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Dear BuzzFlash, As a big Franken fan, I thought I'd share the link for his website. You can read articles (including one regarding the Ashcroft apology), sign up for his newsletter, read a blurb from his book, etc. Here's his TV schedule:
Is Chris Matthews giving Franken the Michael Moore treatment or is he too busy humping Ann Coulter? Click here: AlFrankenWeb.com: A Fair and Balanced Fan Page. Mary Re: To DOJ -- Investigate this is a terrorist threat
I'd be happy to re-up just so I can prepare his special cell at Gitmo! Grrrr!!! Michelle Subj: Daily Howler comment...Did Commander Bush bungle the number of troops? Dear Buzz, Perhaps he didn't bungle the number. It is now clear that the US intends to permanently occupy 4 military bases in Afghanistan as well as the others it has established in the Central Asian republics to the north. 10,000 troops is not a lot for 4 bases. Georgie may have let the truth slip out of the bag. The real number may very well have increased. Secretly, of course. The real lie is what the US is doing in Afghanistan and how long it intends to stay there. - Robert. Subj: Best BuzzFlash Headline Yet This is priceless: It's nice to have a little levity in the midst of all these depressing stories. Jeremy Falcone Subj: Religious hypocrites Hi Buzz, Do you think the Alabama judge will let me put a Hindu statue in his court house? Or a statue of Buddha? Other Americans version of God would be unacceptable I'm sure. A buzz reader Subj: Four 9-11 Moms Battle Bush BuzzFlash, What legitimate reason could this administration possibly have for not cooperating with these four women who were widowed when their husbands were killed in the WTC on September 11, 2001? [LINK] What legitimate reasons could our free press possibly have for not investigating this further? The Bush administration could not "spin" this story without the cowardly complicity of members of the press. Based on the article below, it appears that these four Moms, have learned more about our government's preparedness to protect it's citizens, than the FBI has. All Americans need to know what happened that day and why it was allowed to happen. Further, we need to be told the truth about who knew what and when, and why no one in any governmental agency failed to protect almost 3000 of its citizens that day. On that day, and all the days leading up to September 11, 2001, there were hundreds, if not thousands of people being paid with our tax dollars to perform intelligence, investigative, and protective work to protect us. For almost 3000 of our fellow citizens they didn't earn their pay. Does anyone know if any have lost their jobs? Please share this with others and continue pushing for a full investigation, otherwise these same people who are supposed to protect us, will have the same excuses the next time we're attacked. As ever, Neb Subj: E.J. Dionne In the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne asks, "Can we now please admit that the Bush administration's policies in Iraq are a terrible failure?" Would that we could--but the fact is that failure is a matter of perspective. If you're the thoughtful and informed citizen, a person of good will who was persuaded to put aside his serious constitutional and diplomatic qualms by the urgency of the administration's run-up to the war--or one who opposed the war altogether--then of course those policies are a failure. More: they are a disgrace to America and to constitutional democracy. But if you're a thief and the son of a long line of thieves, a person untroubled by such petty concerns who has found himself in a position of unthinkable power, perhaps Iraq policy isn't a failure after all. We citizens keep reading about the stupendous cost of this imperial adventure, a figure that steadily balloons toward the trillion-dollar mark, and lots of us worry about how that's going to get paid for--and yet I think that most of us have not really internalized who it is that's PAYING all that money, and worse, who it is that's going to GET all that money. As Republicans work daily to shrug America's tax burden further and further onto the shoulders of the working poor and the middle class, it becomes clear that those in the lower income brackets, and their children and grandchildren, will be the ones to pay the bill. And who will collect? Well, the cost of a war involves the replacement of munitions expended, the fuel to move men and materials, the logistics of supplying food, and so forth--all presently undertaken by companies which have direct connections to the President, his staff, and his family, and which did not have to bid competitively for their contracts. These companies are showing a sober respect for the investors' bottom line, too--consider, for example, the miserable standard of living provided to our troops by the companies contracted to feed them. If you "win," you get functional control of an oil reserve that will let you dictate terms to the rest of the world for decades to come. If you "lose," even if that means getting dumped out of office, all you get is the hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars it cost America to run the war--even the guy who beats you out of the presidency will have to keep pouring money into your hands, because you've created a situation he can't just walk away from. Either way, it's all financed by the rubes glued to their Fox News channels back home--the same ones whose kids are taking all the risks and filling all the body bags. You party hearty, you get filthy, stinking rich at the very least, and you get to roll the dice on total world domination for the foreseeable future--while someone else is picking up the tab and suffering whatever consequences there are to be suffered, for however long the suffering must go on. How can you call that a failure, from Dubya's perspective? Dionne and a lot of other columnists--otherwise right on the money--still struggle under the cancerous misconception that the people in power now actually have good intentions, and care about doing a good job. That's not the operational perspective of this administration, and until we understand that, we can't understand why they do what they do. R.E. Crawford Dear BuzzFlash, Just in case you need a good laugh, read the quote below from the bush website. I love the part about "taking ownership for our actions and words." Is this like, if you lie to the American people and start a war and get a zillion innocent civilians and hundreds of American soldiers killed, you should take own up to it and admit that you lied? I could go on and on with this quote but I think you will each see the hypocrisy in this, just as you see it in everything else coming from this damned administration.
A BuzzFlash Reader Buzz, Hey, I wonder if you write an anti bush letter do they read them or just send them out to all the major editors? If they don't edit them before they're sent out, this could be of great use! [LINK] patricia Dear Buzz, I received my "Save California Recall Bush" bumper stickers today. I love them and I am going to hand them out to all my friends. Valerie
in Orinda Dear BuzzFlash, Didn't bush have a vacation at the ranch just before 9-11 and last year just after his ranch vacation didn't he start to "beat the drums of war"? Yikes what will happen next month? pissed off patricia Subj: Burning Bush Dear BuzzFlash, Six months ago thirty-million people raged in global streets to prevent a phony war. Instead of a cogent watchdog media, we got an echo chamber for Bush lies. Instead of thoughtful policy and intelligent leadership, we got cheap sloganeers and a NeoConned nation. Instead of a "uniter," we got a dipsomanical divider. Iraq is a quagmire more dangerous than Vietnam. A volcanic vortex of 4,000 years of Pandorian problems onto which every word and action poured from belligerent Bushites further enflames infuriated Arabs. Bush says "Bring em on" while our 150,000 thirsty, tired, overstretched troops face 26 million angry Iraqis. And now jihaders are flooding into Iraq to kill infidel crusaders and claim their "Go to heaven and 72 virgins" card. The whole world knows that the 900 page 911 does not contain one mention of Iraq. The whole world knows there were no WMDs. The whole world saw Bush pump the air with his fist and gleefully assert "This feels good!'" just before he " shocked and awed" the innocent Iraqis into a dark hell into which they continue to spiral down. The whole world knows of the injustices at Guantanamo Bay. The whole world sees innocent Iraqi men humiliated, on their knees, heads in bags, hands tied, stripped of all ability to care for their families. There is no way the US is going to win this. Intelligent people would cut the losses. Mend the fences. Focus on fixing the multitudinous problems at home, instead of spreading thin US resources for the benefit of Halliburton, the Carlyle Groups and other war profiteering Bush's cronies. The solution: American troops out. International UN peacekeepers in. Will it happen? Not with Bush War & Oil Inc. in office. Not with Arnauud as CEO of the world's fifth largest economy--fronting for the Bush league and handing over California's electoral votes to ensure a 2004 Bush win. What to do? Pick up the phone. Call Congressional members every day: 1-800-839-5276. Simple message: Bring the GIs home. Send UN peacekeepers in. Impeach the Bush junta. Suzanne, San Francisco Subj: Bush's Northwest Visit BuzzFlash, So George Bush goes to a remote Eastern Washington dam where he is dubbed a "compassionate conservationist". (I almost choked on that one!) Then he flies to Seattle where he's greeted at Boeing field by Slade Gorton, the man we voted out of office! He is then handed a six month old baby for his photo op. (Where in the world did the baby come from anyway? Did it go through a security check?) He then conveniently avoids all the common citizens of Washington, who Bill Clinton would have happily met with, and heads for his rich friends from McCaw Cellular. On the way he passes hundreds of anti-Bush demonstrators whose permit was revoked as an eleventh hour move by the secret service to get them out of his way. Who cares about "We, the people" anyway? King 5 Television then erroneously reports "Jobs for Justice" and SEIU labor union demonstrators as "Pro-Bush" supporters. And then Bush flies out again! Great! What a visit! Let's be clear! This man only cares about two things... wealth and power... at the expense of everyone and everything else... The environment, the economy, health care, the disabled, the elderly, the truth... you name it! "Uncompassionate C------S------" would be the best name for this low life individual who doesn't give a damn about the people of Washington state or anyone anywhere else in the U.S. unless they make over 5 million dollars a year and donate large portions of that to the Republican Party! Rob Moitoza Dear Buzz, "They hate us because of our freedom" Which freedom? The freedom of the Patriot Act? The freedom to drink arsenic and breath fluorocarbons? The freedom to choose between paying the mortgage or getting health care? The freedom to get an education by joining the military or work at Wal-mart? The freedom to work 800 hours more and get 4 weeks less vacation per year than Europe? The freedom for corporations to take our money offshore and avoid taxes? The freedom of 1 in 3 black men being incarcerated? The freedom to be able to work until you die because there will be no retirement? The freedom to throw away our dreams of middle class? The freedom to send our sons and daughters to a hellhole shooting gallery of death by wimps who never served or where AWOL? If they hate us because of OUR freedom, then surely they should REALLY hate Canada and Europe! But they don't. When is this Administration going to get a clue? Iraq is starting to look like that great scene in "Blazing Saddles" where bad guys of all types from all over the world are lined up to sign up for the job of wiping out the small town. Our young men and women, relief workers, and now the UN are the targets. If Bush was TRULY interested in democracy - not oil or billions of dollars of contracts for his buddies - then there would not be a problem with sharing control. Better yet, hand the whole mess over to the UN or NATO. What is the real reason? Where are the questions? Where is the outrage? Kathleen Johnson Subj: Pro-Dem I still think the best possible result for Dems, as a party (and I certainly don't think much of the DNC as an organization, but, compared to the Reps...) would be the following headline... DAVIS DEFEATS 137 CHALLENGERS Josh Subj: A True Public Citizen Friends...Yesterday, I was moved in a very special way, which I would like to share with you. It occurred as I watched on C-SPAN the dedication ceremony for the commemorative inscription plaque of the Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. On August 28, 1963, I watched the original on a black and white television set with a group of friends in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm sure many of you watched, too. It took 35 years, though, for someone to realize that the spot where that speech was delivered should be marked. That person was an ordinary, but extraordinary, young man from Louisville, Kentucky, who asked "Why not?" It took another five years for Congress to act and to get the job done. But, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the great March on Washington, the marker is now in place. One person can make a difference--a true public citizen. I transcribed the splendid remarks of Mr. Thomas Williams at the ceremony, and they are attached here. Joyce Chumbley Subj: GW and The Dead Zone I just watched the original Dead Zone with Christopher Walken. If you want to see Bush portrayed perfectly, just watch the role of the Senator played by Martin Sheen. It is such an accurate portrayal of Bush that my blood ran cold. Everyone should watch this film once again just to see an excellent actor so vividly portray Bush as the deranged demagogue he is. This is one scary man....the character and the real life one! Les If you live in California, you should know that Arnold is planning to do Bush's bidding and steal California electoral votes in 04. They knew Arnie was an empty head and that he would do Karl Rove's bidding. That is why Bush is behind the recall in CA in the first place. If you don't vote against Arnold you will keep Bushie in for four more years, have even more blackouts and energy gouges, and lose more jobs, so think now, before it is too late. mari To BuzzFlash Readers: Spread REAL news by sending news that appears on BuzzFlash to the lapdog media. Develop email lists of cable news shows and anchors, network news shows and anchors, editors of newspapers, etc., and help them out by sending them REAL news from BuzzFlash! Although they still probably won't report REAL news, at least you'll let them know that people are nonetheless getting REAL news even as the lapdog media try to suppress it or spin it for propaganda purposes. Frank Lineaweaver Subj: Amazon's Best Sellers List Hi Guys: Today is Saturday and Amazon's best selling authors for today are as follows:
This is so encouraging -- maybe the American people are finally waking up. My God, what will the media do, they're failing the Bushies..Karl Rove's shorts must surely be in a bundle. How much harder will the Media be instructed to cover up & lie to change what seems to be a changing mood in the country? Anyway, it seems a good sign liberal writers are finally selling lots of book. Take care and have a happy weekend, what's left of it that is. Regards, Marlene Subj: Now that we own Iraq, why are gas prices going up? Dear BuzzFlash Editors, Gasoline prices just hit an all-time high of $1.94 in my hometown. I never expected Bush to bring democracy to Iraq: he's obviously not too interested in democracy. And we all know that the WMD business was just a ruse. We all know that the real reason to invade Iraq is to protect the American way of life by ensuring the steady supply of cheap gas we need. But Bush has even bungled that! Perhaps Bush's undoing won't be anti-war protests, but gasoline riots instead! David Flanagan Subj: Dear Fox, Thanks for giving publicity to Franken's book Dear Buzz, Isn't it great that FAUX has given publicity to Franken's new book. LOVE IT. sweet marie Subj: Gas Prices BUZZ: Where I live, gas prices are up to $2.00 per gallon,and will go past that soon. I've never seen it this bad. One station raised prices 13 cents a gallon in one day! Another Bush legacy,and sure to worsen the already sour economy. Brian Subj: In memory of Sally Baron--defeat Bush in '04 BuzzFlash, It has been amazing to see the story of Sally Baron spread throughout the left-leaning web sites so quickly. We could easily never have heard of her, except that her family chose to add the words: "Memorials in her honor can be made to any organization working for the removal of President Bush." People without internet access, or those who do not surf the web regularly, can easily miss out on some stories that are real gems. I chose to spend this morning putting together a page about Sally Baron and her memorial. Please feel free to print out the page and share it with anyone off line who needs to see it. And, if you hadn't heard about Sally yet, this link will fill you in. http://dean2004.bmgbiz.net/defeatbush.html Renee Subj: WMDs Buzz, The postcards I ordered and received were perfect. Now here's what I believe. These soldiers are not getting sick from pneumonia over there. It's the nerve gas. There are getting sick because of the WMD's they are having to transport from the airport where the U.S. is shipping them in. Some of our men are now on life support, comatose, with discharge papers because of this. Hmm? These weapons, nuclear and nerve gas, will be discovered in a valley near the border of Lebanon and Syria sometime in September. That's next month. The Republicans will come out overjoyed claiming President nominated Bush was telling the truth all along. And of course there will be idiots out there who will believe this. Be prepared. Thanks. Jerry duh! if france and russia started a war in which we told them over and over without question it was wrong and they were wrong, they were making a mistake AND WE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT...........then when they realized yep it was a mistake, then they wanted us to send our own young men and women it to die so they could save face..............WOULD WE? WOULD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO DIE UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES? the republicans would be the first ones screaming NO! the johnson
family Subj: Bush AWOL on 26 GI deaths while he golfs and raises $200M Thank you, Barbara, for your excellent reader commentary and very poignant reminder of why we are marching, writing letters to editors, working for Demo candidates, calling Congress, etc. This usurping imbecile must not retain the White House. The self-proclaimed "hugger of widows and children" can't be bothered if it'll interrupt his golf game, his fall off a Segway scooter, or other top priorities. Maybe if there's another major US terrorist attack. George "leave no billionaire behind" Bush can squeeze it in....a group hug...while he reads to a storybook to children and Rome burns. What a sad, sad, sad commentary. That good people are losing their lives. Their health. Their limbs. Their dreams. Their hopes. Their futures. For a despicable, lying, supercilious, polished turd. The insanity, destruction and inhumanity the Bush junta has wrought. Suzanne, San Francisco Sent to: flatimesunion <tuletter@jacksonville.com>; sptimes <letters@sptimes.com>; tampa tribune <tribletters@tampatrib.com>; orlando sentinel <insight@orlandosentinel.com>; miamiherald <heralded@herald.com>; GainesvilleSun <voice@gvillesun.com>; nytimes <letters@nytimes.com>; late edition <lateedition@cnn.com>; latimes <letters@latimes.com>; seattletimes <opinion@seattletimes.com>; chicagotrib <ctc-TribLetter@Tribune.com>; bostonglobe <letter@globe.com>; lwashpost <letters@washpost.com>; cbs news <evening@cbsnews.com>; peter jennings <PeterJennings@abcnews.com>; nbc nightly news <nightly@nbc.com>; foxnews <foxnewsonline@foxnews.com>; msnbc <letters@msnbc.com>; bob graham <bob_graham@graham.senate.gov>; tom daschle <tom_daschle@daschle.senate.gov> Subj: You can't hide the real Iraq casualty count forever Here is a Knight Ridder report on over 1000 US troops wounded in Iraqi arriving at Walter Reed. These are the most seriously wounded. We know that others are treated in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Landsthul, and other overseas bases. It is not possible to determine to what the figures are for non combat injured and sick. Whatever the total is it is well over a thousand. And if Gulf War I is the example, the casualties from Gulf War II are just beginning and will go on for years and number in the hundreds of thousands. As the article says: "An afternoon spent on Ward 57, Walter Reed hospital, is a stark reminder of the true cost of war, and who pays the price." Even with the media for the most part ignoring the true casualties and reporting only 61 or so combat deaths , polls show the American people are losing enthusiasm for this war. If they knew the true extent of the casualties, the wounded, the injured, the sick, what do you think their reaction would be? How long do you think this can be hidden from the American people? Robert E. Reynolds, Orange Park, Fl * * *
Subj: The Ten Commandments Buzz, I think it is telling that Chief Justice Roy Moore had the Ten Commandments monument installed on July 31, 2001, in the middle of the night without announcing its installation to the public or the news media. (Source: http://www.nbc13.com/news/2406271/detail.html) Obviously Moore knew it was improper and illegal. Why else would it be installed in the middle of the night? By the way, Who sculpted this monument? Who paid for it? Who paid for its delivery and installation? (It must have cost.) Where is the media on this? I guess it is less expensive for the media to call up Jerry Falwell to misrepresent and distort the situation then to find out the answers to these questions. Gail Powers Subj: Family members of Iraqi soldiers??? BuzzFlash, I just heard Suzanne Malveaux on CNN say that there was a small number of protesters in Crawford TX and that they were "family members of Iraqi soldiers" I could not believe what I heard. They were obviously not Iraqi but family members of American troops in Iraq. Just thought I would share this with you. More of the media trying to help cover Bush's mess. John Franklin Subj: An Awakening? Being an avid watcher of Washington Journal, I’m noticing less and less calls coming in to support this administration and the ones that do come in favor of Bush give reasons that can only be described as idiotic. For the first time, there was a poll that showed a majority of the people polled did not want another term for him. And, parents of soldiers serving in Iraq demonstrated outside the palace in Crawford Texas that we paid for renovating. Does this mean that there is hope? No, it just means look for another “incident”before the election or another dirty, dishonest election. Will the democrats capitalize on this seeming beginning of a sea change in this country? No, for the most part, they’ve proven themselves to be too opportunistic or too cowardly to play dirty like the right wing does. I think that what bothers me is that if Mr. Bush does not get reelected, he leaves the White House with a handsome pension, a lot of handouts from greedy pigs that he has helped and a whole secret service contingent to watch over him and his kin. But there is a lot to answer for, and I don’t think that using a high office for your own and your “pioneers”personal gain is acceptable. There should be an impeachment investigation, particularly in regard to 911 and Iraq for him and all his cronies. Mr. Bush should not be allowed to leave office in order to fabricate a false legacy ala Ronald Reagan for the history books. This will only serve to exacerbate what is already a problem in this country - the dumbing down of America - and will pave the way for somebody like Jeb to come in to finish the job. We need an intelligent, diplomatic, reasonable person to put this country back of the right track. And, as far as I am concerned, there are only two. Vice President Gore or General Clark. SOS Subj: From Theodore to Ronald BuzzFlash, "Farewell America" [LINK] depicts the sadness of last ten years for anyone with any sense of morality and justice. In a broader perspective, the two turning points for America were Theodore Roosevelt's realization that the government needs to ensure a "level playing field for business" to Ronald Reagan's "there is no role for government in business." The skill with which the far right negated the lessons of Theodore Roosevelt's America is attested to by the fact that the majority of people believe Corporations can do no wrong, even after scandals that have robbed billions in wealth from the whole nation: Junk Bonds, Savings and Loan Crisis, Stock Market Bubble, Pollution, Cancer from Cigarettes, to name a few. Larry Subj: Is The Lie Important? Dear BuzzFlash, Suppose you suddenly discover your wife, whom you've trusted with your commitment of heart and soul for years, attempting extramarital procreations with some stud across town. Suppose, further, that all the while she lied about it saying she'd been at the movies with a girlfriend? Which would move you to action...the infidelity itself...or the lie? I submit Bush has committed just this sort of indecency with his penetration and occupation of Iraq. He's tromped on the American peoples' trust while at the same time lying to cover his geo-political affairs and immoralities. And if I caught my wife in this kind of act despite all her deceit, spin and cover, our marriage would be over, destroyed, kaput not because of the lies or the affair...but because I could never trust her (or the words she would speak) ever again. Are you going to vote for Bush in 2004? -greg s- Subj: 9/11 and NORAD During the blackout Fox Cable repeatedly announced NORAD was securing Canada and the Northeast. They stated NORAD took off within 2 minutes from Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, DC. NORAD worked for 50 years until September 11, 2001. Why did it take 80 minutes for NORAD to respond? Who told NORAD to stand down? Who would have the most to gain by a successful terrorist attack on our shores? Arlene Rubin
Quotes "The Bush administration -- one of the things that blows my mind is, if he's so popular and so beloved, why does he need $200 million to get reelected?" --Janeane Garofalo on Crossfire Subj: Mailbag Dear BuzzFlash, I have just witnessed, with disgust, the Arnie nudie photos. I may be the only American who can say with a straight face and in all honesty..hand on heart to God, that I have never seen a Movie with him in it..as a star or any kind of actor. Now, I know why...I have never liked anything about him, from his accent to the way he looks...and now, I realize just how dimwitted he is...no wonder the right wing picks these men...they are such puppets...I am embarrassed for California...It is a beautiful state! On another subject...the Tom Daschle wimp-out.. I can remember him being one of the Dems who went to the White House after the impeachment and making a stand behind Clinton...and I really wonder what happened to him...I used to have great respect for the man! I know that his wife works for a lobbyist group...I am wondering if she has been threatened or any other kind of action taken against her...just a thought...I would appreciate feedback... Shirley...........St. Louis Subj: Remembering Oklahoma Dear Buzz, When the Oklahoma federal blding. was blown up it was an American disaster, but it did not ruin our economy. The New York bombing was not the reason for this poor economy. Repugs. are in control of all branches of government -- the house, the senate, and the white house -- and all they have are excuses, excuses, excuses, for their failed policies. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Casting Call -- Satire
(Note: To get around the ban on live coverage ban of the hearings on the lies that led to war, Brit broadcasters are hiring actors to reenact the transcripts. If Bush ever allowed a real investigation here, how would we cast the production?) Best, Jerry Subj: EPA Lie Coverage in NYC Dear BuzzFlash: Your link headlined "City officials called for a Congressional investigation into 9/11 EPA Cover-Up" contained a lot more information than I saw on my TV tonight. [LINK] In NYC I flicked back and forth every minute or so between 2 stations showing 10:00 News. One station covered it. They showed Rep. Nadler speaking, but with nothing of his own voice. Instead, they summarized his "claims" themselves. They DID show a graphic of the EPA report's title page. This all took about 10-15 seconds. Then they switched to Bloomberg, who spoke for about 30 seconds on what a truthful guy Bush has been in his experience, and you can trust authority in general. Then they showed Rep. Nadler briefly, again without his own words. I didn't catch any of this story on 3 stations for the 11:00 news. Maybe I just flat out missed it, or they put it after weather and sports. I didn't miss that people were lined up for an "American Idol" audition, and got to hear many of the hopefuls sing. Many. For quite a while. Call me whacky, but I'd think Journalists would think this a decades-huge story. The President apparently forced a public agency to lie. The known result: tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands have been exposed to deadly and damaging toxins. The aged, the children, the pregnant, the whole family included. Tell me BuzzFlash, can Official Policy act like a slow-motion weapon of mass destruction? And if someone uses it on their own people, what are we to think of that? Perhaps someone at Fox News would like to tell us. Jim P "We're not going to let them take our flag anymore. That flag belongs to everybody in the country; it doesn't belong to Tom DeLay." -- Howard Dean, CNN’s Late Edition Subj: The Body-Bag Administration Let me get this straight- Current JCS Chairman Gen. Richard Meyers in his Meet the Press interview on August 24th, contradicts Former Army Chief Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki's troop estimate on how many soldiers will be needed to secure post-invasion Iraq. Let's refine this a bit- Dick Meyers, Air Force ROTC graduate, is saying he is somehow more knowledgeable in what it takes to win a ground war than Eric Shinseki, West Point graduate? One final qualifier- Meyers, a pilot with 600 hours in the air over Viet Nam, is in what way more capable to judge Troop needs than Eric Shinseki, who had roughly 17520 hours (two combat tours) on the ground in Viet Nam; where he was thrice wounded as an Forward Observer and Troop Commander? Before Bush's questionable and costly invasion of Iraq, Gen. Eric Shinseki gave Congress the real world numbers on what it would take to do the job right. However this administration, who's unhappy with anyone who tells the truth (ala Valerie Palme), made sure their appointed yes-men got the last word. Guy's like Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz, who took draft deferments rather than serve, rammed this ill-conceived Bush war down the public's collective throat. The continuing combat deaths resulting from political appointees telling a soldier his business should hardly be surprising. When will the public wise up and demand accountability from the Bush Body-Bag Administration? Skip Van Hook Subj: Blackout blamed for prices in gas - sure What is with the power companies. WHAT did they do with the tax break Bush gave them? Can't they fix the broken grid? Can't Kindermorgan Energy of Houston fix its fifty year old pipeline with the huge tax break they got? What are they doing with all that money - buying condos in Europe or giving money back to Bush or what? mev Exactly! This failure to secure the records on WMD of the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate, like the earlier similar failure to secure potential dirty-bomb materials at Tuwaitha and other Iraqi nuclear sites (http://www.BuzzFlash.com/contributors/03/05/12_dirty.html), proves that WMDs were never anything more to the Bush Administration than a very effective tool of mass manipulation. Don't count on these guys to actually protect you from them! (Instead, count on them to get the nation mired in a colossally expensive, deadly war which will perpetually divert resources from every possible intelligent investment in homeland security or anything else for that matter.) Michael Bein Buzz,
A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Chat live with the Democratic candidates at AlGoreDemocrats.com Series begins with Senator Bob Graham on August 29th GNN News - - Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) will participate in a live, online chat hosted by AlGoreDemocrats.com, beginning at 9:30 pm Eastern/6:30pm Pacific on Friday, August 29th. The half hour chat with Senator Graham is the first in our series of town hall meetings with the declared Democratic Presidential candidates. "Our website is home to thousands of motivated activists, who want the ideas and values promoted by Al Gore to play a central role in the 2004 campaign. The goal of our town hall meetings is to provide a platform for the declared Democratic candidates to directly address Gore's grassroots supporters; and help those supporters make an informed decision about who to back in the primary," said Dylan Malone, the co-founder of AlGoreDemocrats.com. Don't miss out! Log in to our chat with Senator Graham at http://www.algoredemocrats.com/chat Subj: Al Franken on the Today Show Dear BuzzFlash, This morning, Matt Lauer (sp?) interviewed Al Franken on his "Lies" book. The interview was going fine, until the end when Matt accused Al of being hypocritical. Matt explained it as Al used letterheads from Harvard to send out 27 letters to political leaders, etc. Matt accused him of misrepresentation, doing the same thing O'Reilly does because of THIS ONE MISTAKE THAT HE TOOK REPSONSIBILITY FOR. This of course is what is totally missing form the right-wing nuts/ and O'Reilly. They NEVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. Al Franken took responsibility and apologized for it. Matt did not inform the public that Al WAS different, he just attacked him. Attached here is my letter to Matt and the Today Show. I urge ALL your readers to email The Today Show and blast Matt for being a Bush whore, and creating his own 'spin' on a great and timely book. * * * Dear Matt, For just a brief moment, I thought "wow", Matt was doing the right thing. The Today show has guts enough to take on Smear King O'Reilly, prince of spin. Coming from the Midwest as I do, I fully understand the damage this man does to public opinion. I was so relieved when Franken published this book, and so happy to know that the courts haven't been totally compromised with the outcome. And then, disaster. Matt, are you a total jerk? You accuse Al Franken of misrepresenting himself......after he admitted his mistake and apologized for it. This action, taking responsibility for one's mistakes, IS EXACTLY THE F% #^@&*!ing point AL is trying to get across. Why the hell would you do this the way you did? You were not being 'fair and balanced' by accusing him of the same behavior when he took responsibility for it. That last shot was so worthless, so unprofessional, in lacking that following and pertinent point, that all I can think is that you, Matt, had some order given or are failing in your ratings that you had to give your own warped spin. YOU MISREPRESENTED AL FRANKEN TO THE PUBLIC. So, in closing, screw you Matt. No more Today Show. You, through your little brained comments, lost another viewer. The American public is frightened of this administration, period. They 'disappear' people, they lie, they steal, they kill. And you are helping them. Worthless journalist, wipe the brown off your nose. Gretchen Kennedy, Portland, OR |
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