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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). We'll collect a week's worth here and then archive them. Come visit each weekday to see what's pushing Barbara's buttons.
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November 8, 2002
After reading about the "glitch" in Broward County, Florida, one can't help but wonder how many glitches went unreported in Florida and how many votes Jeb really got? I knew there was a reason they canned the exit poll results. No clues anywhere to the true results of these Repuglican elections.
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There can be found no "brilliance" in a win obtained by mainstream media's complicit endorsement of Dumbya's rantings about WAR and EVIL. He campaigned on a platform designed to scare Americans into submission. Frankly, scaring the bejeezus out of people to effect a political gain is the most evil stunt ever pulled by a politician. His "bully pulpit" is a facade perpetrated by Karl Rove to give Dumbya's rantings credibility. The truth is, he appears before an "invitation only" crowd with a script carefully transcribed by someone else, to convey a message of fear. These are not qualities found in real leaders.
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Homeland Security begins at Home! It's an oxymoron for Bush to claim that denying workers' security will provide citizen security. Another nonsensical stand by the Repuglican party in an attempt to Rule, rather than govern. If they really cared about protecting the American people, then they would pass a bill that protects all Americans, including the workers.
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November 7, 2002
I am doing a small part to overcome the hate-filled media broadcast by conservatives! Any business I go into that has Rush Limbaugh's program tuned in, I tell the proprietor I do not do business with anyone who tunes in to Rush or any other biased promoters of mean and sleaze. I then leave, never to return, and find somewhere else to conduct business. I will continue this course of action in an attempt to stop these hate mongers. If we can't get them on principal we can certainly get them where it hurts conservatives the most, in their pocketbooks.
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Florida now has an interesting four years ahead of them. Without the prospect of reelection, Jeb will be able to do as he pleases with Florida. He has already shifted the blame to George for sending the Haitians back to Haiti. Guess what will happen when offshore drilling begins -- that's right big brother did it. This family will bilk every cent the citizenship has to offer and smile all the way to the bank. He will keep class sizes up so that Neil can profit from the software he's selling. Remember, Jeb said the truth is not important in his grand scheme and Floridians will suffer.
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Looking to the future? This administration is doing all they can to return us to the past. They want to overturn Roe vs. Wade, they want to negate the advances made by medicine to cure disease, they want to eliminate Social Security, they want the environment controlled by the very corporations who corrupt the air we breathe, they want to limit civil rights and civil liberties, they want gas and fuel prices as high as possible, they want a mighty military force no matter the cost, they want deficits, they want to rule rather than govern, and they want to wage war and silence dissent. Sounds more like Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia to me. If allowed to continue, we may find ourselves in the very circumstance that ended the Hitler regime and the USSR.
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Tucker Carlson and Bob Novak are doing their best to ridicule Gary Hart, since the news regarding Mr. Hart's possible bid for the Presidency in 2004. In the Crossfire banter the usual smear came from the right wingnuts. I could not help but remember, it was Gary Hart who, in conjunction with Warren Rudman, warned the Bush administration about terrorist attacks in the U.S. prior to 9-11. The Bush administration chose to ignore Senator Hart and Senator Rudman. I cannot find any humor in 9-11 or in the attempt to denigrate Gary Hart! Perhaps the conservatives don't want Americans to remember this particular fact and thus the smear campaign begins.
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The right wing pundits do their best to ridicule the most accomplished Democratic Representatives. The modus operandi is smear and ridicule, in order to shut them out, because these Democrats are eloquent and the ones most likely to convey the Democratic message. With the help of mainstream media these right wing nuts will do anything to silence the Democrats. Don't make the same mistake the conservatives in this country have made, don't believe the mavens of smear, don't fall for their psychological gaming attacks.
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As I sat in the waiting room at the dentist, I watched a mother with her son, a bright boy, about 16 or so, showing his mother a game on a cell phone. While eavesdropping, I wondered if this mother knows about the Repuglican bill in the House of Representatives that will require her son to report for 6 to 12 months of military training and education? Is she aware that there is a high probability he will have to fight a war for Bush oil? I think not, because mainstream media has failed to report such things to the public, and the Bush Cheney Bumpersticker on her car, as she drove away, tells me she hasn't a clue. God help these people when they finally find out the hard way!
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November 6, 2002
As I think back over the past I realize that all the Repuglican administrations came in with a bang, promising the world and giving us nothing but grief. They were voted out in short order and left center stage in defeat, because the Repuglican party does not represent the people of America. They represent corporations, the very very rich, and themselves. So, in the end, this bunch will go the way of those who came before them. They are only good at sneaky, secret, underhanded, war mongering promises.
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Just read your Editorial, "We Will Not Give Up" -- HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY. Now that I've had a nap, my sentiments exactly! Thank you, for all you guys do for Democracy and what you do for all of us in this country who believe that justice is for all.
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For a country that has condemned violence in games, movies, and TV programs, it seems strange they would embrace an ideology that is promoting violence for real. As I ponder a future strife with unending wars, I wonder how many more Walls will we Walk? How many of our sons and daughters will be martyred to guarantee an abundant oil supply? How long will Americans tolerate a government willing to forfeit our children and our future?
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I just wonder how much backslapping and how many smiles will we see when the bodybags start coming home? How many more will be unemployed? How long will Social Security be viable? How many seniors will forego medicine to eat? How long will women have a choice? And if you ever thought your civil rights had been compromised, then look again, because you ain't seen nothin' yet! The Repugs now have control and it will be a roller coaster ride like this country has never seen before!
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November 5, 2002
This morning, in the pouring rain, I went to the polls. I am happy to tell you, I voted for Max Cleland. I appreciate what Senator Cleland sacrificed for America. As a matter of fact, I voted Democratic across the board, because I am concerned and I want to continue to live in a Democracy. I don't want some pip-squeak telling me how to live my life, with whom I should live my life, which Supreme Being I should pray to or how to pray, and who is good or evil. I want to to live in a society where the press reports the news and I can decide for myself the issues, a society that truly cares for hungry children and those among us who are less fortunate. I want to be able to eat food that is not tainted, breathe air that is fresh and clean, drink water free of arsenic, and know that these things will be there for my children and my children's children. In other words I want to live in a liberal America cognizant of the needs of all people.
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America is being represented by a self-proclaimed wannabe Dictator! Dumbya has done everything possible to wrest Democracy from Americans. We cannot continue to accept his underhanded secret form of government. We must preemptively retake our country by voting Democratic today! We can use preemptive strikes right here at home -- at the polls. We have the opportunity to tell this thief we don't like dictators and we won't give him the means to rule!
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"The Military Service And Training Act (HR 3598) is introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Nick Smith (R, MI) and Rep. Curt Weldon (R, PA). And though President Bush stated last spring that "the country shouldn't expect there to be a draft," if passed, this bill will require all young men to report for 6-12 months of military training and education." America take notice of this little tidbit of news that the administration and mainstream media failed to tell you about. While Bush states "the country shouldn't expect," his administration is gearing up to use the young men of America when needed. This, thanks to Repuglican Representatives. Keep in mind the back door policies practiced by the Repuglican party! Keep in mind they will do anything to promote their agenda and we will all suffer the consequences!
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Go to the polls and vote! Psychologically, the Repuglican party and mainstream media would have you believe the results have already been decided, but this is not true. Your vote does count and Democracy is at stake. The future of our country and our children hangs in the balance. We will either remain a Democracy with checks and balances, as the forefathers wanted when they wrote the Constitution, or it will become the imperialistic empire that Bush would like to dictate. Do not allow this illegitimate pResident to have free reign over our future! Do not allow him the power of life and death over our children! Do not allow him to become the dictator he so greedily desires!
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November 4, 2002
The awesome wonders of technology! Today my phone rang, the voice said, "This is George W. Bush," I then replied with a few choice words of my own and hung up! Empowerment is wonderful, and the feeling of elation cannot be matched when an ordinary citizen can hang up the phone on the pResident of the United States, even though it was a prerecorded message. Tomorrow, I intend to voice my opinion in a more substantial way, by voting Democratic across the board.
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I see no honor nor dignity in those who ridicule senior citizens. The appalling rhetoric degrading and debasing seniors who voted in the Florida debacle was beyond the pale. Now the same Repuglican operatives are attempting to smear an experienced, wise, elder statesman because they are afraid it's the only way they can present their candidate in a more positive light. It won't fly. Vice President Mondale is the epitome of a distinguished career statesman. His opponent attempts to tell us he will change the tone in Washington, but he set the tone when he showed us how disrespectful he and his party are of experience and knowledge.
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The pre-election rally for the Repuglican party on all mainstream media channels has become disgusting. They are not even attempting to couch their bias. It's a travesty for the American public, who depend on a honest presentation of the issues when deciding their vote. The psychological presentations are so transparent it doesn't take a degree to see through them. Greed is a terrible thing, and it's even worse when those who are guilty, attempt to present it as "God's Plan."
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In pondering the difference between conservatives and liberals, it became quite clear that the conservative side of the aisle represents a select group of people are reluctant to change, isolationists, so to speak. Liberals, on the other hand, seek to effect political reform that extends democracy to include all people in this country! If you are truly interested in maintaining Democracy in America, then get out and vote Democratic!
