering Attacks Over Vietnam 8/24
If you favor the return of the draft and war without end, vote Republican. 8/24
FBI Fumbled on Terrorist Financing 8/24
Minutes of Silence That Should Live in Infamy: As Americans Leapt to Their Deaths from the WTC, Bush Sat Cluelessly in a Florida Classroom, Endangering the Lives of the Children Around Him, Until His Handlers Could Figure Out What to Do With Him
Bush's 9/11 Silence, A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
The Bush Legacy of Alienating Everyone: Ninety-three prominent Muslim figures opposed to US troops in Iraq have called on Muslims around the world to support resistance to US forces and to the Iraqi government installed in June. 8/24
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Edwards Blasts New Overtime Rules 8/24
Senate Republicans Weigh Dismantling CIA. Last Week, They Were Going to Dismantle the IRS. Hey, How About Dismantling the Republican Party.
Bush Issues Non-Condemndation of Content of Kerry Ads: Crewmate of Kerry said Monday, "I was there when he got wounded. I saw the blood. I don't care what Dole said."
Gov. Jeb Bush declared an 'election emergency' to give counties hit by Hurricane Charley more flexibility in conducting the Aug. 31 state primary. 8/24
Bob Dole's First Purple Heart 8/24
Unions Protest New Overtime Regulations 8/24
This is the GOP: Gov. Schwarzenegger cut nearly all funding for the Children's System of Care, a 20-year-old initiative that provides therapy, case management and emergency intervention 8/24
Army's Inspector Gen. says It's Okay for Airlines to Give Away Your Peronsal Information. 8/24
Sign-Up Reopened for House Race in La.; "[Rodney] Alexander has attempted to subvert the electoral process for his own personal gain. His action deprived voters of the right to vote for a Democratic candidate" 8/24
Memo Appealed for Ways To Break Iraqi Detainees 8/24
George W. Bush was photographed wearing a ribbon he did not earn 8/24
P-I Focus: Bush weds religion, politics to form world view 8/24
Requiem for a Republic: Does Bush think he’s Dubyustus Caesar, the first American Emperor? 8/24
David Corn: Bush Politics 101: How To Make Someone Else's Smear Work For You 8/24
Veterans defend Kerry, criticize Dole 8/24
Five US soldiers killed in 24 hours in Iraq. Bush Lied, Soldiers Keep Dying. 8/24
Focus Shifts to Kerry's Antiwar Activities in '70s 8/24
Undecided voters likely will swing toward Kerry 8/24
Air America set to start in Ann Arbor 8/24
Bush Optimistic on Progress in Iraq. Almost 1,000 Soldiers Have Been Killed Because of His Lies. Does He Consider that Progress, Too? Just Asking. 8/24
Why I'll Be in New York: "Ten years from now, I do not want to live in a world of random violence and endless war." 8/24
Check Out the Song, "Nothing But a Lie" 8/24
Misquoting an Old Carol Burnett Routine: "Bush Used to Have Two Eyebrows, But the One on Top Fell Out." 8/24
McCarthyism Watch: FBI Comes Calling on Activist Software Engineer 8/24
"The Scream" Redone for a Bush Reelection. 8/24
Nearing the end of SBVfT, but "The Note" Still Gets it Wrong. 8/24
Public Believes Kerry Deserved Medals 8/24
Surveys show war hurts Bush with young voters; But the risk for the GOP may be limited; turnout is low for the 18-30 age group. 8/24
Why Bush is on the carpet with Hoover 8/24
Audio Clips of Bill Maher's interview on Larry King Live 8/24
More Bushwhacking: Yet another filmmaker sets her sights on the president 8/24
Former Bush voters advertise their disaffection 8/24
Audit finds no vote fraud in Venezuela 8/24
On August 6, 2001, Bush was Given a Security Briefing Entitled, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike In U.S." Yet, Come September 11th, He Ended Up in a Second-Grader's Chair, Having Failed to Protect the Nation, as America Was Under Attack.
AdWatch: Kerry Links Bush to Veteran Group 8/24
Dying in Darfur 8/24
Bush Aides Promise to Lie About RNC Protests and Brag About It 8/23
A Veteran's Purple Heart, A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Voters, Dissenters, Not Criminals (Except to the Bush Administration) 8/24
How Kerry Busted BCCI 8/23
A Chilling Insight Into the Evil that is Karl Rove: "Bush's Brain," the DVD, Now Available at BuzzFlash.com
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Bob "Viagra" Dole Joins Bush Cartel Swift Boat Liars 8/23
Head of Wisconsin GOP Veterans for Bush Condemns Bush for Not Condemning GOP Swift Liars 8/23
Bush's Fog of War 8/23
Theft of the Election 2004 8/23
Not So Swift Vets 8/23
Mother of Dead UK Soldier to Sue Government 8/23
How the "Washington Post" Promoted a War --Part II 8/23
Send the Message Across the Nation: "Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died" Postcards. The Perfect Message to Your Senators and U.S. Representatives.
A Veteran Speaks Out About the Bush GOP Swift Liars 8/23
Film Review: "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" 8/23
"Moral Absolutism" Leaves Bush No Wiggle Room 8/23
Clinton Was on the Verge of a Peace Agreement Between Israel and Palestinians When He Left Off. Bush is on the Verge of Disaster. 8/23
Critic once saluted Kerry's bravery, loyalty, moral courage 8/23
Cleland, fellow veterans rally to counter attacks on Kerry 8/23
What Would Jefferson Do? A Return to Democracy by Thom Hartmann
Republican smear machine can't stand up to the facts 8/23
"Kerry's aides said this latest advertisement was intended to move the debate away from a discussion about Mr. Kerry's Vietnam service and to focus it instead on what they contended was a history of dirty tricks by Republicans around Mr. Bush. 8/23
Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft --- And More Let Other Young Men Die for Them in Vietnam. That's the Swift Boat REAL Truth. Buy Your GOP Chickenhawk Cards Now.
Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency, by Senator Robert C. Byrd. Now Available for BuzzFlash.com.
Diabetics Should be Against Bush. He is Keeping a Potential Cure from Being Found. 8/23
The Bush Cartel Learned from "Wag the Dog." The Classic DVD is Now Available from BuzzFlash. Learn Bush's Game Plan from a Hollywood Film!
A Karl Rove Planted Story in the New York Post to Tie Alleged "Prison Release" of Anarchists to NYC Protests, In Order to Lay the Groundwork for Blaming Any Provocateur Violent Protests on the Democrats. 8/23
July job figures decline in six swing states 8/23
In Case You Missed It, Iraqi Soccer Team Gives Bush the Boot 8/23
Sexual Harassment Allegations Surface in Bush Administration 8/23
Najaf rebels hold off US-led raid 8/23
Ed Koch is the NYC Version of Zell Miller: They Both Support a Man Who is a Threat to Our National Security, a Chronic Liar, and Nitwit to Boot. You are Known by the Company You Keep, Zell and Ed. 8/23
When Federal Agents Carrying Out the Bush Anti-Constitutional Crusade Come a Knocking at Your Door 8/23
Turmoil Among the One-Party GOP Rule in Ohio 8/23
Jeb Bush's Theft of the Election 2004: New Fla. Ballot Called More Confusing than Infamous 2000 Ballot 8/23
Going Negative: When It Works 8/23
A veteran who has disputed Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's Vietnam war record admitted on Sunday he did not have "a single document" to prove Kerry fabricated reports of enemy fire that won him two medals. 8/23
The Thief of Baghdad 8/23
WHO ‘suppressed’ scientific study into depleted uranium cancer fears in Iraq: Report 8/23
- The three companies that certify the nation's voting technologies operate in secrecy, and refuse to discuss flaws in the ATM-like machines to be used by nearly one in three voters in November. 8/23
Boston Globe: Big Lies for Bush
United States army medics have been accused of being complicit in the abuse of Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison, outside Baghdad. 8/23
Four U.S. Marines Killed in Iraq Conference 8/23
Death and Sorrow Stalks Sudanese 8/23
Josh Marshall on the Bush GOP Swift Liars 8/23
West Virginia Voucher Cuts Hurting Families: The Bush Legacy of Shifting the Tax Burden to the Middle Class to Further Enrich the Wealthy 8/23
Col. Cordier and his wife have hosted the annual dinner for the Dallas Republican Career Women in their home for the past two years. 8/23
Kerry Supporters Protest Bush GOP Swift Liars in Florida 8/23
Both Parties See New Promise When the Ballot Is in the Mail 8/22
Edwards Assails Veterans Group Ad as Lies, Demands Bush Renounce and Halt Them
"I was with Kerry when he won his Silver Star, and as far as I'm concerned, he did right," he told CNN on Saturday.
Was a Bush Dept. of Veteran Affairs Meeting Related to the Bush GOP Swift Liars?
GOP Hypocrite of the Week: The Bush GOP Swift Liars
As the Bush GOP Swift Liars Continue Their Campaign of Character Assassination, BuzzFlash Interviews the Author of "Deserter: Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past"
"Ownership Has Its Privileges," Episode 19 of The Last Chance Democracy Café, by BuzzFlash Columnist Steven C. Day
Miller Beer Commemorates Rock and Roll by White People -- BuzzFlash Editorial Cartoon by Kirk Anderson
Letters from Ethan - Mr. Bush, "Harming Our Country and Our People"?
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"I just don't understand how anyone can align themselves with those who intentionally and gleefully painted a decorated triple amputee (Max Cleland) from Vietnam as unpatriotic. I think that this is the most disastrous, un-American thing that can be done"
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U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
Private Guns, Public Health: Why Gun Violence is a Public Health Problem and What to Do About It
Is Our Commander-in-Chief a Deserter? You Decide! -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Bob Herbert: Jeb's Theft of the Election 2004 8/23
U.S. Forces Advance Toward Najaf Shrine 8/23
The Kerry campaign lashed out at President Bush's lack of a combat record. 8/23
The Real Bob Dole War Record: Just Call It Hypocrisy 8/23
Blair won't pick up Bush war honor in person: report 8/23
Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
Kerry says President Bush is standing silent just as he did four years ago when supporters waged a campaign of "lies" to destroy the White House hopes of fellow Vietnam veteran and senator John McCain. 8/23
Officials Question Plan to Split Up CIA so Bush Cartel Can Keep Everyone from Knowing What's Going on 8/23
The Proof Reposted in Graph Form: The Connection Between the Swift Boat Liars and Bush and Rove and the GOP 8/23
"Most Americans don't want to hear this: We have lost ground and lost valuable time in dealing with international terrorism by this costly, misguided, ill-prepared adventure into the evil morass of Iraq." 8/23
Bush Overtime Rules that Screw the Working People of America Take Effect 8/23
"Wag the Dog," A Review by The Film Fan Man
Citizens For Honest Fighter Pilots May Have Answer To AWOL Questions. The Fourth Article in an Ongoing Series.
Maureen Farrell -- Conventional Facades: Why the Republicans Have to Hide their Agenda
Update! The Angry Liberal: What Did the Joint Resolution on Iraq Really Say?
Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots Ask Bush To Get Honest: Part III
Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots Ask Bush To Get Honest
Quotes and Opinions From Vets Who Served With Bush -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution from the Citizens for Honest Fighter Pilots
Remember You Can Read AND Listen to the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrites of the Week. Well Worth Listening to!
Citizens For Honest Fighter Pilots Call On Bush To Explain His Military Record
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The Top Ten Conservative Idiots: Dirty Work Edition 8/23
Real Vet Vs. Fake Vet 8/22
The King of the Douche Bags 8/23
Karen and Karl Discuss Strategy 8/24
Taking a Closer Look at the Medals of George W. Bush 8/24
Lie of the Month Book Club 8/23
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