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Subj: "Prove It All Night" used by Neo-conservative KABC LA Dear BuzzFlash, Station 790AM KABC is using the Springsteen track “Prove It All Night”in the background for their “All Night Live”promos…promoting the all night talk programs on KABC. The station is home to national and local Neo-Conservative info-tainment hosts (Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, Al Rantel, Larry Elder, Doug Mcintyre.) I am sending this info to you because in a quick google search I found no public e-mail for Springsteen or his management. If this is something of interest to them please pass it along…I certainly find it unpleasant. All the best, Michael Subj: Think outsourcing won't hurt you? Think again. Even if people don't care that US corporations are shipping formerly decent jobs overseas to employ workers at a tiny fraction of what they once made here, they should care when they realize that their most personal and sensitive data will be shipped there as well and from there who knows where it will end up. What will happen if it is misused? Well good luck rectifying the problem since the offenders will be beyond the reach of US law. This is why companies that outsource such data should have to obtain the express consent of consumers to have the data transferred beyond the borders of the United States and should be required by law to take steps to assure the integrity of the data and should be held strictly liable for any damages caused if the data is stolen. [LINK] Dan DeLisio Subj: Arnold's Lies The latest nonsense...Arnold is going to hire a private detective to investigate the groping incidents..huh..? How about just telling the truth...? A novel idea... Or is he hiring a PI to find dirt on the accusers to invalidate them prior to criminal charges or civil suits being filed ..? Just wondering.. Geoff H. Austin, TX. Re: BuzzFlash Breaks Another Record in October Bravo, BuzzFlash. You are the heart and soul of democracy. I am so glad that I found you in the listings of The Nation, about a year and a half ago. I visit you daily, and as long as I have the know how to turn on this contraption, I will continue. Perhaps, among the 2.8 million BuzzFlash readers, there may be someone who knows how to start impeachment proceedings. With all of the lies to the nation by this administration, as well as outing a covert agent...somewhere, there are grounds for impeachment. Bush and Cheney. Thank you for all you do to keep 2.8 million of us informed! Stephanie Subj: Army VIPs in Helicopter Shootdown I found this at www.debka.com:
Any idea who the Army VIPs might be? Think we'll ever find out if it's true? Mick Re: Bush Pushes Job Creation in South --- speeches. Dear Buzz: I just got this in a Layoffs and Down-sizing Alert from CNN (to which I've added the bold emphasis):
Just the other day Bush said that the Energy Bill was needed to create jobs. I can't help wondering what happened between than and now that caused the change---or was it just a convenient omission? Regards, William
Wilgus Subj: Kathleen Parker -- more... Kathleen Parker's explanation that she e-mailed the Jewish World Review and told them about the correction -- and was acknowledged -- is mysterious because when I informed him about the column, he reacted as if it was the first he ever heard about it: That doesn't sound like someone who was informed and acknowledged the e-mail to me. Also, it's interesting to note that at her Web site www.kathleenparker.com she notes getting in trouble for a similar instance:
Might it be that after some angry letters, in order to avoid a similar controversy, she changed the quote? Dylan Otto
Krider Subj: jobs and who is counting can someone bring up the fact if we had not taken our soldiers and money to fight a war in iraq where no one was threatening us, we may have had the resources to beat out al queda...what was bush thinking?? p.s. if people are stupid enough to think if 3 million jobs lost and 200,000 jobs created make everything ok by having bush as president...they deserve him. also who keeps records of the people whose unemployment runs out and they are no longer counted? they are still jobless. what about the people who give up? why do they count temporary jobs as job growth? i don't think so...make much ado about this. karin dicker Subj: Bush's Phony Cowboy Image NPR did a piece Friday afternoon about Bush's dropping popularity, and focused on a couple small PA cities. They talked to many folks, mostly Republicans who voted for W, who have since soured on him for various reasons. I guess to show some semblance of "balance" they also rounded up a few die-hard Bush worshippers and asked why they found him appealing. One guy really made me laugh. He talked about how much he liked Bush for his "plain-speaking" ways and his unshakeable integrity. He then mentioned how he liked to see Bush on his ranch riding his horse, and how that clearly demonstrated his empathy for the common man. Only problem: Bush not only doesn't ride horses, he has none at the "ranch." Talk about delusional. FC Subj: Jessica Lynch Whether it's true or not, it's very troubling to me to think that this rape story might have been advanced at this time simply to drown out the critical comments Jessica Lynch had to say about the Pentagon-generated false rumors and exploitation of her capture and rescue. So, so cynical. Rosamond Sent to: letters@latimes.com: Subj: Terminology It has come to my attention that you have decided to ban the use of the term "resistance fighters," for those who participate in the armed resistance to the United States occupation of Iraq. This was reported in a Reuters news service article that I found in "Truthout" a web site that follows the war in Iraq quite closely. I find this act of censorship on the part of Melissa McCoy, assistant managing editor, to be worrying. The term "resistance fighters" has been used in your paper as recently as last Monday (11/3/03) and I have found it to be appropriate, not "romantic." David Hoffman, foreign editor of the Washington Post was quoted in the same article saying he used the term in the Post as well. As a person with a journalism background and an abiding interest in not only media content, but media construct it disturbs me whenever censorship rears its ugly head. CBS bans a docudrama, the "Reagans" and claims the emails from the right wingers have no impact on the decision. LA Times bans the phrase "resistance fighters" and says there have been no complaints leading to this decision. One wonders if there is an unseen hand being cast over the media that is discovered by the outline left by the shadow it casts. Certainly it is not by an honest statement of government policy. (A request for suspension of the 1st amendment for the duration of the war on terror by Attorney General Ashcroft would at least be a display of their intentions.) Even if I am being a bit paranoid in my connecting the dots. It does lead one to wonder, what is going on here? - Gary Crethers 11/7/03 Santa Monica Subj: US Retaliates After Black Hawk Crash/Dan Rather "First Bombing Since the end of the war"
Russel is one of the media's favorites. He also I believe is the LTCol who believes that God is protecting him and his troops so they can't be hurt. He goes out and dares the Iraqi's to attack. The attitude here is one of punitive retaliation. That will only make things worse. Last night on CBS Evening News, Rather showed Baghdad background shots (night time) with blast flashes that could either come from Artillery or from bombs. No way of knowing if this was real time or archive footage. He stated that this was the first bombing since the end of the war. That's it. When he came back to cover the story there was nothing there. Neither ABC nor NBC alluded to it either. So we have another question of the media censoring. What was Rather reporting and why didn't he give the details? bob * * *
Subj: Lost in Translation? Dear BuzzFlash, You have a link to a NY Times article regarding Bush's speech on Nov. 6th regarding democracy in the Middle East that has as its title "Indignant Arabs Say Bush Democracy Speech a Sham." Reading this, one would presume that Bush's speech didn't go over so well. MSNBC, however, seems to have come away from the speech with a completely different conclusion: "Praise in Arab World for Bush Speech." Either Bush gave two, completely different speeches to the National Endowment for Democracy on Thursday, or someone's lying. Frankly, I can't tell who is: MSNBC is attempting to become Faux Fox, and they're not averse to shamelessly toeing the line, but the NY Times routinely seems to enjoy violating every journalistic ethic in the book. So, I'm torn. It's sad when journalism becomes nothing more than a game of "He-Said/She-Said." Andrew Christian Subj: Jessica and Other Lies Dear BuzzFlash The lies are gradually beginning to unravel. Many people knew that the Jessica Lynch story was exaggerated, because things were going badly (Still is, as a matter of fact) at the beginning of the Iraq war, and this administration desperately needed a diversion. So, what the heck, let's lie to the american people once again. They tried to distance Jessica from the public for a long time,but now I guess she can't take it any more, and has come out with the truth. To quote Sen. Kennedy " day after day after day, lie after lie after lie". The Bush administration is the most dishonest administration in our history, and you have to be ignorant or very dense to want four more years of this disaster. As for the reasons for attacking Iraq, it has been changing so many times, and so far since nothing has panned out, no WMD's, no chemical weapons, no imminent threat to any country, we are now told that it is to spread democracy! I do not think that the families of our troops, especially the ones that were killed, would appreciate the fact that their loved ones were sent to spread democracy. Oh Yes, by the way, in case anyone has forgotten, where is Osama Bin Laden? Remember all that rhetoric before the war in Afghanistan? It looks like we'd better send George "Whopper" Bush himself to look for OBL in those dark caves. I am sick of this administration, and I am also sick of the republican congress, who like little wimps, keeps protecting this emperor who we can see, really has no clothes. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Gene Lyon's article on Clark I loved that article Gene Lyons did on Clark. I think it is important. Do you think you could repost it? CK Riarden of WashingtonDispatch just smeared Clark in PRECISELEY the way Lyon's predicted the right wing would attack Clark. mev [BuzzFlash Note: Were you referring to the recent BuzzFlash Interview with Gene Lyons?] Subj: Liar, Istook has a lot of nerve. Since they choose to call this guy who was working in the Istook campaign a liar, how about asking why Istook lied and covered up for his Mormon Juvenile Court Judge fellow apostle, who was molesting boys? They kicked the boy's families out of the church and just swept the whole thing under their holy garments. Did you say there had always been an independent audit of Istook's campaigns or just an audit? How about asking Istook about selling out OKC in favor of Salt Lake City? Ask him why the party that he serves has snubbed him twice as a candidate, for governor and now for senator? Ask him why he doesn't explain what "recognized churches" means in Religious Freedom Bill? Will that be all churches, all churches he recognizes or all churches I recognize? Ask him why DC detests him so much with the way he chooses to spend their tax money? Karen Webb, Moore, Ok. Subj: Just curious How convenient that when the morass in Iraq is clearly out of Dubya's control that there should be a dramatic uptick in employment statistics. Today's news from Austin High School in Houston and the president's more general willingness to play loose with the facts makes this citizen curious about the employment numbers. Is anyone looking closely at that system? Who generates the numbers and who appoints and pays these folks? Just curious. Bob Walser Subj: State Dept. Worker Found Dead Outside Agency We know what the pentagon thinks of State. Their intelligence unit wouldn't go along with the Iraq War lies. Is this an act of Brutal Intimidation, trying to squelch current and future whistleblowers.
Bradley Subj: War Crimes Not impeachment - but WAR CRIMES -
And this doesn't even begin to address sending American soldiers to fight, die or be maimed under knowingly false pretense. Where is this PERSONAL responsibility ? This Administration has murdered thousands in Iraq, killed hundreds of US soldiers and are responsible for the loss of the legs and arms and the sanity of untold numbers. Impeachment is too good for these guys. They should be accountable for every life they took and every injury they caused, just like other criminals. If were convicted in Texas ................ Susan Derse Re: Buzz analysis--Is Kathleen Parker an Ann Coulter Wannabe? Hi Buzz, Thank you for this analysis. On 11/04 I sent an E to Buzz which I will add to the bottom of this message. I would just like to add a bit more to the debate. That is those are Kathleen Parker's words--whether or not there is a "source" is moot---she bought the words and took them as her own when she included them in her column. There was no requirement forcing her to send them on. Changing the word 'shot' to 'slapped' is at best writer-o-babble, and a sorry attempt at that. What remains is the entire line of "...should be lined up and _____". In that line is the implication of a forceful rounding up with the intent of dealing out punishment. This implies kidnapping and a threat of death (in the first version) or injury and humiliation (the second version). Are these not incitement to commit crimes (along with the list of hang them, shot them etc.by other political figures included in the Buzz analysis)? Where is John Ashcroft and his Patriot Act when our Democratic process is under imminent threat? Peace Marches of millions are reduced to 'focus group' nonstatus and the march to nazidom goes on. Best Cole... Subj: The "BS" at CBS The following is an open letter to CBS: I will not watch CBS again -- not news, not sports, not series, not specials, not even Letterman. I am extremely disappointed that you gave in to Nancy and the Republican National Committee by pulling "The Reagans." (I assume you will still show the “100% historically accurate”account of Elizabeth Smart –which implies that her story has more significance than anything you could have done about the Reagans. Please note that I'm not even attempting to create a list of other "historically accurate" made-for-TV movies that have aired on CBS over the last decade. I'm sure the list would be hundreds of pages long...) You may as well sell CBS to the RNC and Fox News if you’re willing to let them dictate your programming decisions. Which is worse: CBS’fictional history of Reagan or the RNC’s fictional legacy of Reagan? You have given in to those who want history to be recorded only with stories they approve -- written and presented only in ways they want. You let them (the RNC) get away with their version while giving up on yours. Whatever happened to accepting responsibility for –hell, even creating a little –controversy to help promote your programming? C’mon people –this is Sweeps, forcrissake. Where have all your entertainment values gone? Somebody better be fired for making this decision. GWest Subj: Open Letter to Bill Frist . . . Senator Frist, Congratulations on the maneuver to effectively shut down the intelligence operation investigating prewar intelligence on Iraq. As a true American, you understand that it is more important to protect the administration from those treasonous Democrats than to discover the truth. As you and I both are aware, this information could be potentially damaging to us and I feel that the ultimate strategy for the members of the RNC and GOP members of Congress MUST be to contain this information until after the 2004 elections. The American public fortunately has a very short attention span and this will all play out to our advantage if we can reinforce the illusion that the blame and guilt for this falls directly on the Democrats. Congratulations again and may Jesus bless and protect the righteous! Daniel
Dillon Subj: Docudramas I thought it really enlightening that the Today Show does a story about the GOP forcing CBS to cancel a series about Reagan and yet NBC is going to show a drama, with little commercial interruptions that according to the subject of the drama is more fiction than anything else and the GOP is fine with it. Jessica Lynch says she doesn't remember being raped by anyone, that she is upset that people have chosen to make-up what happened to her and that is fine. She didn't fire a shot, she wasn't shot or beaten, the hospital people tried to take her to the US soldiers and they sent her back so they could stage a totally fabricated rescue. Then they chose to give Shoshanna Johnson less money when she does remember what happened to her, but she isn't an attractive kindergarten teacher and she isn't falling all over herself to honor the Bush administration and their treatment of her. You guys should take a lesson from NOW on PBS. What is happening to our injured vets is an outrage. We should not have to take up collections to get the guys on leave from hubs to their families. We should take it out of that outrageous tax cut. Let Bush take it out of his. Our guys shouldn't have to ask for charity. Karen Webb, Moore, Ok. Subj: FYI: "Front Page" trial balloon about Syria attack The piece below from Frontpage magazine (not the most reliable source) reinforces my fears that Bush will use his Commander-in-Chief powers to regain the initiative, perhaps beginning with a proxy Israeli war in Syria and then using the "facts on the ground" to put Democrats and war opponents in a difficult or impossible bind. It's hard to believe that any of the democrats will respond effectively; indeed, faced with the Administration's nervy determination, the Democrat's weakness, the media's refusal to confront the administration, the rabid nature of the Republican core constituency, and the administration's clear intention of accusing its adversaries of treason, it's hard to be sure what an effective response might be. The strategy Brown describes is an unrevised but further-developed version of the PNAC plan which we paranoids were talking about a year ago.
Ol' Fritz sums it up... I have doubt that the US has force enough to "clean out that city" (and I bet he does too), that leaves the "get out fast" option. What he does not say is that it is the US that was defeated in VN, and that Ritter was right - the US loses this one too. Maybe he ought to say it. The US loses... A BuzzFlash Reader * * *
Subj: 7,000 troops treated just in 1 German hospital Dear BuzzFlash: You know, we've forgotten that the standard for assessing the cost of battle is the word "casualties" meaning the total of dead and wounded. 392 dead, 2230 wounded is 2622 casualties. When I have time I'll go back to the February/March 2003 polling which showed Americans support for the war went below 50% if we took 1,000 casualties. Now we hear reports of 400 dead, not the same yardstick. We were being assured that nothing like 1,000 casualties would happen in our blitzkrieg. But to just cite the killed in action number is to mislead. Not that the press or it's master would do that. But even these numbers may be too low:
Jim P Subj: Hoooraaaaaay for the US Congress Hi Buzz, The US Congress gave a surprisesVoice vote of Yes for the $87.5 + Billion for the Hell-iburton aid package!!!! Hoooraaaaay! I say give them three cheers! and three cheers more! Whooooooreaaaaay! Whooooooreaaaaay! Whooooooreaaaaay! And let us make sure they give themselves a bit of a Pay Raise again next year, for a job well done. Best, Cole... Subj: Katherine Harris for Senate I live quite by accident in Katherine Harris' congressional district. In 2002 I voted for her opponent, knowing that she had no chance because of the vast difference in spending and because this district had been drawn to put Republicans in congress. After the election I was angry, and I took an extraordinary step to do my part to oppose her and those in the Republican Party who believe in the right of the very rich to rule in this country. Florida is a state in which you must vote your party ballot during a primary, if you are a democrat you cannot vote the Republican slate in a primary. Therefore I changed my party affiliation to Independent so that I can vote either ballot according to my desires at the time. Katherine Harris intends to run for the senate seat that Bob Graham is retiring from, and it won't be as easy for her to win as was the congressional seat. In the primary I intend to vote as a Republican so that I can vote for the candidate most likely to beat Harris. Then in the general election I will vote for the Democratic candidate. I would urge other Florida democrats to consider doing this. Steve Subj: Very Interesting???????????? This is a link to a story about one of the 4 in a unit that rescued Jessica Lynch. All four have died mysterious deaths. Is a cover up in the works??? I am not a conspiracy theorist but it can be far too coincidental that ALL these guys are now dead and no one really knows why....! http://www.greenvilleonline.com/news/2003/07/07/200307079664.htm Joanne Subj: Jessica Lynch is a Hero After All Dear BuzzFlash, I would write a letter directly to Jessica Lynch if I know where to send it. I just want to make it known how proud I am of her. She is a real hero after all. It takes a lot of courage to come out and be as honest as she has been about her ordeal. It takes a lot of courage to say something publicly that is in conflict with the ruling parties propaganda machine. I hope she doesn't suffer any repercussions because of her honesty. The country could do well to have many more people of her moral fiber. The jerks running the country surely don't have any. Respectfully Yours, Richard
Stencil Subj: More Info on the 4 Mysterious deaths I did some more research and this guy has a link to the story about the 4 rescuers' all meeting mysterious untimely deaths.... http://karmakat.typepad.com/picasso_dreams/2003/10/its_just_a_coin.html Joanne Three Zeros Law As hundreds of thousands of Americans I have an experience of living under One-Party Regime in the USSR. For many years I was proud of my decision and I was able to win hundreds discussions in many countries by proving: “America is the Best”.(As a result, I lost many life-time friends and some very close people). Now I’m witnessing how My America is losing a moral ground and becoming a very different country. Almost every day I see an accelerating erosion of the fundamental principals that I use to fight for. I realize that my two sons might end up in another One-Party Totalitarian Regime - now in the US. Someone still remembers that Maximilien Robespierre, Vladimir Lenin and Benjamin Franklin. used the same great slogan Liberté Egalité Fraternité. And that who remembers also knows the end of these stories: French Guillotine beheaded thousands and Russians shot millions. The ugly logical question: does it mean that Americans must follow this Three Zeros Law and “nuce’em”billions? Is it the Fundamental Law of Mankind? Just look at today’s news:”U.S. hits area of helicopter crash”[LINK] What is THAT? Two years before defeat and shameful withdrawal, the Soviets done exactly the same in Afghanistan (Nazi did it in Russia, Russians do it in Chechnya now). They did “cleansing the area" (you bet, “residential area”) to show "the teeth and claws". A result was always the same: the increase of resistance. And History repeats itself again and again: a powerless in fighting against National Resistance leads to the absence of strategic ideas. There are some 24 million Iraqis with 10+ years of war experience. Clearly such a “strategy”will generate an exponential increase of resistance on the ground in all ethnic groups. What is the follow up now? What about 1.2 billion angry Muslims? (Meanwhile those French guys lived in epistolar age, and Soviets lived in the radio age. We live in the Internet age. It might lead to a surreal hypotheses that amount of victims must be proportional to the amount of information exchange.) Recently I looked at some Russian Internet Forums. Not surprisingly: ALL anti-americans posts (which is over 95% of total number) express a great satisfaction now. They applauding to all American actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they cheer every single American death not less than those who are killing Americans. With their deadly experience with fighting Muslims; Russians know that all these events make America weaker every day and everything leads America to an economical disaster. Here is not a rhetorical question now. Does someone in Bush Administration really recognize that? Well, let’s assume all Rulers follow the Bilderberg’s goals. Even so, is the weakening of the “West World”helpful? Is there any need to open a Pandora box with 1.2 billion furious Muslims? Do these TriLateral/Bilderberg guys really control events or just gambling? Do they really think about THEIR children’s and grandchildren’s future? I’m trying to think "out of the box." Since I made my M.S. in Philosophy in such a weird area as topology of time-space, I touched some issues related to so-called physiological time-space. It looks like now we have deal with phenomenon related to a specific metrics of Ruler’s Group. In such metrics another logic might exist. Unfortunately if that logic will rule the World, nobody will have an opportunity to make a further research in such an intrigue issue. If this logic will prevail, the rest of the people with their "common" logic will have the only opportunity: to struggle for survival. Julius Mastitski,
Ph.D. Subj: Impeach Bush? Hello, Impeach Bush? Why? It is not as if he had had sex in some closet in the White House, a real crime against the very survival of the nation. He should be praised for what he is doing for us and to us:
Would you want to impeach him for that? After all, he did not have sex with a congressional or White House page. Frank A. Lojewski Subj: Fairly Comprehensive Collection of Conservatives Criticizing Bush Hi BuzzFlash, I think you will find this collection to be the most comprehensive of its kind on the web... I've put together a list of Conservative/GOP criticisms of Bush and his administration...on a variety of topics:
The next time some wingnuts on the Right trying to suppress patriotic criticism saying that the left "hates Bush" just send them this link. Regards, TR Subj: Bush to keep iraq abortion-free Iraq’s Abortion Epidemic? We are well aware that President Bush wishes to promote his anti-choice views both here and abroad. A recent Newsweek article reporting the Administration’s recruitment of anti-choice doctors to rebuild Iraq proved this once again. But for the American Life League, that just isn’t enough. This far-right group (along with two other like-minded organizations), intent on interfering in women’s private medical decisions, held a press conference to “encourage Bush to keep Iraq abortion free.”That’s right; amidst endless debate about how to best distribute U.S. funds in Iraq to rebuild a shattered infrastructure, their priority is to ensure that no money is used for abortion or contraception programs. Considering Bush’s policy of putting ideology over women’s health, we don’t imagine ALL’s request will meet much opposition. This seems like a good time to note the irony here, that as Bush ‘brings democracy to Iraq’he is conveniently leaving the constitutionally protected right to privacy behind. The American Life League can therefore rest assured that while the Iraqi people face the daily struggle to feed and protect their families, they will at least be safe from the “Western immorality”of science-based family planning programs. For more information, see http://www.naral.org/about/newsroom/weekly_headlines.cfm Dina Subj: Bush vows decades of war for "democracy" in the Middle East Having failed to find Weapons of Mass Destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq, the propagandists are trying to demonize the Iraqis to justify the continuing occupation. If you think about it, Bush is exploiting Jessica's body just as cynically as any rapist, to perpetuate a war that is killing our kids. [LINK]
The largest troop rotation since WW2. And all for a war based on the lie that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, or was any kind of a threat to the US.
Decades. Just think about what that word means. Decades. At the very least, 20 years. In twenty years many of you reading this will be dead and for the rest of you, your youth will be gone before we see a time of peace again, and all for a war based on lies, all for a war to conquer what remains of the world's oil to make US oil families (like the Bushes) richer than they already are. Though the government will continue to hide them from public view, the coffins will continue to stream homeward, for "decades". Bush wants it to happen. He is vowing it will happen. And all because you won't stand up and make him stop. Brian Subj: Presidential Prayer Team Thanks to BuzzFlash, I have spent some time looking at a website that I did not even know existed: The Presidential Prayer Team. What in the world is this monstrosity? If previously anyone had any doubts in their mind that there is indeed a truly sordid, sinister and sick alliance between the Bush White House and the fanatical, reactionary troglodytes of the religious right, it can be dispelled by looking at this Orwellian website. BuzzFlash should really do everything possible to see to it that everyone is made aware of this outrageous website. These people really do believe that Mr. Bush is sent by God Almighty to rescue this fallen planet from the evils of darker peoples, homosexuals, Muslims, Buddhists, liberals, Democrats and God-only-knows whatever else frightens them. They even have a link to a children's website, where they can propagandize little kids into praying for the likes of Condoleeza Rice, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. Shame on the people who cooked up this abomination!! I consider myself to be a fairly religious, spiritual person, but never in a million years would I have ever been so brazen as to draw such a direct correlation between an elected politician and my own personal political beliefs. Notably, even though these self-professed Christians are praying for Bush to succeed in Iraq, I do not see any prayers being offered for those poor American troops over there getting maimed, blown up, burned and killed. This website is a disgrace, and Karl Rove should be ashamed of himself for such a ham-handed attempt to equate his man with the Almighty. Donald P. Russo Subj: Bob Frist out of communication? I have tried to communicate my feelings to Frist regarding his partisan, "we have everything to hide" posture with regard to the 9/11 inquiry. How perfect that we still have leaks in the Democratic ranks (oh, hello Mr. Miller, Mr. Breaux) - at any rate, when attempting to contact him via the Senate web page, his email is not available. Usual cowardly bully tactics, but I would like this to be looked into and perhaps discussed on your glorious site. The good doctor is obviously NOT IN. Thank you for all that you do. BTW, when do you all sleep? Best, Maria Sozio [BuzzFlash Note: Sleep? Who can sleep when there's so much work to......zzzzzzzzzz. (Falling asleep at the keyboard is only a problem if you short-circuit the keys with drool.)] BuzzFlash, We can always depend on you folks for the straight-forward news of the world, and we thank you for that. You do a real service - and a wonderful job. Has anybody made any comments on why the $87 billion supplemental request Bush asked for, and for which the Washington lawmakers rolled over and played dead about, so benefited Donald Rumsfeld and his operations without any questions or concerns being expressed from those Democratic lawmakers? From what I've heard about the "gift," Rumsfeld does not have to be accountable for anything...I think maybe he notifies some congressional committees he is/or has been using some of the money. But, oddly enough, nobody can question his use, he doesn't have to reveal why he is using it, and he has the power to move billions around to accounts he doesn't have to explain. What IS all of this? Nobody gets any information out of the White House, Pentagon, and others, yet they come back over and over asking for more money, more personnel, more loyalty, more sacrifice....more....more....more.... Have we got the right congressional people in office? Why is there such silence? The Congress is supposed to be the most powerful body in our government. Don't we need to be looking at some congressional records to see if we should start building lists of names of people who could replace some of these "public servants?" If the Democrats are only going to elect people for Congress who will always go along with, and vote with, Bush and his crew, why do we bother to try to find out what our Democratic candidates stand for? It appears that the Democratic candidates need not campaign. All they have to do is to tell the public the Republicans will express in their Republican speeches a platform agreeable to both parties (which is, obviously, the platform of both parties now). Hmmm, I wonder if they will expect us to vote Democratic or Republican, now that they have a united platform? Or will it even matter? I understand that elected lawmakers have elections coming up, and I understand that it is many times beneficial to have experienced elected officials in place during national crises, but - really - I don't think our current lawmakers have a clue as to what the people are feeling and what we want. And these lawmakers were inexperienced at one time, too. When Gingrich rolled into office and took his party with him, many of them were inexperienced....yet they functioned.....it can be done again! I'm sure the elected officials from my state don't have a clue as to what we want - nor do they care....and if anyone who shows at least a handful of knowledge of world situations runs for office to replace any of the current officials in my state in the next elections, you can believe that I will vote for the new faces and different actions, and many others have expressed the same thought. Where are our Democratic lawmakers? I know they want to walk safely in the middle of the road, but there ARE times when the only honorable thing to do is to take sides, and there have been plenty of opportunities in the last many months, for these guys to take sides...against Bush and his cronies! A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Tucker Carlson Letter to PBS I got tired of not "doing" anything, so I figure to start with this. Couldn't find an address for the program director. http://www.pbs.org/aboutsite/aboutsite_emailform.html Dear PBS, I have a very serious problem with a recent PBS programming change. First there was Jim Lehrer's noticeable list to the right when he returned from his recent absence. I count on the New Hour each night for a neutral look at that day's events and non-sound bite reports on significant issue, and the shift is disturbing. Now a hard right commentator, Tucker Carlson, is being given a show. When all our television news sources now presenting a single, slanted political philosophy, how in heaven's name does it serve your views to present more "Me, too" programs? From the corporate conservative establishment views of the three major networks to the simple conservative propaganda of Fox and The McLaughlin Group to the nutty talk radio found in every community, we have plenty of sources to get the conservative spin. Some argue that we need some liberal spin as a balance, but I'm happy with objectivity. I can't help but suspect that you must have abandoned morality to financial threats. But if we can't count on non-profit broadcasting for programming not available elsewhere, then where do we go? Sincerely, Robert McDonald Re: BuzzFlash Breaks Another Record in October BuzzFlash, Here is one reader who is VERY GREATFUL that BuzzFlash is in existence. -Joan Quinn Subj: Rush Limbaugh We need a couple of hundred people at this event with signs that say "Claremont Institute honors a drug addict" or "Prosecute Rush like any other drug addict" We need to let the media see that we know what he is. Michael Subj: Veterans' Day I am watching C-Span early Sunday morning and just heard that numerous municipalities in America are scaling back or canceling Veterans Day parades and celebrations because there aren't enough troops to participate !! Not only is the lion's share of our regular military in Afghanistan & Iraq, so are an increasingly larger share of our National Guard troops. And, as one caller noted, what a perfect time for us to be invaded - with not much beyond no one left behind to guard our Homeland....... Anyone who even considers voting for Bush needs to get some serious professional help... Thank you for being a place for me to vent while the amazement is still fresh...... Beautiful
Barb Subj: Patriot Act There seems to be a news blackout about this incident on all the television stations in town except for the NBC affiliate, but two Toledo city councilmen who were trying to hold a press conference about a resolution they are sponsoring condemning the Patriot Act were escorted out of Government Center by a state trooper apparently at the behest of the building manager and security firm in charge of the Center. Although this is the routine spot for press conferences concerning matters before the city council, and I don't remember anybody else ever being kicked out, the Ashcroft-wannabes are justifying this on the basis that (gasp!) they had a banner, and (horrors!) this press conference might have offended somebody. An article about this can be found at the Toledo Blade website at LINK. So, folks, keep in mind just in case you decide to visit Toledo, you can't talk unless we like what you say. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Corporations are shooting themselves in the foot - this is a no-brainer One thing that seems to have been forgotten in the debates is that good decent paying jobs are the most important part of any good economy, since it is well paid citizens that become the buying customers and add to the prosperity of businesses. Who will the corporations sell to otherwise? Other corporations? Corporations, as a matter of fact, are actually shooting themselves in the foot with their mindless greed for short term gains. This should be a no-brainer, but I don't see any of our Democrats using this as one of their arguments. Why? -- Richard Sent to: drudge@drudgereport.com <drudge@drudgereport.com>: Subj: NBC Mr. Drudge, I have seen as excerpts in previews of "Saving Jessica Lynch" on NBC. Now I have read on your web site that Ms. Lynch says the accounts from which this movie is based regarding her ordeal are exaggerated to the point of being false, at the very least being biased. Because the script of the movie is not based in documented truth, and because airing the movie may hurt the feelings of a truly patriotic person, I'm hoping you can help put pressure on NBC to not air the movie like what was facilitated for CBS not to broadcast "Reagan". Public airwaves used by television should not be used to put out obviously biased materials. I call a boycott of NBC sponsors of the movie, of NBC, and of GE and their products. Censorship proved so valuable in shutting down an "obviously liberal" agenda in "Reagan", we should use it to stop the obviously conservative pro-war propaganda that "Saving Jessica Lynch" represents. Best regards, Tim Whitfield Subj: Truth and Cowardice In my fifty-odd years as an American I have never before seen such a malignant socio-political environment such as we are currently experiencing. If we are ever able to surmount the repressive government with which we have been shackled, it will be no thanks to the major network television cartel of which CBS is a member. CBS has tucked it's tail between its legs and sucked up to a political party which has revealed itself to be fascist in nature. Canceling "The Reagans" is an act of cowardice that would be unthinkable in a truly free society. This act of cowardice is a new low, though hardly unexpected, considering the cartel's reluctance to report actual news in a meaningful way. "Fascism" is not a word that I use lightly. Benito Mussolini was the inventor of 20th century fascism. He described it as "the marriage of corporate will to government power." CBS and it's media cartel clones have abandoned their post as monitors and guardians of a free society. Perhaps the cartel should cease the ongoing charade and undergo a mega-merger of the type which corporations seem so fond. You could call it the "Patriotic Truth Network". A heroic photograph of an American Flag-draped Joseph Goebbels would be a fitting logo. You are all cowards,and wouldn't know patriotism if it punched you in the face. And that day is coming. Very Truly Yours, Michael J. Fowler,Firefighter/Paramedic retired Subj: Iraq War Death Stats The Iraq War casualty reports this week raise a question. All I hear enumerated are the soldiers killed immediately in attacks. Do none of the wounded ever die afterward? Are their deaths factored in and reported then? Do our M.A.S.H. units and military hospitals at home and abroad really have a perfect track record of saving all of the wounded? I hate to mistrust the word of our government officials (right!), but I have a gut feeling that the number of military dead is much higher than we are led to believe. Is there any way to check there veracity on this matter? Paul Alan
Laughlin Subj: lady liberty scorned The best example of the bush legacy here at home: 2 YEARS after 9/11 a non profit private charity is soliciting donations to afford security upgrades needed to reopen the monument to visitors meanwhile our leadership is soliciting donations to afford security upgrades needed to reopen the wounds necessitating any new security work to lady liberty a woman scorned must surely awaken to the realization that she is being played by her betrothed chris mcfarland Subj: Simulated Economic Recovery The NY Times reports, apparently with surprise, that "the growth in employment now appears to have begun in August, as tax rebate checks were being received and cashed by millions of American parents." If you give people a one-time check to spend and they do so, is that a "plan" for long term economic recovery? I think, rather, that it is a long term plan to simulate economic recovery. Carefully timed new tax cuts up to the next election, each having the same temporary stimulating effect, will give the illusion of an economy recovering. When the money artificially pumped into the economy this way runs out, the house of cards collapses, but the election will be over and the real devastation of the federal coffers can begin -- the one that assures inadequate funding for liberal/democratic programs for years, perhaps decades, to come, no matter who controls the White House and congress. Bush definitely has a plan, but it's not one anyone genuinely interested in the welfare of the country would pursue or support. Albert Clark, NY Subj: Bush is a christian? Dear Buzz As an evangelical christian myself I find Bush claiming to be a christian nauseating, and I am ashamed that my christian brothers and sisters in the US fail to speak up. Of course, we have a similar problem here, with our Prime Minister lying through his teeth about everything and yet claiming to be a christian also. Why is the nation not angry about what happened in Florida in the last election? What value does this place on your freedoms? The most common cause of the downfall of democracy is not an attack from outside, but the corruption within. What do you think the world thinks of the US when it watches Bush and his party destroy freedoms, undermine the sanctity of public office - from the presidency down - and most people do not murmur? Did your forefathers fight so hard for freedom for you to let it be taken away by such an obviously gratuitous bunch of thieves?? David Ashton Subj: Saving the Born BuzzFlash, http://www.BuzzFlash.com/analysis/03/11/ana03301.html Jerry Falwell, what about saving the lives of the born who your friend sent to die in Iraq ? Larry, Maryland ++Change of Address BuzzFlash, My wife and I were talking and decided george w. should change his name to george re. Resentment. Towards and from him Recession. With a capital R Republican. Let's take a look at that. The GOP, the Grand Old Party. If I remember my history, the republican party came about from the Know Nothings or Whigs, after the Democratic party was established. Wouldn't that make them the Grand New Party. Is everything about them a lie? Retaliation. He tried to kill my daddy Repression. As in freedom of speech. Regression. As in intelligence. I think what makes me more upset than anything is the administration lying to me and thinking I am stupid enough to believe it. No offense to those of you who do. Except the stupid ones. Remission. As in the problem is going away. We gained 120,000 jobs in October, not that we lost 170,000. Terrorism is gone. Saddam is gone. Osama bin missin. etc. Reassign. As in blame Recoil. As in fear this man might be president again. Recondite. To conceal. Hidden from sight. Difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend. I don't even know where to start with that one. Redondition. As in the rest of the world is against us and our God. You must stop what your a doing and follow me. Reconfirm. God told me to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, so it's okay, really. No really I mean it. And, democracy is mine, mine, mine. Kinda like the birds on 'Finding Nemo'. Reminders. We are fighting threats. No, terrorism. No, Al Quiada. No, Osama. No, wait, where was I. Recusancy. Refusal to accept or obey established authority. In the old days, didn't the president work for us? Revolting. Environment, Enron, Right to chose, Racist appointments, economy, job loss. Okay I could probably use my 400 word limit here. Regurgitate. Just take this one and run. Recalcitrant. Obstinately defiant of authority. See recusancy above. Recall. This administration had nothing to do with that. Alrighty then. Recant. Rumsfeld: 'No, that's not what I said'. Recap. Let me say this over and over until I actually believe it. Recapitulize. Revision of capital structure as in an organization. Now Condy is in charge. Recapture. Daddy failed, so now I have to do this. Recede. To move back or away. These puppet masters who I work for, Project for a New American Century, say we should transport back in time to 1955, then everything will be okay. As long as we can repress that evil Elvis. Recension. Critical revision of text. Fill in the blank Recess. A hidden, secret or secluded place or part. Oh wait, I know. How about the TRUTH. Recherche'. Pretentious, overblown. Pearl, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz. Feel free to add. Recidivism. Relapse into previous mode. When my daddy was president, he had war and recession. So. REspectfully submitted Randy and Gina Gibbs How the GOP stole Christmas: Little Jimmy's Xmas savings bonds will soon be worthless "Look, Daddy. Aunt Suzie gave me savings bonds for Christmas," says your son. You gulp and flinch, knowing that in less than ten years these bonds will be all but worthless. "Daddy, why would anybody give a kid a piece of paper?" continues Jimmy. "Why didn't Aunt Suzie give me Bob the Builder?" Why indeed. Aunt Suzie didn't realize that in less than ten years America's five trillion dollar debt will bankrupt us and little Jimmy's savings bonds will have become just that -- merely a piece of paper. But what about all these recent job increases that the Republicans brag about? Won't this new source of income tax keep us solvent? With most of those jobs going to strike-breakers and Christmas temps, that's hardly likely. No, the taxes these folks pay will definitely NOT add up to five trillion dollars. Basically what is happening to the American economy is this: Bush and friends are picking our pockets, emptying our piggy banks and maxing out our Mastercards. And when Experion runs a credit check on America in a few years, we -- not the GOP -- are going to be the ones on skid row. Not all the tiny little tax payments of all the Christmas temps in America combined -- nor those of farmers, teachers, sales clerks, clergy, UPS guys, Bob Cratchit or ANY of us working stiffs -- can pay off this huge national debt. Only the fat cats who ran up these bills can do it. But they don't have to. The GOP Congress just gave them (not us) a giant tax break. It's as if we handed our Visa card over to rich strangers, they went out and charged a whole mall's worth of stuff on it, stuck us with the credit debt and then didn't even ask us over for dinner on the new dinette set. What kind of Christmas spirit is that???? Aunt Suzie, you got two options here. Option one: Be courageous, stop letting the GOP play the fear card (fear of terrorists, fear of minorities, fear of nancy-boys and even fear of women. The Republicans even have Americans afraid of WOMEN!) Throw all the Bush grinches in jail and install people in the White House and Congress WHO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. And bring our troops home too. Option two: Buy your little nephew a Bob the Builder set as soon as possible -- before the GOP finishes cleaning out your Social Security account too. Best regards, Jane Stillwater, Berkeley, CA Sent to: Howie Kurtz <kurtzh@washpost.com>; Wash Post Ombudsman <ombudsman@washpost.com>: Subj: Post Bias
* * * Howard, This is in the news section of the post and the wording seems very biased. Any comment? Perhaps if Broder is going to use LIBERAL to describe the DEMS, than CONSERVATIVE would be a more balanced term for the REPUBLICANS. Or maybe instead of Liberal say the DEMS are for the Poor and under-represented little guy. Plus, how accurate is it to say that the GOP is for smaller Government, when the facts say otherwise---hasn't the Government grown under Bush. This article is no more factual than the initial Jessica Lynch reports--perhaps it is fitting that it comes out on the same day that the Lynch movie, based on the word a guy who now is being paid handsomely by a GOP Lobbying firm headed by Bob Livingston airs. The Post has once again proved to be nothing more than Pravda on the Potomac--Oh how I long for the glory days of the 70's when reporters actually used facts instead of fiction. thank you, stevie gardiner Subj: Watching BBC an embedded cameraman photographed a friendly fire attack Attack gone "disastrously wrong" and the attack was by Americans on Americans... camera lens smeared with blood, and he keeps filming - this was in March 2003.... many injured and dead, totally graphic pictures, never shown on TV.... saying "there are bits of bodies all around me, we don't know how any Americans are dead" bodies burning, moaning, blood everywhere, :"too gory to be broadcast" at the time.... the translator dies, everyone on the camera team were injured, bleeding faces, arms.... one went home for medical treatment - lost the hearing in his left ear, will ring for the rest of his life, the others stayed. Says we're told the public doesn't want to see the things we saw and filmed. The others continued to Basra, found being embedded better than he thought it would be, but worried that they only showed one side of the story.... 15 journalists died reporting the story. Bush has never been there. A BuzzFlash Reader Dear BuzzFlash, The Republicans on the Senate intelligence committee have called a halt to all committee business in mock horror after the Republican party's press release of a Democratic memo that was never even distributed to other Democrats on the committee. They have demanded the Democrats turn over all papers and formally apologize to Pat Roberts (the chairman of the committee) before they return to take up the committees previous efforts to blame the CIA for distortions of intelligence that clearly were demanded by the Vice President and the Pentagon. In response, Sen. Jay Rockefeller must find a spine, hold a press conference, and declare in an outraged voice that he WILL NOT apologize for demanding that the Senate intelligence committee do the people's business rather than continue their partisan obstruction of justice that has gone on up until now. He WILL NOT apologize for demanding that the Senate investigate the executive branch's evident manipulation of intelligence. He WILL NOT apologize for refusing to go along with a partisan Republican cover up of the hijacking of democracy. He WILL NOT apologize for refusing to allow the Republicans to run our democracy as if it were a monarchy. Finally, he must declare at the top of his lungs that he will not allow Republican disinformation to deter him from demanding that the committee fulfill its responsibilities to the people. The memo the Republicans have released was procured through an invasion of privacy and the Republican response to it is as if the Republicans had broken into Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office and shut down the Senate because they were shocked at the contents of Ellsberg's file. This is a clear dirty tricks operation that smacks of Karl Rove's mendacity where the Republican party has once again declared civil war on democracy and put the interests of the people after those of their misguided and criminal party leaders. We shall not and cannot allow their grandstanding, faux self-righteous treatment of the American people as an enemy to stand. Sincerely, Mark Anderson Dear BuzzFlash, I was watching the segment of msnbc this morning that dealt with the "America Talks" Segment...and they gave the results of last weeks question. The question was, "If you were to vote today...and the choices were Bush/Cheney OR Dean/ Clark....whom would you vote for. They have an even numbered guest roster on these shows in person...but this is to go out on the airwaves and people e-mail them. The results were whopping.....77% for Dean/Clark, 20% Bush/Cheney, and 3% undecided. What a surprise...I know that their poll numbers are falling in every single poll...but, Dean is really running off with this...........I hope and Pray it holds! Shirley...........St.Louis Subj: Diebold Voting Machines All of the buzz about the evils of the Bush Administration will be for naught if we don't demand and insist that the fraudulent Diebold touch-screen voting machines be fixed to produce a printed receipt showing the vote and to provide a recount facility. Otherwise, the Republicans will steal the elections, federal, state and local. It has already started. The Sun [Baltimore, Nov. 5, 2003, p. 2B, col. 1]] reported that "In July, a team of researchers based at the Johns Hopkins University concluded that the underlying computer code in Diebold's machines could be vulnerable to tampering. [Republican] Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. then ordered another review, which found the system 'at high risk of compromise.' But purchase of the machines will continue, officials said." [emphasis added] Search "diebold voting machines" on the 'Net and note especially the article by Bev Harris which gives details and includes some internal Diebold memos which confirm the flaws in the machines, that Diebold is doing nothing about them, and that Diebold knows of their fraudulent use in some past elections. Rep. Cardin [D., Md.] wrote to this author that a bill in the House to compel correction of the problem is going nowhere for lack of a single Republican co-sponsor or supporter. Royal G. Shannonhouse Subj: Need for a realistic voting machine auditing procedure! A BuzzFlash Reader We hold these truths to be self evident. That contrary to common law a voting system must be assumed guilty of being rigged until proven innocent. That the mechanism for proving that innocence is a verified by multiple means audit trail that starts with the voter verified paper ballots and is built throughout the voting system's structure. This audit trail should be the primary design focus of the entire voting system design. Failure to provide such a VOTER VERIFIED AUDIT TRAIL is evidence of extreme incompetence in voting system design. It is the very minimum one would expect from a voting system! So why haven't the voting machine manufacturers done this? Either they have hired inexperienced and or incompetent software developers or perhaps they have more sinister motives! This is not just my opinion! It is the opinion of literally THOUSANDS of professional software developers and prestigious University computer scientists across the USA and the world. For example, the oldest and rather large professional society of computer software and hardware professionals, the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM), which normally prefers to stay clear of political matters, has come out with a strong statement supporting the voter verified paper ballot and audit trail. The biggest problem to getting action is this: 1. In congress the Republicans normally act according to orders from their leadership. That leadership sees no need for H.R. 2239, the verified paper ballot initiative proposed by the democrats. 2. So with the Republicans against it H.R. 2239 has no chance in hell to be passed, and there is no chance that they will change their minds unless there is a massive demand for it from the majority of the voting public. 3. Since to the naive there is no "sky is falling" urgency, so what little coverage of the topic is done by the mainstream press will be a fair and balanced tepid presentation between the trust worthy voting machine companies versus the crazy radical "cry wolf" computer scientists. (God, that is so backwards!) 4. That will likely continue until the 2004 elections are close. At which point the mainstream press will reckon, that with the elections close, this controversy will now attract viewers and readers and there may even be enough public outcry to get H.R. 2239 passed but it will be way too late for the critical 2004 elections since there will be not enough time to install all those printers and other software in time for the elections, so that is when the sky falls! Yet H.R. 2239 is still not enough: When we get to the elections center Host computer we have to ask if the uploaded data indeed agrees with what is in the voting stations. How do we audit/prove that? Then that data, of course, has to be summed to give the final vote tallies. How do we audit/prove that those sums are valid? There are solutions to these questions but none have been implemented in the current crop of voting machines! A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: selling out your party i have been watching zell miller bounce from show to show promoting his book and telling us all the democrats have lost touch, can't win elections, don't know what the people want. didn't gore get more votes than bush? don't the polls show more people do not want bush to serve another term than want him to? i have been reading some of his speeches over the years, this is a man who is all over the map depending on which way the wind is blowing. he wants to sell a book so he needs to pull a male i wanna be just like ann coulter nut case. it sells, tv shows love that over the top stuff. zell miller should be ashamed. he is selling out his party to sell his book. katie johnson Subj: Al Gore Speech I just read Mary MacElveen's commentary on the Al Gore speech. I think she is missing the point. Until Gore's August speech, I felt that no one in the Democratic Party was willing to stand up to the Bush administration on any of its policies. We Democrats were not being fairly represented. No one was speaking for us. By having someone credible who is not running for president speak out on the issues that concern us, Gore made it easier for those who ARE running for office to address these important issues. He said things that made sense to voters; things they wanted to hear. By enunciating the policies that are important to us, and getting the enormous feedback we have given him, the Democratic candidates for president can now address these issues, knowing they will get strong support from their constituents. They can say, "The Bush Administration led us into war on cooked-up charges," taking the impact out of the Republicans' normal games of slamming Democrats for their beliefs and calling them traitors for being opposed to the war. Gore can say that our civil rights are under major attack to many people attending his speech and watching on TV, and Republicans can see that many people share his feelings, and that we're not all conspiracy theorists. Gore has a big enough name and a strong enough following that people will take him seriously. He can be seen on TV in a wide-enough audience that the Democratic candidates can only dream about. He opens the doors for others to follow. We need more major politicians who are not seeking office to speak out against the tyranny of the Bush administration. Gore is my hero. By the way, I attended the speech at the DAR Constitution Hall today, and I thought it was a great speech. I am thankful that he was willing to enunciate the charges that our civil liberties are under attack, because many people are going along their merry ways, thinking our government would never do anything like that. One day, we'll wake up, and we'll have very limited freedom, if these people aren't stopped. It was refreshing to be with thousands of people who have the same beliefs and worries as I. As an added plus, I got to shake Gore's hand as he was leaving the building. Myra P.
Lindsey Subj: Bush I just sent an email to CNN challenging any of their so called journalists at The White House to ask Bush if he can name any of the US casualties in Iraq. Strikes me it would only take one prominent asker to expose the bastard. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: President Al Gore's Great Speech Dear BuzzFlash I watched Al Gore's speech on television, and as usual was very impressed with what he had to say, and with his intelligence. It saddens me that this man was cheated out of his presidency, and that had he been president, this country would not be in the messy situation it is in today. I fully expect the right wingers to call him the usual meaningless names tomorrow for speaking up so brilliantly, but then it really does not matter, because he was able to challenge the Bush administration and bring the focus on their failing policies. He would be the ideal candidate to run against this false president, and I know he will energize the democratic base successfully. I really wish he had decided to run again, and I know that many folk were disappointed that he had made up his mind not to do so. We badly need someone like Al Gore to speak up for us, since no one else seems to be doing so. I am tired of that arrogant, swaggering cowboy who was selected president, and it would be great to have a real breath of fresh air like Al Gore. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: After reading President Gore's . . . recent assessment of the Resident -its pretty scary stuff. These a.holes are setting themselves up as DICTATOR'S. QUESTION: Where are the DEMS. who were elected to guard against this.. not a peep out of them not to mention the main stream Media. We NEED a NEW party, because these elected ass holes are sure as hell not doing their job and going with the flow to protect their own jobs, like Daschle for example who comes from a Republican state......He ought to step down. Now I know for sure BUSH is going to steal another election-the voting machine's are being rigged as I type this....the Karl Rove's of this world are like RATS when they get in-it will be most difficult to get them out, especially when they have a bunch of ENABLER'S like the DEMS and the MEDIA. Thanks for the enlightenment. Ken Miller Subj: Reagan Movie Censorship Why isn't anybody pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of those who were shouting for the CBS Reagan movie to be canned? Where were they when 9/11 was being "dramatized" by USA Network in that god-awful reimagining of Bush's worst day, "DC-911"? (Which, of course, was shown on Showtime, which is where the Reagan movie is going to be shown.) Nobody in the RNC was clanging on about "historical revisionists" then. Anyway... Phillip Subj: The Buck is Passed On I watched a portion of 60 minutes about Jessica Lynch. Guess what the Bush administration is now blaming the Iraqis again for some of their propaganda. They are saying that the report of the ambush on Jessica's convoy was report on Iraqi news and they said it was a blonde soldier and her commanding officer was told that the Iraqis or the translator used the wrong pronoun. They believe it was a guy who was blonde and shot to the death and was shot and stabbed. He was blond. Jessica said if there was a hero it was Patrick, a mechanic who took out a mortar group and was captured. He isn't very attractive, rather nerdy looking and was reported dead in the reports. Jessica seems to be a really nice person. I am so stinking tried of the Bushes making up what they want and blaming other people. The buck has been passed to the Iraqis again. I don't think there is group more arrogant than this administration. Karen Webb, Moore, Ok. Dear BuzzFlash, When GWB visited Seattle to raise money this August my handmade sign made the morning papers, the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. My sign said, "Liars Club Meets Today, $2,000.00, Elites only." You can see it by scrolling down at: http://www.snowen.org/StopBush.htm I would like to start a national movement unified by the Liars Club theme to greet Bush and the attendees at these fundraisers. I wonder if you can offer any advice or help in getting this movement started. A loyal BuzzFlash reader, Peggy Hotes Subj: geedubya's 'Mind Hurdles' - A Record of Accomplishment Worthy of So Little Praise Greetings BuzzFlash, I was recently reminded of another Bushism from a speech geedubya gave on the stagnant bush economy at a company called J.S. Logistics in St. Louis, Missouri (1-24-03): "I mentioned early on that I recognize there are hurdles, and we're going to achieve those hurdles. There's no doubt in my mind we will, because of the nature of this country." - geedubya Well, with nearly 3 years of job losses and staggering debt, are these the economic hurdles that we have achieved? Quite clearly, there's more that is absent from his mind than doubt. This got me thinking more and more about what this man has actually accomplished in his far too long occupation of the White House, and how little praise he receives for anything other than 'moral clarity' and 'staying the course'. Have you noticed that those who praise him have nothing of substance to point to? Heaven forbid anyone attempts to argue the point with a supporter of geedubya. And if one does, out comes the playing card with Bill Clinton's zipper on it! How on earth is this man still receiving support of more than 12% of the electorate? Regards, GK |
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