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Re: Your headline "They Just Love to Execute People in Texas"

Dear BuzzFlash:

Please consider the below for publication:

They kill people more often in Texas, but here in Florida Jeb! has no problem killing the innocent or the mentally ill.

On Wednesday of this week a potentially innocent man will be killed by the people of the State of Florida, absent an absolute miracle - or the late delivery of a conscience to Jeb Bush. Here's a sample of Jeb's " conservative compassion": On December 2, one hour before to the execution of Amos King, Bush agreed, under pressure from Barry Scheck (The Innocence Project) to grant a stay for the purpose of allowing DNA testing not previously available to King. The results have come back "no result," or inconclusive, meaning that the SAME doubts surrounding King's guilt remain as the day Bush granted the stay. But that hasn't stopped Governor Heartless from signing another death warrant for King.

As if sitting in a cage on death row for a crime you didn't commit for more than two DECADES isn't "cruel and unusual" enough punishment, King has faced six death warrants and the mental torture of coming with minutes of his own death. To be taunted with the threat of death like this for years is down right inhuman. Please take a look at www.fadp.org for details concerning King's case. Not a single shred of evidence links King to the crime.

Last month, the 25th wrongfully convicted person was released from Florida's death row, making Florida's record TWICE as bad as Illinois. DNA excluded Rudolph Holton as the murderer - and he was released after 16 YEARS - with one whole crisp $100 bill. Governor One-Hand-on-the Bible; the-other-on-the-Switch subsequently wrote an editorial to the St. Petersburg Times stating he believed Holton was actually guilty. Anyone who believes that Jeb! or other best friends of the executioner in Florida would allow Mr. Holton to leave death row on a technicality, probably still believes in the Easter Bunny. You don't get off death row in Florida for " good behavior!" Holton was released because the fabricated evidence used to convict him was FINALLY exposed. Period.

Governor Devious continues to scream about a budget crisis in Florida, trying to cut funding for education, libraries, etc., but refuses to acknowledge the huge savings we would realize if we replaced the death penalty with life without the possibility of parole. $55 million a year. Wonder how many potential criminals and potential victims we could PREVENT with that much money? Governor Bush doesn't want to prevent crime; he wants to use the fear and outrage that crime generates to troll for votes.

Carolyn Gray
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

"One who seeks revenge digs two graves." - Chinese Proverb


Dear BuzzFlash,

Blair is as Bad as Bush: "the Scottish military intelligence officer facing prosecution for allegedly colluding with loyalist paramilitaries in the murders of Catholics in Ulster, has been sent to the Gulf to head up British spying activities in the M.E."

Blair is turning into Margaret Thatcher right in front of our eyes.....I appreciate articles pointing out the dozens of "unsolved" murders of Irish men and women by British security forces. There will be lots more coming on this after independent commissions are finally established for Bloody Sunday, Dublin-Monaghan bombing, Pat Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, Robert Hamill and more....

Randy Cecil


Quote of the Day

A Warning Realized: Prophetic words from Spiro Agnew U.S. vice president

"I'm not asking for government censorship... I'm asking whether a form of censorship already exists when the news that 40 million Americans receive each night is determined by a handful of men responsible only to their corporate employers." (November 13, 1969)

From: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1623.htm

Chewgababy


Dear BuzzFlash,

Once upon a time Mark Twain said:

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." --Mark Twain

Well Mr. Twain I would choose door number two.

Sincerely,

Patricia


Dear Buzz,

I found out something very interesting yesterday while watching "Dateline London", a BBC program featuring international journalists discussing current events, which is also broadcast here in France. A political editor for the Mirror got into a brawl with a correspondent from Le Monde over the Rupert Murdoch owned Mirror's slanderous attack on Chirac in which Chirac is pictured as a worm. Of course, Mr. Murdoch's media empire has evidently whipped up outlandish anti-French sentiment in the U.S. and Britain. During the heated discussion on yesterday's show, a correspondent from Germany stated that the reason that Murdoch is attacking France so much is because he hates France because France would not permit him to operate in that country.

Now, personally, I find this quite striking. I also find it interesting that Mr. Murdoch used to keep a bust of Lenin in his room when he was a student at Oxford. (Source: the October, 2002 issue of Vanity Fair, page 74).

This is the kind of information that can and should be used to counter Murdoch's loathsome and dangerous all-hate-all-the-time propaganda. If you agree, help spread the word as far and as wide as possible.

A loyal BuzzFlash reader in France


Subj: Fox11 News LA, 10PM, 2/23/03

Dear BuzzFlash,

I normally stay away from TV news, but I happened to be flipping through the channels last night when I came upon a news feature on the Fox 11 news (Los Angeles) in which the reporter visited the Nevada Nuclear test site, and interviewed scientists who explained that the radiation level at ground zero of a nuclear test that occurred in the 50's was no more than what you would experience in a yearly chest x-ray. They then went on to explain that the houses and trees that were shown in those famous movies were in fact still standing, and then interviewed a scientist that explained that there is in fact abundant plant and animal life there, and that contrary to popular belief, there was no evidence of any strange genetic mutations in the animals that lived there.

I could not believe what I was seeing - during this moment in history, a news report downplaying the bad effects of nuclear explosions. God help us all.

Peter Glasser
Los Angeles


Subj: Same news, different stories

The news here says that the veto nations, China, Russia and France don't want a second UN resolution, and want the inspectors to have more time, and Germany does also not want the resolution, but has no veto power.

Then there are the 60 non-alligned nations whose people are sick and hungry who say that keeping them poor creates terrorism and don't want this war at all, and are horrified at the amount of money going to be spent on first destroying, then rebuilding, Iraq.

There was also a report saying that the inspections did much more to disarm countries than any military action, and they especially sited Iraq War 1.

There's very little news, but there sure is a lot of spin and interpretation.

Susan Berger


Subj: Paul Boyer

Dear BuzzFlash,

The excellent article you have posted on your site by Paul Boyer regarding "US Foreign Policy Meets Biblical Prophecy" states very well the beliefs around Armageddon. However I would like to point out something about the Antichrist that we like to label the dictators or leaders we don't like and are looking for a reason to inflame the Christian masses to war.

It states in Revelation that the Anti-Christ will be so popular world wide that even the faithful will be fooled, considering the fact that several in this administration consider themselves "the most faithful" I'm not sure Saddam fits the bill. I would also like to point out that no where in Revelation does it say that the people who begin Armageddon will be part of the group ascending to Christ. In fact the Bible absolutely states that those "who live by the sword will die by the sword."

For generations, centuries Christians and Muslims have been doing all they can to bring Christ to earth by way of Armageddon. In fact early Christians truly believed it would be in their lifetime. I would suggest that it might not be on their time-table, they are however, in a really good path to bring about, yet again, more death and destruction to those who don't deserve their cold hearted killing.

Sally McDonald


Subj: Daniel Ellsberg interview

Dear BuzzFlash,

I appreciated your interview with Daniel Ellsberg, and marvel at the courage he displayed in risking his future to expose government lies in the 60s.

But the cynical side of me questions his call for some modern-day equivalent of himself to similarly risk everything in trying to expose our current administration's true policy deliberations.

Why? Because the media today just doesn't give a shit. It wasn't Ellsberg's revelations that brought down the Nixon administration or stopped the war -- it was the huge publicity that the media gave his leaked information, and the enormous public outrage that ensued.

There is plenty of evidence already available today to prove beyond any doubt that hard-right elements of our government have been planning an attack on Iraq for years, lacking only the excuse that was conveniently handed to them on Sept. 11.

Read Donald Rumsfeld's and Paul Wolfowitz's 1998 letters to President Clinton and Newt Gingrich: http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqletter1998.htm

Jason Leopold wrote an article about this which is available on Information Clearing House at http://64.176.94.191/article1510.htm.

Where is the national media? Why isn't this being discussed on every evening news program? This is the sort of information that Ellsberg would like to see leaked today, and this info isn't even secret!

I predict that a government official who takes Ellsberg's advice and gets caught will not be as fortunate as Ellsberg was, and that whatever revelations he or she delivers would be quickly swept under the rug by a media that has no interest in the truth.

The information that would stop this march to war is already out there. The person Ellsberg -- and all of us -- should be pleading with to take a stand is not a high-level government official, but a newspaper editor.

Skippy X


Subj: Seymour Hersh on NOW program

Dear BuzzFlash,

Since Rumsfeld let Al Qaeda escape from Konduz, isn't that treason by his rules?

I think it's grounds for impeachment of the Executive Branch. I found a wearable button that says "Visualize Impeachment", and I am.

At the very least, this government has no intention of protecting my life. On the contrary, they have increased the danger of violence here, through their policy of disregard for the death of innocents in other countries.

Cass Martinez
Portland, Oregon


Subj: Saddam challenges Bush?

Dear Buzz,

I just read on Yahoo News that Saddam has challenged Bush to a debate. Forget that! I'd much rather see them in a dance-off.

A BuzzFlash Reader


Subj: Draft Gore in ABC's The Note

Dear BuzzFlash,

Speaking of Gore, the very nice, articulate, impassioned woman at the bottom of the Hyatt elevator at the DNC meeting who was representing the DraftGore.com website caused us to wonder: what if Gore got in the race in the late fall?

He could raise money in a hurry; he'd be a great story; he'd have no name ID challenge; and the field MIGHT look diminished by then.

Just a thought, not based on a single ounce of reporting.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/TheNote.html (scroll down)

Draft Gore 2004!!!!! http://www.draftgore.com/index.htm

Becky


Subj: Bush-o-nomics

Dear BuzzFlash:

I have recently been concerned about the economy. I have noticed that State debt and especially homelessness is at levels unseen since the Great Depression.

So are we better off than we were two years ago????

Thanks to Mr. Bush I think NOT!!

Thanks for listening

Sincerely,

A Young BuzzFlash reader


Subj: Will we pull a Pearl Harbor?

Dear BuzzFlash,

Do you think the Bush Administration will do the honorable thing & give the Iraqi people a days warning before we start to annihilate them or do you think we'll pull a Pearl Harbor & just start dropping the bombs?

Linda

[BuzzFlash Note: Bush is weak-minded and without a conscience. Expect unannounced bombings.]


Subj: The price of Turkey

Dear Buzz,

Last week, the administration offered Turkey $26 billion for allowing US troops to be stationed in Turkey and use the bases for the war against Iraq. The Turks reportedly were holding out for $32 billion and the ever-frugal White house saw it as extortion.

Today comes word that the Turkish cabinet has agreed to accept only $15 billion. Unless Turkey is the model for Elbonia in the "Dilbert" comic strip, my guess is that the Kurds have been sold out for at least $11 billion.

Dana Staab
Tallahassee, FL


Subj: Gergen on Bush

Check out this interview, especially these two passages:

http://hnn.us/comments/8575.html

>Gergen: ...one of the big surprises, I think, of the--of the Bush presidency. And it--it brings back echoes to me of--of--of the Reagan presidency. It's often said, you know, that George W. Bush is the true son of--of Reagan, the true heir to the Reagan rev--presidency. But, you know, there was a thing about Reagan--Reagan, on domestic policy, tended to talk right, but tended to govern more toward the center. And--and George W. Bush is just the opposite. He--his conversation, his--his dialogue, his language is the language more of the center. But his act--his policies, his actual governance...

GOODWIN: Absolutely.

Prof. GERGEN: ...is far--much farther to the right of Reagan. It's--it--there--there's a radical conservatism that runs through much of the Bush policy, whether it's tax cuts or affirmative action or the environment or education or dismantling The Great Society. It's--I think it's been a major surprise.

Prof. GERGEN: Well, to--to--to come back to your original question about the role of religion in his life, because I do think that's been an extraordinarily important part of this--what we've--this tableau that's unfolded here recently--this is a man who, after all, found God in his life and--and religion became his anchor when he was in his early 40s. And I think it has been a guiding part of his life ever since. He reads the Bible regularly. And there's no question that his religion fortifies him now during this time, his religious beliefs, so that I think he feels more able to do things. Even if they--if it courts public opinion disasters, I think he's willing to do things that he thinks are necessary.

One of the interesting questions that I don't think anybody knows the answer to is whether, to--to--to some extent, he believes that--that providence intervened in his life at an earlier stage and whether, somehow, providence is now on the side of America and that he somehow may be an instrument of providence that--par--part of what he's on, as Robert Dallek suggested, is a mission that has so--some sort of theological roots. I don't think we know that. I think it's--I do think we know that religion is an incredibly important part of who he is, and it's helped him enormously.

Liz Taylor

Subj: Newsweek bombshell on Iraqi weapons

To All:

In news that "raises questions about whether the WMD stockpiles attributed to Iraq still exist," Newsweek's March 3 edition reports that Hussein Kamel -- the former Iraqi weapons chief whose 1995 defection proved the turning point in the decade-long U.N. weapons inspections process -- had revealed in classified briefings to inspectors and CIA analysts that Iraq destroyed its entire stockpile of chemical and biological weapons in 1991, as Iraq claims.

Until now, Kamel, who was killed shortly after returning to Iraq in 1996, has best been known for exposing Iraq's deceptions about how far its pre-Gulf War biological weapons programs had advanced. But according to Newsweek's John Barry, who has covered the U.N. inspections for more than a decade, Kamel also told inspectors that "the [weapons] stocks had been destroyed" and all that remained were "hidden blueprints, computer disks, microfiches" and molds for warheads. But this part of his testimony was "hushed up by the U.N. inspectors" in order to "bluff Saddam into disclosing still more."

The news is particularly noteworthy because hawks in the Bush administration have frequently referred to the Kamel episode as evidence that U.N. inspectors are incapable of disarming Iraq on their own. Kamel's defection "should serve as a reminder to all that we often learned more as the result of defections than we learned from the inspection regime itself," Vice President Dick Cheney said last August in a speech warning against sending inspectors back to Iraq.

Seth Ackerman

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[Note: As quickly becomes obvious, the headline over this article is a red herring.]

Exclusive: The Defector's Secrets

Before his death, a high-ranking defector said Iraq had not abandoned its WMD ambitions

By John Barry NEWSWEEK

March 3 issue - Hussein Kamel, the highest-ranking Iraqi official ever to defect from Saddam Hussein's inner circle, told CIA and British intelligence officers and U.N. inspectors in the summer of 1995 that after the gulf war, Iraq destroyed all its chemical and biological weapons stocks and the missiles to deliver them.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/876128.asp


Subj: Spinning the headline to deter review of the article

Dear BuzzFlash,

Are Newsweek's and/or MSNBC's editors deliberately using misleading headlines to hide the truth? It sure seems like it.

In the below Newsweek article, the editors pulled the journalistic equivalent of a cop saying "move along, nothing to see here" while standing over a still bleeding corpse at a grisly murder scene. The entire point of the article, as indicated by its very first sentence, is to air previously "hushed up" evidence that Iraq did, in fact, comply with its obligations to destroy its WMD by 1995. But the headline says nothing about this new evidence, which contradicts Bush's drive to war. Rather, the headline states that "Iraq had not abandoned its WMD ambitions." So what? Is there a U.N. resolution against Iraq having "WMD ambitions"?

Clearly, the article that John Barry wrote is not about Iraq's "WMD ambitions." Just as clearly, the article is not touted as an "exclusive" because Newsweek discovered new proof of the undisputed fact that Iraq continued to have "WMD ambitions" in 1995. Why would that even be newsworthy?

If Newsweek's editors had any journalistic integrity, they would have given Mr. Barry's bombshell revelations a headline that actually described the article. Instead, they chose to defuse the bombshell with a headline that deters further reading by a casual reader, thus continuing to keep Mr. Bush safe from democracy.

--Scot A. Griffin

Exclusive: The Defector’s Secrets
http://www.msnbc.com/news/876128.asp


Subj: Patriot "Act"

Dear BuzzFlash,

As the saga of Patriot Act unfolds along with Mr. Ashcroft's other machinations, it is becoming increasingly apparent to me that the primary purpose Ashcroft's activities is not the protection of the American People from further terrorist attack.

His primary purpose, in my view, is the protection of those who wish to govern without the consent of the governed.

Carol Davidek-Waller
Kirkland WA


Subj: Tell the Democratic Party

Dear BuzzFlash

People can make comments to the Democratic Party at: http://www.democrats.org/contactus.html

http://mediawhoresonline.com/ had an invitation to use the above link, and tell Democratic leadership it going in the right direction with exposing Bush as the liar and incompetent he is. (And the cultists who surround him, in my opinion.)

I took the invitation, and offer my comment here as an encouragement for others to do likewise.

===========================

Hear that you guys are finally going to take the gloves off with the Clown Prince. Everytime he gives a pronouncement it's a lie. Please play as hard as they would.

Is it true or not that he was AWOL for over a year, according to signed statements by the 3 different Officers he was to report to? This should be easy to find out, and if true really should be known more widely.

I have seen on the Internet what claims to be a photocopy of the order (plus descriptions of where the document is and how to verify it), that demoted him from pilot. Reason: he refused to take the medical exam for the first time in the first year of drug testing. Don't have it handy, but this should be easy to verify.

You need to talk about his track record of reckless disregard of the people and the law. Insider-trader, screwer of everyone in the Texas Rangers deal, the non-funding of promised programs, the outright lies numbering in the hundreds...he can't stop himself, it's compulsive.

Afraid he'll hit back hard? It will just expose his true face, and believe me, he's going to hit you hard as soon as he can. Might as well end up the winner for a change, you're going to suffer either way.

Oppose him vigorously, expose him relentlessly.

Hit him everyday, on today's lie/blunder, and the long-established patterns of his cabal. From every quarter, unify the attack just like the Republicans do--you hear them all with the same line within a day or two. Let his own record, his own promises, his own lies be your evidence. What was that Ken Starr had on Clinton, "A pattern of...?"

And no sooner establish one of Bush's "bumblicies" than begin discussing another--he has provided a vast palette to work with.

Once just a drunk, he's now power drunk, his whole crew with him. They will stop at nothing, and half of the public knows it, resents it, and fears it. And that's without you guys doing your part to spotlight his failings and evils.

Pull back the curtain on King George the Secretive. People will have the scales fall from their eyes faster than you'd expect. Stop him, for the sake of all that matters.

Good luck to you.


Subj: Google news search: Bush scary

Go to Google, click on news, then put in the search window two words:

"Bush scary"

It's pretty illuminating....we are not alone.

A BuzzFlash Reader


Fwd: Daschle and Senate Democrats Hold Bush Accountable

Senate Democrats will not stand for the Administration's deception. Thursday the President falsely claimed that America's top economists and the Blue Chip Economic Forecast supported Bush's so-called economic growth package and predicted healthy economic growth next year. Even after the editor of the Blue Chip Economic forecast complained the claim is incorrect and misleading, Bush misled the American public AGAIN today.

"First they fabricated the numbers. Now they're making up imaginary supporters. It's becoming clearer every day that the Bush tax plan is a sham wrapped in deception and shrouded in spin. The Administration knows this claim is false, and they ought to retract it immediately.

"The truth is, the President's plan will add a trillion dollars to the nation's debt and provide no measurable benefit to most American families.

That's why more than 400 respected economists -- including 10 Nobel laureates -- oppose it." said Senator Tom Daschle.

Senate Democrats will continue to hold the Bush Administration accountable. Instead of addressing the public with truth and honesty, George W. Bush resorts to false information in an effort to drum up waning support for his "Leave No Millionaire Behind" economic 'stimulus' plan. The truth is that the President's plan will not create jobs; it will not help most seniors or small businesses; and it will leave millions of families without any assistance. The Administration's policies continue to add to the widening credibility gap that puts him further and further out of touch with the American people.

The DSCC is working to Take Back the Senate in 2004. To help elect Democrats in races around the country, support us with an online contribution:

http://www.dsccaction.net/supportthedscc.html

Sincerely,

Andy Grossman
Executive Director, DSCC

P.S. Don't let the President get away with these lies. Forward this email


Subj: No Gephardt

Dear Buzzers,

I watched Gephardt talk last night. He was practically campaigning for Bush. I don't want him or any other kiss-up who voted for Bush's outrageous war resolution. He will ensure Bush a second term, as will Lieberman. The way these guys lost Congress in 2002 was by complimenting Bush on his "war on terror" all the time. Message to Democrats: When is the last time you heard Republicans complimenting Democrats? They don't. That's how they win. You don't need to hand them a compliment. It is a knife the GOP always uses to stab us in the back. Remember how Bush stabbed the Democrats in the back. The Democrats who voted for his stupid tax "rebate" couldn't use the tax cut, and the resulting deficit as a weapon in 2002 elections because they voted for the tax cut! Bush stiffed them. Bush is very clever. Now when all the body bags come back from Iraq, Gephardt won't be able to use those in the debate against Bush because he voted for the war resolution. Let's get someone who is AGAINST Bush all the way to run on the Democratic ticket, please, instead of these guys who campaign for him. We are finished for good and democracy is FINISHED FOREVER if Gephardt wins the primary. We will just be ensuring another four years of Bush and then Jeb will be president. Then another Bush can come along. Why not. They have a free pass and everyone feels that to disagree with a Bush is to be unpatriotic. Would you like a continuous Bush reign?

If not, DO NOT support Gephardt for president or Lieberman for president. I want Howard Dean.

Mev


Subj: Letter to the Buzz

Hey BuzzFlash,

By now it's painfully obvious Bush has been and is lying about the reasons for and the aftermath of a war with Iraq.

Lying about war is an impeachable offense, and we can all take immediate action by contacting our federal legislators and insisting they push for impeachment proceedings today!

Rama Schneider
Williamstown, VT


Dear BuzzFlash,

Where is the media?

Bush stays in the face of the UN Security Council telling them if the Security Council doesn't do as he wants it will prove itself irrelevant. Au contraire! If the Security Council allows any one or two members to bully it into doing as they say that in itself makes the Security Council irrelevant.

Gary Cobb
Hendersonville, TN


Dear Buzz,

I heard Nader is planning to run again in 2004. If that is true, then he really is up to something strange. Here is the quote, for what it is worth, that I ran across.

When it was clear in the final week of the campaign that Nader was giving the executive branch to George W. Bush, didn't Nader's family, and his long-time girlfriend, the distinguished consumer advocate Joan Claybrook, beg him to pull out of the race for the sake of everything that they thought he had believed it? But he refused to listen.

A BuzzFlash Reader


The "Estrada" Evaluator

Buzz-

A lot of people don't get the problem with the partisan Estrada ABA evaluator who recommended him for a well-qualified rating. This guy did the evaluating and report for the entire ABA panel to base its review upon. Had a different person done the evaluation, he might not have gotten the well qualified rating -- especially since he has no prior judicial experience at ANY level and he was being appointed to the second highest court in the land.

Perhaps a different headline would tell the story better. May I respectfully suggest something like:

"Estrada's ABA "Well-Qualified" Rating May Be Result of Forbidden Partisan Activity"

A BuzzFlash Reader


Dear BuzzFlash,

Click Here: Check out "Las Vegas SUN: Dems: Bush Limiting Talks With Governors"

The WH has set limits on Ky. Gov. Paul Patton's toast at dinner and the governors will only be allowed to ask Bush 2 questions, which must be submitted in writing beforehand.

I'm surprised King George even honored the lowly governors with an appearance. I'm sure it won't be long before there is a throne, crown and scepter provided for His Royal Highness.

Gigi


Subj: Shock and Awe

Dear Buzz,

Recently, I've heard the term "Shock and Awe" used in the same breath with noble utterings about "liberating Iraq." "Shock and Awe," of course, refers to the proposed strategy of hurling eight or nine hundred cruise missiles in two days into a defenseless city of five million people--over half of whom are under fifteen years old. The "liberating Iraq" thing, I guess, would apply to the survivors--but a Pentagon spokesman has promised that there won't be any safe place in Baghdad, so maybe we won't have to worry about that part. Maybe "Shock and Awe" will take care of everything.

Are we really supposed to imagine that if an elementary school teacher went berserk and herded his children into a storeroom full of dangerous chemicals, an acceptable rescue strategy would be to toss in grenades and then charge, holding our noses?

Robert Crawford

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