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Archived 12/11/01 8:07am

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Mr. Cheney: It's the Republicans Who are the Obstructionists and Smear Mongerers 12/11

Oh Where or Where Can the FBI be? Oh Where, Oh Where Can It be? 12/11

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Witnesses Recount Taliban Dying While Held Captive 12/11

U.S. State Department Contingent in Northern Iraq to Stir Up Opposition to Hussein 12/11

Laissez Not Fair, by Paul Krugman 12/11

U.S. Prepares to Reopen Embassy in Kabul 12/11

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The BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American

Once lost, these freedoms will be impossible to restore 10/11

"We will maintain a constant barrage of criticism against the Left. We will attack the very legitimacy of the Left. We will not give them a moment's rest." A MUST READ MANIFESTO FROM PAUL WEYRICH'S FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION. CHILLING! 12/10

ESSENTIAL READING: BUZZFLASH CHILLING ALERT ABOUT A KARL ROVE/BUSH ADVISOR'S PLANS FOR NEUTRALIZING "LIBERALS" 12/10

The Anthrax Attacks in a Nutshell 12/11

In Nobel Talk, Annan Sees Each Human Life as the Prize 12/11

Lobbyists Swarm Over Bio-Terrorism Bill Like Cockroaches 12/11

Banks Eye Enron Trading Rescue 12/11

``After more than six months, a $700,000 budget and far too many secret meetings, the commission has died a quiet death." 12/11

Enron Situation Points Out Woeful Lack of Pensions 12/11

Team in Somalia May Be Planning U.S. Strikes 12/11

Bushes Right at Home Reading Stories to First Graders 12/11

Enron's Close Ties to Bush 12/11

Saudi interior minister defends ID cards for women, saying they prevent fraud 12/11

If You are a Suspicious Customer, the Government Wants to Talk With You 12/11

If the Enron Collapse Happened Under Clinton, and He Had Received Tons of Money from Them, the Republicans in Congress Would Not be So Sensitive 12/11

"National Emergencies" Give Bush Too Much Power 12/11

BuzzFlash News Alert From The Democracy Chronicle: How the GOP's Preoccupation with Investigating the Clintons Diverted the FBI from Thwarting the Growing Terrorist Networks 12/10

They're Trying to Pick Our Pockets! 12/11

Anti-Israeli Crowd Protests Clinton in Scotland 12/11

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Gun Penalty Challenge 12/11

Microsoft Modifies Settlement Offer After Heavy Criticism. MS Lawyer: ""This is going to be a platform-neutral settlement that is not going to be influenced by Microsoft." We Sure Hope So. 12/11

GOP Vow Revenge on Fast-Track "Traitors" 12/11

The Federal Reserve has not yet isolated the letter or letters that triggered a positive anthrax test in a mail bin delivered to the central bank last week 12/11

Spread of AIDS in Rural China Ignites Protests 12/11

New Questions Raised on Anthrax Perils 12/11

America's Shooting Gallery: Gunman kills two restaurant workers, wounds third in suburban Philadelphia 12/11

Just a Couple of Fools Yakking it Up 12/11

Patriotism's Marketing Use Fading 12/11

Viacom Unites UPN and CBS 12/11

Leroy Homer, Pilot of Flight 93 12/11

New York Attorney General Investigates Wall Street Analysts 12/11

Government Finally Admits to Link to Gulf War Illness Among Vets 12/11

Asa Hutchinson Must be High on Something to Waste Our Taxpayer Money on Tomfoolery Like This 12/11

The Manner in Which the White House is Handling the "New" bin Laden Tape is Totally Bizarre and Amateurish! They are Playing Some Sort of Weird PR Game About the Decision Whether or Not to "Release" It After Leaking Its Contents to the Media. 12/11

Supreme Court Allows Disguised School Prayer to Continue 12/11

The December 10th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia

U.S. Forces Drop 15,000 Pound Bomb on Al-Qaeda Cave 12/11

Richard Reeves to John Ashcroft: "Well, screw you, buddy!" 12/11

On Flying High And Lowered Expectations 12/11

A BUZZFLASH HYPOCRISY WATCH SPECIAL EDITION 12/9

Man Detained in Terrorism Probe Ends Hunger Strike, Agrees to Psychiatric Exam 12/11

High Court Denies Bail Request for Algerian Pilot Accused of Helping Train Sept. 11 Hijackers 12/11

Is Pat sounding the death knell for the Christian Coalition? 12/11

Mellon Financial Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers announced a definitive agreement under which Mellon will acquire the human resources outsourcing and consulting businesses of Unifi Network, a PwC subsidiary. 12/11

It's Clear Bush Tax Cuts Have Hurt Americans 12/11

Only politics could link radical environmentalists and terrorists 12/11

"An aide to President Bush admitted the White House went too far in bashing talk show host Bill Maher for his "Politically Incorrect" comments about the Sept. 11 attacks." 12/11

Govt. Finally Admits Gulf War Illness Link 12/11

Poll: Dems think Andrew Cuomo has best chance for ousting Pataki 12/11

Bush's Social Security Commission Keeps Pushing The Stock Market AND Says It Will Cut Into Future Benefits. Expect Them to Say We Have to Do It for "Security" Reasons. 12/11

New Leader Warns U.S. Not to 'Walk Away From Afghanistan' 12/11

Enron-gate: Where are the investigations of Bush’s liaison with the bankrupt company? by Molly Ivins 12/11

GOP Wants Big Money for Corporations; Calls Those Who Don't, "Obstructionist"; CNN Spins Story Against Daschle. 12/11

Court Won't Hear Graduation Prayer 12/11

Either Release the Tape of Bin Laden or SHUT UP ABOUT IT! 12/11

Court Declines to Review Forced Medication of Weston 12/11

Halliburton Executives Downplay Impact of Asbestos Verdict. Of Course They Do. They're Not Going to Say "Asbestos is Bad, People Died, and It Was Dick Cheney's Fault We Own The Company " 12/11

"I think we've probably substantially reduced his authority over people who might be inclined to listen to him." Now, That's Definitive! A Month of Bombings and SOME People MIGHT Not LISTEN to Bin Laden. Now THAT'S Progress! 12/11

Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates for an 11th Time Amid Rising Layoffs and Recession 12/11

This is So Typical When Profit is the ONLY Consideration: Delphi Sees Earnings Up, More Job Cuts. That's The Bush Administration Operating Agenda -- Companies Before People. 12/11

"The bank is suing 29 current and former top Enron executives and board members, including Ken Lay, Enron chairman and chief executive, and Texas Senator Phil Gramm's wife, Wendy Gramm." 12/10

Charles Schumer Says Shipping and Ports are a Gaping Hole in U.S. Security 12/10

1972 National Guard Document Showing George W. Bush Grounded from "Protecting Texas from Enemy Attack" for Failure to take Medical Examination (scroll down) 12/10

HALLIBURTON ASBESTOS FLASHBACK: Cheney's firm backed bill to limit asbestos liability 12/10

We Still Haven't Heard the National GOP Condemn the Perverted Republican Mayor of Waterbury for Unspeakable Sexual Impropriety 12/10

Strange Comments from Saudi Arabia on bin Laden. What Do They Know That we Don't Know. They Should Talk to Papa Bush About This Through the Carlyle Group. 12/10

Cheney Wants to Run Again. BuzzFlash Guesses His Second Option, Running Enron, Just Went Down the Tubes. 12/10

Those Republicans Bullies in the House Know no Shame 12/10

Why Aren't Bush and Ashcroft Talking About the Terrorists Here at Home. Perhaps Because They are Anti-Abortion? 12/10

Hypocrisy Central: Bush Proclaims Human Rights Day, Week 12/10

Asbestos Verdict Tarnishes Halliburton's Future 12/10

Are Taliban Prisoners Being Held and Tried by the U.S. Military on Remote Pacific Islands? 12/10

Cheney and the Gang Try to Blame Daschle for Being an Obstructionist. After All, He Doesn't Believe Billion Dollar Corporations Should Get Huge Financial Rebates at Taxpayer Expense. That Makes Him on the Side of the Just. 12/10

Report that Western Intelligence Agencies Knew of bin Laden Plan Since 1995 12/10

HALLIBURTON SHARES SINK ON ASBESTOS VERDICT: ENRON AND HALLIBURTON, THE FUTURE OF AMERICA UNDER BUSH AND CHENEY

What if Enron Were Bill Clinton's Sugar Daddy When He Was President? There Would be 5 or 6 Republican Congressional Investigations and the Right Wing Junkyard Dogs Calling for a Special Prosecutor. 12/10

FREEZE SOUGHT ON ASSETS OF ENRON EXECUTIVES AS ENRONGATE EXPANDS

In Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court conservatives brought disgrace on their institution 12/10

Flashback: Segregated Washrooms at Halliburton 12/10

Attend "Rising from the Ashes" in New York on December 12th, Organized by Democrats.com and Now is Free 12/10

Mistakes Will be Made, by Bob Herbert 12/10

The Army's Propaganda/Psychological Warfare Specialists 12/10

Who is the Accountable Person of the Year? Cast Your Vote. 12/10

Getting Back Our Rights 12/10

Journalist Beaten by Afghan Mob 12/10

Gun Industry Uses September 11th to Sell Firearms 12/10

The Evildoers May Also be Among Us, Not That George and John Will Do Much About It 12/10

Canadian Watchdog Charity Group Has Ties to Gun Lobby 12/10

Maybe the Kojak Thing Has Run Its Course for Jesse V. in Minnesota 12/10

Recession Tests Welfare-to-Work Law 12/10

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Ashcroft's Cheap Shot 12/10

Fly in the Ointment: Read Second and Third Items. More on Ashcroft Incompetence and Insensitivity. 12/10

America's Shooting Gallery: Two shot in road-rage altercation leave hospital in Houston 12/10

Closing Down Debate: Ashcroft's Attack on Dissent 12/10

UK Against bin Laden Execution 12/10

Powell: Arafat Credibility in Doubt 12/10

Job Losses are Worst in 20 Years 12/10

Message to Martha Brant: Bush, Cheney and Ashcroft Were All Chickenhawks During the Vietnam War. Cheney and Ashcroft Evaded Military Service During the War (Draft Dodgers) and Bush Chose Not to Serve in Vietnam. Just Remember That. 12/9

Have You No Shame, Mr. Ashcroft? An Editorial from the Des Moines Register 12/9

Back by Popular Request: the Republican Chickenhawk List 12/9

A BuzzFlash Editorial Commentary: TO APPEASE THE GUN LOBBY, ASHCROFT BETRAYS THE WAR ON TERRORISM

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University of Wisconsin Will Not Assist in Ashcroft Interviews, from the U of W Daily Cardinal 12/11

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The Top Ten Conservative Idiots 12/10

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I Shall Call Him "Mini-bin Laden" 12/10

Doonesbury 12/10

The Dubya Chronicles 12/10

A Very Special Greeting from the First Lady 12/10

Ashcroft Detains Olympic Torch 12/11

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Civil Libertarians are on the run! 12/10

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