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Former Secretaries of State Wary of Iraq Attack 8/23

"Regarding Al Gore, Part III: The People Speak" -- Southern Style by Rebecca Knight

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A New York Times Business Editor Dies of an Apparent Suicide 8/23

President Stupid Wants to Cut Down the Forests to Prevent Forest Fires. We're Not Kidding. Even More Amazing is That He Says It's "For the good of our economy." 8/23

US budget deficit on track to be worst in six years 8/23

Iraq: The GOP War With Itself 8/23

A man who ran a booth at a suburban Atlanta gun show was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday in the death of a 13-year-old boy who was accidentally shot at the show last month. 8/23

A Must Read: "Wealth and Democracy" by Kevin Phillips. A BuzzFlash Premium. The influence of money on government is now, more then ever, a hot political issue.

Police Pepper Spray Bush Protestors in Portland 8/23

The Outrage Constraint, by Paul Krugman 8/23

Top Ten New Careers for Bob Barr - The Angry Liberal 8/22

Sharon's Controversial Visit to Miami Called Off 8/23

Destroying the Forest In Order to "Save" It 8/23

"When the big guys in Washington dream of transforming the world, it's the little guys who come home in body bags." 8/23

Anti-Abortion Activists Tape Women Entering Clinics, Plans to Air Footage on Cable Show 8/23

Impact of McKinney Loss Worries Some Democrats: Tension Between Blacks and Jews a Concern 8/23

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Castro Card No Longer Holds Sway in Florida 8/23

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GOP Model for Luring Hispanic Voters in Florida is Accused of Rape 8/23

Bill Simon's Words Come Back to Haunt Him 8/23

Iowa National Guard Unit Will be Activated and Deployed WITHIN the United States in Something Called "Operation Noble Eagle 2" Hmmm. 8/23

The BuzzFlash Mailbag for August 22nd - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-american

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"It's Really Hard to Back Off of Something Like This." 8/23

Don't Go There: President Takes A No-Fly Zone Wherever He Goes 8/23

Nine Sept. 11 victims' families have accepted checks from the federal government's compensation fund, the fund's administrator said Thursday. 8/23

Canada Leadership Fight May Leave Liberals Wounded 8/23

Airport Security Questions May be Nixed 8/23

Reasoned Voices Speak Out Against War With Iraq 8/23

A Highly Recommended Musical Revue Satire on Bush: Get the CD Now! "Hail to the Thief: Songs for the Bush Years"

House Majority Leader Speaks Mind 8/23

"Blinded By The Right" by David Brock

ACLU Seeks Information on Government's Use of Vast New Surveillance Powers 8/23

George W. Bush and the Rule of Law 8/23

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U.S. military to train Salvadorans to fight drug trafficking 8/23

Conservative Tory warns against Iraq invasion 8/23

Fighter pilot scrambled on Sept. 11 recounts experience; NOTE: Pilot is WRONG about Bush's knowledge of the WTC attacks. More PR Lies to Confuse the Public? 8/23

Hatfill's ex-employer serves mostly government clients 8/23

Florida School Districts Raising Taxes 8/23

Mitt Romney's death penalty politics 8/23

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Targeting minorities is an FBI tradition 8/23

Enron's Kopper admits kickbacks; says Fastow is involved 8/23

Price cut on Bush's fund-raiser for Simon; Ticket sales haven't heated up, but debate over the reason for the new cheap seats has. 8/23

FEC Decision Could Fill Your Phone With Wireless Junk Mail 8/23

Paul Krugman responds: "Life is too short to address all the objections from my journalistic stalkers; let me go straight to the economics." 8/23

George W.'s Worst Fear: A W-Shaped Recession 8/23

Argentine Junta Felt Safe From the U.S. 8/23

Four California Legislators push corporate reform 8/23

Slow Pace of Enron Probe Yields First Results. Voters Cleaning House for November. 8/23

President wrongly rejects court review of detainees 8/23

Act now, bank urges earth summit; Growth must not come at price to planet, report warns. Of Course, President Stupid Isn't Attending. 8/23

Chris Matthews: Iraq Invasion would lead to disaster 8/23

It's About Time: Feds target assets of Enron principals; 8 linked to fraud face forfeiture action 8/23

Conason: Al-Qaida's origins in fantasy, and Safire's unconvincing argument for attacking Iraq. 8/23

NYC Vote list real laugher: Independence Party roster has fake names. Democrats Ask for Investigation, Republicans Vote It Down. 8/23

Ex-Enron workers must wait for funds 8/23

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Over 40 immigrants found held in van line's office 8/23

U.S. Adopts Defensive Strategy for Earth Summit 8/23

The cost of Bush's war: Tony Blair must choose whether to represent his own people - or a US Republican clique 8/23

Since September 11, some Americans believe their basic freedoms are under siege from within. 8/23

Bush, Who Let Other Young Men Die in His Place in Vietnam, Snubs Powell While Doing His John Wayne Imitation with the Hawks of His Royal Court

Labor more militant as economy teeters 8/23

Bush stonewalls on Iraq 'frenzy' 8/23

State Dept. Praises Musharraf 8/23

Iraqis Say Embassy Hostage Takers Were American or Israeli 8/23

Mixing Fundraising and Policy 8/23

This is for real, not the sequel to a sci-fi thriller. The World Bank paints a picture of a catastrophic global future if we do not change the way we live 8/22

Argentina's 'dirty war' files released 8/22

An Alternate Universe - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution 8/22

Sounds Like the Bush Cartel is Trying to Overthrow Mugabe: "how we can, in fact, together encourage the body politique of Zimbabwe to, in fact, go forward and correct that situation" 8/22

Pedaling Peace -- Cyclist from Nepal Rides Against the Currents of War - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution 8/21

Message to Congress: Threaten Ashcroft With Contempt and Perjury Charges. Then, and Then Only, He MIGHT Release Some of the Information that Belongs to Congress and the American People. 8/22

BuzzFlash World Media Watch for August 21st, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)

Voting Machine Touch-screen error exposed in Palm Beach County 8/22

Bernie Sanders: CEOs Must Return Illegal Earnings 8/22

A BuzzFlash Interview with Lynn Samuels, Radio Talk Show Host

"Regarding Al Gore, Part II: Election 2004" -- Southern Style by Rebecca Knight

Like His Brother, Jeb Believes Public Information Belongs to the Bush Cartel 8/22

Schroeder Sees Growing Opposition to Attack on Iraq 8/22

"Mike's Office of Homeland Security" 8/22

From the Archives: IRAQGATE: The Big One That (Almost) Got Away, Who Chased it -- and Who Didn't 8/22

Canada's Jean Chretien to Step Down in 2004 8/22

RNC Demands Joe Lieberman Jumps -- And He Jumps 8/22

Scowcroft Sticks to His Guns 8/22

The Gun Owners of America Think It's Okay for Alzheimer's Patients to Have Guns 8/22

Bush Says Iraq Needs a Regime Change. That Makes Two Countries Who Need One: Iraq and America. 8/22

Musharaff Emulates Bush. Grants Himself Broad Powers. 8/22

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Palast, Moore and Chomsky Make the Best Seller List 8/22

Phillipine Rebels Behead Two Members of Jehovah's Witnesses 8/22

Pentagon Brass Force Credit Debt On Soldiers and Sailors 8/22

A Senator Clinton Tilt Toward McCall for Governor in the NY Democratic Primary? 8/22

U.S. sailors poisoned by their own government don't trust navy assurances. 8/22

Behind US rifts on hitting Iraq 8/22

Washington Elite Divided On Iraq: Opening For Anti-War Public Opinion 8/22

Wash. Times: U.S. plans PR campaign for war on Iraq 8/22

Cheney Ruthless as a CEO. Practicing the Fine Art of Deception, or is It Fraud? 8/22

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Condi Rice's Contribution 8/22

Lights! Cameras! Arrests! The public loved watching handcuffed businesspeople -- for a while 8/22

Music Industry Declares War on Downloading Music Online 8/22

Kucinich Soars at Home, Makes Waves in Washington 8/22

Govt Posts $29.16 Billion Budget Gap in July 8/22

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Part of Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP) 2002 Strategy Revealed: "Declare Another War on Swarthy People" 8/22

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Advance Draft of Bush's Astounding 9/11 Anniversary Speech 8/22

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