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Ex-Aide Insists White House Puts Politics Ahead of Policy: "It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis."
Esquire Magazine News Release on John Diiulio's Candid Assessment of a White House that is Totally Partisan and Politically Driven by Karl Rove. Although John Clearly Has a Crush on Georgie Boy. 12/3
Did Karl Rove Threaten to Blow off John Diiulio's Kneecaps? Or Threaten to Withdraw Federal Funding from the University of Pennsylvania, In Order to Get Diiulio to so Quickly Disown His Accusations? It Doesn't Matter. Esquire Has the Truth in Writing.
The University of Pennsylvania Web Page for Diiulio. Note That He is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a Right Wing Think Tank. 12/3
Read More on How the White House Tried to Discredit Esquire Writer Ron Suskind Earlier This Year (Read to the Middle of Lloyd Grove's June Column) 12/3
Interesting December 1, 2002, Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Diiulio 12/3
Diiulio Knocks His Own Criticisms of White House 12/3
From the Archives: An Interview with John Diiulio When He Was in the White House. Oh, Yes, Happier Times for John. He Still Had His Teeth Back Then, Before Karl's Crew Kicked Them In. 12/3
Background on Diiulio from the University of Pennsylvania Gazette 12/3
From the Archives: This is the Second Time the White House Has Waged a War of Intimidation Against Journalist Ron Suskind. It Didn't Take Long for the Rove Thugs to Try and Get John Diiulio to Recant. Did Karl Rove Call in Tom DeLay's Thuggish Mob? 12/3
Paul Krugman: "But the right's ambitions have no limits, and nothing moderates can offer will appease it." 12/3
Hunting Season Update: Man Shoots Mother While Deer Hunting. Father Mistakes Teenage Son for a Deer. Three Hunters Charged After Woman Shot While Inside Her Mobile Home. Scroll Down to America's Shooting Gallery. 12/3
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Pat Robertson: The Grand Hypocrisy Party "Stop Me If I Ever Start Making Sense" Role Model of the Week 12/3
"Remember the infamous Warren Commission? I have a feeling the Kissinger Commission's going to make the single-bullet theory look believable." 12/3
Maureen Dowd on the Kissinger Selection 12/3
"The fact is that truly independent coverage of Big Media is disappearing right before our eyes" 12/3
Did Jeb Bush Threaten Gary Trudeau? 12/3
What is a liberal? "I am tired of hearing the word "liberal" used as an obscenity." 12/3
Bush Sets Saddam's Deadline for Sunday 12/3
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Russert pushed them RNC points. Somebody go wake Fred Barnes! Just Like Al Said. 12/3
New US-EU trade war looms 12/3
The Houston Chronicle Allegedly Posted and Then Scrubbed This Commentary Critical of Tom DeLay 12/3
Are the Writers for the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Mentally Ill? Just Asking. 12/3
Americans Observe World AIDS Day 12/2
Don't Stop Fighting! "The Conscience of a Liberal," by Senator Paul Wellstone. From BuzzFlash.com.
The Washington Post Actually Runs an Article Acknowledging a Growing Antiwar Movement. Imagine That! 12/2
Decline in hunters reshapes gun debate: Demographic shift threatens NRA, outdoors groups 12/2
A Great Holiday Gift: "Hail to the Thief: Songs for the Bush Years." This is a Fantastic 15-song Satirical CD.
Report: 'Al-Qaida' Statement Claims Kenya Attacks 12/3
Rust Bucket Oil Tanker Continues Hazardous Journey 12/3
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"Casting doubt on a basic principle of U.S. anti-drug policies, an independent study concluded on Monday that marijuana use does not lead teenagers to experiment with hard drugs like heroin or cocaine." 12/3
Civilian Federal Workers to See Raises Slashed Under Bush Plan 12/3
Taking Liberties With Our Freedom : "the Homeland Security Act is also full of worrisome surprises for U.S. citizens concerned about their freedoms" 12/3
Depressed? Read "The Emerging Democratic Majority." Remember that the Democrats Won the Last THREE Presidential Elections. Republicans Can Only Win Through Campaign Deception and 5-4 Supreme Court Votes. This Book Will Cheer You Up!
Conservatives for Higher Taxes: Why the Wall Street Journal wants cleaning ladies to fork more over to Uncle Sam 12/3
German Sept 11 probe finds new Saudi link-report 12/3
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GOP starts gunning for IL Sen. Fitzgerald, One of Their Own 12/3
Court to Decide Affirmative Action Case 12/3
House GOP leaders failed the jobless 12/3
Sodomy laws to get high court hearing 12/3
The Pentagon Muzzles the CIA; Devising bad intelligence to promote bad policy 12/3
Funerals, Prayers and Hope Mark World AIDS Day 12/2
"Get Your War On" by David Rees
Bush Appoints Kissinger, An Animated Cartoon 12/2
The Bush Dynasty and Right Wing Cuban Terrorists and Criminals: A Mutually Beneficial Relationship
Veterans Against the Iraq War 12/2
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The "Bushism-A-Day" Calendar
TakeBackTheMedia.com (link to audio of Oliver North running like a baby from tough questions by Randi Rhodes) 12/3
The Myth of the Gay-Friendly GOP 12/3
A Letter to the U.S. Media on Their Bias - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
The December 2nd BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
William Raspberry: The Misplaced Faith of John Ashcroft 12/2
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A Mandate For The Middle, An open letter to the Honorable Senator James Jeffords - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
Joe Conason: The press goes soft on Kissinger. Plus: Safire's endless preening. 12/3
Highly Recommended Book on the Right Wing Agenda of the Supreme Court: "Courting Disaster." This Book and John Dean's Fantastic "The Rehnquist Choice" for $50 (less than the combined retail cost, and we pay the shipping). Support BuzzFlash.
Is Our Children Learning? Paul Begala Knows the Answer to That Question
Help Mary Landrieu Beat the GOP Money Machine
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Selection of Kissinger to Head 9/11 Commission a Huge Mistake. Master of Secrecy and Deceit Must be Removed. 12/3
It's the Economy, Stupid: How Bush Has Made Our Lives Worse
194 Sick in Latest Cruise Ship Outbreak 12/3
Molly Ivins: A GOP reward for fleeing taxes 12/3
Terror War Detainees Appeal for Rights 12/3
$40 Twofer Special: Forbidden Truth and War on Iraq
Take Back the Democratic Party 12/3
Why Did Bush and Cheney Stop The Investigation Into 9-11?
Tiny Nevada community fights to keep its water 12/3
Search of Harvard historical archives reveals details of secret court convened to remove gays from campus 12/3
Conservatives for Higher Taxes, Part 2: Three more reasons why higher taxes on the poor are an idiotic idea. 12/3
What if radio made room for social issues between regularly-scheduled drivel? 12/3
Geov Parrish: Why Kenya takes last week's terrorist attacks as evidence of war -- waged by the United States 12/3
Is the Bush Cartel Covering up the Saudi Relationship to 9/11. Read "Forbidden Truth" Now.
The Rehnquist Choice by John Dean -- The explosive, never-before-revealed story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the man responsible for his candidacy.
The Case Against the Bush Cartel War on Iraq. Scott Ritter Interviewed: "War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know" By William Rivers Pitt with Scott Ritter. (Includes BuzzFlash Bumper Sticker, Button and Postcard with Order.)
Target terror not privacy; "Some of the biggest assaults ever (on privacy) are in the works right now"12/3
The Truth About Bush's Accomplishments (Or, Lack Thereof)
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Chicago's top Christian, Jewish and Muslim Religious leaders urge Bush to avoid war 12/3
Anti-war demonstrators aren't radicals 12/3
McDonald's pulls out of Bolivia 12/3
US Plant gears up for wartime production 12/3
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David Corn: Maybe Osama would be a worse choice to head a 9-11 probe. Maybe. 12/3
Bush Harken Insider Trading Article Collection
Take the Homeland Security Quiz! 12/3
Arianna Huffington: One for the ages; Congress rewards corporate tax evaders with our money 12/3
Wag the Bush: "most reporters don't have the balls to ask tough questions" 12/3
'''Saddam's bombmaker' is full of lies'' says scientist who worked with the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission from 1968 until 1998 12/3
The New American Freedom Fighters; Organizing Against General Ashcroft 12/3
Proponents of Media Consolidation Say Get Your Diversity from British TV or the Internet. What a Load of Malarkey. 12/3
Laws don't work without lawyers 12/3
Canadian Board Blasts U.S. Evangelist 12/3
Officials Say Space Programs Face Delays, Are 'in Trouble' 12/3
In 1997, John Ashcroft, As a Senator, Made the Argument Against the Government as Big Brother. "The government's police-state policy on encryption is creating hindrances and hurdles that will eventually injure our ability to compete internationally."
"Perhaps no initiative is more important to conservative Republicans than to give evangelical religious organizations access to the billions of dollars in federal social programs, which they say they have been denied for decades." 12/2
"The Bush administration is developing a parallel legal system in which terrorism suspects -- U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike -- may be investigated, jailed, interrogated, tried and punished without legal protections guaranteed by the ordinary system"
"Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate," by Naomi Klein
Joke of the Day: Kissinger Denies Client Conflicts 12/2
Chicago Religious Leaders of All Faiths Unite to Ask Bush Urging Him to Avoid War 12/2
It is Not Gates We Need to Build, But Bridges 12/2
Tom DeLay and the White House Will Now Fully Control Spending Authorization in the House of Representatives 12/2
Poor in India Starve as Surplus Wheat Rots 12/2
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
Conserving Our National Resources is the Conservative Thing to Do 12/2
"They were key figures in the Iran-Contra scandal and U.S.-backed "dirty wars" in Central America in the 1980s. Now Otto Reich, Elliot Abrams and John Negroponte are back, helping run White House policy toward Latin America." 12/2
New Nixon Tape Transcripts: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 12/2
Supreme Court Could End Miranda Warnings 12/2
Boot Camp for High School Students in Oakland 12/2
Photo of Anti-War Protest in Turkey 12/2
Photos of Australian Anti-War Rally 12/2
Turks Protest Possible War With Iraq 12/2
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.
Some Members of the Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP) are Talking "Axis of Evil" Talk About South America 12/2
U.S. Compiled Secret Reports on Novelist Graham Greene, FBI Files Reveal 12/2
From the Archives: Background on the Trial Surrounding the 1998 Bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya 12/2
"The unfinished River Oaks mansion once owned by former Enron executive Andrew Fastow sustained minor damage Sunday in a fire that was deliberately set" 12/2
More Information on the Enron Power Market Manipulation in California 12/2
Republican Party is very accommodating to rich tax avoiders 12/2
Let's summon some courage in this nation of Chicken Littles 12/2
John Ashcroft, An Attorney General for the Right Wing Agenda 12/2
Studies barely scratch surface of Gulf War’s toll on health 12/2
The Challenged President 12/2
Middle Class Laboring in Job Hunt 12/2
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
Dick Cheney Secret Lair Play Set 12/3
''Letter from Ayatollah Ashcroft to Ayatollah Shahroudi of Iran'' 12/3
These Are Ironic Times 12/3
It's a Two Dog Day for Dubya 12/2
The Bush Cartoon that Was Banned in Britain 12/2
The Evil GOP Bastard of the Month 12/3
Police in Australia "Seize" T-Shirt of Osama bin Laden Engaging in a Sexual Act with George W. Bush (for real) 12/3
World's First Condom Bike 12/2
Boondocks 12/3
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