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Court Orders Cheney to Explain Constitutional Claim	Archived 2/3/02 6:21am
Bush Budget About to Show Its Darker Side. Deep Cuts in Some Programs Planned. What? You Expected Social Programs From President "All War, All The Time"?


Where did the budget surplus go? "32% of the $4 trillion reduction in the surplus projection was due to the tax plan" 2/3 Minutes of Enron board meetings show that chairman Ken Lay and other directors had detailed information over a period of years about the complex partnerships that kept hundreds of millions of dollars in debt off the company's balance sheet. 2/3 Back in the Fray, Gore Announces PAC 2/3 White House Told to Save Enron Records BuzzFlash Interviews Congressman Henry Waxman on Enron: Part II, Conducted January 30th by BuzzFlash.com Churches on Right Seek Right to Back Candidates. Hey, As Long As You Give Up Your Tax-Exempt Status, You Can Say What You Want. 2/3 GAO to Cheney: You’re Lying 2/2 The State of the Union was fairly surreal Tuesday night. We won the war against Afghanistan, but we're still at war with Al Qaeda, so we have to go attack North Korea. 2/3 BuzzFlash Interviews Congressman John Conyers, Jr., About the Justice Department Investigation of Enron Congress, Overriding a Clinton Veto, Passed the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Soon accounting firms, the companies they audited and the investment banks that sold their stock got very cozy indeed. 2/2 Boxer, Feinstein seize on 'smoking gun' note. White House actions mirrored Enron's ideas. 2/2 BUZZFLASH.COM IS NOW OFFERING "GRAND THEFT 2000: MEDIA SPECTACLE AND A STOLEN ELECTION." THE COVER OF THE BOOK IS WORTH THE PRICE OF THE CONTRIBUTION ALONE! Just Because They're Best Sellers Doesn't Mean They're Intelligent Books. 2/3 Study Puts Finland First, and U.S. 51st, in Environmental Health 2/3 Two Years Ago, CalPERS Doubted Enron Partnership 2/3 Bigger budget won't win the war 2/3 The February 2nd BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American Idaho becomes first state to repeal term-limits 2/3 U.S. Terror Arrest Tactics Detailed. Very Scary. 2/3 Preventing Enron-style 401(k) abuses by Senator Edward Kennedy 2/3 Bush's Budget to Drop Pay Raise Parity: 4.1% Boost for Military, 2.6% for Civilians 2/3 WH Wants New Fuel Standards. Sen. Kerry Thinks They May "finally be putting aside their resistance and recognizing that it is appropriate for Congress to set a fuel economy standard and help break our dependence on foreign oil.'' Cross Your Fingers! 2/3 John Dean Reviews Political Books: "If Kellner [author of Grand Theft 2000] is correct, Enron may prove a calamity for George Bush." We are Offfering "Grand Theft 2000" on BuzzFlash.com (see Link near top of first column) 1/31 The Axis of Incoherence 2/2 "If the Bush administration really thinks their energy plan includes 11 of 12 Sierra Club solutions, then Arthur Andersen must be checking their math" 2/2 The point is obviously lost on Secretary Thompson and his White House allies: But politics and pregnancy don't mix. 2/3 End the coverup: "By the same token, voters have a right to know to whom the White House turns when a task force with 10 Cabinet-rank members works on energy policy." 2/3 Group eyes Harvard's Enron ties: Watchdogs ask exec's suspension 2/3 Enron execs pocket big bonuses 2/3 "It becomes easy to see how the continued deficit spending of our government will rob the Social Security Trust Fund, into which the taxpayers have paid." 2/3 Watch Out: Rumsfeld unveils new doctrine for future 2/3 Despite Recession, Perks for Top Executives Grow 2/3 New Questions Surround Enron Execs 2/3 "What did [Bush and Co.] do for the [Enron] on its way up, not at the end of its free fall?" 2/3 Bush Promotes Plans at GOP Retreat. Read Only If You Have a Strong Stomach. 2/3 Signs Emerge of New Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue 2/3 Bush to Propose $379B Defense Budget 2/3 What Enron Wants (from Bill Moyers' Now site) 2/3 Bush the Conqueror? Be afraid. Be very, very afraid. 2/3 For the Carlyle Group's Robert Grady, the best deals are just around the corner. 2/3 Bush Wants Permanent Estate Tax Phaseout 2/3 USA supports pipeline via Afghanistan - diplomat 2/3 Fed. agency that manages the retirement savings accts of current and former govt. workers yesterday accused the Justice Dept. of trying to undermine its independence and its ability to sue a firm that it contends bungled a computer contract. 2/3 "Fiscal Shell Game" by Christie Whitman and Donald DiFrancesco, As Republican Governors of New Jersey 2/3 Drug coverage for seniors alarms Texas officials 2/3 Alaskan oil is no solution: Quickest and biggest payoff is to stress conservation 2/3 Bush's 401(k) plans met with criticism; Enron workers cry 'fluff,' businesses fear rules 2/3	How Dick Cheney and USA-Engage Subvert Democracy at Home and Abroad 2/3 Divide and Conquer, A Road Map to the GOP Agenda Through Bush's SOTU 2/3 The perils of economic fundamentalism 2/3 Forgotten Prisoners of War: The "dangerously squalid conditions in the Shebarghan prison." 2/3 Mike Smith, the newly named assistant secretary for fossil fuels at the U.S. Department of Energy, told a Charleston audience Wednesday that he would work to ensure that oil, natural gas and coal industry's interests are heeded in Washington. 2/2 State of the Enron by Frank Rich 2/3 The Enron PAC’s Last Waltz? 2/3 Enron's All in the Family. Ken Lay's Family, That Is, And They Made Big Bucks Because of It. 2/3 No Jail Time for Jeb's Daughter Noelle. Double Standard For Bush Kids Or Is It Simply The Best Lawyering Money Can Buy? 2/3 Pat Buchanan on SOTU: "Bush erred" 2/3 Administration Frantically Backpedals Following Bush's Bellicose SOTU 2/3 Ken Lay's Property in Houston. Just Houston. Who Knows How Many Houses They Have? 2/3 SEC Faulted Audit Oversight for Years, Letters Show 2/3 "Support President Bush or bear the consequences." White House Gets Involved In Alabama Redistricting, Threatens to Work Against Local Democrat. Don't They Have More Important Things to Do? 2/3 "The marriage of convenience was consummated in one war and grew closer in another. Now in a third, in the shadowy struggle against terrorism, America and Saudi Arabia, the odd couple of the desert, are growing apart." 2/3 Bush Wants to Cut Medicaid Payments So He Can Build An Unproven Missle Shield. Even Jeb Bush is Upset About This Bit of Lunacy. 2/3 "NO WONDER Vice President Dick Cheney wants to keep his energy deliberations private. The White House energy task force report, overseen by Cheney, turns out to be a virtual rewrite of an industry wish list supplied by former Enron chief Ken Lay." 2/2 North Korea says Bush speech close to war declaration 2/2 Lay gave list of favored names to White House for energy panel 2/1 Attorney General REBUKED By The Nation's Immigration Judges. They're Concerned that America's "Core Legal Values" Have Been Compromised Since 9/11. 2/1 Bush Incorporated Sticks to the Karl Rove Game Plan: Keep Americans Scared and They Will Vote Repulican 2/1 Bush's SOTU Speech: "One-Note Symphony" 2/2 Enron Bosses Remain Jet Set as Firm Sinks 2/2 Jobless Rate Takes Unexpected Fall. "But that occurred because the labor force shrank by 924,000 — not because employment went up." 2/2 THE ENRON scandal should be enough to show that the nation's audit system needs an overhaul 2/2 Enron: not the only bad apple by Greg Palast 2/2 "John Ashcroft: Year One" by the Violence Policy Center 2/2 'Because I Won': The Cost of Being Popular 2/2 Ashcroft keeps himself abreast of foolishness 2/2 Bin Laden says Americans headed for 'unbearable hell.' 2/1 Iraq Co-Operated with Nuclear Inspection -- IAEA. To Misuse an Edward G. Robinson Quote: "Where's Your Evil Now, Bush?" 2/2 Was It Hacked by Protesters? "The website of the World Economic Forum crashed from an apparent denial-of-service attack Thursday, just as the collection of business and corporate leaders began its meeting here." 2/2 Judge: Feds May Have Entrapped Arab 2/2 Jeb's Dilemma: Get Tough on Drugs and Put Your Daughter in Jail, Or Reconsider The Laws on Nonviolent Drug Offenders. 2/2 Intricate Screening Of Fliers In Works: Database Raises Privacy Concerns 2/2 Afghans Search Countryside for Aid. There's Nothing Like Winning Their Hearts and Minds by Bombing Their Country to Hell and Then Hiding the Food We Promised Them. 2/2 Ralph Reed's guerrilla war: What the cherub-faced operative was doing behind the scenes 2/2 Big talk from the small-minded: Bush's 'axis of evil' war rhetoric crumbles under scrutiny 2/2 Iran, Iraq and North Korea "responded with outrage to Bush's onslaught against them". If They Weren't Planning on Attacking Us Before, They Probably Are Now. Good Job, George! 2/2 Enron fall-out embroils Britain’s Labour government 2/2 Bush, don't just talk about `integrity' show it 2/2 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. We Already Know What State the Union's In 2/2 TV Ad Assails Dole for Enron Fundraiser 2/2 A Surprise From the Court. No, They Didn't Kick Bush Out. But, It's A Nice Win Over Bad Verdicts Due To Trivial Laws 2/2 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)	White House Errs in Congress Flap 2/2 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Carlyle (Incl. Pappy Bush) looks to cash in on US energy problems 2/2 Bush Uses "a budget gimmick" (We Call It Enronomics) For Export-Import Bank. 2/2 It's Okay For Everyone Else to Stop Fighting During the Olympics, But When Bush Is Blowing Up Other Countries, It's Business (War) As Usual. 2/2 The Cheating of America: Think Enron and Arthur Andersen Are Exceptions? Think Again. 2/2 Dems Shed Light on Project Sponsors 2/2 Large GOP Contributor Participated In Secret Energy Task Force Meetings. 2/2 "When he said in September that defeating terrorism would be the chief purpose of his presidency, he meant it." Unfortunately, for Bush, "voters rate the domestic economy their top worry over terrorism by a 2-to-1 margin." 2/2 Join the BuzzFlash Fan Club! RNC Marc Racicot Tells Conservative Activists "We will resist all efforts to repeal the tax cuts." 2/2 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. Free Condoms for Athletes at Olympics Draws Protest From Conservatives 2/2 Critics accuse the Bush administration of being inappropriately influenced in drafting its proposal to shift media merger oversight from the FTC to the Justice Department. 2/2 How should our political system punish Congressman Billy Tauzin? 2/2 Noelle Bush's traffic records show use of prescribed drugs 2/2 Missile Defense Cost May Increase The February 1st Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia Sanctioning Incompetence in the Bush Administration 2/1 Congressional investigators want to know how Enron executives were able to cash out millions of dollars in company stock while employees saw their retirement savings wiped out. 2/1 Will The Assault Never End? No, Not the War on Terrorism, The War on Roe v. Wade. Bush Administration Now Classifies a Developing Fetus as an "Unborn Child.'' Just Like The Taliban, Bush Wants Control Over Women and Their Bodies. 2/1 The Hypocrisy is Astounding: Bush Policy on Releasing Records Differs in Case of Clinton Ones Defense Department Cannot Account for $2.3 Trillion Dollars! 2/1 Bush Is Indebted To Enron’s Professional Abettors, Too. 2/1 Second Enron Warning Disclosed 2/1 U.S. military admits special forces mistakenly killed 21 anti-Taliban fighters 2/1 Enron refusing to cooperate with investigation, senator says 2/1 The Vice President Can Win Only If We Have Another Bush v. Gore -like Ruling, by John Dean 2/1 Midtown Manhattan is an Armed Camp 2/1 Because of Bush's "Tort Reform" as Texas Governor, Enron Employees Have Limited Legal Options 2/1 BuzzFlash presents The Angry Liberal - The Angry Liberal's State of the Union Message 1/30 Mounting Int'l Concern Over Bush's "Axis of Evil" Comments. "Albright called comments 'a big mistake.'" 2/2 FROM THE ARCHIVES: ENRON PRACTICALLY DICTATED THE FERC APPOINTMENTS. BUSH INCORPORATED DID THE BIDDING OF ENRON FROM DAY ONE. 1/25 BuzzFlash Interviews Gene Lyons: Part II 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: Former Middlebury College music scholar released from Chinese prison 2/2 THE LIGHTER SIDE: Enron was, in layman's terms, a nest of dirtballs 2/3 Angered by Snubbing, Libya, China and Syria Form "Axis of Just as Evil." Cuba, Sudan, Serbia Form "Axis of Somewhat Evil"; Other Nations Start Own Clubs 2/3 Bush Proposes Tax Cuts For The 2nd Homeless 2/2 Liberty Has Been Secured 2/3 REPOST (because it made you LOL): "This is Me" by Georg Bush 2/2 PRESIDENT TO CHRISTIAN TRUCKERS: "LET THE RIVERS FLOW RED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE EVIL ONES" 2/2 GET A BUZZFLASH.COM T-SHIRT AND SPREAD THE NEWS! Register for BuzzFlash.com email updates

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Bush Budget About to Show Its Darker Side. Deep Cuts in Some Programs Planned. What? You Expected Social Programs From President "All War, All The Time"?