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presents Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute
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A collection of insightful ruminations, reflections, and rants on the events of the day (with the exception of the weekend). We'll collect a week's worth here and then archive them. Come visit each weekday to see what's pushing Barbara's buttons.
November 12, 2004
More from Zahn/Kerrey interview---"ZAHN: But what we continue to hear from this administration is that the threat was much too diffuse. There was no way you could zero in on the fact that al Qaeda was going to use jets as bombs and ram them into buildings.
KERREY: That is a straw man. The president says, if I had only known that 19 Islamic men would come into the United States of America and on the morning of 11 September hijack four American aircraft, fly two into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and one into an unknown Pennsylvania that crashed in Shanksville, I would have moved heaven and earth. That's what he said.
Mr. President, you don't need to know that. This is an Islamic jihadist movement that has been organized since the early 1990s, declared war on the United States twice, in '96 and '98. You knew they were in the United States. You were warned by the CIA. You knew in July they were inside the United States. You were told again by briefing officers in August that it was a dire threat. And what did you do? Nothing, so far as we could see on the 9/11 Commission. Now, that's in the report. And we took an oath not to talk about it during the campaign, I think correctly so, to increase the capacity of that commission's report to be heard by the people's Congress. But the report, I think, it's difficult for a challenger. If I had been the challenger, it's difficult to make that case when you are running against an incumbent. He can stand back and say, oh, you're just grousing.
ZAHN: Oh, we couldn't connect the dots is what we heard." And there you have it folks in black and white from the mouth of a 9-11 Commissioner, news that was suppressed by the commission in order to effect a political outcome.
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George Bush expects and accepts nothing less than complete loyalty and if you don't kiss his ass then you will be publicly humiliated, and forced to grovel before you're tossed aside for a yawssir boss man. What is it, Arlen, they say about grown men being made to cry???
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Our cable company doesn't provide msnbc on extended cable---note to me---must look into acquiring msnbc if this guy, Keith Olbermann, continues to bring the truth to light on the airways! Hmm, I wonder if I can trade CNN for MSNBC????
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Doubled over laughing at ABC's recent attempt at legitimizing the election by saying---"In regard to Lafayette County, one of the counties in question, it is true that there are far more registered Democrats in that county than Republicans (3,570 to 570, respectively), and that the county elected Bush in this year's election, but the county elected Bush in the last election, too." It only proves to me that Karl, Jeb, and George cheated in election 2000 as well! Put that one in your bong, Peter Jennings, and smoke it!
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It's becoming more and more evident, Jeb Bush has deep pockets, a big stick and he doesn't walk softly! By not counting all the people's votes the second time around, Florida is again stained by the Bush cartel!
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Having watched 2 News Conferences given by George Bush in the last several days, I'm definitely seeing why they didn't previously allow anything but scripted conferences---his rancor, arrogance, and short temper are more than evident, and now that he isn't worried about another election, obviously they aren't afraid of him showing his dark side to the world!
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November 11, 2004
This is what America has become under George Bush---shades of Tienamin Square!
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It's a sad day for all southerners when an ego-maniac like Zell Miller will do anything, I repeat anything, to get noticed. He has become a caricature of southern manhood. The reality is, the only way he could get noticed was to become a turn-coat, a laughable buffoon, the Benedict Arnold of the 21st Century. And in this most recent duel, my money's on Maureen Dowd. Zell may have finally met the red-headed hussy who is more than a match; in fact, as far as duels go, I volunteer to be her second!
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One big question---Has John Ashcroft, the crooning ex-senator, radical religious Attorney General, been freed up in order to make way for a nomination to the bench of the Supreme Court? Would this be the ultimate payment to those loyal conservatives who support Herr Bush? Can the conservatives finally breathe a sigh of relief knowing all those naked statues will now be replaced with Commandments written in stone? Climb on your sleds, because the next four years are looking to be the slippery slope slide of our lives!
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The irony of life in the United States these days... Consider that those who yell the loudest about the "sanctity" of life are triumphant over the numbers of Iraqi dead. The man who professes to be God's messenger rarely attends church. Embryonic stem cell research is condemned unless and until incurable disease strikes someone they love. Love your neighbor becomes reform and/or eliminate all social programs; tax cuts benefit the rich more than the poor; more jobs are outsourced than created; support the troops means cut veteran's benefits; "Clear Skies" means savage the environment; and one man, one vote, has become a technology of all votes count for Bush. "Do it to others before they can do it to you" has become the preemptive Repuglican mantra of the Bush 21st Century doctrine, and it isn't contained just in Iraq.
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Breaking news---Arafat's death in France trumps voter fraud in the United States! It seems every detail regarding the death of PLO Leader Arafat is more important to American mainstream media than the news that the presidential election was rigged. Over the next few days, Americans will be deluged with another funeral service in living color on the tube. Who wore what and why down to the last shoelace detail when attending the last rites of a former dictator is certainly more newsworthy for the American people than why the current administration was able to get away with their plan to elevate Bush to a dictatorship in America. It's another yadda, yadda, yadda performance brought to you by the esteemed, pumped up, primped up, and PIMPED up 24/7 channels.
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AND GOD SPOKE TO THE MASSES---with a little help from Karl Rove, Jeb Bush, and the Repuglican vote tabulators. Prayers have been answered and the way is clear for Apocalypse Now. The day has finally arrived for the faithful and I must say their ignorance is only surpassed by their arrogance. It's O.K. to lie, cheat, and steal because they presume that God will bless them for their illicit deeds and forsake all others. Just contemplate the arrogance in that these people believe they will be bodily taken into heaven while all others are left to burn in hell.
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November 10, 2004
HOORAY FOR HELEN THOMAS YET AGAIN. This is one lady with the cajones to say it like it is, braver than anyone on the White House press corpse, she isn't afraid to tell the world how ineffective, incompetent, sociopathic, that piece of work who stole the Oval Office really is!
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I for one am with the New Yorkers who believe that more than some government officials knew there were attacks planned on or about September 11, 2001. Somehow Bush's month long vacation never seemed quite right, and the fact that he was sitting in a school in Florida on September 11, makes it all the more suspect for the cowardly weasel. I do believe the attacks evolved into more than they anticipated, and it caught them off guard, but I firmly believe they were looking for a reason to march on Afghanistan and Iraq and the pre-intelligence coming in was exactly the horror they were looking for!
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Well folks, George Bush has managed to do what no president before him has accomplished---he has aided Osama bin Laden's effort to turn Al Qaeda into a GLOBAL ISLAMIC INSURGENCY, rather than a traditional rag tag terrorist organization. And thus has increased the threat of terrorism worldwide ten fold. In his ignorance and all because he wanted to prove himself a better man than Poppy, we now have World War III on our backs, and his chicken-shit, nervous little finger on the nuclear button!
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I don't presume to know HOW they did it, but common sense tells me that if a common thief can steal your identity from the computer, then certainly Karl Rove and all his varied resources can steal your vote. It's that simple! And folks, neither campaigns nor messages will make a difference when your vote is hijacked. The Repuglicans have finally found their only inroad to success, out and out thievery, and this time they didn't need the Supreme Court.
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Whenever I contemplate WHY another man or woman in Government service, who had otherwise seemed to be a purveyor of integrity, not afraid to speak the truth and take an independent stand, flips to support Herr Bush, I have to wonder, has someone whispered in their ear, "Remember Wellstone"???
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We need a well-organized machine that delivers a concentrated message day in and day out. We don't need pundits, even good ones, saying how brilliant Karl Rove is. We need to use the psychology of speech to the nth degree. We must orchestrate the Democratic opinion. Democrats are stronger, braver, and saner, besides our numbers are greater, our message is better, and our cause is the one that's truly American. We have got to voice our beliefs from every city, hamlet, farm, and factory from sea to shinning sea. When the message produces a resounding landslide rather than a tight close race, then and only then can Americans overcome rigged elections.
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Barack Obama won his race for the Senate against a Repuglican radical, religious fundamentalist! Senator elect Obama proves the Repuglicans don't own moral values. He is a man with high morals, sensitivities and a clear Democratic message, dedicated to his family and his community. His campaign was geared to helping middle class and poor Americans gain a better future. He is the epitome of honesty and integrity, a Democrat who has more than earned the pride of America. And you can put that up your stuffy nose Karl!
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November 9, 2004
My humble advice to Harry Reid---you've got to fight those smug Repugs and the Bush administration, don't be fooled by their hollow rhetoric of coming together, unity, and all the other bull shit they've been dishing up. Get the message out that YOU are fighting for AMERICA, because we are in the fight of our lives to preserve Democracy and American values, and it's the only moral thing left for us to do for our children. George Bush has forced us into a last resort battle for our future!
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Why has mainstream media made voter fraud the black-out of the century? Why are they not talking about the fraud issues surrounding the election? The 24/7 news channels risk losing an audience of more than half the American population by clamping down on the news and events most important to our country and democracy. It would seem that something nefarious is afoot when the eager 24/7 purveyors of tabloid scandal issue mum orders on a story this big.
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It is beyond my comprehension when the Senatorial races are used to substantiate George Bush's win! Don't you know Karl will see to it that George has the governing support he needs, don't you know that if he can arrange a fix for George he can most certainly fix the lesser races? The people of South Dakota wouldn't have changed Tom Daschle's leadership for a Thune seat so far in the back they can never hope for fame again, unless it had Rove's hand in the voting box!
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George Bush has us all in deep QaQaa, it's a documented fact that this administration did not have enough troops on the ground to secure the peace, and since we found out they didn't secure TONS of highly explosive RDX and HMX, we have to know his incompetence has given these explosives to terrorists worldwide. Are RDX and HMX what the insurgents are using for car bombs and remote-controlled booby traps to kill American troops and innocent people in Iraq? If George Bush is a strong war president, then I'm the Queen of England.
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Every time I hear a pious pundit say this country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, I blow a gasket! The Constitution says nothing about Christian evangelical beliefs, it dictates nothing about how one must believe. One of the commandments, if one chooses to believe in religion, says, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in Vain.," To pretend God is talking to you for political gain is indeed vanity at its worst.
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DONALD H. RUMSFELD, U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: "When he took office, President Bush was determined to reform America's military capabilities and to prepare for the emerging threats of the 21st century. Warning even before September 11th of 2001 of a world of terror and missiles and madmen, the president determined that the American people would be best served by transforming the military to meet the new challenges of an unpredictable age." Now that's a huge pile of bull! This administration is constantly trying to rewrite history! George Bush didn't even acknowledge terrorism as a priority, he was too interested in Saddam and Star Wars, two areas where he pre-planned to make a lot of money.
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If John Kerry and the Democrats don't take a stand right now, this country will have only Repuglican dictates as far as one can see into the future. If allowed to continue, Karl Rove, George Bush, Jeb Bush, neo-conservatives, and the new voting technology have guaranteed voting results in favor of the Repuglican party for decades to come. The Democrats must insist on an investigation, we must insist on one man, one vote, and all votes counted! We are morally obligated to find out the truth, it's the only patriotic thing to do.
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November 8, 2004
Congratulations to the African-Americans who said, no, I will not be intimidated when I vote, and to the Moveon.org poll watchers who would not allow the GOP to get away with their shenanigans in Detroit! The new platform of the Democratic party is we will not go quietly into the night, we will not put up with GOP brown shirt tactics, we will fight for democracy, and we will stand up to GOP aggression!
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The Repuglicans are already out front via that infamous toe sucker, Dick Morris, attempting to reframe the truth by claiming the exit polls in 6 states were tampered with by a person or persons unknown. They want to get it out there before someone finds out the real truth, that the election results were tampered with in those same 6 states. He plainly states that exit polls are almost never wrong, and you know what folks, they weren't wrong this time either. Some well known persons rigged this election. There needs to be an investigation and heads must roll if Democracy is to prevail in America. I will never accept Bush as a legitimate president!
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It seems mighty strange and less than coincidental that the exit polls in two elections involving George Bush were so far off the mark and in two states considered swingers, one in which the governor is George's little brother. The first time 2000, was a fool me once happening, the second time is a don't fool me twice event! Wake up and read the exit poll writing on the wall, this election was stolen from us.
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We have always believed that people are free to practice their religion as long as they don't seek to impose their beliefs on others. Since George Bush and the Repuglicans have effected a coup in America, this belief no longer applies. They seek to shape this country into an American Taliban with Bush in the golden robes and women in burkas.
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The worst thing to come out of this election is some Democrats seeking to remake the Democratic party into a mirror image of the Repuglicans. That would be the end of the Democratic party. There are more liberals than radical fundamentalists and just plain mean people in these United States. Democrats must stick to the values that made the Democratic party great---that all men are created equal, inclusiveness, generosity, fairness, a desire to welcome all people not just a few, and hope, hope that there is a better future for each and every American.
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Can't take it any longer, am turning the TV off, CNN cannot be trusted! The programming this AM is geared to kissing Rove's ass, and the sucking sound has become more than I can tolerate. Easy enough, click the remote to off!!! Let the CNN choir sing to an empty audience.
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I can't get over that statement, "I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it." Where in hell does he get off thinking the lives of our sons and daughters, our children he sends to fight his wars, are like pennies he can spend in a candy store? Just who the hell does he think he is that he can squander the retirement checks of the elderly in America? He's already overspent America's future into deficit. Only a fool would think that war is capital to be spent, only a fool equates money with life, only a fool would make a statement like that. If this is his political capital, just who cashed in??? Remember it's our children's lives and our futures he's spending. His arrogance is surpassed only by his ignorance and greed.
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Another bit of information hushed up by the Bush administration until after the election. The government now estimates a total of 6,000 rather than the previous estimate of 2,000 shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles are missing in Iraq. Something to keep in mind the next time you board an airplane. With the current administration's policy of covering up their mistakes, one will never know if a plane was brought down by a stolen shoulder-fired missile, or by rudder problems and pilot error!
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