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Senators Demand Ridge Testimony 3/16
Unappealing Judges 3/17
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Message from a Bush Protester in Chicago 3/17
'Chorus of Dissent' greets Bush at St. Pat's Parade 3/17
Protesters, Barcelona Police Clash After EU Summit 3/17
"The Rev. Billy Graham is again apologizing for a 1972 conversation with former President Nixon in which he said a Jewish ``stranglehold'' of the media was ruining the country." Keep Apologizing Before the Lord, Billy! 3/17
"U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni continues talks on Sunday with Israelis and Palestinians aimed at brokering a cease-fire, amid confusion over whether possible trilateral talks announced by Israel would go ahead." 3/17
"Secret court documents reveal that New York Cardinal Edward Egan, while serving as bishop of the Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocese, allowed several priests facing multiple accusations of sexual abuse to continue working for years." 3/17
Keep on Truckin': DOJ Says Andersen Destroyed Tons of Evidence 3/17
Domestic agenda in jeopardy despite Bush's high ratings 3/17
David Horowitz is Just a Bad Man. Period. 3/16
Declare War Before Going to War 3/17
How About the "Fightin' Whites"? 3/17
More on Tipper Gore and That Open Tennessee Senate Seat.... 3/16
Gunmen Kill Colombian Archbishop 3/17
Long Time Clients Abandon Andersen 3/16
Zinni "Upbeat" on Mideast Cease-Fire 3/16
"Mr. Bush has repeatedly told the world: If you're not with us, you're against us. He needs to remember this: The rest of the world is saying the same thing to us." 3/17
Guatemalans Protest Government Corruption 3/17
Priest abuse cases slow to settle in R.I. 3/17
"Pentagon officials said there is no credible evidence to suggest that Speicher is still alive, but reclassifying him as a POW would put more pressure on Iraq to account for him, sources said." 3/17
Soundbyte Patriots 3/17
Taliban Style Group Grows in Northern Iraq? 3/17
Shareholders in the Bank of Terror?
HUD SECRETARY GOP FUNDRAISING LETTER VIOLATED THE LAW
Ottawa using trade deal as an excuse for not labeling genetically modified foods 3/17
"Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill told a foreign policy group this week that he disagreed with the Bush administration's decision earlier this month to impose tariffs on imported steel" 3/16
"Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network has been active in the Balkans for years, most recently helping Kosovo rebels battle for independence from Serbia with the financial and military backing of the United States and NATO." 3/17
ACLU Wants Secret Denver Police Files Preserved 3/17
Nixon Rift More Than a Sister Act 3/17
Is This Story from the Pentagon Office of Disinformation? If Our Intelligence Services Know All This, Wouldn't They be Able to Find the Al-Qaeda Involved? 3/17
Is Jeb Bush's Name Trademarked? 3/17
EU plans tit-for-tat tariffs in key US election states 3/16
Catholic paper: Is priestly celibacy tied to sex abuse? 3/16
"Housing Secretary Mel Martinez on Friday defended the Bush administration's aid to religious groups by siding with a Roman Catholic agency that asks homeless-shelter residents to pray before meals." 3/17
McCarthyism Watch 3/17
"Members of a task force formed by Cardinal Bernard Law pledged at their first meeting Saturday to produce a public report on ways to protect children from sexual abuse by priests." 3/17
"Ronald Reagan's administration was growing concerned about serious congressional criticism for dragging its feet on anti-terrorism policies in 1985, according to a memo among thousands of presidential papers released Friday." 3/17
Africa Embassy Suspect Held in Sudan 3/17
Florida Private school fires staff after voucher gripes 3/17
25 more states join fight against Microsoft 3/17
Clinton Snubs Reich 3/16
A Tale of Woe as Told by Mrs. Supreme Court Justice Thomas 3/16
The Yugoslav military arrested a U.S. diplomat and a former Yugoslav general at a restaurant just outside Belgrade 3/16
Israel Withdraws from Most Towns in the West Bank 3/16
The Arthur Andersen Indictment for corruptly persuading its employees to "alter, destroy, mutilate and conceal" documents 3/16
BuzzFlash.com Will be Interviewed on the Erin Hart Program on Radio Station KIRO, Seattle, at 9 pm Pacific Time on March 17th 3/17
More on the Carlyle Group 3/17
Submit Your Questions to Julie Hyatt Steele, Victim of the Ken Starr "Entrapment" Counsel 3/16
Mississippi "Helmet Head" Lott Acts Like a Four-Year-Old 3/16
The World According to Barbara Bush 3/17
"After about 15 minutes, Bush radioed to the commander that the battle was over. Bodies and shells littered the ground as silence fell over "Pineland."" 3/16
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The March 15th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia
Yates Gets Life 3/16
"U.S. lawmakers on Thursday accused Enron Corp.'s lawyers of covering up an employee's allegations that the world's largest energy trader hid debt and losses in partnerships before its collapse last year." 3/16
US reduces reward on Bin Laden 3/16
Greg Palast in Chicago 3/15
Al-Qaeda dead have vanished 3/16
China Accuses U.S. of 'Nuclear Blackmail' 3/16
States' Budget Squeeze Takes Toll on Programs and People 3/16
Philip Morris Changes Its Name But Not Its Tactics 3/16
Saudi police 'stopped' fire rescue due to sexist religious practices, young girls die as a result 3/16
"Hundreds, possibly thousands of snowmobilers are illegally riding off-road through wilderness in Yellowstone National Park - leaving deep ruts as documented in photographs taken by park rangers." 3/16
Top INS Officials are Replaced 3/16
Pickets protest board's editing of tolerance film in California 3/16
George Bush Will be Marching in the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday. Will There be Protesters? 3/16
U.S. fraud suit targets ex-partner of Jeb Bush 3/16
Bush Adviser Aided Microsoft Foe 3/16
Some states seek to place limits on aviation schools 3/16
Watch Out for Magenta Days 3/16
US asked to determine legal status of Cuba prisoners 3/16
The March 15th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American
Dave Zweifel: Clinton haters are obsessive, weird 3/16
Florida Democrats Call On Gov. Jeb Bush To Come Clean And Answer All Questions Regarding Nigerian Water Pump Deal 3/16
Confederate Month Dropped By Democratic Governor. 3/16
Study: Wage Laws Reduce Poverty 3/16
Groups Fight Florida's Ban on Gay Adoptions 3/16
Amnesty International accuses U.S. of violating rights of detainees 3/16
The New York Times FINALLY Admits They Were WRONG About Clinton and Lay. It Only Took a Month and a Half. "Delayed By An Editing Lapse"? More Like a Lapse of Good Judgement and Partisan Journalism. 3/16
What A Surprise! Robert Ray to Seek GOP Nod in NJ. How Lucky For Him That His Report On Clinton Just Got Finished. Whew! That Was Close. 3/16
Delta eliminates commissions: Travel agents won't get anything for booking domestic flights 3/16
New airport security devices prompt civil liberty concerns 3/16
U.S. Aims to Fortify Its Leased Buildings 3/16
Bush plugs more money for the military. Where's All This Money Going to Come From? 3/16
No business like business: "Today's session is also about journalism in not-so-high places. And about the bottomless bag of euphemisms in the arsenal of the news media." 3/16
Lawmakers Say Enron's Lawyers Should Have Raised Concerns 3/16
America's Shooting Gallery: Family of Six Found Dead in Oregon 3/16
National Guard's border deployment draws criticism 3/16
"The bombs are coming!" A new Paul Revere blows the whistle on bad missile defense science 3/16
"It has reached a farcical level when she is forced to admit where our troops may have been because the White House is advising the world." 3/16
Some Oklahoma City Victims Sue Iraq 3/16
Bush employs 6 Iran-Contra vets 3/16
Scandals haunt Jeb Bush 3/16
President links oil to drugs, terror 3/16
Heavens! Parochial Kids Flop In Testing 3/16
The Penalty Was Steep for a Missile Defense Whistle-Blower 3/16
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: Bob Barr is "Under Attack from the Radical Left" 3/14
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Watch Out for Code Blue Dress 3/15
For Bush, secrecy is a matter of loyalty 3/15
BuzzFlash interviews Michael Moore, Filmmaker, TV Host, and author of Stupid White Men . . . And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation.
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"Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up" by James Carville and Paul Begala
Stop Making Sense: NewsMax gets intolerant, contradictory and just plain incoherent. 3/15
Army May Shut Peacekeeping Office. Well, Probably Because We've Stopped Trying to Bring Peace to the World. Just As Well. 3/15
JOHN "NRA" ASHCROFT MOVES TO CREATE POLITICIZED DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE
"In an arrogant assault on Florida's sunshine laws, a state Senate committee hastily approved 14 exceptions to the public's right to information." 3/15
Hollywood's Old Guns; Ashcroft Likes "The Simpsons"?; Tom Ridge Plays Golf During Yellow Alert; And Other Strange Things. 3/15
"It is now painfully clear that the federal government is incapable of appearing competent at the task of preventing terrorism." 3/15
America is not a hamburger: President Bush's attempts to rebrand the United States are doomed 3/15
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A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL: Of All The Republican Chicken Hawks, Tom Delay Takes The Cake 3/12
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Tom Delay, Cluck Cluck 3/13
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Hot Fight in Wisconsin Over University's Budget 3/16
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"To scheme an insidious scheme" (sung to the tune of "To Dream the Impossible Dream") 3/15
"Let's All Toast Our Great President's Jenius With A Tall Glass of Sewage!!" By Bob Boudelang, Angry American Patriot 3/16
Keep 'Em Guessing About the Nukes 3/17
"Dress for Distress: The Color-Coded Terror Catalog" 3/16
Democrats.com Launches Internet Game that Challenges Users to Try to Pick Up Ann Coulter. Why Would Anyone Want To Do That?
Homeland Security Director Ridge Explains the Relevance of The Advisory System 3/15
Tom Ridge is About to Reveal Today's Terror Alert Code 3/17
A Senior Birthday Greeting from President Bush 3/17
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