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Former Employee Says Enron Manipulated California Power Market 2/21 Thousands Protest Bush's S. Korean Visit 2/21 Support Independent News Sources! "Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up" by James Carville and Paul Begala Memos Suggest Enron Execs Were Informed. Common Sense Says They Were More Than "Informed." The February 20th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia 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. Why Speech Isn't Money 2/21 Waste Site Story: Bush Caves on Nukes, by Joe Conason 2/21 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Another Reminder that Dick Cheney's Company Did Business with Iraq, Circumventing the Boycott 2/21 WARNING: VIEWING THE WEB SITE AT THIS LINK MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR ETHICS 2/21 Get "Germs" AND "Grand Theft 2000" For Only $55! Enron Will Likely Pay MORE Retention Bonuses! 2/21 "I'm with Stupid and Today is the Day" by Michael Moore 2/21 Wrong issue alarms Ashcroft 2/21 Special Forces Poised for Strike in Somalia? 2/21 Pentagon Should Not Join White House in Being a Source of Disinformation 2/21 U.S. Widens War in Afghanistan 2/21 Lay told analysts of faith in CFO 2/21 The Ken Lay Crowd Gets Mean and Nasty in Houston 2/21 A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: An E-Mail About Katherine Harris 2/21 The February 20th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American Lay Lobbying Reached the Top of the Treasury Department, But the Clinton Adminsitration Spurned His Entreaties 2/21 McCain Says Global Crossing Donations "Tainted" Him 2/21 Representative Jan Schakowsky and Walgreen Drugstore Execs Hit Bush Rx Proposal 2/21 Will Afghanistan Become Another Vietnam for Us? 2/21 There's a Woman Running for the Senate in North Carolina: Elaine Marshall, Democrat 2/21 Bush Administration Actually Takes One Small Step to Remove Elite Status in Airline Security 2/21 French minister blasts Washington's "Texan" foreign policy 2/21 Tax cut joy fades into frustration 2/21 Help Keep BuzzFlash Buzz'n! BuzzFlash Interview with Douglas Kellner, Author of "Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election." President Bush's programs on global warming and fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles are too weak to do much good. In fact, they would allow things to get much worse. 2/21 Nuclear Plans Go Beyond Cuts: Bush Seeks a New Generation Of Weapons, Delivery Systems 2/21 America's Shooting Gallery:Man surrenders in slaying of wife, child 2/21 LCV Releases Environmental Ratings for Congress; Wellstone, Dayton Receive Perfect Scores 2/21 Is This the Official Katherine Harris Website? Maybe Not. 2/21 Powell's MTV Comments Aren't the Problem 2/21 New Enron CEO says probe may send some to jail 2/21 MUST READ: BUSH'S RADICAL SHIFT IN MILITARY POLICY 2/20 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Bush Administration Twiddled Its Thumbs While Offshore Scams Grew 2/21 Why Blacks Love Bill Clinton 2/21 America's Shooting Gallery: Man Dies Playing Russian Roulette 2/21 Israeli Reprisals Kill 15 Palestinians 2/21 FAA Tapes Released On Flight 587 2/21		Bush Praises China Support for War on Terror 2/21 Gore Steps Up Fundraising Activity for His PAC 2/21 How to Lose Friends, Make Enemies: Is Ariel Sharon a role model for Bush? 2/21 Opium Makes a Comeback in Afghanistan 2/21 Behind the Brentwood Anthrax Attack, Pt. 1 2/21 In closed-door meetings, European nations are drafting additions to an international cybercrime treaty to address intercepting electronic communications linked to terrorism. 2/21 What is being touted as "an historic increase in spending for veterans health" care is in reality an attempt to sugar coat a bitter pill the Bush administration wants sick and disabled veterans to swallow 2/21 ''America: hammer & sickle style'' 2/21 Ignorance at Enron: 'I dunno,' says the Fourth Monkey 2/21 Rampage prompts United to toughen 93 cockpit doors 2/21 MPR: Money Public Radio 2/21 The Pentagon, launching a secretive new front in its anti-terrorism propaganda war, is paying a D. C. consulting firm with deep Bay State and CIA ties nearly $100,000 per month to sway global opinion. 2/21 Acknowledging that President Bush's budget would slash the Small Business Administration's flagship loan guarantee program next year, the agency has offered some creative alternatives for meeting demand - and has already drawn fire. 2/21 Managing the News 2/21 States Renew Attack on Microsoft: "[T]he [DOJ] settlement is weak and has not diminished the software giant's ability to abuse its monopoly in personal computer operating systems." 2/21 Enron's story is notable . . . because its financial implosion pulled back the curtain and exposed the corporate world's sharp-elbowed lobbying that usually remains behind the scenes." 2/21 "A coalition of child protection advocates packed a State House hearing yesterday to support a bill mandating clergy to report allegations of child molestation to the state" 2/21 Rulings open door for TV-cable deals: Court throws out federal limits on cross-ownership. Get Ready For One Media Company Controlling EVERYTHING Except BuzzFlash and a Couple of Other Web Site. 2/21 Bankruptcies rocket 19%, break record 2/21 Dems Slam White House Budget Chief 2/21 Parks Group Backs Snowmobile Ban; Alternative Rules Would Damage Yellowstone 2/21 Liberal Groups Question Nominee's Role in '97 Case. More Bush Nominations With Ethical Problems. Do All of Bush's Nominees Have Ethical Problems? Just Asking. 2/21 "Millions of dollars of US oil business with Iraq are being channelled discreetly through European and other companies, in a practice that has highlighted the double standards . . ." 2/21 Casualties of War: Bending the Rules on the Home Front 2/21 Enron Whisteblower Watkins, writer negotiating reported $500,000 book deal 2/21 Rumsfeld Says Pentagon Plan Won't Include Lies. So, How Do We Know He's Not Lying Right Now? 2/21 Gun Industry Watch Blasts H&R Block for Cutting Deal with the NRA 2/21 Bush Forgets World War II 2/21 OFFICE OF STRATEGIC MENDACITY 2/20 MUST READ: SHOCKING, BUSH ADMINISTRATION MAY BE WITHHOLDING NAME OF KEY ANTHRAX TERRORIST SUSPECT BECAUSE OF HIS CONNECTION TO GOVERNMENT RESEARCH! FOR REAL! 2/20 Bush Returns to His "Evil" Twin Side After a Day of Talking Peace 2/20 Ashcroft the Crusader Sets Forth to Slay the Heathens. (It's Worthy of Note that Mr. Ashcroft Dodged the Draft and Let Other Young Men Die in Vietnam in His Place. But, of Course, He's a Republican, So That Makes It Alright.) 2/20 Jeffords Plans to Stump for Senate Democrats 2/20 Guess What Tommy T., We Don't Have Security Guards to Protect Us. So You Can Wait in the Line Like Everybody Else and be a Little Late for Your GOP Fundraiser. 2/20 "For nearly 20 years, the US Supreme Court has been gradually lowering the wall separating church and state, making it easier for religious schools to receive government aid." 2/20 Iranian man arrested carrying loaded gun onto D.C.-bound plane 2/20 The Smog of Toxic Rhetoric 2/20 Bloodbath Continues in Mideast? Clinton Showed Leadership. Bush Runs Away from the Crisis. 2/20 Whitman Stands Up for Phony Bush Clean Air Plan. Remember What Bush Did for Houston. Most Polluted Air in the Nation. He'll Do for America What He Did for Texas. 2/20 Profit Trumps Patriotism, by Molly Ivins 2/20 US troops deployed this week to fight Abu Sayyaf may provoke a broader militant Muslim backlash. 2/20 Will Texas Plutocrats Embrace Ken Lay? 2/20 Bush Administration Sides With Peru's Harsh Sentence for Berenson 2/20 "The state of Florida clings to antiquated and discriminatory laws that deny ex-felons the right to vote" 2/20 "The economy, it seems, is finally turning a corner. But whether it will get out of first gear is another matter." 2/20		Nikkei Stocks Slump Because of Bush's Visit. He's Like The Anti-Martha Stewart, Whatever He Does Is "Not" A Good Thing. 2/20 "A Washington showcase of the Bush administration's faith-based initiative that was supposed to renovate properties worth $14 million has been violating federal rules and failing to deliver on its promise" 2/20 Tracking "Pug" Winokur, wolf in the Enron fold 2/20 Concern at Pentagon Over 'Strategic Influence' Plan. "Leave the propaganda leaks to the CIA, the spooks," one of the defense officials said. 2/20 "500 Enron-affiliated companies receiving mail at P.O. Box 1350, [Cayman Islands]" 2/20 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Enron allies helped stave off tax haven crackdown 2/20 PFAW Responds to WSJ's Editorial "regarding the opposition of People For the American Way to the confirmation of Charles Pickering to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit." 2/20 BuzzFlash Perspectives: The Bush-Enron Lovefest Connections 2/18 Bush to Stare Into 'Axis of Evil' State N. Korea. Maybe He Could Look Into Its Soul? It Worked For Putin. 2/20 'Education president' reneges on the deal 2/20 Ten Questions the Media Can't Answer, Including "Where is Osama bin Laden?" and "Who's to blame for Al Qaeda drug profits?" 2/20 SEC's Pitt: "Enron's collapse exposed a systemic flaw that governments cannot fix: accountants and lawyers who follow the letter rather than the spirit of the law." In Other Words, Accountants and Lawyers Who Have No Ethical or Moral Compass. 2/20 Saudi Royal family's wealth invested in West 2/20 President's uncle shares Bush family ties to China 2/20 Pentagon Plans Propaganda Campaign, Including Placement of Lies in Foreign Papers. Imagine That. 2/19 WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER THINKS OFFSHORE TAX SHELTERS ARE JUST FINE. ENRON IS NO STRANGER TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. Enronphobia: "[T]he Enron debacle put the fear of God into many House members and the Bush administration." 2/20 Bush’s 2003 federal budget — another giant sucking sound 2/20 Skating Group Proposes New Judging System. We Know This Story Isn't Very Political, But We're Hoping the Supreme Court Follows It and Learns How to "limit the threat of collusion between judges." 2/20 At Least He Didn't Throw Up on the Japanese Prime Minister, Like Papa Bush 2/20 You Never Know Whether Bush is Going to Rattle His Saber or Talk Peace. It All Depends on What Karl Rove Tells Him to Do. 2/20 Democratic Liberal Radio Network: The Joe Allen Show 2/20 GWBUSH.Com is Worth a Visit 2/20 A Media Watch Special Report: AMONG OTHER THINGS . . . CARVILLE WATCH 2/18 ENRONOWNSTHEGOP.COM TELLS BUZZFLASH THAT IT WON'T SHUT DOWN! 2/18 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 Interviews Congressman Henry Waxman on Enron: Part II, Conducted January 30th by BuzzFlash.com BuzzFlash Interviews Congressman John Conyers, Jr., About the Justice Department Investigation of Enron THE CAMPUS VOICE: Students protest Laura Bush speaking at UCLA commencement 2/21 THE LIGHTER SIDE: BuzzFlash Reader Satire: The "Shallow Throat" Documents: A Pre-9/11 Bush&Co. Scenario 2/20 This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow 2/20 Decoding Enronspeak: What They Said vs. What They Meant 2/21 President Appoints Family Planning Ambassador To People's Republic of China 2/20 Air Force Mistakenly Bombs Stuntman’s Museum 2/20 CLINTON THIRD TERM BESET BY FAILURE AND SCANDAL 2/19 Welcome to the Virtual Tour of the White House 2/21 'The Bush Warriors, America's battle against evil' 2/21 What a Difference Three Decades Make 2/20 Bush to Promote Anti-Ax Defense System 2/20 MuddleMarch on Enron 2/21 GET A BUZZFLASH.COM T-SHIRT AND SPREAD THE NEWS! Register for BuzzFlash.com email updates

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