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WELCOME to Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute, a collection of insightful ruminations, reflections, and rants on the events of the day (with the exception of the weekend). A regular contributor to our Mailbag, we've elevated Barbara to her own BuzzFlash page. We'll collect a week's worth here and then archive them. Come visit each weekday to see what's pushing Barbara's buttons.
July 12, 2002
Every time I hear the "pious" mainstream media pundits making remarks about sullying our president in this time of war, I have to think -- you know what, he did it! No one is sullying Dumbya. He is responsible for what he did, and to question his action is not an insult! He was AWOL, he drove drunk, he made out like a bandit at Harken, he lied on occasion to cover up, he cursed a reporter, he makes speeches without any follow through, and he ignored warnings regarding terrorist activity prior to 9-11. It is not insulting to speak the truth about a man who claims to be something he is not.
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It's sometimes hard to understand the minds of powerful leaders. It's not okay to do "cloning" research on combating disease in America, but it is okay to synthetically, genetically produce viruses that have the potential to kill people, just to prove it can be done. This research was financed by the Pentagon and, as I read it, was easily done. If only they would spend the money on cures and helping the already inflicted -- wouldn't the world then be a better place?
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It's time for George W. Bush to heed his own advice -- when he said any corporate executive who participated in these questionable business practices should not be allowed to head any other company, I thought, good, now YOU can resign. His questionable business practices while at Harken are worthy of his resignation! How better to begin the reform than by setting the best example? Time to go, time to show the nation you really mean what you say, George!
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Americans are awakening. 18 months of the Bush administration is taking its toll. They told us the government would be better run under the "corporate" model, that industry would better regulate itself. Enron is bankrupt, Anderson is gone, World Com is teetering, and the many investigations into questionable accounting practices make the "corporate" model unattractive. Self regulation is a dud. It's time for a change -- IMPEACH THE THIEF.
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July 11, 2002
Are you relieved to know the book-cooking crooks of big business are running our country? Does it give you confidence to know that those lords of corporate America, with all that experience, are in charge of all that is dear to you?? Do you want those models of business running the country just like they did their corporations? Does your future look bright, now that Dumbya and the gang are in the Oval Office? Do you think that it's better the election was stolen and the real winner lost? Are you better off today than you were 2 years ago?
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The "grunts" in the military had better wake up to the fact that this administration does not support them! This administration supports the defense industry -- they support the ability of family and friends to make money on the backs of "enlisted" personnel. The chickenhawks are calling the shots. These men, who were afraid to serve their country, are now in charge of sending America's sons and daughters into war, all to fatten their pocketbooks at home. Patriotism is born from a love of country and the people in that country -- not from love of making money on the troops who fight wars and die. It takes more than rhetoric to be a Patriot, it takes courage and conviction. And that is something entirely lacking by a majority of those leaders on the right.
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Jebbie's judicial appointment to the Florida Supreme Court is a road map to where these people want the country to go. His new man is an anti-choice judge! Women nationwide should be up in arms and protesting this obvious move to stack the courts and take away the rights that women worked so hard to obtain: the right to chose for themselves what is done to their bodies. His brother -- you know, the one who's perched in the Oval Office -- will follow suit. Civil rights are in jeopardy in all areas with this so called dynasty in power.
PS -- In Florida in the mid 1970's, women still had to have their husbands consent to seek a tubal ligation. Doctors could not perform the surgery on any married woman without her husband's approval. Do we really want to return to the dark ages?
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Are the conservatives getting "tough" on Bush in order to insure votes in November? Are they attempting to give the appearance of justice and liberty in order to retain office? Do they know the public is not as happy with sonny as the skewed polls are showing? Is this a strategy to maintain their ideology? Or are they, too, now worried about their pocketbooks?
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July 10, 2002
"Once a thief, always a thief." Dumbya has spent his whole life taking from others to enrich himself. Harken investors, Arlington, Texas taxpayers, and the majority voters in the presidential election 2000 can tell you what it's like to be on the receiving end of Dumbya's personal playbook. Dumbya and the gang will stop at nothing in order to personally gain money and power. Don't think for one minute this spoiled brat from a moneyed family will have the concerns of Americans over personal gain. He does not have a compassionate bone in his body. He is vindictive and vengeful. Just watch what happens next with this self indulgent "frat" boy. America ain't seen nothing yet.
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I read an article from News.scotsman.com about a terrorism expert who warned the Federal Aviation Administration that terrorists may hijack planes to fly into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That warning was issued in 1998. Why was that warning ignored? Don't tell me the Bush administration did not know that planes could be used to kill people! They knew the possibilities and the choice was to ignore them. This goof-ball and his gang were too busy cutting taxes for the rich, collecting money for Enron, and too arrogant to govern wisely, so 3000 innocent Americans lost their lives. "Compassionate conservative" is a lot of bull! Arrogant idiot would be a more apt description. Time for a regime change. Time to get someone who knows what they are doing to take care of America!
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With the stock market plummeting and poll numbers declining, it frightens me to wonder, "What next?" What funny bunny will Dumbya and the gang pull out of their hat of smoke and mirrors? Will the alert color go over the top? Will they really do "anything" to regain popularity? Do they really believe the end justifies the means? I am afraid, very afraid of what next.
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Is Dumbya the guy Americans thought he was? Is he really a nice guy, a little goofy, a little out of step, a real compassionate conservative? If it were possible, we'd have to ask Karla Faye Tucker. Does she think he was a nice guy when he mocked her the night before he executed her? Was it just a little goofy, wiping out a massive surplus in a big tax cut for the very wealthy? Was he out of step when he supported big business CEO's and corporations over working people? How compassionate was it to ignore warnings of a terrorist attack before 9-11 or to tell the FBI and the CIA to stand down on investigations of terrorist organizations and Osama bin Laden or to consider sending American soldiers to Iraq for personal vengeance? Yes, Americans are waking up to reality!
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We don't have to go back to the days of Harken to see how Dumbya and the gang operate. Just return to January 2001. They cooked the books and told American's the surplus was enough to give huge tax cuts to the wealthy and still fund necessary services. They told us they would not "raid" Social Security and that Medicare was solvent. Then suddenly, oh my goodness, we don't have the surplus. Deficits?? Golly, gee, we have a war to pay for! A war that, if and when investigated, we may find was instigated due to the ineptness of this administration. Face it folks, Dumbya and "his" gang are taking us down. Before this weapon of mass destruction annihilates everything good in America, it's time for a regime change!
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July 9, 2002
CNN shows how "fair and balanced" its news is when it cuts away from the Democrat's press conference on corporate greed so a bunch of Repuglican talking heads can give their opinion. I have to laugh every time I hear someone say "liberal" media. The days of liberal media left America when the Supreme Court gave the office of the presidency to G. W. Bush.
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Well, the Fox-in-chief really wants us to think he's guarding the hen house! It's the same bull we've heard before. Fluff, Fluff, and more Fluff. Make them think I'm tough, make them believe I'm doing something, and then blame the whole gig on Clinton. I reiterate: it's a bunch of bull and if you think he truly intends to do something you believe in fantasies. If he really means what he says, the first thing he would do is resign and turn himself into the law for the corporate corruption he previously committed. He has no intention of doing anything, especially correcting the wrongs done to America.
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Another case of the pot calling the kettle black. Americans can see Dumbya's hypocrisy! His friends can see what he will do to save himself. This thief is a self-serving, egotistical maniac who would sell his soul down the river in order to make more money. Think about it: a guy who would stand up and defend his own shenanigans as O.K. for him, but requires jail for someone else. It's the same old "above the law" that the Bush family has practiced for years.
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July 8, 2002
Corporate CEO's are emulating Bush. They have given way to greed. When the Bush coup took over the White House, big business saw this as their opportunity to succumb to "whatever is necessary" to further their personal bank account goals. Dumbya has taken the lead by giving a huge tax cut to the wealthy. The CEO's then followed suit. Damn those in the middle and on the bottom -- take care of self and the top first. This is his example, always has been and always will be. Our country has been taken over by a selfish, greedy, man who could care less about the real people in America.
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A warning to the religious in America. The Bushies are touting "generic" religion to be included in government. They are attempting to bridge the separation of church and state in general terms. Beware, this is the beginning of quietly sliding into an area where they can tell you how to worship, what to worship, and when to worship. They are taking small steps to achieve a higher goal. In the future you will not have a choice, it will be their way or the highway and everyone will wonder how it happened. You will find that freedom to worship will go the same as freedom of speech. If you don't worship the way they want you to, it "will be noted"!
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Religion is not dangerous, it's the people who attempt to convert others, by whatever means necessary, who are dangerous. Those who are willing to kill and maim to profess their beliefs should be feared. Those who would ostracize others who do not believe as they do are the danger to liberty. This country was founded, principally, to escape this kind of tyranny and it was the predominant reason for separating church and state. Those who believe religion and government should become one, should review the reasons the founding fathers wrote "the separation of church and state" into the constitution.
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I, for one, do not appreciate George Bush playing "frat" boy games with the lives of Americans. Being coy and cute, telling everyone he has "no plan for attacking Iraq on my desk," is reprehensible! Another of his tactics that will cost American lives. This is not a game, especially when he avoided serving in Viet Nam. Every military man in this country should be deeply offended by his insufferable behavior. When are the conservatives going to wake up? Will it take funeral processions for them to realize he is incapable? Believe me, it will be the sons and daughters of America fighting this "war" for him. You won't see any of the Bush clan defending our country. We've already seen 3000 Americans die, because he wasn't capable, how many more will be acceptable?
