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"All in all," President Bush said of 2001, "it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." OH MY GOD, WHAT ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11TH , ANTHRAX, AND A RECESSION?

Archived 01/09/02 8:17am

BOOK CHARGES THAT BUSH ADMINISTRATION WAS GOING TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH THE TALIBAN IN RETURN FOR OIL PIPELINE RIGHTS, PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11TH. THAT WOULD BE UNCONSCIONABLE, WOULDN'T IT?

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BUZZFLASH BREAKING NEWS: MORE ON THE BOOK THAT SAYS THE BUSH OIL INTERESTS BACKED OFF WAR ON TERRORISM PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11TH 1/9

NEW HEAD OF RNC LOBBIES FOR POLLUTION: The Bush administration is considering relaxing clean-air standards for power plants, which environmentalists and Northeastern states strongly oppose and the energy industry favors. 1/9

Why militant Islamicists in Central Asia aren't going to go away, by Ahmed Rashid 1/9

ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT THE BRAVE FBI AGENT WHO BELIEVED THAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION BETRAYED THE WAR ON TERROR FOR A POSSIBLE OIL PIPELINE 1/9

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"Bernard Goldberg, the one-time CBS News correspondent and full-time addlepated windbag who is trying to make a second career out of trashing his former employer." 1/9

Ohio Ironic Setting For Ed Bill Signing. It Has a GOP Legislature and Governor, by the Way. 1/9

Kerry Mulls 2004 Presidential Race 1/9

U.S. corporations skip on paying taxes, only now it’s legal 1/9

Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body 1/9

The January 8th, Part Deux BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American

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Bush Administration Gives Corporate America "A Get Out of Jail Free Card" 1/9

Zip His Lip! 1/9

Just a Little Honest, by Maureen Dowd 1/9

It's Official: Clarence Thomas Told a Boo-Boo! 1/9

Governor Martz, Will You Come and Do Our Laundry? 1/9

Taliban Leaders Sought by U.S. are Set Free 1/9

The Real American Taliban 1/9

A New Worry About an Old Concern: Health Care 1/9

Naive Bush slights Pakistanis with a short-cut 1/9

Dick Cheney cashed out his Halliburton stock at the right time. 1/9

Iran Implicated by Captain in Seized Weapons Shipment 1/9

Whispers leave O'Neill looking vulnerable 1/9

Want Unemployment to Rise? Elect a Republican President. 1/9

"President Bush's big-business donors, who reaped handsome returns on their political investments in 2001, are hoping for continued dividends this year." 1/8

Could the CIA Have Prevented September 11th? 1/9

A September 11th Mystery Man Being Held in Chicago 1/9

Pakistani militants undaunted 1/9

The Better Bring a Book to Read Department: The Sierra Club welcomed President Bush on his trip to Oregon last weekend with a radio ad asking for a modernized energy plan. 1/9

Nevada Officials Confront Energy Secretary Over Yucca Mountain 1/9

Make Them Accountable! 1/9

Captain of Boat Says Weapons Were Bound for Palestinian Authority 1/8

"It was one more indication that Attorney General John Ashcroft and his boss, President Bush, have a limited appreciation of free expression and the public's right to know what public officials are up to." 1/9

A Thin Script 1/9

737 Averted Crash With Teen 1/9

President wants Senate to hurry with new anti-terrorism law, But Trent Lott and Orrin Hatch Remain Key Obstructionists (1996)

A BLAST FROM THE PAST TELLS IT ALL: BUSH'S "ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN" IS JUST ENRONOMICS BY ANOTHER NAME

Feds Won't Go Extra Mile for Ailing Veteran 1/9

Everyone has an anthrax theory 1/9

GOP Candidate for Governor of California Holds Stock of Alleged Energy Company Profiteer 1/9

They Don't Have Anything Better to Do, So They're Still After Bill Clinton 1/9

About that Phony bin Laden Photograph... 1/9

Watch Out for the Air in Houston 1/9

Did Teen Suicide Pilot Take Accutane? 1/9

Son Defends Day in Hockey Beating Death. What Else is He Going to Do? 1/9

They Must be on LSD at NewsMax. Lay off the Magic Mushrooms Guys. The Straight Jacket Crew is Coming for You. 1/9

Mail Volume Down Nearly 3 Billion 1/9

Just Call it the Dr. Strangelove Administration. It's Deja Vu All Over Again. 1/8

Senior WTC Survivor Succumbs to Injuries 1/9

Reposted: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? 1/9

Microsoft should pay dividends or taxes - Nader 1/9

Alcoa earnings drop 75% in fourth quarter 1/9

White House: Bush Meant No Disrespect. Of Course He Didn't, But The Bigger Question is: When Did Ignorance Become an Electable Character Trait for Presidents? 1/9

Taliban Emptied Country's Banks 1/9

GOP, Enron in Bed But Press Snoozes 1/9

George Bush: fill in the blanks; How many Bushisms can you complete? 1/9

Gray Davis, Say It Ain't So 1/9

Ethiopian troops 'deploy' in Somalia 1/9

White House: Bush Meant No Disrespect 1/9

Military asks researchers for help develop 'odor bomb' foul enough to clear crowds 1/9

Democratic Underground's Year in Review: 2001 1/9

"The virtually nonexistent U.S. casualty rate is either a signal achievement or a debacle in the making. At the moment, no one can say for sure." 1/9

Bush Signs Education Bill, Hails Bipartisanship 1/9

Bush Makes First Recess Appointment: The Worst are Yet to Come 1/9

U.S. Seeks to Stem Optimism on Seizing Bin Laden and Omar. But, Wasn't Getting Osama The Point? So, Has Bush Failed? 1/9

Military not warned about suicide plane 1/9

Michigan congressman forced to strip to underwear for security at Washington airport 1/9

"But so is the realization, no matter how uncomfortable, that we can never fully eradicate risks that come from out of the blue." 1/9

Bush Defends Deficits: Shame on You Mr. Republican! Your Tax Cuts for the Rich Caused Them After All. Keep Trying to Sell the American Public Snake Oil. 1/8

Federal charges due for man found with knives at airport 1/9

Supreme Court Narrows Reach of Disability Law 1/9

New PC cops outlaw dissent 1/9

Give greed a chance 1/9

New crises stalk Bush on the domestic front 1/9

Bush Gubernatorial Records Should Be Available Under Texas Law, Not Kept 1/9

Mr. Bush, Can You Do Something to Protect Us, Please? 1/9

"If the Bush administration treated homegrown terrorists like their overseas comrades, its dragnet could ensnare the far political right -- and John Ashcroft." 1/9

US factory orders show fifth fall in six months 1/9

Afghanistan's poorest: 'Waiting to die' 1/9

President Clinton's 1998 Speech Against Terrorism, Posted on, of all Places, a Conservative News Site 1/8

It Would be Funny, If He Weren't the President. 1/8

CNN yanks promotion that refers to anchor Paula Zahn as ``sexy'': Just Call It the Trash Bin News Network 1/8

"Texas doctors who sexually molest patients, traffic child pornography and commit any number of other sexual offenses are routinely allowed by state medical regulators to keep practicing medicine." 1/8

God Bless Paul Krugman! 1/8

Why Aren't the Right Wing Media Shills All Over the Montana Governor About This One? We Know the Answer. She's a Republican, So She Gets a Free Pass to Go, Like Any Member of the Grand Hypocrisy Party. 1/8

What happened when America's top female fighter pilot refused to put Saudi Arabia's cultural sensitivities before her own 1/8

Party Manners: GOP chair will keep selling influence for personal gain 1/8

Tom Ridge Isn't Strongly Denying the Potential Involvement of Military Anthrax in the Domestic Terrorist Attacks. He Doth Protest Too Little. 1/8

BuzzFlash Never Thought that We Would Enjoy Reading William Safire. At Least the Guy Isn't a Knee Jerk Right Wing Jerk Pundit. A Conservative With Consistent Convictions. Hey, Mr. Safire, That's Quite a Compliment Coming from BuzzFlash. 1/8

Someone tell the Attorney General he must protect the public, not the NRA 1/8

Hey, Mr. Bush, Are You Going to Get Your Right Wing Junkyard Dogs to Blame Clinton for this One Too? It's on Your Watch. Step up to the Plate and Accept Responsibility Like a Man. 1/8

REPOSTED: Organizing to Bring Back the Bill of Rights 1/8

Our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. Let Us Memorize Them and the Freedoms that are Being Suppressed. 1/8

MSNBC Hires Alan Keyes to Host Talk Show: Will It be Called "Alan Keyes Makes No Sense"? 1/8

"Not over my dead body" is memorable and dramatic. It won't change the math. 1/7

The Moon Media Machine: It's Everywhere, And He's Anti-Jesus to Boot, but Bush Incorporated Loves the Guy to Pieces 1/8

Rent's $1.50, Includes Heat 1/8

A SPECIAL GLORIA LALUMIA BUZZFLASH MEDIA WATCH RETURNS! 1/7

The January 7th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia

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"The next time you hear a conservative politician make the promise, “If elected, I will run government like a business,” you might want to ask “Which business?” 1/7

Howard Fineman, You've Won Quite an Honor! 1/8

The day Ashcroft censored Freedom of Information 1/8

Remote Afghans Are Slowly Starving 1/8

FLASHBACK 1997: Taliban in Texas for talks on gas pipeline 1/7

<">"Osama bin Laden's fanaticism should prompt us to examine our own religious beliefs-- and to zealously preserve our secular society." 1/8

"Don't Blame Clinton For Sept. 11" by Harley Sorenson 1/8

"When Michael Moore's publisher insisted he rewrite his new book to be less critical of President Bush, it took an outraged librarian to get it back in the stores." 1/8

Vietnam and the Bill O'Reilly Nothing But Spin Zone, A BUZZFLASH CONTRIBUTION 1/7


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