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AP Gets Copy of GOP "Campaign Primer" That Tells Republicans How To Get Around Answering Questions About Their Bankrupt Policies and Anti-Citizen Agenda. Absolutely Despicable. Their Ideology is So Corrupt, They Have to Organize Their Lies. 8/9
Bipartisan bankruptcy "reform" punishes US consumers, rewards banks 8/9
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Counting the dead: Attempts to hide the number of Afghan civilians killed by US bombs are an affront to justice 8/9
When Will We See Enron Execs in Orange Jump Suits? 8/9
My Island, My Country - A BuzzFlash Guest Commentary from Novelist John Westermann
A BuzzFlash Interview with Anti-Jeb "Caravan of Cause" Organizer, Suni Haught 8/8
Practicing Class Warfare, By BuzzFlash's Rebecca Knight
Vague Bush Case for Iraq War Spurs Worry in GOP, Pentagon 8/9
The "Bush Knew" Bumperstickers, A BuzzFlash Premium
Bush tars drug takers with aiding terrorists 8/9
Convicted Felon Nominated as GOP Candidate for State Auditor in Missouri 8/9
WorldCom Finds $3.3B in Errors 8/9
Two-Thirds Want Congressional Role in Iraq Decision, Time to Convince Allies 8/9
The BuzzFlash Mailbag for August 8th - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-american
Watch Out: Is Rumsfeld Slated to Become New "Homeland Defense" Commissar? 8/9
Bush Makes Baby Cry 8/8
A Highly Recommended Musical Revue Satire on Bush: Get the CD Now! "Hail to the Thief: Songs for the Bush Years"
"Two George Bushes," Sample Song from "Hail to the Thief CD" (See Above, Requires Audio)
Brazen Shamelessness: Bush's Forum on Economy Is to Feature G.O.P. Donors 8/9
Bush Hawk Says George "Franco" Bush Will Act Alone, If Need Be 8/9
The Questionable and Suspicious Bush Administration Anthrax Investigation Takes Another Strange Turn. Remember that Democrats and "Liberals" Were the Targets. If You Have a Conspiracy Theory in Your Pocket, This is the One to Have. 8/9
The Not-My-Problem Defense for Child Molestation 8/9
Ex-soldier in anthrax probe bragged of right-wing exploits 8/9
The PowerPoint That Rocked the Pentagon: The LaRouchie defector who's advising the defense establishment on Saudi Arabia. 8/9
Whatever Happened To Matt Drudge And Lucianne Goldberg? 8/9
AARP Poll Finds Voters Angry About Medicare 8/9
Shortcuts To Missile Defense: "The Pentagon believes in Santa Claus." 8/9
We Sure Hope that the ABA is Not Joining the Bush Appeasement Squad 8/9
"Top Palestinian negotiators arrived in Washington yesterday bristling at Bush administration charges that they are part of a terror organization" 8/9
Fending off the Threat of Peace 8/9
Even George Will, Pathetic Soul That He Is, Believes Congress Needs to Vote on a War Against Iraq 8/9
Holding Dick Cheney Accountable 8/9
Before War With Iraq, Consider This 8/9
Congress Argues Over Tax Cut Costs 8/9
Hillary Wants to Put Pressure on Bush for September 11th Aid to New York 8/9
Bob "Bonehead" Barr Under the Gun for Shot at Reception! He's Running in a Primary on a Platform of Gun Safety that's Shot Full of Holes. Stay Away from this Guy. Barr's Armed and Dangerous. 8/9
Study Finds Arms Sales Down 8/9
Boston Archdiocese Newspaper Criticizes Comments by Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating 8/9
Saudis Lambaste "U.S. Christian Extremists." It's the Fundamentalists Vs. the Fundamentalists Feud. 8/9
The Bush Politburo "Unlimited Powers" Executive Branch Gets More Fascist/Soviet in Style Everyday. Boy George is Our Eddie Haskel Stalin with a Smile.
Ministers attack US war chaos: 'Unpopular Bush' poll puts pressure on Blair 8/9
DOE Coal Promoter And Bush Political Operative Named Clean Air `Villain Of The Month' 8/9
Man Throws Flaming Backpack and Yells Threats Against Bush in Chicago Federal Building on Wednesday 8/8
Bush Says He'll Consult Congress About Iraq, But He Won't Say He'll Ask Them For a Vote. More Placating From President Stupid and His Warmaking Administration 8/9
The Perpetual War Log 8/9
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"Blinded By The Right" by David Brock
Radioactive mess left for taxpayers: Cleanup could cost millions, but officials see no health threat 8/9
Populist Causes Await a Political Champion 8/9
Fast track is the wrong track for America 8/9
Wash. Times: Graham speaks out on Islam. Translated: The Dude's a Fundamentalist Bigot. 8/9
A Nominee With Vigor Gives Michigan Democrats Hope 8/9
U.S. Backs Oil Giant on Lawsuit in Indonesia 8/9
Groups sue to block use of Navy sonar 8/9
Two Big Pharm Companies Charged with Knowing A Pharmacist Was DILUTING Cancer Drugs, And They Did Nothing About It for Three Years. Despicable. 8/9
Former AG Richard Thornburgh to be WorldCom examiner 8/9
Congressional Members hit White House over secrecy 8/9
A Study Finds Children's Aid Goes to Adults 8/9
Blair urges Bush to convene Mideast peace conference before attacking Iraq 8/9
Commodity-Futures Trading Agency Adds Former Enron Director, Energy Deregulator to Ranks 8/9
Simon tries to spin himself out of hole; Plan is to blame former investment partner, internal report says 8/9
Bogota hit by deadly blasts as president sworn in 8/8
Pornographer says he hacked al Qaeda 8/9
'No one wants to say this law is wrong': 20 years for man who grew pot for his sick brother 8/9
Debt: Plunging in the hole 8/9
The Islamic Gandhi: The world needs to know about Abdul Ghaffar Khan 8/9
Iraq war 'not inevitable' says UK 8/9
Vets blast Gramm on Viet Memorial 8/8
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison - Full Frontal 8/6
Karen Hughes and George Bush Couldn't Stay Apart! What Will Laura Say? 8/8
Saudis Tell Boy "Oil" George. Don't Attack Iraq from Here. 8/8
A BUZZFLASH.COM INTERVIEW WITH THE CO-AUTHOR OF “Forbidden Truth: U.S. Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy and the Failed Hunt for Bin Laden"
Another CEO Who Fleeced Shareholders. It's an Epidemic of Harken/Halliburton/Enronomics in Corporate America and in the White House. 8/8
The Gun Guys are Waiting for You at GunGuys.com! 8/8
Cheney Visits Ca. and Shuns Tainted Simon 8/8
The New Texan: Why George Bush is scared of Ron Kirk. 8/8
It's Back! Get Your Copy of "Fortunate Son." The Original Expose on George W. that the Bush Family Had Temporarily Banned Before the Election.
Bob "NRA" Barr Shows Why the NRA Gun Guys Can't Even Handle a Gun Right 8/7
Cheney Called "Corporate Crook" by Protestors in N. Calif.; Also Sets Conditions for 2nd Term. Um, That Would Be IF We Don't Impeach The Whole Bunch Before Then. There's Still Two Years Left, Unfortunately. 8/8
Joe Lieberman's Home City Paper Excoriates him for Supporting the Stalinist TIPS Program. Is Joe "Republican Lite?" He Heads a Senate Committee that Could Have Blown the Lid off Corporate Malfeasance, But Only Went Through the Motions. 8/8
An internal investigation has cleared Interior Secretary Gale Norton of misconduct. Internal? Okay, How About a Real Investigation Next. 8/8
A "Widening" Enron Probe. When We See Ken Lay in Handcuffs, We'll Believe It. 8/8
Cheney Praises Halliburton, Won't Discuss Probe 8/8
Military Loses Two Laptops At Afghan War Center, "including one with classified information" 8/8
From the Rumsfeld Office of Disinformation and Confusion Department 8/8
Rumsfeld's coup d'intel: One small step for DOD, one giant misstep for the USA 8/8
Mr. Corporate Reform? Dems have to hit the president in his ideology. 8/8
Top Execs Slide Away From Mess: "Surely Lay and the other chieftains at Enron ought to be charged with criminal malfeasance of some sort" 8/8
IMF Announces $30B Loan for Brazil 8/8
15 Die as Afghan Army Base Attacked 8/8
BuzzFlash World Media Watch for August 7th, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
Whether or Not You Agree with the Premise of This Site, It Has Great Details About September 11th 8/8
Bush Faces Criticism from Lawyers 8/8
Lessons from Sri Lanka, by Thomas Friedman 8/8
Bill Simon insists his role in ill-fated partnership was limited, but court papers show he was involved in every phase. 8/8
The Grand Hypocrisy Candidate for Governor in Tennessee Live Up to His Party's Name 8/8
ImClone's Founder Waksal Indicted 8/8
The Karl Rove Soften Up Bush's Image by Having Him Carry a Dog Down the Steps of the Plane Shot 8/8
Saudi Arabia Won't Allow U.S. Troops For War with Iraq. 8/7
"For this kind of thing to happen you have to have politicians who have no qualms about playing Big Brother; officials whose partisan loyalty trumps their professional scruples; and a press corps that ... lets the people in power get away with it."
Bush's Cuban conflict 8/8
The New Expanded Post-September 11th Edition of "The Bush Dyslexicon," by Mark Crispin Miller
Court Rules that D.C. Mayor Will Not be on the September Ballot 8/8
Don't Forget About the Shooting Adventures of Bob Bonehead Barr! 8/8
More Details on the Anthrax Terrorism "Investigation" That Seems More Like a Cover-up
A Big LOL for FBI Alert 8/8
Pentagon will not seek UN approval 8/8
Bush Readies To Block a Strike. Anything He Can For Big Business, He Will. Remind Me Again Why People Voted For This Putz? 8/8
Is Our Children Learning? Paul Begala Knows the Answer to That Question
Widespread Water Violations Decried 8/8
Federal judges escape ethical punishment 8/8
Disillusioned Latin America shifts to left; Poor economies breed opposition to free market 8/8
The Florida Election Mess and Katherine Harris 8/8
FBI subcontracts war on terror to Fox TV show. (Salon Premium, but the blurb is worth a visit) 8/8
Female travelers object to N.C. airport search 8/8
Double standard on bankruptcy 8/8
Vt. Election Spending Limit Upheld 8/8
Don't let Florida "Dream Team" go to waste 8/8
Bombs and speed kill in Afghanistan: U.S. pilots using uppers and downers to pull 8/8
Feds Argue Against Opening Hearings: Government Argues Deportation Hearings for Co-Founder of Islamic Charity Should Remain Closed 8/8
More Civics Lessons for Justice 8/8
Bush Signs Trade Bill, Restoring Broad Presidential Authority 8/8
U.S. Asks Court to Dismiss ABM Pact Withdrawal Suit 8/8
The Angry Liberal - The Angry Liberal's Interview with Katherine Harris 8/5
Read if You Haven't Already: "Call Me Liberal" -- Southern Style by Rebecca Knight
The Quackery of Bipartisanship, P.M. Carpenter's Fifth Columnist 7/31
A BuzzFlash Interview with Mark Crispin Miller, Author of "The Bush Dyslexicon" 7/19
A BuzzFlash Interview with Joe Conason, columnist with the New York Observer and Salon, and co-author of The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute. On Vacation This Week!
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
This Week's Top Ten Conservative Idiots 8/5
President Bush Awards Posthumous Blue Ribbon of Integrity to Richard Milhous 8/8
Habitually Drunk Bush? An Odd Story Placement. 8/8
Bush Shows Everyone Where He Keeps His Talking Points. 8/8
Conquer and Confuse in Florida 8/8
Mansion for Free 8/8
These Are Ironic Times 8/6
Placebo -- The Bipartisan Prescription Drug Plan, by Bill Mitchell 8/6
Equal Time with Bob Boudelang 8/5
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