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And Now a Word from BuzzFlash Reader Bob Gaiek
BUZZFLASH
READER COMMENTARY
by Bob Gaiek
Dear BuzzFlash Fans,
My vote for the very best site on the internet is BuzzFlash. There is a lot of competition, but so many sites focus on style rather than substance -- which is exactly the problem that disturbs me the most about the current BUSH CARTEL administration. Support your favorite "activist site" but support BuzzFlash first. The Bush SOTU was all style and propaganda with no substance.
To paraphrase from a recent Helen Thomas article: "this is the worst president in all of history". One could never reach this conclusion with a steady diet of corporate media and the deadly assault on human intelligence known as cable news. But it is important to keep abreast of what the mainstream media is presenting as objective reporting. BuzzFlash Links provide a convenient means to do this, along with the irreverent and incisive headlines. The links also lead to some real "nuggets" of information and information is really what the BuzzFlash website is all about.
The editorials and news analysis are passionate, articulate and most important of all, dedicated to exposing this illegitimate administration as the greatest threat to American Democracy this nation has ever faced. Gore Vidal labels it the "Cheney-Bush junta." Yes, I used to think that Vidal was a "wacko" also, but I have concluded that he is far more "patriotic" than Tom Delay and the wingnuts that worship Little Caesar as the savior of the free world. Maybe his new book will be featured as a BuzzFlash premium. His literary style alone is worth the read.
The Internet is great, but some of us maintain a love for books--many of the best are never available at the local library--books which never annoy you with pop-up ads and provide a reference for some great quotes and facts. BuzzFlash has some great premiums to fulfill this need, along with a site completely without advertising and pop-up ads.The importance of freedom from commercial sponsorship is absolutely vital.The Bush Cartel is sponsored by and beholden to corporate America and so is the corporate media. As a small business owner I can testify that one's boss is always the person or organization that pays the bills to keep the lights on.
My own business is being closed for health reasons. This is causing a big drop in household income and built-in reasons to put a lock on credit cards and the checkbook. There are so many demands out there and the Internet provides so many intrusive invitations to purchase items and services you just can't live without.But the BuzzFlash Mailbag alone is worth the price of supporting BuzzFlash first.
This sounds like a paid testimonial one sees on so many websites, but it absolutely is not. I have no association with BuzzFlash other than the headline links on my still-under-construction "personal web page." The motivation for this testimony stems from a year of looking at special interest and subscriber websites that all have various limitations.
Moreover, a year of "absorbing" cable news and other corporate media has fried my brain. BuzzFlash gets much of the credit for the "road to recovery." Keep in mind that even C-Span is paid for by the cable business. I haven't seen the likes of Greg Palast on Washington Journal for a long time. The senators who spout rhetoric for the camera in an empty chamber are often people who do not respond to emails. They also dismiss huge volumes of email -- such as those against the Iraq Resolution -- as "not being representative of what the people really think."
My own belief is that we must return to old fashioned letter writing to elected representatives, especially if you have access to a fax -- the "politicrats" are hiding behind the "anthrax scare" to really make it snail mail. Sign up as a GOP Team Leader and use their excellent website to craft your own letters, addressed and ready to print. The BuzzFlash expose about this "astroturf" site might shame the DNC into fashioning something progressives can use and win big prizes also.
Finally, stay informed and spread the word. A friend informed me that Bush, in his SOTU message, was "sincere and showed guts for bringing up Iraq." God save BuzzFlash.
Bob Gaiek
Kings Video (info only, not for shameful solicitation, plus we are
closed)
Lawrenceville, GA
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