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“A Valentine’s Day Massacre of the Clean Air Act": That's Our Man Bush 2/15 A new Zogby America poll shows President George W. Bush's job performance rating at its lowest level since September 11th 2/15 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. "Meanwhile the administration offers the illusion of environmentalism, by announcing policies that sound impressive but are nearly content-free," by Paul Krugman 2/15 Support Independent News Sources! More Evidence About the "Security Alerts" Being Propaganda: Five Men Identified by the FBI as Potential Attackers Were Already in Custody 2/15 The Day Ashcroft Censored Freedom of Information 2/15 Welfare Recipients Don't Need a Pep Talk on Marriage 2/15 The Bush Administration GOP "Country Club" Nepotism Just Doesn't Stop 2/15 White House Says Tax Cuts to Create 800,000 Jobs: That computes to $1,687,500 per job. 2/15 Investigators suspected an attempted cover-up to shelter Gov. Judy Martz's policy aide in the wake of his drunken driving wreck that killed a key state legislator, but they didn't find enough evidence to make any charges stick 2/15 WAS THE GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY (GHP) GOVERNOR OF MONTANA INVOLVED IN AN ATTEMPTED COVER-UP OF A DRUNKEN DRIVING DEATH? 2/14 MORE FROM THE ARCHIVES ON THE GOP MONTANA GOVERNOR WHO NEEDS TO BE INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATED 2/15 A Federal Judge in Texas Belatedly Recuses Herself form the Enron Case 2/15 Texas Republican Party Tries to Shut Down EnronOwnstheGOP.com 2/15 Bush to Okay Nevada Nuke Dump Site 2/15 Get "Germs" AND "Grand Theft 2000" For Only $55! The Ugly American: "Instead of bringing guns," said Bernardina Idris, the chief nurse, "why don't you help the hospital?" Good Question. 2/15 A War Without End, And Without Victory 2/15 Did Bush Administration Drop $100 Bills on Afghanistan to Curry Favor After the Mistaken Bombing Attacks Killed Civilians? 2/15 Colin Powell Urges Condom Use. Enough Said. 2/15 Help Keep BuzzFlash Buzz'n! Bush Wants a Nuclear Power Plant on Federal Land 2/15 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) "A mob of Muslim pilgrims enraged over flight delays to the Islamic holy city of Mecca stormed a plane at Kabul airport and beat Afghanistan's aviation minister to death, tossing his body to the tarmac, officials and eyewitnesses said." 2/15 Just for the Heck of It, Dunderhead Tom DeLay Gets House to Pass a "Stimulus for the Rich" Economic Bill for a Third Time 2/15 Daschle Vows Prompt Action in Senate on Soft Money Ban 2/15 Bush nominee sued for discrimination 2/15 Senate Rejects Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons 2/15 Again a Secret Government 2/15 America's Homegrown Terrorists 2/15 WILL "CASH AND CARRY" REPUBLICAN SENATORS LEAD THE WHITE HOUSE FIGHT AGAINST CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM? DASCHLE VOWS TO DEFEAT FILIBUSTER ATTEMPT If Congress is Going After Eco-Terrorists, What About the Extremist Militias? What About the Pro-Life Terrorists? What About the Aryan Hate Groups? Just Asking. 2/15 A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary: Senator Hollings Grills the Dean of the University of Texas Law School About An Interview of Ken Lay 2/15 Ashcroft Draws Microsoft Criticism; Rep. Conyers Says Ashcroft Should Have Recused Himself Is Enron "Whistle Blower" Out to Protect "Kenny Boy"? 2/15 CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM BILL PASSES HOUSE IN EARLY MORNING VOTE! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, WE LOVE OUR BUZZFLASH READERS! Roll Call of Campaign Finance Reform Vote 2/14 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! FERC Chairman Ordered to Reveal Enron Contacts 2/14 How Enron Did Texas 2/15 Bush Blunder Shows It's Time for Dissent 2/15 Report that Daniel Pearl is Dead 2/14 Anti-Smoking Campaign Fends Off Big Tobacco's Efforts to Weaken Its Public Service Ads 2/15		Being Critical of Bush Can Get You Fired 2/15 Falun Gong Protest in Tiananmen Square 2/15 Bush's Tought Talk Too Much, by Helen Thomas 2/15 Convicted Arms-for Hostage Figure Poindexter (Whose Sentence Was Overturned Based on a Technicality) is Now Heading Surveillance Agency Within the Pentagon. Will Oliver North be the Next Addition to the Bush Administration? Don't Laugh. 2/14 Dick Cheney's Record as CEO of Halliburton 2/15 Don't Cry for Me Rupert Murdoch! 2/15 Cop Putting Heat on FBI Over Secrecy 2/15 Documents map details of [Enron's] creative accounting: Practices shielded Fastow's stake 2/15 Why Bush and Ashcroft Are Hiding Information About Boston Mob Figure 2/15 Krueger Win in Albany NY Boosts Dem Hopes for Gov 2/15 House Republicans, Playing Games With Unemployment, Attach Their "Enrich the Rich" Stimulus Bill to the Senate's Unemployment Extension Bill. Senate Knows It's DOA, Resubmits Unemployment Bill to House. 2/15 The myth of the disgraced CEO. "The fallacy of the markets-punish-poor-performance argument is its implication that corporate executives are punished, too. But that's rarely the case." 2/15 Allies point the finger at Britain as al-Qaida's 'revolving door' 2/15 Fla. lawmakers push to expand school voucher law 2/15 U.S. Avoids Confronting Syrians on Iraqi Oil Imports. Somehow, That Headline Has Us Humming the Music from Cops. So, Bush, "Watcha Gonna Do?" Is Syria Now Part of Your "Axis of Evil"? 2/15 Convicted sex offender nearly wins GOP award 2/14 Will someone stop Howard Fineman before he writes yet another risible George W. Bush puff-piece? 2/15 So Much to Do 2/15 Flight attendants to learn to fight 2/15 There are no winners in Montana’s politics of hate 2/15 Did Justice Move to Wonderland? 2/15 N.Y. nuke plant leaking radioactive coolant 2/15 Letters to the Editor Takes On Enron 2/15 Man sues police after arrest for African herbs. 2/15 As Usual, A Bush Environmental Proposal Stinks for Everyone But Bush's Friends, the Corporations That Have to Abide By It. They Shouldn't Worry, It's Merely Hollow Rhetoric for His Trip Overseas. 2/15 When it comes to bookeeping, Major League Baseball sure has a funny way of keeping score. Hey, Wasn't Bush In Charge of a Baseball Team? Hmmm, Interesting. 2/15 JOHN "NRA COVERBOY" ASHCROFT WON'T ALLOW 9/11 LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CHECK GUN RECORDS! TO JOHN, THE NRA COMES BEFORE THE SAFETY OF AMERICANS! Republican Gov. Judy Martz moved her chief policy aide from the hospital to the governor's mansion before police could question him about the accident that killed a prominent lawmaker 2/15 Board told about deals, records indicate; Directors testified to Congress they were kept in dark 2/15 Americorps wins hearts on the Hill: Rep. Dick Armey stands nearly alone against that now lauded volunteer program 2/15 Documents Show 2 Sides of Enron Partnerships 2/15 BILL Maher is thinking about becoming a syndicated radio talk show host. 2/15 Bush's First Year in Office -- The Environmental List 2/15 Floridians Face Off on the Manatee's Future 2/15 HUD Secretary Martinez Reverses Course And Releases Funds to Nonprofits 2/15 Iranian authorities have arrested 150 Arab, African and European nationals they suspect of being members of either the Taliban or al Qaeda. 2/15 Enron Exec Says She Warned Lay 2/15 A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary: The State of Eisenhower's Union - A Message for President George W. Bush 2/14 Say What? "A former CIA official will head a congressional investigation into U.S. intelligence agency failures related to the Sept. 11 attacks, despite some objections he was too close to the spy agency to have an independent eye" 2/14 Only One Bill Means Reform, by John McCain 2/14 We Understand Mistakes, Not Cover-ups 2/14 NOTHING STOPS THE BUSH/ENRON ADVOCACY: Bush Administration Continues to Go to Bat to Recover Funds for Enron in India 2/14 Watch Out for Those Mile-High Washroom Romps 2/14 BUZZFLASH READER EXPOSES REPUBLICAN HYPOCRISY ON PLACING U.S. TROOPS UNDER FOREIGN COMMAND		Do You Have Any Confidence in this Investigation by the Man "Kenny Boy" Lay Picked to Head FERC? 2/14 WHY IS THE WHITE HOUSE BLOCKING A FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN LAWSUIT? A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL Scary: Missouri Town Searched in Drug Raid 2/14 Senate Debates Election Overhaul: Would Allow Military Ballots Without Proper Postmarks. We Know What That Means. 2/14 Iran Had Been Limping Along, in the Direction of Freedom, Until Bush Put Them on the Axis of Evil 2/14 "Enron executive Sherron Watkins warned Chairman Kenneth Lay on Oct. 30 that "We need to come clean" and disclose the heavy financial losses from the company's complex web of partnerships." 2/14 Michigan Senate Passes Ban on New Oil and Gas Drilling Under the Great Lakes 2/14 "Rep. Steve LaTourette's (R-Ohio) frustration over the Bush administration's refusal to hand over documents about FBI malfeasance boiled down to a blunt message: "The conclusion reached by the Justice Department is crap." 2/14 Bush and Lay, a Common Pattern of Stock Dumps? 2/14 REPOSTED: "A defense contractor once overseen by Vice President Dick Cheney will pay the government $2 million to settle allegations it defrauded the military, the U.S. attorney's office said." 2/14 U.S. Senate Passes Cockfighting Ban 2/14 The Bait-and-Switch Administration 2/14 Milosevic Scorns War Crimes Trial as 'Lynching' 2/14 The Permanent War Campaign 2/14 Republican Party asks GOP candidate Riordan's wife to stop supporting Democrats 2/14 A Real Cat Fight 2/15 "I sincerely believe America has scraped the bottom of the barrel for male leadership talent with George Bush." 2/14 Okay, Now We Have a TEDDY BEAR ALERT from the BUSH PERMANENT WAR PROPAGANDA-KEEP-THEM-FRIGHTENED-EVERY-MINUTE MACHINE. We are Not Making This Up. 2/14 The Republican Ten Commandments 2/14 You Don't Care About Enron: In Bush's America, it just doesn't pay to give a damn about flagrant political corruption 2/14 RIGHT WING HYPOCRISY: No Objections to U.S. Military Being Under Philippine Command. Under Clinton, the Right Wing Dogs Were Sceaming About U.S. Troops Being Under U.N. Command as a Betrayal of Sovereignty. (read down) 2/14 New VPC Report Debunks Gun Industry Claim That Bin Laden's 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles Were Obtained Through CIA Aid Program 2/14 The February 13th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL: Bush Incorporated, In Bed With the Enron Bandits from Day One: PART II 2/11 A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL: Bush Incorporated, In Bed With the Enron Bandits from Day One 2/8 BuzzFlash Interview with Greg Palast, an investigative reporter for the BBC and the Observer FROM THE ARCHIVES: Stunning Palast Indictment of Bush-Bin Laden Complicity (9 min. video, req. Real Video Player) Palast's New Book Will Soon Be Available As A BuzzFlash Premium. 2/7 BuzzFlash Interviews Congressman Henry Waxman on Enron: Part II, Conducted January 30th by BuzzFlash.com "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." BuzzFlash Interviews Congressman John Conyers, Jr., About the Justice Department Investigation of Enron THE CAMPUS VOICE: Are the Social Security Numbers of College Students Secure? from the Daily Illini 2/15 THE LIGHTER SIDE: "Kenny Boy," by Calvin Trillin 2/15 Real FBI Warning - This Time We Mean It! 2/15 The Real Axle of Evel 2/13 ANGERED BY SNUBBING, LIBYA, CHINA ANDSYRIA FORM AXIS OF JUST AS EVIL 2/15 Valentine's Day Special: Laura Bush Gets Risque, Says Size Does Matter 2/14 A Valentine's Day Message from the Great Pretender 2/14 Olympic Torch Lit By Massive Fire Bomb as Warning to Evildoers 2/14 PRESIDENT BUSH ANNOUNCES AGGRESSIVE PLAN FOR PRIVATIZATION OF OLYMPIC GAMES 2/13 U.S. Considers Military Action to Remove Skating Judges 2/15 GET A BUZZFLASH.COM T-SHIRT AND SPREAD THE NEWS! Register for BuzzFlash.com email updates

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