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Jeb Bush Invested in Enron Liquids in 1995, A Company Run By a Former Enron CEO and a Major Fundraiser for Jeb's Current Campaign. Jeb Made $7,000 in Profits. 2/23
State Department Acknowledges that Daniel Pearl Was Murdered, But Was He Killed by a Pakistani Nationalist Group with Ties to the Pakistani Intelligence Agency? Good Question, Since the Group Wanted the U.S. to Release Fighter Jets to Pakistan. 2/22
GAO/Cheney Case Assigned to Dec. 11, 2000 Bush Appointee. Shouldn't He Recuse Himself? Just Asking. 2/23
Public Showing Increased Interest in Enron Scandal, As Administration Prepares to Fight to Keep Secret Its Enron Connection 2/22
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ANTHRAX EXPERT STANDS BY HER CLAIM: IT WAS AN "INSIDE" JOB, MEANING AN ARMY OR CIA RESEARCHER
FBI scrutinizes biodefense labs in anthrax probe 2/23
The February 22nd BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American
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Newspapers Urged to End Classified Gun Ads
"The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Fred Barnes and others claim Clinton had Ken Lay for a White House sleepover. One problem: Wrong president." 2/22
"In Feb 2000, the Lays paid about $4 million -- an amount greater than Lay's entire salary from Enron that year -- to buy variable annuities that will, starting in 2007, guarantee the couple an annual income of $900,000." 2/23
How to Make the Enron Gang Pay: Execs who ruin companies need to suffer at least as much as the employees whose hopes and retirement funds they pillaged 2/23
Tentative Election Predictions from The Bush Syndrome: Dems Will Take 2 New Senate, 7 House Seats 2/23
News Quacks: A conspiracy-mongering tabloid claims the mantle of Reagan. 2/23
Behind-the-Scenes Clash Led Bush to Reverse Himself on Applying Geneva Conventions 2/23
Reports: Andersen makes settlement offers to Enron groups 2/23
Wal-Mart stiffed workers on extra hours, lawsuit claims 2/23
Bush Sr.'s Profitable Crossing: The former President made a tidy $4.5 million from his shares in now-bankrupt Global Crossing 2/23
Even PC Makers Don't Like Bush's Justice Dept. Settlement With Microsoft 2/23
DNC Special Report: How Bush's Budget Hurts Working Families — A State-by-State Breakdown 2/23
"What makes this a spectator sport worth watching is that Moyers is punching back. Hard." And He's Winning. 2/23
Wash. Times Says Some Republicans Want Bush To Veto Campaign Finance Based On The Principles Bush Wrote Down. We Think He Should Pass It Based On The Principles He's Shown Us All Since He Took Office. 2/23
Since Sept. 11, the US has stepped up military assistance to allies old and new. But might America's own weapons someday be turned against it? 2/23
Shady Enron Doing Go Back to '87 -Report 2/23
Bush Aide: Greenspan Staying Put 2/23
Campaign Contributors Go for Gold 2/23
U.S. undermining freedom of the press: media watchdog 2/23
Last Three Months Warmest on U.S. Record Books-NOAA 2/23
EPA report: Bush Plan Boosts Air Pollution. 2/23
Enron Likely To Change Name. We Suggest "Ponzi" Or "Bush," Since They're Each Representative Of A Fleecing of The Masses. 2/23
The Bush Oil-igarchy's Old Friend Oxy by Arianna Huffington 2/23
TV series on Afghan offensive 2/23
The Reed-Rove-Bush-Enron Connection 2/23
The Pentagon was considering poisoning Afghanistan's food supply. 2/23
Enron utilized tax loopholes in Caymans haven 2/23
If You Missed it in World Media Watch . . . Russia angry at US war plan for Georgia. 2/23
Wash. Times Says It Was WRONG About Clinton and Lay, Blames Chicago Tribune. It's Called FACT-CHECKING, Something The Media Quit Doing During the Clinton Admin. No Trib Retraction Yet! 2/22
In Place of Chummy Talks, a Reality Check: "Presidents Bush and Jiang stated their views in a session marked by awkward pauses and unanswered questions." 2/23
FROM THE ARCHIVES (1/4): Carlyle Group Finances TV Consolidation, Just In Case Court Rules In Favor of More Consolidation. Geez, I Wonder How They Knew The Court Would Rule In Their Favor? Bush Admin Gives It All Away To Bush and Friends. 2/23
Enron fosters a new flock of whistle-blowers. Big spike in hot-line calls seen at other companies. 2/23
ACLU of CO Sues Federal and State Law Enforcement 2/23
Enron urged stock on its employees, congressman says 2/23
U.S. Tobacco Companies Accused of Terrorist Ties And Iraqi Sanctions-Busting 2/23
Media Watch Special Report: The Daily Show with Guest Michael Moore 2/22
Shady Enron Dealings Go Back to 1987 -- and Ken Lay Didn't Fire Perpetrators 2/22
The February 22th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia
Drug Companies Didn't Like Bush's Pick for FDA. Drug Companies Get What They Want In The Bush Administration! 2/22
GOP Senator "May" Be the Key Vote Needed to Stop a Filibuster Against Campaign Finance Reform 2/22
Suspected terrorist worked for company used by Northwest Airlines 2/22
" The only clear force for recovery I see is the administration's military splurge. After all, even useless weapons spending does create jobs, at least for a while," by Paul Krugman 2/22
"Television evangelist Pat Robertson yesterday described Islam as a violent religion bent on world domination, drawing immediate protests from American Muslims" 2/22
Washington Post Apple Polishes the White House with Pro-Bush Piece on China that Takes Shots at Clinton: Totally Fawning and Biased 2/22
GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY OF TEXAS Backs Down From Frivolous Lawsuit Aimed at Closing Down EnronOwnstheGOP.com 2/22
Bush And Ashcroft Meddle In Miss. Redistricting As Payback for Democrats Not Confirming Racially- and Ethically-Compromised Pickering
First Step in Pentagon Disinformation Campaign is to Deny They Have a Disinformation Campaign 2/22
U.S., China Stalled on Arms Deal 2/21
Ashcroft Can't Find Our Domestic Anthrax Terrorist, But He Has Time to Fight an Assisted Suicide Law Passed by the Voters of Oregon 2/22
REPOSTED: Bush Appointed Enron/Army Secretary Builds $4 Million Home in Naples 2/22
Bill Press: The myth of the liberal media rides again 2/22
How the Washington Post Editorial Staff Aids and Abets White House Spin 2/22
Remembering Danny 2/22
Pentagon Spurns News Coverage, But Embraces Hollywood 2/22
Daschle thinking about Presidential bid, "but first I am concerned about keeping a majority in the Senate." 2/22
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Henry Waxman, a Democrat with Guts and Savvy 2/22
United We Slam: The Grand Hypocrisy Party Gets Down and Dirty with Jean Carnahan 2/22
Waxman Claims Enron Figure Was Misleading (req. Adobe Acrobat Reader) 2/22
Enron Owes Home County Taxes 2/22
Government Nursing Home Comparison Website Has Major Flaws 2/22
Secretary General of the U.N. Wants Urgent Action in the Middle East to Prevent All-Out War 2/22
Rumsfeld: Ten to 15 people killed in a deadly Jan. 23 commando raid conducted by U.S. special forces in Afghanistan were not al-Qaida or Taliban as first suspected 2/22
Employee Lawsuits Against Enron Can Go Forward 2/22
"Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up" by James Carville and Paul Begala
BuzzFlash presents The Angry Liberal - Enron, Part IV: Should Companies Like Enron Exist At All? 2/21
The Fickle Mind of President Bush
Helicopter with 12 U.S. Troops Crashes in Philippines 2/22
"[T]he corporate world is now governed by an ideology that is rotten to the core." 2/22
Strange Things Happen: National Review Catches Cheney Lying on the Tonight Show 2/22
How the Republican Party whips up hysteria and coddles the Catholic Church -- all in the name of "Family Values". 2/22
Tax-justice watchers tweak loophole on capital gains 2/22
GOP to Press for Parochial Tuition 2/22
Winks, Nods & Corporate Cash: One wired GOP lobbyist’s playbook for wielding influence 2/22
Rollercoaster Jobless Claims Go UP Again 2/22
Bush Wants to Boost Federal Borrowing 2/22
Conversations Between Flight 587 Pilots and Air Traffic Control Showed No Problems Before Plane Crashed in Queens. If The Pilots Didn't Know There Was a Problem, THAT'S a Problem. 2/22
Jeb Bush Accused of Breaking Vow 2/22
Bush Tells China that Liberty Does Not Bring Chaos: BuzzFlash Has Been Rendered Speechless by this Profundity 2/22
America's Shooting Gallery: Retired New Jersey Police Officer Kills Four 2/22
CDC Chief Resigns 2/22
"The leading Republican contender for the state's top legal office is under formal investigation by the Florida Elections Commission for possibly breaking election laws" 2/22
The Bush Administration's Dubious Appointment to Taiwan 2/22
We Thought the U.S. Always Played The "Tough Guy" Card in Kidnappings And Now Bush Is Doing A 180 By Signalling They Might Pay Ransoms 2/21
Path Cleared for Campaign Finance: Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., indicated he would oppose any filibuster by opponents. 2/22
Chewing Up a Fragile Land: Bush's Energy Plan In Action 2/22
Andersen's $600 Mln Enron-Settlement Bid Is Rejected (Update3) 2/22
Jeb's Enron Investment 2/22
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Bob's Fridge Predicts the Future? 2/22
"Bush Wants to Stop Arms Buildup." That's What It Says. Really. He's Kidding, Right? Look at His Defense Budget. And Now He's Telling Other Countries Not to Build Arms? Amazing. 2/22
"The McLaughlin Group is about to "celebrate" its twentieth anniversary. We might as well "celebrate" the discovery of anthrax," by Eric Alterman 2/22
Bush's Never-Ending War Gets Him an Official Nobel Peace Prize Nod? How Much More Orwellian Can This Get? 2/22
The American empire is beginning to die. 2/22
Wolfowitz and the Axis of Evil 2/22
No vacation from paying taxes for corporations 2/22
"While it's inherently unsettling to think about ways to profit from war, Wall Street is always on the outlook for an investment opportunity." Of Course They Are, Ethics Goes Out The Window When There's Money Involved. Greed, The Root . . . 2/22
Bill Moyer's Explains How The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes' Column Is FULL of "willful misrepresentation, deceitful juxtaposition, and outright error". Go Bill! 2/22
Labor Unions and Environmental Groups Join Forces To Fight Global Warming, Protect the Economy, Defend Working Families 2/22
Activists challenge corporations that they say are tied to slavery 2/22
BuzzFlash Interview with Douglas Kellner, Author of "Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election."
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:
Operation Pinocchio by Bill Michell 2/23
Bush Looks Into the Future 2/22
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
Americans Would Be Outraged If They Understood Enron Collapse 2/22
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
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