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IS THE DRIVE TO REPLACE TRENT LOTT AS THE NEXT MAJORITY LEADER COMING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE? A BuzzFlash News Analysis 12/13
The "I Really Am Upset Acting Award": It Took More than a Week for Bush to Say Lott's "comments about the segregated past were 'offensive.'" What a Sincere Condemnation, Huh! 12/13
Bush Administration Proposes $300M Cut in Heating Aid to Needy 12/13
The "Bushism-A-Day" Calendar Makes the Perfect Holiday Gift
Tom Daschle, Too Little, Too Late, As Usual -- A BuzzFlash Editorial
The Past is Prologue: "Secrets," by Daniel Ellsberg. Get It for the Holidays.
Trent Lott's Segregationist College Days: At Ole Miss, the Senator helped lead a fight to keep blacks out of his national fraternity 12/13
"The top prosecutor for Massachusetts on Thursday accused the Archdiocese of Boston of endangering countless children by covering up the behavior of pedophile priests for decades and possibly generations." 12/13
Cardinal Law of Boston Resigns 12/13
Bush Will Let "federal contractors use religious favoritism in their hiring." Stop this idiot before he hurts more people! 12/13
Don't Forget December 12, 2000: Too Close Too Call
Chicago Tribune: Lott must step aside 12/13
NY Times: Fire Trent Lott 12/13
Bush Proposes Change to Allow More Thinning of Forests. Instead, How About Thinning Republicans From Government? Just Asking. 12/13
A Great Holiday Gift: "Hail to the Thief: Songs for the Bush Years." This is a Fantastic 15-song Satirical CD.
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Trent Lott: Open Mouth, Insert Foot
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Lessons to be Learned, By BuzzFlash Writer Rebecca Knight
An All New Friday GunGuys.com! 12/13
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About that "Sexual Lawsuit" Against Bush in Texas, A BuzzFlash News Analysis
U.S. Delay on Proposal for Mideast Irks Allies 12/13
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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.
Back in February, BuzzFlash Called Judge Bates a Partisan Hack and Said That the Fix Was In On the GAO Suit: From the BuzzFlash Editorial Archives
Media Play Catch-up on Lott’s Latest Endorsement of Racism; Coverage mostly omits senator's history of support for segregation 12/13
December 12th, the Anniversary of the Supreme Court Ruling that Stole the Presidency for George W. Bush 12/12
9/11 Panel Criticizes Secrecy on Saudi Links 12/13
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Robert Novak: Picks for Bush economic team don't look like winners 12/13
Democrats Seeking Kissinger Disclosures 12/13
Ohio Strengthens Teaching of Evolution 12/13
"The company headed by President Bush's pick for treasury chief is New York City's second-biggest property-tax deadbeat, owing $10.1 million, records show." 12/13
American media called instruments of war propaganda 12/13
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Friends Say Gore Won't Run (Although, Rachel and Ross Weren't So Sure) 12/13
Bush Wastes Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars on Stamps and "Holiday" Cards to Republicans. 12/12
The BuzzFlash Buzz Store. It's What Keeps Us Going!
Oil is Only One Agenda, Not the Only Agenda - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
Bush Names Friedman As Top Economist 12/13
The December 12th BuzzFlash Mailbag - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-American
U.S. Claims Iran Building Nuclear Facilities 12/13
New Anthrax Clues? 12/13
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute Will Only Take a Second!
The Bush/Lott Campaign Ad 12/12
"With U.S. approval, Iraq imported more than 3.5 million vials of the drug atropine over the past five years, despite concerns that it could be used to inoculate Iraqi soldiers participating in chemical warfare" 12/13
Democrats Pick Hamilton as Vice Chair of 9/11 Panel 12/13
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Democrat Quits 9/11 Panel; Families May Pull Support and "declare it a sham " 12/13
Is Our Children Learning? Paul Begala Knows the Answer to That Question
Lott: Wrong man for job 12/13
Bush to Offer Smallpox Vaccine to U.S. 12/13
"I recommend this book to everyone with a brain -- and Republicans too," Says James Carville. "It's Still the Economy Stupid," by Paul Begala. Your Purchase of This Book Supports BuzzFlash.Com
Side-Effects of Smallpox Jabs Alarm Volunteers 12/13
Gore's 7 Million Reasons to Smile; Budding Candidacy Could Tap Obscure 2000 Stash 12/13
SEC nominee is target of class-action suit 12/13
Cheney's Cover Up; Nixon Redux 12/13
The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
... Only a tame media has let Lott last so long 12/13
"Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate," by Naomi Klein
CSX Paid No Income Tax in 2 of Last 4 Years; Legal Shmegal, Was It Ethical? 12/13
Why Did Bush and Cheney Stop The Investigation Into 9-11?
The Pure Essence of Stupid 12/13
San Francisco cracks down on homeless 12/13
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.)
Request to St. Petersburg, Florida City Council: Give Peace a Chance 12/13
The Truth About Bush's Accomplishments (Or, Lack Thereof)
Trent Lott and the Wellstone Memorial. Ah, the Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP). You Got to Admire Them in a Perverted Way. They Are So Shameless in Their Hypocrisy. A BuzzFlash Reader Comment. 12/12
U.S. Allows Scud Missiles to Go to Yemen 12/12
Five U.S. soldiers were killed in a U.S. military helicopter crash in central Honduras, the U.S. military said. 12/12
Mississippi Helmet Head Lott Steals a Mea Culpa from Jesse Jackson (Ain't That Cynically Ironic) to Try to Get His Sorry Ass Racist Butt Out of the Slop Bucket 12/12
Interesting: National Review Posts Critical Article of Trent Lott. Is the Bush Cartel Trying to Dump Him? 12/12
It Runs in the Family: Rehnquist's Daughter is Being Investigated for Possibly Using Her U.S. Government Office to Aid Jeb Bush's Re-Election. Some Bush Cartel Appointed Judge Will Stop the Investigation. 12/12
Austinite returns to Iraq to learn story behind photo he took of "a child with one arm." 12/13
While a young GOP congressional leader two decades ago, Trent Lott declared that "racial discrimination does not always violate public policy" 12/12
"1948 newsreel report (and stills) on the Dixiecrat convention that nominated Thurmond for president on a rabidly racist platform." 12/12
Librarians encouraged to help protect privacy 12/13
Must Read: "Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law." Become a Reader Supporter of BuzzFlash.com.
Rural areas of Northwest hit hardest by hunger 12/13
Jobless Claims Rise by 83,000, "its highest level since April" 12/13
Iraq: Inspections Disproving Allegations 12/13
Bush Administration Pushes "Regime Change" in Venezuela 12/13
Boycott Florida: Agency Firings Rankle Workers 12/13
Cities for Peace 12/13
'Issue of right and wrong'; Area lawmakers attack 'dead peasant' policies 12/13
Despite Denials, Bush's Friend Ken Lay Made Big Bucks Gaming California's Energy Market 12/13
The December 11th BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
Bob Herbert: Racism and the G.O.P. 12/13
"[T]he Republican takeover of the Senate has increased the chances that Congress will pass some form of legislation to curb lawsuits . . . like [the asbestos suits against] Halliburton and Honeywell" 12/13
More Bush War Propaganda Exposed: No Hard Evidence on Nerve Agent in Iraq 12/13
North Korea issues nuclear threat 12/13
Cross-burning case draws rare comment from Thomas 12/13
More on Bush Bypassing Congress on U.S. Grants to "Faith-based" Charities 12/13
"Shallow Throat": Bush&Co. Arrogance Will Lead to Their Undoing 12/13
Lott backed tax break for school that banned interracial dating 12/13
Senate May Face Stalemate Over Committee Funding 12/13
Republicans the Party of Lincoln? Honest Abe Left Your Party Back in 1948 - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
Here's a Great Character Witness: Jesse Helms Defends Trent Lott 12/12
Chronicling Ol' Strom for half a century 12/12
Pork for the Religious Right is Being Cooked Up in the Bush Cartel Oven 12/12
Trent Lott is a Misunderstood Man, A BuzzFlash Reader (Sardonic) Commentary
Kissinger's Objectivity Questioned as Convenes Top-Level National Security Meeting 12/12
$40 Twofer Special: Forbidden Truth and War on Iraq
Gene Lyons: Bush Not So Invincible After All 12/12
Held Over: The Racist Council of Conservative Citizens Loves Their Trent Lott, the Man Who Thinks the Days of Glorious Segregation and Lynching Would Have Been Saved if Strom Thurmond Were Elected President in 1948, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
The Grand Hypocrisy Party is the Confederate Party 12/12
The Bully Threatens World With Nuclear War. What's Going to Happen When Someone Challenges US? Just Asking. 12/12
The death rate for young children in Iraq has almost trippled since 1990 to levels typical of a least-developed country, according to the United Nations children's fund. 12/13
Most of post-Sept. 11 U.S. detainees deported 12/12
Into the Breach: "The Democratic muddle continues in post-election hangover." 12/12
The 1948 Dixiecrat Platform That Trent Lott is So Proud of! 12/12
"Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg
We'll use nuclear arms, US warns 12/12
Article on Trent Lott's Statement in 1980 12/12
Bush to Order Smallpox Vaccinations for Soldiers 12/12
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Bush Will Use Land Mines in Iraq, "despite U.S. policy that calls for the military to stop using the mines everywhere in the world except Korea by 2003." 12/12
Lott's Rhetoric Comes Back to Haunt Him 12/12
Wonder What Trent Would Say at Hitler's Birthday Bash 12/13
From the BuzzFlash Archives: It's Not Just Trent Lott, "You Can't Mourn a Liberal, But Mocking Dr. Martin Luther King is Just Fine and Dandy" 12/12
Don't Stop Fighting! "The Conscience of a Liberal," by Senator Paul Wellstone. From BuzzFlash.com.
Saudi Arabia calls for oil output cuts 12/12
Kerry: Lott Should Resign. Finally, A Democratic Senator Stands Up for Justice. Where are You "Johnny Come Lately" Daschle? 12/12
Going Down the Road: A Six-Pack Program for Democratic Recovery 12/12
Repost: Bill Moyers: Republican Politics, Then and Now 12/12
Lott Has Moved Little On Civil Rights Issues 12/13
Trent Lott on Why He Loves the Great Heritage of the Confederacy: From the Archives 12/13
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!
It's the Economy, Stupid: How Bush Has Made Our Lives Worse
Different Countries, Different Results - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
Republican Party's 40 Years of Juggling on Race 12/13
Statement of Senator Ernest F. Hollings on Homeland Security Legislation 12/12
DiIulio Saga Highlights Primacy Placed on Secrecy. Comparing DiIulio with John Cleese. 12/12
Sen. Carl Levin's Congressional Record Stmts on the Homeland Sec. Bill.: New amendments "have less to do with homeland security and more to do with the access of special interests." 12/12
Pentagon: 55 Americans killed in war on terror 12/12
US frees missile-carrying ship 12/12
Groups stand against possible war 12/12
Quietly, U.N. agencies plan for war 12/12
Free Clarence Aaron -- His Punishment Does Not Fit His Crime 12/12
Just Good Old Republican Humor: Senator Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday bash turned into a real blast for Senator Trent Lott. 12/12
The American administration is a bloodthirsty wild animal 12/12
Industry group expects the U.S. economy to improve next year, but it sees few jobs being created. 12/12
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.
Lessons To Be Learned -- Southern Style by Rebecca Knight
Kissinger -- BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
Lott and Bush Read Aloud! 12/12
Trent Lott 12/12
Is Ollie North Next? 12/11
Today's Joke from the Specious Report 12/10
The Word from Zendaba 12/10
Bush Vows War to Save Iraqi Pets 12/10
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