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You have to give George W. Bush credit, in a “My, that leech certainly sucks blood well,” sort of way. Just when you think he can’t get any lower, he proves you wrong.

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Subject: Randy's Question to the Mailbag

Randy, of Austin, TX asked BuzzFlash for its sources for believing that genetically modified food is unsafe for human consumption.

Perhaps this will answer some of his questions:

"Overwhelming evidence to support this conclusion is now compiled in the book Genetic Roulette: The documented health risks of genetically engineered foods, which presents an abundance of adverse findings and theoretical risks associated with GM foods.

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A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Christine Bowman

There's one thing that's undeniable about this unique 2008 Democratic primary. It puts sexism and racism front and center. Hopefully, in the long run, that will be a good thing. In the short run, it's downright divisive.

Most Democrats have strong feelings about both "isms," and not just because of any liberal leanings philosophically. It's personal and it's visceral. That's why many just can't let it go, or get over it, or not notice, whenever sexism or racism surfaces on the campaign trail.

Activist Democrats have been battling against the sexist, racist right their whole lives long. They fought for civil rights for blacks in the Fifties and Sixties (and ever since), and they sweat bullets in the Seventies trying to pass the Equal Rights Amendment to guarantee the civil rights of women. But it goes deeper than that. People have a personal history of hurt.

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Congress can feel like a jungle in passing legislation. -- Chad

In the jungles of Congress, there are two main species: Democraticus hardworkus and Republicanus status quous. Unfortunately, neither of them will ever become extinct. But we are starting to see strange patterns in the Republicanus status quous.

We saw 35 Senate Republicans vote with the Democrats on a $290 billion farm bill. We saw Republicans vote with Democrats to temporarily halt shipments of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

When the Republicanus status quous ruled the jungle between 1994-2006, they never feared about being perceived at not getting lots of legislation done. Heck, they thought shutting down the government was a great idea. They would go into elections not with a cry of "Look what we did" but more like "Look at what we didn't do." And their base loved it.

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One of my scariest memories of 2004 (at least before November) was walking down the street in downtown Cincinnati. I was on vacation, well, at least a baseball, food, and blues music kind of vacation.

My friend and I walked up and saw a table and volunteers with petitions. Normally, I am one who thinks people should get on a ballot, even if I don't agree with their philosophy - put all the names up and see who wins. So I didn't instinctively brush off the idea of signing a petition.

However, this petition was different. The volunteer wanted us to sign a petition putting an initiative on the ballot for the fall election to ban gay marriage. In a split-second, my emotions went from "let's help democracy" to "I am offended you want me to sign such a horrible piece of crap." I told him there was no way I would ever sign something such as that.

I thought about this when after the announcement that the California Supreme Court had overturned the gay marriage ban, opponents were threatening a ballot initiative in California to reinstate the ban.

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THE BUZZFLASH GOP HYPOCRITE OF THE WEEK

http://gophypocrites.com/2008/05/hyp08020.html

The Heartless GOP Seven

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A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

Iraq Veterans Share First Hand Accounts of Iraq War During 'WINTER SOLDIER' Forum on Capitol Hill

Progressive Caucus Forum Invites Veterans To Share Their Experiences with Members of Congress

WASHINGTON, DC - May 15 - At a forum this morning organized by the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), ten veterans of the Iraq War provided gripping first person accounts of their time spent serving in combat operations. The veterans, who had served in the National Guard, the Army, and the Marines, shared their experiences on the ground at various stages of the occupation and throughout the country. They testified regarding violence against civilians, the destruction of civilian property, rules of engagement, the inadequate training that they received prior to deploying, and the personal struggles with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many of the testifiers faced upon their return from combat.

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