BuzzFlash Report - Archived


BUSH LIED -- AND HERE'S THE PROOF		Archived 01/12/02 9:33pm
Ted Kennedy to Call for a Delay In Implementing Next Round of Tax Cuts


How About a Military Tribunal for Kenneth Lay? 1/13 ENRON: "a culture of greed and arrogance that bred excessive secrecy." Sounds Like the White House to Us. 1/13 Teen Who Sympathized With Osama bin Laden and Flew Small Plane Into Tampa Skyscraper Belonged to the Young Republicans Club. Rush Limbaugh, We Want to Hear From You About This! 1/12 ENOUGH OF THE ENRON SLEAZE, SUPPORT BUZZFLASH.COM According to the Right Wingers at Free Republic, Bush DOE Granted Enron Waiver of Securities and Liability Regulations 1/13 George W. Bush Was Shilling for Enron back in 1988, Despite What He Has Said 1/12 Get News Fast! Sign up for BuzzFlash Alerts, the fastest and easiest way to keep abreast of breaking news and commentary (see bottom of the right column). Click here for the latest alert. Andersen Called to Account for Egregious Errors in Judgment, Or Was It Just Greed? 1/13 What Has Bush Done With the Bad Boys? Made Recess Appointments: Scalia and Reich are an Embarrassment. One's a Payback and the Other's a Disgrace. 1/12 The Nuclear Industry and Their Hired Guns Gang up on Nevada 1/13 Employees are Screwed a Second Time: Enron Case Will Stay in New York 1/13 KENNETH LAY CALLED GREENSPAN TOO! BUZZFLASH IS GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN CALL ALAN FOR A CONTRIBUTION AND SEE IF HE'LL SPEAK WITH US. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 1/12 Enron Debacle Deepens 1/13 The Enron Insider Share Sellers Should be Behind Bars. The Sooner, the Better. These People are Coyotes Who Feed off the Carrion of Innocent Employees. 1/13 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE ENRON/BUSH ADMINISTRATION 1/13 Bush's "Enronomics": Guaranteed Deficits for Years to Come 1/13 Tim Russert, On His Knees 1/13 Sen. Gramm's wife gets Enron subpoena 1/13 Indian General Talks Bluntly of War and a Nuclear Threat 1/13 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: ENRON MAKES WHITEWATER LOOK LIKE A PUDDLE 1/13 Democrats Should Take on Bush's Tax Boondoggle 1/13 Russia Rejects U.S. Plan to Store Warheads 1/13 Cyrus Vance Dies 1/13 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Bush’s Insider Connections Preceded Huge Profit on Stock Deal 1/13 S.Africa's Tutu Says Mugabe Has Gone 'Bonkers' 1/13 SEC chief's ties to Andersen complicate probe 1/12 Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, announced a ban Saturday on four militant Islamic groups 1/13 UNBELIEVABLE! ENERGY SECRETARY RECEIVED THOUSANDS IN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NUKE BIZ! "There are absolutely no problems .... There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues. The company is probably in the strongest and best shape...," Ken Lay Told Business Week Last August. 1/12 Fourteen Top Bush Officials Owned Stock in Enron 1/12 Fight Over Nuke Dump in Nevada 1/12 President Bush fires entire labor-management relations panel 1/12 Montana Member of the Grand Hypocrisy Says It Is Our Duty to Kill Off Endangered Species: No, BuzzFlash is Not Making This Up 1/13 D. Stephen Goddard, managing partner of Arthur Andersen's Houston Office (where the ENRON documents may have been destroyed) is a Bush "pioneer" who raised over $100,000 for the 2000 campaign 1/11 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Ken Lay, Enron, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 1/12 HOT TOPIC: Enron, An Index of Articles from the Houston Chronicle 1/12 Judicial Watch is on a Rampage 1/13 The Dick Armey Connection to Enron Runs Right Through His Staff 1/12 BUZZFLASH PRESENTS The Angry Liberal - Fuel Cells: How Bush's Oil Buddies Can Cash In 1/11 Bush Puts U.N. Family Planning Funds on Hold 1/12 Bush Gubernatorial Records Should Be Available Under Texas Law, Not Kept Secret in Father’s Library 1/12 Treasury's Fisher felt Enron asked for help 1/12 ANOTHER BOMBSHELL: ANDERSEN ADMITS STAFF DESTROYED ENRON DOCUMENTS! FROM THE ARCHIVES: How Enron Got Cozy With Bush and Company 1/12 The January 11th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia Israel Strikes Palestinian Naval Base 1/13 The January 11th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS: STOP BEING TIMID! 1/13 $180,000 in Enron Contributions Later, the Grand Hypocrisy Party Texas Attorney General Decides Maybe He Has a Conflict of Interest in Investigating Enron After All 1/12 DISGUSTING: "Contractors have plucked up to 600 illegal immigrants off street corners to scrub potentially toxic dust out of buildings near the World Trade Center — without giving the workers safety training or protective equipment" 1/12		Did Otto Reich Aid and Abet a Terrorist? 1/12 ``As Enron's negotiations with its bankers for an extension of credit neared a decision point, the president of Enron asked Undersecretary Fisher to call the banks" 1/12 "Buried in Enron's epic bankruptcy filing is a mysterious entry that illustrates the political storm brewing for the White House: economic adviser Larry Lindsey is listed as a creditor." 1/12 Federal Judge Deals Setback to Microsoft in Private Suits 1/12 The Man Who Evaded Service in Vietnam Tries to Pin Ken Lay on Ann Richards. Well, George W. Bush, You Can Run, But You Can't Hide. Maybe That Expression Sounds Familiar to You. And Hiding Behind a Woman to Boot. What a Cad! 1/11 Congress Asks Andersen About Timing of Destruction of Documents 1/12 Ford To Cut 35,000 Jobs 1/12 Singapore Details Terror Plot to Bomb U.S. Targets 1/12 Audit Papers Usually Held For Years, Accountants Say 1/12 Hidden Numbers Crushed Enron: 'Partnerships' Shielded $600 Million Debt 1/12 Trent Lott's Pork Fest is Sticking Us With the Bill 1/12 Enron Committed an Act of Financial Terrorism That Left Thousands of Victims in Its Wake 1/12 Diversity is Good for America, Group Urges 1/12 Wen Ho Lee says FBI threatened him with execution 1/12 Bush, aides knew of Enron troubles 1/12 It Must be a Lack of Moral Values in Bush Country that Leads to Kids Doing Abominable Things. Someone Needs to Teach Morals to These Bush Country Texans and How to Raise Their Children Properly. 1/12 Hockey Dad Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter 1/12 Getting Osama, Part II, by Gene Lyons 1/12 We Cannot Afford Snake Oil Tax "Cuts" Now. There's a Price for Freedom, and Bush Incorporated Wants to Do It on the Cheap, Except for Enron and the Wealthy. 1/12 Group wants Smith to apologize for citing terrorism, PSU link 1/12 BUZZFLASH WAS ON ENRON FROM DAY ONE: BUZZFLASH INTERVIEWS CONGRESSMAN HENRY WAXMAN ON ENRON. A MUST READ, REPOSTED ON 1/2 The Bush Adminstration: The Tough Talk is Nothing But Spin 1/12 Pentagon: Geneva Convention Doesn't Cover Detainees 1/12 "We live in a time when common-sense statements seem radical," Says the Creator of Boondocks 1/12 What will lobbyist do at the RNC to earn pay? 1/12 Mysterious Postal Worker "Anthrax" Case 1/12 Did Bush Lie About Relationship to Ken Lay? 1/12 "But on Capitol Hill, Democrats were already beginning to ask of the president, "What did he know and when did he know it?" Subpoenas Due in Enron Probe 1/12 Amtrak could lose tracks and stations 1/12 Florida Police Now Doubtful About Jeb Bush Bomb Threat 1/12 The Enron Rogues Gallery: Part I 1/12 More Arrests of Terrorist Suspects 1/12 U.S. Pressures Countries to Comply With Biological Weapons Treaty that Bush Administration Doesn't Support Enforcing. Hey, It's the Grand Hypocrisy Party Running Grand Hypocrisy Treaty Policy. At Least They're Consistent. 1/12 Was Cheney Spoiling for a Fight? By the Way, Where is He? And Boy, They've Got Ashcroft Locked in a Closet Too. Maybe BuzzFlash Should File a Missing Persons Report. 1/12 Brownfield Clean-up Law is Signed 1/12 Henry Waxman Won't Let the Enron/Bush Administration Con Artists Off the Hook 1/13 RECEIVE "TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil & Fundamentalism in Central Asia" With a $30 Voluntary Subscription to BuzzFlash.com. Yale University Press, #1 on the NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller List (Paperback Nonfiction) America's biggest failure will hurt Bush 1/12 "Ashcroft turned the investigation over to his Deputy Attorney General, Larry Thompson. However, Democrats.com has learned that Larry Thompson also has ties to Enron" 1/11 Bush Administration Claims Indian Tribe Doesn't Exist 1/12 The White House disclosed today that Enron CEO Kenneth Lay contacted both Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Commerce Secretary Don Evans last fall 1/11 Compassionate Conservatism Alive and Well in Florida. Jeb is as Good at it as Georgie. 1/12 Debunking the Big-Spender Myth 1/12 The PR-Driven Heritage Foundation Homeland Security Task Force Report 1/12 ''World policy revolves around petroleum'' 1/12 Iran's Rafsanjani Calls Bush 'Rude' for Warnings 1/12 Now that Geraldo's with Fox News, the ConWeb has trouble making itself criticize the guy, even when he makes major factual blunders. 1/12 Talibanned in the USA 1/12 Anti-Consumers Bankruptcy Bill on Backburner Because of Current Events 1/12		"Microsoft may have hurt its antitrust case by failing to reveal to a federal judge that it lobbied lawmakers." Really? So, Companies Lobby Gov't For Better Deals? Imagine That? 1/12 Wall Street Journal Blames Everyone but Enron for Enron's Problems. Someone Must Have Tripped And Hit Their Head on the Corner of Their Oak Desk. (req. an email address, any email address) 1/12 Investigator for EPA sues Whitman over job 1/12 U.S. Alters Estimate Of Threats: Non-Missile Attacks Likelier, CIA Says. Someone, Please, Someone, Let Bush and his Missle Shield Friends Know. 1/12 IRS Loses 2332 Computers in 3 Years; Gets To Do What It Won't Allow Us: Claim a Mistake Without Paying a Penalty For It. 1/12 Goldberg Variations 1/12 We Should Let Kids Be Kids - Not Pilots or Hunters 1/12 FLASHBACK: Power Trader Tied to Bush Finds Washington All Ears 1/12 Flashback: Industry has access to Cheney 1/12 Flashback: Judicial Watch Sues VP Cheney Over Energy Task Force 1/12 Political Dissent Can Bring Federal Agents to Your Door 1/12 I am betting that not a single Enron executive will spend a day in jail. Not one, not ever. 1/12 Ken who? Bush team plays defense 1/12 "It's hard to think of a fiscal argument that's been refuted as quickly and spectacularly as the one President Bush made on behalf of his tax cut last year." 1/12 Democrats hope to cast the White House as beholden to corporate fat cats once again--a perception they think was catching on before September 11. 1/12 The Bush administration urged a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a court order blocking oil and natural gas exploration off California's central coast. 1/12 U.S. envoy to Afghanistan: bombing must continue to prevent ‘bin Laden Jr.’ Hmmm. Bush, Jr.'s Administration Doesn't Want A bin Laden, Jr.? That's Funny, In a Sad, Laugh-Through-Tears Sort of Way. 1/12 Prosecutors are named in federal Enron probe 1/12 Democrats Spot Opportunity in Utah 1/12 Three Senators Whom We Won't Miss 1/12 America's Shooting Gallery: SWAT standoff ends when suspect shoots himself 1/12 America's Shooting Gallery: Student with Gun Releases School Hostages in Mississippi 1/12 Your Tar And Feathers Ready? Mine Are. 1/11 Through the Carlyle Group, Papa Bush and the Bush Family Stand to Make Big Money off of Arms Build Up and Saudi Arabian Relationship 1/10 "It is now clear the White House had knowledge that Enron was likely to collapse but did nothing to try to protect innocent employees and shareholders," Said Henry Waxman 1/11 "Fleischer warned Democrats against investigations into the Bush administration's dealings with Enron. "The American people are tired of partisan witch hunts and endless investigations." It's Not a Witch Hunt Ari; It's a Crime. 1/11 REPOSTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE ENRON BUCK STOPS AT THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE 1/11 BLAST FROM THE PAST: Overnight Guests At Governor’s Mansion Added $2.2 Million to Bush Campaign 1/11 Just Call Him "Skunk" Bush, Tries to Tie Ken Lay to Ann Richards. That's What You Get From a Guy that Evaded Service in Vietnam Through Daddy's Contacts, But Supported the War. 1/11 "President Bush's nomination of Otto J. Reich to be assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere affairs has caused people here and abroad to shudder." 1/11 The Bush clan's family business 1/11 The Bush - Enron Archives 1/11 Papa Bush lobbies Junior on behalf of Carlyle. Military policy towards Korea overturned. Watchdog groups decry improper influence, digging for more info. 1/11 "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? FLASHBACK 1997: Taliban in Texas for talks on gas pipeline 1/7 Vietnam and the Bill O'Reilly Nothing But Spin Zone, A BUZZFLASH CONTRIBUTION 1/7 A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: The Ballad of Poor Kenneth Lay 1/4 "Cleaning Evidence" is Okay for this Republican Governor. It's the GOP Double Standard at Work. 1/6 President wants Senate to hurry with new anti-terrorism law, But Trent Lott and Orrin Hatch Remain Key Obstructionists (1996) Faith in democracy is crucial, Moyers says. Bill Moyers for President! 1/6 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE U.S GERM WARFARE PROGRAM. Contribute to BuzzFlash.com and receive the #1 Bestseller: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War: Germs. "But if more people intended to vote for Gore than for Bush in Florida -- as they surely did -- then it is a crime against democracy that he did not win the state and thus the presidency." FOR $35.00, RECEIVE JEFFREY TOOBIN'S "TOO CLOSE TO CALL." THE CAMPUS VOICE: The film version of John Nash GS '50's life is a far cry from the one he has lived, from the Princeton Daily Princetonian 1/12 THE LIGHTER SIDE: President Bush: Methodist Layman of the Year. Somehow We Couldn't Take This Article Seriously, Eventhough It Was Meant That Way. 1/13 Entire Bush Administration Recuses Self From Enron Investigation 1/12 The Enron Questions are Starting to Overwhelm Bush 1/12 GET A BUZZFLASH.COM T-SHIRT AND SPREAD THE NEWS! Register for BuzzFlash.com email updates

BUZZFLASH ALERTS - ARCHIVES MAILBAG - ARCHIVES ANALYSIS - ARCHIVES EDITORIALS - ARCHIVES INTERVIEWS - ARCHIVES MEDIA WATCH - ARCHIVES PERSPECTIVES - ARCHIVES CONTRIBUTORS - ARCHIVES THE ANGRY LIBERAL - ARCHIVES LINK ARCHIVES WIRE SERVICES AP WORLD AP NATIONAL AP WASHINGTON AP BUSINESS AP ENTERTAINMENT AP ON THE HOUR AP HEADLINES AP BREAKING AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG REUTERS HEADLINES BUSINESSWIRE PRNEWSWIRE USNEWSWIRE WORLD HEADLINES NEWSPAPERS ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION BALTIMORE SUN BOSTON GLOBE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR DALLAS MORNING NEWS DETROIT FREE PRESS DENVER POST HOUSTON CHRONICLE LOS ANGELES TIMES MIAMI HERALD NY DAILY NEWS NY NEWSDAY NY POST NY TIMES PALM BEACH POST PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH ST. PETERSBURG TIMES SACRAMENTO BEE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS		SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER TAMPA TRIBUNE WASHINGTON POST USA TODAY THE GUARDIAN HA'ARETZ THE INDEPENDENT INT'L HERALD TRIBUNE IRISH TIMES JAPAN'S DAILY YOMIURI KENYA DAILY NATION MOSCOW TIMES THE TIMES OF LONDON TORONTO STAR OTHER NEWS SOURCES ABC NEWS BBC CBC CANADA CBS NEWS CNBC CNN CNNFN FOX NEWS MSNBC NEWSHOUR-PBS TV NETWORKS DIRECTORY TIME NEWSWEEK PEOPLE US NEWS & WORLD REPORT E! BILLBOARD ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY HOLLYWOOD REPORTER MEDIAGOSSIP.COM VARIETY LARRY KING LIZ SMITH ADBUSTERS.ORG ALTERNET.ORG AMERICAN PROSPECT ANGRY LIBERAL, THE COMMONDREAMS CONWEB CONSORTIUM NEWS DEMOCRATS.COM FAIR.ORG INDUSTRY STANDARD INTERNET NEWS		MEDIA W ONLINE MEDIACHANNEL.ORG MOTHER JONES NATION NEW REPUBLIC ONLINE JOURNAL ONION POP POLITICS PROGRESSIVE RADIO RED HERRING SALON SLASHDOT SLATE SPINSANITY.ORG TOM PAINE.COM WIRED YAHOO INTERNET LIFE NATIONAL ENQUIRER STAR WEEKLY WORLD NEWS WEATHER.COM TVWEATHER.COM EARTHQUAKE WATCH HURRICANE WATCH COLUMNISTS ERIC ALTERMAN MARIE COCCO RICHARD COHEN JOE CONASON MAUREEN DOWD E.J. DIONNE ELLEN GOODMAN BOB HERBERT ARIANNA HUFFINGTON JIM HIGHTOWER MOLLY IVINS PAUL KRUGMAN ANTHONY LEWIS GENE LYONS MARY MCGRORY THOMAS OLIPHANT RICHARD REEVES GOVERNMENT SENATE ROLL CALL VOTES SENATE WEB SITES CONGRESSIONAL WEB SITES THE CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS, AND AMENDMENTS

HEADLINES | ANALYSIS | EDITORIALS | INTERVIEWS | MEDIA WATCH | THE ANGRY LIBERAL

ALERTS | CONTRIBUTORS | PERSPECTIVES | MAILBAG | LINK ARCHIVES

MEDIA LINKS | SEND NEWSFLASH | CONTACT US

HELP KEEP BUZZFLASH BUZZ'N!