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Subj: lieberman repeats lie
dear buzz,
on tim russert's show last weekend, lieberman said that iraq kicked out the arms inspectors in 1998, rather than state the fact that they were recalled by the u.n. i guess this is so that he can appear justified in his hawkish ways, and so that he can seem to know the hawkish gospel.
ko.
The Three-Ring Circus
The
big top has been set up in Washington. The show is underway.
The first act is a juggler from Texas, please welcome Tom Delay.
But if you look too close at the numbers and Enron comes to mind,
The ringmaster turns your attention to the center ring where you find
A confederate flag is waving oer the body of ol' Trent Lott
And a medicine man with a cat in his hand takes the lion tamer's spot.
Then you notice the man who is waving that flag, Is that Pickering you see?
The ringmaster quickly grabs the mic and directs you to ring number three.
Weapons of mass destruction, he shouts, regime change, warfare is a must!
When you ask why , the ringmaster replies "I only tell those I can trust."
So we live with this three-ring circus, our attention divided, lines blurred
Send in the clowns, I hear Cheney's in town, like a mime he won't utter a word.
I hope you've enjoyed the circus, come again, don't leave the kids behind,
They should see all the elephants draped in the flag, fighting to get in line.
They should see who is wagging the dog and who is training the seal
They should hear the words from the ringmaster's mouth and judge for themselves
what is real.
I wish I could sell my ticket, grab a candied apple and just go to bed
But this circus used to be my government and this country is mine til I'm dead.
So I walk along with the rest of the world, on a tight rope without a net
And I pray to God that the ringmaster will be given a new mindset.
The roustabouts say, "It's the end of the day, Thanks a lot. The show's
been a success"
All I really know, is I went to the show and it was a circus, more or less.
Paula
Q
Indiana
1/22/03
Dear BuzzFlash,
Regarding the suggestion from the Boulder Mennonite Church re sending bags of rice to the White House - in the age of anthrax, I don't think the mail handlers at the White House are going to be opening any kind of padded envelope that appears to be stuffed with something other than paper.
A BuzzFlash Reader
Buzz,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/18/world/main537096.shtml
Article states that Hans Blix will give Saddam a "B" on his report card for complying with the inspections. Hell, that's a higher grade than Dumbya ever got in his whole life. I wonder if Saddam got into college without affirmative action.
Barbara in NYC
Subj: Bush to post all-time record deficits in 2004
Dear BuzzFlash,
Like father, like son.
Just yesterday The Idiot said .. "It's like a re-run of a bad movie" .. boy, you're not kidding!
It's just like the first time we had a Bush in the White House .. war, recession, millions out of work, record bankruptcies, ... and a bankrupt government with red ink as far as the eye can see.
And this doesn't even include the $100 to $200 Billion for their fake war either.
From the best economy in the history of the US, to the worst economy in history.. all in two years!
Bush is nothing but a total disaster.
Best
Kelley Kramer
the state of the union address. one thing you will not hear from bush is (are you better off today than you were two years ago?) you will hear him brag on himself. he will use this type of use of words. (i told you i would save soc. sec.!) then not add the part about killing everyone at the age of 66 unless they are rich. ok, extreme example but you get the point how they word things to fool people and most people don't really know what is going on because the don't have access to the internet or c-span.
shorty in memphis tn.
Subj: This "Barbara" is right re: Barbara's BuzzFlash Minute
Dear BuzzFlash,
Concerning the gal who does "Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute" she is right on the money in how "Bush is a moron"
Valerie Nemeth
Subj: Take Back the Media vs. Rush
Hey Buzz,
I am not sure how much info you have spread to your readers about the takebackthemedia.com campaign against Rush's sponsors, but they are quickly gaining momentum and I think more word out from you and other relevant sites may put this over the top. At least four sponsors have backed out or at least denied having an advertising relationship with Limbaugh's show. I think the heat needs to be turned up, and letters of thanks and support to the companies that are making such smart business decisions should be sent. Of course the Freepers are planning an "anti-boycott", if there is such a thing. If it has as much success as their pro-war rallies I would not be too worried. thanks and keep up the good work. This is one of the few times I have actually seen some "instant" gratification on the part of activists and I find it very encouraging. I thought others would like to know about this!
Regards, Joel S.
Subj: Bush does Slim Pickens impersonation
Dear BuzzFlash,
U.S. Weighs Tactical Nuclear Strike on Iraq http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nuke25jan25,0,2718283.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dheadlines
Slim Pickens,
scene from Dr Strangelove, cowboy whoopin' as he rides his bomb to
glory http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/experience/
culture/film.essay/strangelove.mov.html
Brian Zick
L.A.,
CA
Dear BuzzFlash,
I thought you would like to see this. In the NC House, the election left the result 61 Repubs and 59 Dems. Decker’s switch makes it 60/60. The import is that despite the initial division of 61/59 certain Repubs would not support their Party picked candidate for speaker of the House. The switch makes it more likely, though not certain, that Dems will retain Speaker of the House.
But, it is a good sign seeing Repubs switching.
Stephen T. Gheen
Re: Are We Better Off Than We Were Two Years Ago?
Buzz:
Bush has made himself the most hated leader in the world, mostly by his arrogance and cowboy bravado. In the process he has made our nation the most hated in the world. How's that for leadership?
Phil Vargas
Herndon,
Virginia
Subj: Hillary re:Bushs' myth of security
Dear BuzzFlash,
I watched about a 30 minute segment of Washington Journal on this very subject this morning, 01/25/03. I, with pen in had, noted the calls that were in agreement with Hillary and the ones against.
It was approximately 9 to 4 in favor (of Hillary). The ones who called and disagreed, were the most vicious, nasty people ever. They changed the entire story to a "Moral" thing and things like how all this is the Clintons fault, anyway!
I had to laugh, but got a kick out of the fact that the tide seems to be changing out here in Mid-america! This reaction to Bush is getting more and more negative and the people who were once scared silly to voice and negative opinion ...are, now doing it and it warms my heart!
There is a smart-ass at work who will never be touched by any war, who just loves to bring the subject up, just to get an argument started. He says,"Oh yes, we have to bomb Iraq, we have no choice, we just can't allow them to have WMD." And, I just ask how he knows, and he says all the important people say so. I told him the other day, it depends on who you call important. He also thinks, no one can beat Bush in 2004, and I replied, "Not surely if they fix it like they did the last time, you're right! The common ordinary voter cannot buck the Supreme Court! But, the next, he will likely get his ass kicked in the states that he won last time! (red or blue) whatever they were! Then, there won't be a need for a Supreme Court!"
Sort of shuts him up for a while, but two weeks later, he is back at it again. We are all getting tired of it I am going to suggest that he enlist so he can go and fight for his country...He should be right on the front lines, with a machine gun, and a 65lb load of ammo, just like my brother did, in Viet Nam!!!
Love...you are still my lifeline.............Shirley, St. Louis.
Subj: Another Great Begala Quote
"Karl Rove called Bush a Teddy Roosevelt Republican. Now, I checked this out. TR created five national parks. Bush increased air pollution in national parks. Roosevelt created 230 million acres of new federal land he preserved. Bush wants to drill in the Arctic. Roosevelt protected rivers and streams. Bush, of course, 500 percent increase in arsenic in the drinking water. TR is spinning in his grave, man. What is Karl smoking?"
--Paul Begala, just the facts. ma'am, Crossfire, 01/23/03
Chewgababy
"The New York Times is reporting that the Bush administration has a post-war plan to turn Iraq into a democracy. If the plan works it might be tried in Florida."
-- Conan O'Brien
Dear BuzzFlash,
48% of Iraq is under 17. This will be a war against KIDS.
Think this is important to pound home. Bush's war on kids for oil and Poppy.
Barry T.
Subj: Molly Ivins Quote
Quotes "...hasn't it occurred to anyone in Washington that sending Dick Cheney out to champion an invasion of Iraq on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is a "murderous dictator" is somewhere between bad taste and flaming hypocrisy? When Dick Cheney was CEO of the oilfield supply firm Halliburton, the company did $23.8 million in business with Saddam, the evildoer "prepared to share his weapons of mass destruction with terrorists. So if Saddam is "the world's worst leader," how come Cheney sold him the equipment to get his dilapidated oil fields up and running so he could afford to build weapons of mass destruction?"
--Molly Ivins
Found on http://www.bartcop.com/
Chewgababy
Subj: U.S. violations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty are unacceptable
Dear BuzzFlash,
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, ratified by the U.S. Senate, is Supreme Law, as defined by the U.S. Constitution. G.W. Bush has not yet unilaterally withdrawn from this Treaty without consultation or consent of the Senate, as he has done with the ABM Treaty.
The U.S. is bound by the Treaty and by Constitutional Law to avoid nuclear threats to non-nuclear powers (only five of which are recognized in the Treaty), or to use such weapons against non-nuclear powers.
A link to a news item on current military planning for Iraq action is at:
http://www.infocusadv.com/pep/pepperdine.html
Following the lead of the U.S. in its withdrawal from a keystone treaty, North Korea has withdrawn from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Our only substantive complaint so far has been about their failure to provide 90 days notice. If everyone on the planet is allowed to step away from international treaties in no more than 90 days, and momentum of such action builds, the system of international law collapses. Any restraint of nuclear proliferation, use of biological and chemical weapons, assaults on civilians, treatment of prisoners and a raft of other restraints go away. The world becomes a bloody jungle.
Our contribution to this by providing the example of withdrawal from a major treaty and apparent acceptance of the weakening or collapse of other treaties is bad enough. Our continuing willingness to violate Treaties, including in this instance the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, is unacceptable, and conscious violations of Supreme Law would by definition constitute a crime. Other examples of selective compliance to Treaties (including the UN Charter and the Geneva Conventions on warfare from early in the 20th Century) make this country a walking exemplar of the concept that "Might makes Right". This is not the New World Order for a world in which I wish to live.
John Williford
Kirkland,
WA
Subj: Democrats will have to stop cowering before sneering media pundits
Dear BuzzFlash,
Instead of creating more friends and fewer terrorists, Bush's policies are creating more terrorists and fewer friends.
The test for Democrats will be to show how Bush has come to personify what many in the world dislike about the U.S. government –that it is too often arrogant, ill-informed and trigger-happy.
Rather than cozying up to the likes of NBC's Tim Russert, the Democrats will have to paint Russert and his cohorts as part of the problem.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/010603a.html
KMB
Subj: Pray for Peace
Dear BuzzFlash readers,
For those of you reading who are Christians, please pray for peace. It is not fair for Iraqi children to be blown up just so that Bush and Cheney can have their oil interests furthered. I will be praying for that and my minister will also be doing the same. It is a Christian duty to be sure we are not taking lives for oil or any other type of greed.
MV
Subj: Rumsfeld's "apology"
Buzz:
Here is a copy of my email today to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, concerning Rumsfeld's "apology" for being misunderstood when he denigrated the contribution of draftees to US military successes in the past
Chris
To the editor:
An editorial today that chided Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's for his slighting of Vietnam-err draftees provided good cover for that gentleman. Fully one-third of the column was the full text of the remark and in closing, you opined that "it was a poor choice of words, and Rumsfeld had the good grace to apologize". I found your report of this so-called apology in Wednesday's War on Terrorism "Notebook" feature where it states that he had issued a written apology after his remarks had been misconstrued, without quoting any part of it. Here is what he actually said:
"I always have had the highest respect for their service, and I offer my full apology to any veteran who misinterpreted my remarks."
In the opinion of this Vietnam volunteer, you don't apologize by accusing your critics of misinterpreting you, you apologize because you were wrong. Furthermore, by addressing this statement to veterans only, he continues to flaunt his disrespect, not the least which to the families of the 17,725 draftees who gave their life in Vietnam.
Rumsfeld is perfectly in sync with this administration. He is like Bush, like Cheney, like Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz. They have been given the world's biggest sandbox to play dangerous war games with other people's lives. The payoff they seek is billions of dollars in post-war reconstruction and control of huge oil reserves. The lives of ordinary people, the kind of people that are foolish enough to end up in the front lines, mean nothing to them.
Subj: Bush and the Boxes
Dear BuzzFlash,
If anything defines this administration, this certainly does. Fraught with cynicism, hypocrisy, dishonesty and a total contempt for the brain power of the American people, it shows what they're all about. Re-election! And the republicans complained about President Clinton politicking all the time! I wonder when the American people are going to wake up and say the magic words, "impeachment investigation or at least recall".
Our country has lost so much in the last two years: our world standing, our economy, our freedom, our smugness (don't take for granted anymore that because we live in the US, we're safe from all the evils that befall other countries). That this administration is still in power and making the messes they are making is breathtaking. Clinton would have been "ex-President Clinton" by now had he tried a tenth of what these people are doing. We have many people that need help right here at home and we've got a bunch of greedy, selfish, dishonest and stupid nut cases behaving as if this were some kind of fiefdom and they have a divine right to loot the larder. Just as Clinton was investigated endlessly, the Dems should demand that the following be investigated and "fully covered" day and night on tv:
Please, God, 9/11 and how it was allowed to happen
Where has social security gone
Harken Energy and Enron and the Afghan pipeline deal
Bush's military record
Cheney's secret meetings
Bush's records locked up in Daddy's library
Reagan's records sealed by Bush Jr.
Jeb's deal with brother Neal to supply ALL the tests to school children in FLA
THE ELECTION THAT STOLE THE PRESIDENCY FROM AL GORE BY WAY OF THE FRAUD THAT TOOK PLACE IN FLORIDA
The Supreme Court (Remember, they're in for life to keep them non-political!!!)
The dishonest insurance companies and what they gave the republicans in order to price millions of Americans out of health care coverage
I could go on and on but it's like whistling in the wind. If I had the funds, I would spend my life on the phone, the internet, whatever, but I do have to work and if you don't have access to the net, they don't give you a toll free number, not that they read any of it anyway. Has it yet come to the point where we have to picket and/or boycott the cable channels and our own representatives? If not now, when? We just aren't being heard yet.
PS, Now I even think there is a conspiracy with the poll ratings - I know of nobody that thinks Baby Bush is doing a good job.
If I didn't have BuzzFlash to vent to and to read of others who think like I do, I'd probably think I was alone, wrong and unpatriotic. You're my heroes. The Republicans are not.
SOS
Dear BuzzFlash,
Privilege-Reality
Is there more meaning in what wasn't said?
Not to mention any names, but If democracy were an important consideration in our hero's psyche, he would have said, "the job's yours, Al, you got half a million more votes." If concern for his fellow man was an issue, as regards the National Guard, he would have said, "I can't take that billet, because some other poor sap will lose that billet and might wind up dead in Vietnam." If concern for wasteful spending of government money was an issue, instead of accepting flight training, he would have said, "don't waste that training time and money on me, give the training in those combat planes to someone who might actually get near a war." If respect for individual effort was a concern, Harvard and Yale would have been disappointed because he would have said, "I can't enter your schools, because someone less fortunate, who has worked hard to get there will be denied the opportunity." If he had any respect for these institutions of higher learning, he would have said, "do you realize that the whole world may find out that I have degrees from these institutions and will judge the quality of your educations accordingly?" If courage and patriotism were a part of his psyche, he would have said, "yessir, I'd like to volunteer for Vietnam." If honor, loyalty, or dedication to country were part of his psyche, he would have been in Alabama in 1972 and said, " reporting for duty, sir." If appreciation for the time and money invested in F-102 flight training were a concern, he would have said, " reporting for the physical and drug test, sir." If appearances of impropriety were a consideration, he would have said to his Texas Rangers partners, "I can't accept these extra ten millions of dollars, I'm only a 1% partner." If honesty and fair play were part of his psyche, he would have told Harken Energy, "I can't accept all this money and stock, because this Spectrum 7 business is losing big money." If he had an iota of respect for other's hard work, when the Kuwaitis offered the offshore drilling contract, he would have said, "a job like that requires an experienced company with existing local operations." If he cared a minimal amount about average Americans, he would have said, "I want you all to know, as I embark on running this country like a corporation, that I've demonstrated vast expertise at running corporations in the red." If he had even an average concern for human life, as the Texas executioner, he would not have had to paraphrase Karla Tucker (deceased) with the sick words he said, "ha, ha, ha, please don't kill me." Speaking of what he did say, can you imagine the great pride Harvard and Yale must feel when our hero speaks. There are volumes written on this subject. Usually referred to as "bushisms", or "bushits," or just grammatically challenged speaking of the language. I don't want to go there, because this essay is about what wasn't said, as an object lesson with alternative interpretations. Don't you think?
Your ol' pal. quid pro quo
Dave Fagan
Subj: Write Your Elected Representative
Dear BuzzFlash,
Here's a letter I'm mailing today to NY Senators Schumer & Clinton:
Dear Senator:
An unelected president is forcing the United States and the world towards an unwanted, unnecessary war for reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or security of this country or its citizens.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, what does absolute, UNEARNED power do?
I urge you and your colleagues to revoke the authority given to President Bush earlier this year to wage war against Iraq at his own whim.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.
***
I've heard that actual, written letters get more attention than Emails. Also, individually written/thought-out messages probably get more attention than sent/passed-along messages; I'll let U know if I hear anything back beyond a generic thank you.
-Joe
Subj: our boy george to "furnish an all you can eat buffet" for al Qaida, if US has a prolonged occupation of Iraq...
bush-Americans may be stupid enough to believe that bush admin. supporters promote "democracy" and "prosperity" in the world, but the facts are that as the bush r-w seeks to outlaw sexual education, family planning, and abortion here at home and abroad, r-w Americans don't give a HOOT about the lives or misery of people born into squalor and poverty the world over.
Bush r-w Americans, the radical Islamic clergy, the Catholic Church: all seek to maintain some form of parochial, patriarchal power by terrorizing women about their sexuality.
LJBK
<< But nation-building may be the least of our burdens. A large force of U.S. soldiers and civilians stationed in the Middle East will furnish the equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet for Osama bin Laden. (Remember him?) Postwar Iraq promises to be a magnet for Al Qaeda operatives eager to resume the fight against America. If we can't prevent terrorist attacks in places like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, imagine what we can expect in Iraq. >>
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Steve Chapman
Bush sheds burdensome friends
Published January 26, 2003For the last year, the Bush administration has been striving to mobilize the world on Iraq, and it has finally succeeded. Everyone is coming together--against us.
The United States is finding out that being the world's only superpower--or " hyperpower," as we're known, pejoratively, in Europe--can be far less pleasant than we might have expected. Oscar Wilde once said of George Bernard Shaw that "he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him." That's the current plight of the U.S. We're powerful enough that no one wants to become our target, and powerful enough that no one wishes us too well.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0301260478jan26,0,5749795.column
Subj: A True Patriot
Buzz,
We live in a country where we held out the torch of liberty and democracy for others almost since the country was born out of blood and guts. Yet, liberty under the Bush administration has become something we had to be rid of to save our democracy.
We hold out ourselves to banana republics as the pantheon of voting fairness, choosing our leaders and politicians, so that "We the People" own the keys to government, instead of the other way around. Yet the man who had the least votes in year 2000 is now the White House resident and was appointed by the highest court in the land, instead of elected.
We live in a land where the right of protest and free speech was established by rivers of blood and an investment of our sacred honor. Yet nightly on CNN’s Crossfire, Bob Novak tells Paul Begala to shut up about Bush and just 'get over it.'
So my question is, which one represents the true American heart: Begala or Novak?
Alan J.
Franklin
Houston
Texas
Subj: our troops with defective gear
Dear BuzzFlash,
So, yesterday I'm reading the news and come across the most distasteful topic of our military's plans for mass graves for American soldiers in the deserts of Iraq. The problem is what to do with the 'contaminated' bodies of our soldiers who have been killed by chemical and/or biological weapons, many of which were sold to Saddam by American firms during the administrations of Reagan and Bush the first. (The rest, the Iraqi's got from our buddies the English and Germans.) Well, the army will dig big trenches, dump the bodies into the holes and cover 'em up with bulldozers. There's a topic Junior will not be mentioning on Tuesday night.
I pulled out a Washington Post article I'd saved from last November. Seems the state-of-the-art gear that is supposed to protect our troops from chemical and biological attacks DON'T WORK! The GAO said that for many years "we have identified many problems in the capability to defend against chemical and biological weapons". The latest problem: Gas masks that have the wrong gaskets. They LEAK! They don't keep the gas out!
More? The Pentagon has LOST 250,000 of the latest, highest-quality protective suits. The troops who will most likely be the first responders will not have our best suits. Instead they'll have older suits with a charcoal lining that diminishes with age. These suits are good for a day or two after they've been removed from their protective packaging.
And it gets worse still. A few years back, the officers of a company called Isratex were convicted of intentionally providing the military with defective suits. Five hundred thousand suits made by these criminals were removed from military stocks. But, as is too typical of our bone-head military procurers, another quarter million defective suits were not located. Probably they are mixed in with 'good' suits.
Now think about that, would ya'. A quarter million Vets of the last Gulf war are today suffering from all sorts of maladies as a result of breathing the radio active dust that blanketed them after we set off our latest weapons. Our high-tech bombs and shells make liberal use of depleted uranium, you see. This low-level radio activity supposedly makes these weapons 'safe'. Which means after you suck it into your lungs or absorb it through your skin, you don't die from it within 24 hours. You get another few years. If you are lucky maybe a decade or so before the cancer gets aggressive.
Now in this morning's paper I see the president's hawks are seriously, SERIOUSLY considering using nuclear weapons when they hit Iraq. Pray that your loved one is not downwind from that. But also pray for all the civilians in Iraq. And pray for the rest of the world, while you are at it. Include yourself because nuclear clouds go real, real high and the jet stream will bring radioactive residue right on back home. Every spring when Chinese farmers start plowing, it takes about two weeks for dust from China to reach our west coast. Last year, we here in Texas got blanketed with red dust from Africa.
This is madness, friends. Our unelected leader, a man who deserted his own military service, has been given a free hand by what is possibly the stupidest, most spineless group of Congressmen and Senators in history. He is launching an immoral war to take control of Iraqi oil fields by force. Everything they say otherwise about it is total crap. The oil companies who own this administration are right now dividing up the 'spoils' of this war. (you haven't read the business pages? it's right there.) It is immoral and despicable beyond words. The world is against us on this one and rightly so. If you haven't done so already, your citizenship and the future of the nation and the world as you know it are in the balance. You call those people in Washington today. Tell them to put a stop to this insanity now.
Citizen
Steve
San
Marcos, Texas
Re: Mark Crispin Miller Joins the Rush Limbaugh Sponsor Boycott
Dear BuzzFlash,
BRAVO! MARK CRISPIN! How naive we were to think the airwaves belonged to us all. It has always been about the money...So, let's help give him the boot by reminding Pfizer that continued support of Limbaugh and his ilk will cost them big bucks for backing big schmucks!
A BuzzFlash Reader
Subj: keep inspectors in Iraq permanently
"Already we know for a fact that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs are being largely blocked, even frozen. We must do everything possible to strengthen this process." -de Villepin
Dear Buzz,
Even if Saddam Hussein is cleverly concealing WMD, the answer is not to attack Iraq - and kill hundreds of thousands of innocents. Surely the answer is to keep the U.N. inspectors in Iraq PERMANENTLY. Hussein will not be able to develop, or use, his WMD while the inspectors are there.
Barbara
Leonard
Christchurch,
New Zealand
Subj: Just Thinking
Just last week, CSpan aired Tony Blair's 'grilling' for an hour and a half on Iraq, mainly, plus other British issues. The questions were 'hard', yet he sat at the table, alone, and he answered them! I don't agree with his ideas, but I respect him for facing the panelists without a script.
I think I shall never see, bush, ever answer hard questions on TV. Bush is not only a chickenhawk, he is just plain chicken. :)
Diana
Buzz,
I spent the end of last week in Atlanta on business. While still upset about the 2002 election results for Georgia's governor and senator - I was heartened to hear this story on local TV. Seems a Decatur area Quaker meeting house has produced lawn signs that say something like "war is never the answer" Many area residents are voicing their views by displaying the signs on their front lawns!
Since returning home, I have not been able to find any information on this effort or whether it is being done elsewhere in the country. If anyone knows more about it, please let Buzz know.
Kathy
Boston
Subj: The Fait of the Union Address
Dear BuzzFlash,
The Super Bowl was a refreshing break from Bush jabbing his finger at news cameras, displaying gestures of power and control.
The annual event allowed Americans a chance to get away from Bush's constant drumming of war on Iraq. Sorry to say, the refreshing break is over and we will be thrown back into the talk of war, the threat of war and the lousy economy. Bush will have his Super Bowl Tuesday evening in the form of The State of the Union address. Expect to hear that Iraq is not cooperating with the inspectors. Really? Saddam is not taking the inspectors around and showing them where he hid the weapons Bush says he has! Imagine that! Strange how he began his crusade against Iraq. He said they had nuc-u-ler weapons. That acclamation made everyone sit up and listen and we naturally waited to hear of proof. We have been waiting for the proof over a year now. Did Bush expect the world to join him in going to war simply on his word? Evidently he and his hawks thought it was good enough. Americans have slowly come to realize that Bush has lied to them, repeatedly. BuzzFlash has consistently pointed out the Bush lies and underhanded tricks with swift efficiency. What we have known for a long time is just now becoming evident to others and that is... Bush is a lying, reckless and power-hungry fraud.
In his speech, Bush will talk about tax cuts and the economy. His first tax cut failed to spur the economy, yet he will try to finesse us into believing that another tax give-away to the wealthy will be economically sound. Prescription drugs for seniors? Listen closely to what he says. He will tout a new Medicare plan that covers prescriptions. The plan is very similar to the HMO backup plan that was a proven failure. Many financially strapped seniors will consider it as the only way out of over-priced prescription drugs. The real plan will be severely restrictive and deceptive and most seniors who choose it would have to find out the hard way.
Bush's State of the Union address will be a PR attempt to bamboozle and regain the trust of the public. Some will fall for it. The popularity poll interviewers will be busy after the speech. If they call the right people (and they usually do) we will see Bush's numbers temporarily go up. It's all a game designed to convince dissenting Americans that they are the only ones who disagree with Bush.
If any of the many thousands of BuzzFlashers are called, please let us know, asap!
~ Cathy
Subj: Top Ten Reasons to Support Howard Dean for President
Dear BuzzFlash,
Please consider posting my top ten reasons on your site. I think we need to get more people behind Howard Dean. He is FOR REAL.
Top Ten Reasons To Support Howard Dean for President
10. Dr. Dean knows a cancerous cell when he sees one: "I think that this president has the capacity to do more harm to America than any other individual."
9. Offers a cure to the Republican disease of Budget Deficits: "We need to get rid of the tax cuts. I don't think we can trust Republicans with our money. They haven't balanced a budget since Eisenhower was president."
8. Outright rejects Bush-light philosophy within the party: "Democrats have to stop pretending they're like Republicans if they're going to change things...my problem with the Democratic Party is that folks in the Beltway have concluded that the way to win the presidency is to be Bush light."
7. Is not Joe Lieberman.
6. Opposes oil executive terrorists running our country: "One of our biggest security threats is our energy policy. The money which helped finance Osama bin Laden's attacks was our money... America needs an energy policy which stresses conservation and renewables, including wind, biomass, ethanol and solar. Not only is renewable energy good for the environment, it is a core piece of a smarter foreign policy."
5. Calls Bush's "Leave No Child Behind" education initiative by its more appropriate title: "Leave No Teacher Standing."
4. Only presidential hopeful to have the guts to oppose the Iraq War Resolution.
3. Proposes throwing the foxes out of the chicken coop: "Get rid of the lobbyists for deregulation of the accounting industry and (who) are now in the position of regulating. It's a total conflict of interest. There's no confidence in the Bush administration's ability to regulate corporate behavior because those are the people who are financing his campaign."
2. Can easily diagnose a sick politician: "Anyone who embraces supply-side economics has a serious cognitive problem."
1. Will say everything you've wanted to say to George Bush in the debates: "I can't wait to stand next to George Bush in the debates and have him explain to Americans why everybody, even though they're willing to go to Afghanistan and die for this country, shouldn't have equal rights under the law when they get back. I can't wait to see the President of the United States explain that."
-- David Schwenk, Prague, Czech Republic
