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"Investigators probing the accounts of collapsed energy giant Enron are examining what happened to more than $5 billion in loans and investments"		Archived 1/20/02 10:59am
GEPHARDT ACCUSES ROVE AND THE GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY OF TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WAR ON TERRORISM FOR SELF-SERVING POLITICAL GOALS


Andersen head office 'discussed Enron purge' 1/20 "The Administration crows that there is no smoking gun vis-à-vis Enron. We'll see. But the real scandal is not what was done illegally but what was done under cover of law." 1/20 WHO SAID THIS: "I expect every member of this administration to stay well within the boundaries that define legal and ethical conduct. This means avoiding even the appearance of problems." The Leader of the Grand Hypocrisy Party. (Archive) 1/20 FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: JUST 50 COPIES OF "FORTUNATE SON" AVAILABLE AT BUZZFLASH.COM! THE BOOK THE BUSH FAMILY TRIED TO BAN. CLICK HERE. (THE ORDERING FORM IS NOW FIXED.) SUPPORT BUZZFLASH, THE UnDRUDGE REPORT, NOW AND GET A PREMIUM, JUST LIKE PUBLIC TELEVISION! IT'S US OR RUSH! Democratic Chairman Challenges Bush on the Economy 1/20 Enron "Crimes Were Probably Committed" 1/20 Emirates Sat By While Al Qaeda Funds Flowed 1/20 The Enron Box: "And when Enron Field opened in April 2000, Bush and Lay had the best seats in the stadium--in the Enron box." 1/19 Two Marines Die in Afghan Crash 1/21 "AMERICAN officials will this week urge Saudi Arabia to deny that it wants American and British forces to pull out of bases on its soil, a move that would be seen as caving in to one of the key demands of Osama bin Laden." 1/20 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. U.S. Cuban Base Emerging as "Clearinghouse" for Terrorist Suspects 1/20 Hillary Clinton Will Head Study of Air at Ground Zero 1/20 Enron Collapse Will Cost Consumers More 1/20 Republican Bosses Can't Escape the Taint of Enron 1/20 BUZZFLASH HOOT OF THE DAY: Enron Credit.com 1/20 MUST READ: "This rotten barrel of apples is all encompassing. Down at the bottom, in the really contaminated slime, Enron/Andersen/et al. is about what we have allowed our nation to become." 1/19 International Pressure Grows for Washington to Recognize Prisoners From Afghanistan As POWs Protected by Geneva Conventions 1/20 Unleash Independent Counsel on Enron 1/20 The New Enron Preamble to the Constitution 1/20 Enron's Enablers 1/20 Laugh of the Day: GOP Pledges to Court Minorities, Yeah Minority Millionaires -- and Billionaires 1/20 "Philippine officials, dismayed by mounting criticism of U.S. troops joining operations against Muslim guerrillas, said Friday that American soldiers might not go out in the field at all." 1/20 Bush's "Accomplishments" During His First Few Months in Office 1/20 Enron's Clout With Bush Came From More Than Money 1/20 Five Seconds of Face Time with President Bush 1/20 Enron, Lessons in Fuzzy Math, Just Like the Man in the White House 1/20 POLL: MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE BUSH IS LYING OR HIDING SOMETHING "There is increasing evidence that Enron's board, composed of many prominent and financially sophisticated people, was actively involved in crucial decisions that may have led to the company's downfall. 1/20 Israeli army blows up Palestinian broadcasting center 1/20 Blair tells Bush to tread carefully as opposition grows to treatment of captured Taliban fighters 1/20 Taxpayers may have to pay millions for Enron foreign losses 1/20 At Tennessee Rally, Most Shun Clan, But Some Support It 1/20 Looking Behind the Bushes, Through 1994 1/20 BUSH BACKED BIG ENRON TAX BREAKS - AFTER CABINET MEMBERS KNEW 1/20 US agency looks for sale of $2.9bn Dabhol plant 1/20 Enron Taxpayer Tab Could Top $1B 1/20 Bomb Threat "Hoax" Diverts Plane to Iceland 1/20 Andersen taken on accounting of the trust assets of 300,000 American Indians 1/20 Fool Me Twice 1/20 THE C.I.A's Domestic Reach 1/20 Just Remember, Bush and Cheney Held Up Enron and Halliburton as Business Models for the Nation. Kenneth Lay Led Employees Over the Cliff. That's What Bush's Enronomics is Doing to the Nation. 1/19 Enron Employees Feel Betrayed 1/20 New GOP leader faces Enron cloud 1/19 An Enron Hero -- with a Smoking-Gun Letter 1/20 As Questions Get Louder, Cheney Stays Silent 1/19		State's late Enron buys questioned: This Conflict of Interest First Reported on BuzzFlash. See "Florida, Enron, and Alliance Capital" in Our BuzzFlash Contributor Archives 1/14 Houston is Still Signing Contracts with Andersen 1/20 Taking Stock of a Friend's Call, by Jimmy Breslin 1/20 Senator Wants Anthrax Cleanup Details 1/20 Andersen Linked to Other Shady Deals 1/19 President William J. Clinton: Eight Years of Peace, Progress and Prosperity 1/20 Norton's Contempt 1/20 Bush Proclaims "National Sanctity of Human Life Day" 1/20 The New York Times Editorializes About Enron 1/20 The Enron Debacle Follows a Now Established Format for Scandal 1/20 These Republicans Sure Do Love a President Who Led Us Into a Stock Market Crash 1/20 Great News for Social Security 1/20 Sudan, Rebels Agree to Cease-Fire 1/20 Enron's Law Firm is in the Crosshairs 1/20 FBI Asked to Investigate Dallas "Drug Busts" 1/20 Confederate Flag Supporters Rally to Put Banner Back on S.C. Statehouse: Well, We Know They Didn't Vote for Gore 1/20 89-year-old nun freed after serving six months for soldier school protest 1/20 Enron Spotlight Falls on Cheney 1/20 Big Tobacco Targets Research at Universities 1/20 What Congress "Intended" When It Passed the Americans with Disabilities Act 1/20 SPECIAL PROSECUTOR MUST INVESTIGATE ENRON MESS 1/20 Corporations Have Been Getting a Break on Income Taxes for Years 1/20 The United States of Enron 1/19 Fun and Games in the Kentucky Legislature 1/20 Neil Bush Update 1/20 The Rich Are Different. They Know When to Leave. 1/20 Bush Gave Enron Breathing Room: White House Backed Off Banking Laws 1/19 In Illinois, High School Students Express Concern about State Plan to Require the Pledge of Allegiance 1/20 "Bush's penchant for secrets shows a troubling disregard for accountability in government, " Editorializes the PRO-GOP Chicago Tribune Enron's Offshore Game Bares Sinister System 1/20 "China has said its intelligence officers found more than 20 spying devices in a Boeing 767 meant to become President Jiang Zemin's official plane after it was delivered from the U.S" 1/19 The January 18th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American The January 18th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia "Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth said Thursday he is investigating whether Enron and two other firms violated racketeering laws that led the state public employee pension fund to take a $306 million loss on Enron stock." 1/19 And the Bush Attorneys Lie Too... 1/19 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Look Who's Heading the SEC. It Just Shows You How Bush Incorporated Picked a Guy Who Would Let Corporate Scam Artists Pick Pocket Investors 1/19 National Review Reporter that BuzzFlash Took to Task on Thursday for Its Fictional Accusations Against Henry Waxman Has a Change of Heart? Are They Reading BuzzFlash at the National Review? 1/19 Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King with Mary Frances Berry 1/19 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: ENRON AND TEXAS AND FLORIDA PENSION FUNDS 1/18 Something Smells Rotten in Texas 1/19 Remember to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King on Monday! 1/20 Fred Barnes, Just Another GOP Choir Boy 1/19 Arthur Andersen Has Millions of Dollars in Contracts With Federal Government 1/19 Crony Capitalism At Its Worst 1/19 GOP Marks Record Fund-Raising Year. The Rich Get Richer, the Rest Get Unemployment, Recession and A Never-Ending War on Terrorism. 1/19 Where is Neil "Silverado" Bush? 1/19		More from the Right Wing Internet Fiction Writing Department 1/19 Mercy Me: The Washington Times Gently Chides Marc Racicot. Will Wonders Never Cease? 1/19 Wendy Gramm Snared in Collapse Fallout 1/19 BUZZFLASH HOOT OF THE DAY: Enron Fires Andersen, "We're very concerned about the accounting advice we got." 1/18 War and recession top President Bush's agenda. Hmm. That's Interesting. Same as the First Year. Good Job! 1/19 American's Shooting Gallery: Lawmakers Say Utah Universities Can't Ban Guns 1/19 Arthur Andersen: The Enron Scandal's Other Big Donor 1/19 It's Official: GOP Ratifies Racicot as Party Chair. He's Keeping His Law Firm/Lobbying Salary, But Isn't Going to Do Any Lobbying. And If You Believe That . . . 1/19 The Ten Commandments of Propaganda 1/19 Enron Emails. You Decide: Did Ken Lay Mislead His Employees and Shareholders? 1/19 Enron and the Bushes 1/19 Learn More About Dr. Martin Luther King 1/21 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) Enron Owns The GOP, The Web site 1/19 Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP) Betrays America Using The Failed War on Terrorism (Where are Osama, Mullah and the Anthrax Terrorist?) to Justify a Payback for the 2000 Supreme Ct Decision and Appt of a Man Who Condoned Gov't Terrorism in Central Amer. 1/19 "More than $700,000 in campaign donations has gone from Enron Corp. to the members of seven congressional committees investigating its collapse." 1/19 Aren't those self-described "law abiding" gun guys just a little bit short on credibility? 1/19 A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL - Can The "National Review" Transform Itself Into A "New Age" Right Wing Media Publication? Which Is To Say, Can It Master The Art Of Fiction Writing? 1/18 FROM JUNE: How Ethical is the Bush Administration Anyway? 1/19 And the Bush Administration Wants to Ease Anti-Pollution Laws for Industries Like This One... 1/19 Does Anyone Believe Bush's Story on How His Face Got so Bruised? By the Way, Where Has Laura Been Lately -- And Then There's the Invisible Vice President. Isn't His Absence Becoming an Embarrassment? 1/19 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. DESPICABLE: Karl "Machiavellli" Rove Says Bush Will Use September 11th for Partisan Purposes 1/19 "The bad guys lied, cheated and stole from the poor, as they always have." 1/19 BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: David and Goliath -- National Public Radio and Bill O'Reilly's "No Spin Zone" 1/17 That no warnings were issued as Enron collapsed raises the specter of special treatment, critics charge. 1/19 Papa Bush and the Clan Keep Making Wads of Money Off of the Carlyle Group 1/18 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Bush Pioneers, Andersen Consulting, and Enron 1/16 BUSH LIED -- AND HERE'S THE PROOF A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Ken Lay, Enron, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 1/12 BUZZFLASH WAS ON ENRON FROM DAY ONE: BUZZFLASH INTERVIEWS CONGRESSMAN HENRY WAXMAN ON ENRON. A MUST READ, REPOSTED ON 1/2 "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: A&M student paper blasted for printing cartoon called racist 1/19 THE LIGHTER SIDE: Pretzelgate: Bush claims "Nothing to Hide" as Questions Mount 1/20 Some things are Just Hard to Swallow 1/18 The Enron Pretzel 1/19 Bush First Year, a Quiz (Answer "b" is wrong. The "W" keyboard smear by the White House was disproved by BuzzFlash.com last year.) 1/19 Terrorist White House Coffee Table Sent to Cuba for Interrogation 1/16 For Sale on Internet: Enron Ethics Guide 1/18 REPOSTED: PRESIDENT: "I DID NOT HAVE IMPROPER RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN: MISS ENRON" 1/19 GET A BUZZFLASH.COM T-SHIRT AND SPREAD THE NEWS! 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