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AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATE DEMOCRATS Congratulations fellas and ladies! - You did it! We all want to commend you for a job well done, in FINALLY growing a collective spine, and courageously and victoriously standing up to your neo-con Bosses for 40 long hours during the recent "Sleepover in the Senate"! How ironic, that immediately after CBS pulls "The Reagans" mini-series at the behest of the high-and-mighty right wing extremists, your Rethuglican cohorts decide to graciously provide us with a Tailor-made-for-Faux-News "mini-series" of their own production! And to your credit, that it was such an embarrassing and complete failure for them, much to their chagrin! We just knew you could do it, if only you tried! We hope it didn't hurt all that much, and that you will suffer no long term negative side-effects from it. We seriously hope that you will remember why and how you did it, and wholeheartedly encourage you to do it again and again in the future, with each and every issue that comes before you. What a refreshing change of heart, and not a moment too soon! What happened, anyway, to cause this unusual show of force on your part, this most welcome "policy change", after repeatedly caving in to pressure from across the aisle, on issue after issue after issue? Did you only just now realize that it's but a few short months until re-election time, and that you had darned well better start trying to make a showing, in "doing the right thing", that which is urgently necessary, whatever it takes, to prove to the voters that you are indeed worthy of retaining your office in the upcoming election, and will now miraculously and gallantly stand up for liberal values, in recollection of your disgustingly miserable record of doing so in the recent past? Whatever the reason, keep that newly-revitalized backbone in good working order - you're going to need it, from now on! While hoping that this is the beginning of a new trend with the Senate Democrats, we will be watching very closely, to insure that it is. If for some reason you can't, or won't, continue to uphold and aggressively fight for the values and rights which are so important to the working-class American citizen; the very pretenses under which you were originally sent to Washington, sworn to uphold, and eagerly accept the generous salary for; then we will soon elect someone who will - guaranteed. The days are over, for the loyal automatons who call themselves DemocRATS, who are only too anxious to unerringly, blindly, and automatically agree to whatever the Bush mis-administration hands down! (Zell Miller, are you listening?) The days are numbered for the Bush mis-administration also. So, if you wish to keep your respective seats in the Senate, and gain favor with our new leader, you had better keep this new trend going strong. Sincerely, Your constituents back home Subj: WHY DOESN'T HE JUST STAY HOME, OR BETTER YET HIDE IN A BUNKER WITH 'UNCA' DICK CHENEY?
Rosamond (I believe my husband sent this phrase to you already, but I wanted to elaborate.) Subj: George W. Bush "the Hit and Run President". Think about it... After 9/11 George W. Bush hit New York just long enough for a photo-op with a firefighter at ground zero, promised $20 billion in aid, and then ran back to Washington and immediately forgot to put the money in the budget, tried to prevent the creation of an independent commission to investigate the attack, made sure the commission was underfunded when it was created anyway ($3 million original allotment), and has resisted providing pertinent documents to the commission in an attempt to run out the clock. He hit a defenseless Afghanistan with our shockingly awesome firepower (although none of the hijackers were from Afghanistan and most were from Saudi Arabia) and then ran when the going got tough and his inability to find Osama bin Laden "dead or alive" got embarrassing. He hit the airwaves about finding the anthrax terrorist, but ran when it seemed to point away from evil-doer foreigners and toward an evil-doer American with a possible military connection. He/someone in his staff hit Joseph Wilson's covert CIA wife after Wilson outed Bush's lies about Iraq attempting to buy uranium from Africa, and then ran behind John Ashcroft when the leak back-fired and it was suggested that Bush ask each member of his staff to sign an affidavit stating he/she was not the leaker. And, of course, latest but not least, he hit Iraq after piling lie upon lie, with NO post-war plan except a taxpayer funded photo-op stunt on an aircraft carrier, and no-bid, taxpayer bilking contracts for war profiteering friends like Halliburton and Bechtel. And now that Iraq is becoming the quagmire that Bush was too incompetent to anticipate and still refuses to acknowledge, he's running from the mess he and his administration have made by saying that the Iraqis should take charge and clean it up themselves (just in time for the 2004 election). When the going gets tough, Bush says "I've got to get going". Our hit and run president. Nancy Cashman Subj: Iraq and Vietnam Dear Buzz, Those who compare Iraq to Vietnam are missing the point, as are those who say it was "all about oil." The true purpose behind the invasion was to remove restraints on further military actions in the region. From our base in Qatar, even if we have no air bases in Iraq, we can bomb the hell out of either Syria or Iran without having to worry about pesky overflight permissions. We can even pull all of our troops out of Iraq, as long as the new government is friendly to the US. Bush thinks he has fulfilled Biblical prophesy with his invasion of Iraq. He intends to continue his personal Armageddon with attacks on the surrounding countries. To view the Iraq situation in secular terms is to miss the point. This is the war to end everything. This is the End Times war. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: W's campaign email, Typo or Fear Mongering Lie? Hey Freedom Fighters, I just received this from the Bush Campaign (Know thy Enemy) and expect that you receive the propaganda from all of the candidates like I do. The headline of this one especially caught my attention, so I read that article carefully. The whole email is included, unaltered, but the most interesting part is the title piece, about George Soros and other Democrat "soft money" which contains a staggeringly placed teenie-tiny one letter *typo* which turns reality's Millions into Billions. So George Soros, reportedly worth 7B, is supposedly pledging 15.5B to defeat W - "Oh my God! This man Hates the President! We really need to mobilize the money machine. He'd pledge his whole fortune to unseat our Noble Leader, you should do the same in support." Well, you get the idea. We all know that 15.5M is a drop in the bucket compared to W's campaign War-chest, and despite the lack of mention here, there is a huge amount of Republican "soft money" at play. Is this merely a typo from a campaign staffer that can't keep her 'illions straight? Or was it carefully placed to exaggerate the threat? Can anyone recall previous times the Administration has "misspoke" that resulted in exaggerating the threat of something...? The message urged me to spread the word... I'm happy to oblige. Keep up the great work! Jim Luttgens PS - I intended to also send this to George Soros or a staffer at the Open Society Institute - http://www.soros.org, but that website seems to be broken today, only displaying errors... coincidence? Subj: No democratic Iraq no more Have you noticed?? A “safe, free, DEMOCRATIC Iraq”has now been officially changed to a “safe & free Iraq.”Subtle but noteworthy. Larry P Subj: Lynch Dear BuzzFlash, This entire Jessica Lynch story, just numbs me! I really, when I first heard about it thought, it was horrid..how awful that this happened to this girl. My son told me, "yeah, but she went down like Rambo." Innocently, that is what we heard. Sometimes, I think the media in this country...especially the right wing nut bunch...ought to be sued!!!!! And, when she came home to her little town, and they had the parade...I decided that I was not going to watch...just because of the spectacle of her rescue...I started to hear differing views of it...and how they actually took her to the Base one night, and our soldiers turned them back...it was supposed to be a tale of horror about the Iraqis.... I started to listen a little more...to her story....the story she was telling...and I started to actually be afraid for her...what the pentagon and the administration might do to her...! She is only 20 after all. I am sure that this administration and their buddies will dream up something to make Jessie pay back...watch her retirement benefit...drop for some unknown reason...just watch. I remember the first time I heard that Shoshona Johnson was going to be getting a 30% benefit and Jessica would be getting 80% even though the Johnson girl was actually held prisoner for days...and had been shot in both legs...I could not decide whether is was just downright racial prejudice or just that the Jessica story was so much better. Anyway...after reading the entire story of what Jessica has divulged to this country I am feeling much more admiration for her...I am happy she is out and is going to marry her boyfriend...but, I would bet, that disability pay will be cut!!!!!!!!!!!! Shirley..............St. Louis Subj: A matter of deep concern Dear staff at BuzzFlash, At the bottom of your page http://www.BuzzFlash.com/contributors/03/11/con03341.html recommends visiting the PBS.org/now show for the complete Stewart L. Udall transcript. However, after visiting Now's board they still to this date/time haven't put the transcript on-line. I find this happening on their boards a lot recently. I've even written them from time to time about other missing transcripts and have received no replies from their staff to date. I did, however, watch the show that night, and what concerns me most is something that you folks haven't picked up on or stressed to the public on your site, which was: Mr. Udall's comments on the Patriot Act II, and how those in Congress are passing this new bill in piece-meal, not as a whole bill, but as a paragraph at a time, shoved into other bills so it goes unnoticed by the public and sometimes by Congress themselves. For I would hate to find out that Congress is just letting Mr. Ashcroft have his way with this subject without intense scrutiny....This fact has also gone unnoticed by the media too, for there is nary a word out there on-line on the issue, or in the print media. I find this very distressing that Mr. Ashcroft is using underhanded measures to assure the passage his new version of this bill. Mr. Udall also mentioned that had it gone before Congress on its own merit it surely would not have passed without intense debate. So please, is there some way that you folk can ask PBS as to why their transcript on Udall is not available. And could your staff investigate Udall's allegations concerning the manipulation by John Ashcroft to get his Patriot Act II passed. This greatly disturbs me as a citizen and as a Navy veteran. The last thing this country needs is men who are willing to strip us of our rights that all Americans were guaranteed in our constitution by our founding fathers. I appreciate any and all help that your staff can afford me on this matter. PS - I was elated to see that your web page did pick up on Stewart Udall's comments on the greed that is consuming our leaders in DC, and how the Bush Administration is currently undoing everything that was put into place through bi-partisan cooperation long ago that was meant to protect our environment. Thank you, Joanne Fiorito Subj: Good and Bad News, Part 1 I just saw the Times.com poll on the next election: Bush 41%, Dem can. 54% The bad is all about Repugs and their pitiful political scheming. Texas newspapers once again today blasted the administration in editorials and columns, including cartoons. One depicting Bush & GOP elephant complaining about Dems blocking his nomination of 4 judges after Repugs blocked 63 of Clinton's nominations. Another showed Cheney holding a small Bush on his knee telling him what to say. Repugs in general fared no better. The Waco Tribune-Herald in an editorial again blasted Tom DeLay's so-called children's charity. The U.S. House Majority Leader filed for non-profit tax-exempt status "for the children." "Yes, and it's also for political fundraising. This ploy is newly minted for a new era in which so-called soft money is illegal -- unregulated funds that go to political parties to evade other campaign spending limits." GET THIS: "it's said to have a goal of donating 75% of what it raises to children's charities. What about the rest? To wining and dining bigwig Republicans at the national convention, most likely." A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: This article makes me sad - Forest Service employees fired So, the big Republican push to privatize everything continues... They even paid $24 million to study how to get rid of Forest Service employees. So, the first wave of 41 were just canned. But, note at the bottom of this article that the laid-off workers had to return to being "temporary employees with a lower salary and no benefits." We are slowly losing everything - especially stable middle-class jobs with decent health/vacation benefits. The Republicans are bankrupting the federal government and making us all low-wage service workers for the likes of companies like Halliburton. This is a complete transference of wealth. [Yahoo News] A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Perle "exonerated" in highly edited statement. Here's an article, buried in the Business Section of the NY Times...about one of our favorite PNAC rogues. I don't know if you have it. [The New York Times] Disgraceful, and not reported by the news networks. Duh! Reg Subj: Republicans have thrown away all the rule books Republicans are no longer playing by the unwritten rules of US politics. For example, you redistrict (Tom Delay, Texas) only once every ten years. Now they will redistrict whenever they can get away with it. Frist’s action (regarding leaked memo) is just a continuation of this policy. The democrats in Congress are like deer frozen by headlights. They still haven’t grasped Paul Krugman’s basic thesis that they are up against Radicals in the grand tradition of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. They still think they can reason and compromise with the GOP. Wrong, the Republicans have thrown away all the rule books and limitations in their quest of power. Democrats have to break out of their fog of reasonableness and fight for their lives or democracy will be gone in the USA. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Regarding Pickles Interview with the Guardian Pickles says "we all want a civilized world" and that she is "fascinated with the monarchy" and that she and Dubya are "thrilled" to be staying at Buckingham Palace. OK folks. I think we have a winner here. The world is obviously not going to be civilized with Ambien Inc at the helm. How hard can it be to occupy the Palace? It was a cinch to invade the White House, Afghanistan, Iraq. These people are experts at taking over anything and everything they covet! I think Laura, AKA Dubya's "Lump in the Bed," would look excellent in a crown and she already loves those goofy looking purses like the Queen. So...go for it you two crazy kids. Buckingham Palace....think of it. Please....I'm begging you....go for it. Suzanne, Subj: Conservative Attempt to Take Over Colorado Colleges BuzzFlash, Please take note of this blatant attempt at intimidation on Colorado's state college campuses initiated by Republican State Senate President John Andrews under the guidance of uber-conservative David Horowitz and his campaign for "academic rights". http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~61~1762668,00.html There is obviously NO issue here, just like the myth of the "liberal media". It's nothing but a naked attempt to force colleges to mandate conservative thought. What a crock! Thought you might like to know. By the way, Andrews, along with my idiot Hispanic bigot congressman Tom Tancredo, is a member of the ultra-conservative "think tank" the Independence Institute in Golden, CO. Check out their web page for a case of nausea. Keep up the good fight against these bozos running our country!! Curt Williams Subj: DoD press release debunks Weekly Standard/Feith leak! Guys, As you may know, Douglas Feith recently (and illegally) leaked a confidential report to the Weekly Standard that "proved" the bogus connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. The Department of Defense just issued this press release. Please read it, it's very important! http://www.dod.mil/releases/2003/nr20031115-0642.html -Noah Subj: Telegraph News 'I don't know how he has the nerve to show his face'
Rosamond Subj: My thoughts are being confirmed Dear BuzzFlash, A day or so ago, I stated in an email to you that I believe the decision to reinstate the draft has already been made, and that as soon as Bush takes office, he'll start it up. Take a look at this new headline on democraticunderground.com
A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Case Not so Closed Afterall Dear BuzzFlash, A story in the Weekly Standard purporting to be a leaked memo that demonstrates the smoking gun linking Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden once-and-for-all has been making its way around political chatrooms and newsgroups of late. According to the story, "The memo, dated October 27, 2003, was sent from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith to Senators Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller, the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee." Only problem is, it’s not true. Well, okay, that’s not the only problem, but it’s a big one. According to a DoD statement released on (of all places) the FoxNews website, "The items listed in the classified annex were either raw reports or products of the CIA, the NSA, or, in one case, the DIA. The provision of the classified annex to the Intelligence Committee was cleared by other agencies and done with the permission of the Intelligence Community. The selection of the documents was made by DOD to respond to the Committee's question. The classified annex was not an analysis of the substantive issue of the relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda, and it drew no conclusions." So that’s not smoke coming from the gun, it’s just hot air. Joe Humbleo Chicken George will not address the British Parliament because he is afraid he may be heckled. He always chickens out; Vietnam AWOL, wanting now to get out of Iraq, having scripted press conferences, and now running from the British. Tom Subj: Telling Hey Buzz: I just love this comment that was included in the article about Bush's pulling out of his speech to Parliament [The Mirror]:
So, in fact, Bush had nothing of importance to say to the members of British government—no cogent (hah!), articulate (hah!) justification or gratitude for the U.K.'s involvement in Iraq—simply another photo op. A poor-but-devoted BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Gun-purchase rules shield some terrorism suspects This is funny. They'll pass laws in the Patriot Act that can infringe upon every American Citzens rights to due Process. Why? Because there is no lobby to protect your sixth amendment rights. Why? Because there is no money involved in the sixth amendment. But they lobbyists for the Gun Industry are so powerful that they and the Gun Industry will insure that no Terrorists can be background checked for guns. Why? Because the Gun industry is afraid that the law will be applied to ALL AMERICANS. And well that would dip into there profits. Does anyone actually care about America anymore? Have we become that greedy? [Seattle Times] Erik Raski Subj: Southern Strategies I sent this letter to Thomas Schaller in response to his article "A Route for 2004 That Doesn't Go Through Dixie, which appeared in the Washington Post recently at this address: [Washington Post] * * * Sir: Your article in the Washington Post was interesting and I do think that Democrats can win the presidency without winning most of the South (Al Gore did it). However, I think that your view is shortsighted. As a native New Yorker and current resident of North Carolina, I am seeing the state change more every year with the continuing empowerment of African Americans and the heavy migration of Northern liberals to regions that welcome and encourage new technological industries. There is also a strong southern populist base that is getting less racist every year as schools and industries integrate. I think that while you may be correct in the short term, we must remember that the "Solid South" was Democratic for over 100 years. It took the Republicans almost forty years to reverse that and to consolidate their gains in the south. It may take even less time for the Democrats to win the region back--as long as they don't insult Southerners by, as you suggest, "writing the South off." Sincerely, Claire Plume Subj: Fox news today (Monday) Buzz, Don't know if you caught this but Wes Clark was on Fox News at around 11:20a CST. The Fox anchor tried to make it look like Clark has disrespected the men and women serving in Iraq on yesterdays Meet the Press interview. IN the interview Clark said that Iraq was a "side show in the war on terror". The Fox anchor tried to spin into an indictment of the service men and women. Clark went ballistic on the guy. Really let him have it for trying to twist his words. Excellent show of "fair and balanced". If you can get the transcript it would be great but seeing the video and how angry Clark was is really something. PJ The best overall theme or message the Democratic nominee (whoever that will be) should espouse during the campaign is that Bush is IN OVER HIS HEAD. Not that he is a crook, a liar, a dry drunk, a vicious ignorant punk who failed to protect the nation from attack (though all these things are true), but that the job is simply too big for him. Voters can accept and agree with that message without having to indict themselves or alienate others. BuzzFlash Reader Subj: First Rush and now THIS? Take on a Washington Post article where Colin Powell talks about pervasive use of a particular sedative by members of the Bush administration. http://www.talkleft.com/archives/004892.html A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Limbaugh I read part of the text of his monologue. It was in the New York Times Online version. I didn't finish it because my head started hurting. Seriously though, I was a member of Al-Anon for a long time and studied those 12 steps over and over again. I must say he can talk the talk as they say in AA but ------- my question is: Can he walk the walk? From the tone of the monologue, my opinion is no. One thing addicts must be is humble. He's not even close. He seems to be in the euphoric stage that lasts a while but doesn't last. Day to day living with the addiction is very difficult and is very hard work. Five weeks is a start but it isn't very long. Another thing that is phony is that most addicts have to hit their own personal bottom before they seriously go for help and I don't see that he hit any kind of bottom. He had fear of being arrested for the crimes he may be guilty of and the fear that he wouldn't have control over it but I don't see that as "bottom". One very important thing too is that one must be honest with oneself and others and although he said he was being honest, I didn't get that. It is very, very hard to stay clean. It takes hard work and brutal honesty and, now that he is out of his cushy rehab, I don't see him carrying through. I could be wrong but I see a relapse coming. Kathy Buckholz Subj: Ahnuld and Enron Will Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger discuss with the Californian voters the May 17, 2001 meeting he had with Kenneth Lay, CEO of Enron? Will he stand in the way of the Cruz Bustamante's $9 billion private lawsuit filed under California's "Unfair Business Practices Act"? This suit is to force Enron to repay the citizens of California for bilking them. Watch to see what happens to the lawsuit. We will see if the "Gropenator" will defy his pals at Enron and be above special interests. http://www.gregpalast.com//detail.cfm?artid=286&row=0 A BuzzFlash
Reader Subj: washington post has another hit here... help them get the word out I GET IT NOW!!!! so it seems to me that what this story says is that if the American people hear the TRUTH and see the TRUTH without the GOP joyjoy media filter, they might not back the war. on the other hand, if the American people only get their news through a FILTER and don't see the wounded and the caskets--- then they are okey-dokey with the war. i get it... no wonder the GOP joyjoy hawks don't want anyone to see what is really going on... so here is the question (after you read the following story), should Growed-Up Americans be trusted with the TRUTH and make decisions based upon facts, or based upon some FOX-fantasy joyjoy media bullshit? i vote TRUTH... you can show how you vote by what you do with this story, and where you publish the photos of what is really happening in IraqNam. * * *
Re: Protest at Drew Univ in Madison NJ on Wed! Spread the word!!! Protest 9-11 Commission's Cover Up! On Wednesday 11/19, the 9-11 Commission will hold a public hearing at Drew University in Madison NJ starting at 10 a.m. This meeting comes a few days after the Republican commission chair, Tom Kean, agreed to a deal with the White House to prevent commission Democrats from having full access to the crucial CIA briefing of Bush on August 6, 2001. According to reports of that briefing, Bush was warned Al Qaeda might hijack planes in the US. Kean's deal with Bush has outraged the 9-11 families. Show your support by bringing signs to a rally outside the Baldwin Gymnasium demanding an immediate end to the 9-11 cover up! For details about the hearing: http://www.9-11commission.gov/hearings/hearing5.htm For directions to Drew University: http://www.drew.edu/about/directions.html To demand the truth about 9-11: http://www.911citizenswatch.org/ A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Bush
Buzz, Prime Minister Berlusconi and other political leaders, family and friends of the fallen, and a guard of honor were at the airport in Rome waiting for the plane of the 18 Italians killed in iraq on Wed. Their coffins will lie in state on Monday so that the public can pay their respects. The funeral will be held on Tuesday, which has been declared a national day of mourning in Italy. Compare this to the way George Bush has our soldiers that have been killed in Iraq arrive back in this country.They are flown in under the cover of darkness and in secrecy to Dover AFB. George Bush has not been to Dover to meet any of their arrivals, nor has he been to one funeral. Where is the dignity and the honor they are due? Why are they being swept under the rug and concealed in this way? It is because Karl Rove doesn't want the public to see what Bush's lies that brought us to war have wrought. He doesn't want the sight of these flag-draped coffins interfering with Bush's poll numbers and his election in '04. He knows what the public's reaction will be. It is shameful that the dead are dishonored by Bush and his cronies in this way. They fought and died for their country in a needless war and now they are to be forgotten. Bush wants no reminders to the public of this atrocity he has committed. We will not see the 18 soldiers killed today in Iraq arrive home with an honor guard. They, too, will be hidden from the public. Compare that to the respect and dignity the Italians that died in Iraq on Wednesday received on their homecoming. Gigi Subj: RNC Fundraising Hey buzz- I just got my request for a donation to president shrubs campaign. It included a 8 x 10 of the resident himself!! I found a great use for his picture. My family plays the Stupid President Caption Game. It's fun for family and friends. Your readers who get this RNC mailer can play too!! All you need are some post it notes and your wit. Make up your own captions for the dim son and find some needed relief from his disastrous three years. My favorite caption thus far is "and this is my imitation of a deer caught in the headlights".... (it's funnier if it is captioned next to his picture). So have fun and enjoy your mailer from the RNC!! The picture works well on dart boards and on the bottom of bird cages too!! Paul Subj: more than 1/3 conservatives have negative view of limbutt scroll down to this section: " ...A new Gallup poll conducted earlier this month found that 34 percent of Americans hold a favorable review of Limbaugh, while 51 percent view him unfavorably. The poll of 1,004 adults, conducted Nov. 10-12, found 35 percent of conservatives now have a negative view of Limbaugh..." A BuzzFlash Reader * * *
Dear Buzz, Re: Colin and Rush Has anyone else wondered if these two need drugs to escape their conscience? You know, maybe they know they've sold their souls. Chris re bush, other countries and other presidents you know what i was just thinking...even president clinton who was hated by the conservatives here-could go anywhere in the world and be welcomed and always have adoring crowds-people respected the usa-bush has to hide from the public, he did on his last batch of trips, and now he can go nowhere in england and is to afraid to talk to parliament. I was watching some jfk coverage and look at him-he was shaking everyone's hands and was unafraid-what a difference between bush, kennedy and clinton. this president is a disgrace to the u.s. i don't know why the republicans don't see it. if he got re elected, i would think about moving to canada...i am 55-and watching this president kill america and all it stands for is so disheartening. karin dicker Subj: FEITH: No, I don't believe that's accurate. FEITH: I don't think that was a lie. FEITH: I don't think that's right. I think, I really think that the... http://home.earthlink.net/~platter/neo-conservatism/feith.html
A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Wes Clark ANNIHILATES lying Faux News talking head! Hi BuzzFlash, This link goes to an actual short Fox News video of Wes Clark absolutely ANNIHILATING one of the B-team Fox News anchors who snidely tried to question Clark's support of troops in Iraq. Clark WIPES THE FLOOR with this dickhead. IF THIS CLIP DOESN'T MAKE DEMOCRATS STAND UP AND CHEER, NOTHING WILL! Keep fighting the good fight, Rob Subj: no families will criticize Bush - meeting by invitation only, naturally... and who will be invited? those who think George is great for having their family member killed, of course. The Guardian has 17 pages of letters to the editor about this, and bbc read one from a mother who says she was not invited to tell him how she felt.... A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Bush supporting McDonald's??? I guess I rather resent the implication that Bush is supporting McDonald's as implied in the "Impeach the Codpiece!" link in The Lighter Side section of BuzzFlash. It has been very apparent that President Bush has been working for Burger King and has been "selling" Whoppers for several years now!!!! ;{) Please refrain from associating him or his image with Ronald McDonald and place him where he belongs, the home of the Whoppers! Dave Twait Subj: In honor of the UK Dear BuzzFlash: In honor of Bush's visit to the UK, I propose that we adopt a new invocation: "God Save Us From The King!" Jim P Subj: Geez oh man what a ticket What if Clark and Dean were on a ticket. No wonder Bush is trying to get the two to trash each other. One of them has not taken that bait. This ticket of the two says to Bush, "Later on, DUDE" mev Subj: Republican solution to all fiscal problems - borrow the money! Dear BuzzFlash, I have just read Ahnold's solution to California's financial crisis - it's borrow the money! [Associated Press] There is a common theme among fiscally irresponsible Republicans. When in crisis, borrow the money. Christie Whitman promised NJ voters she would lower taxes 30%. She succeeded and in turn tripled NJ's debt to pay for the tax cut. George Bush promised his rich buddies tax cuts. He followed through and now we have $400 Billion deficits forecasted as far as the eye can see. Our latest con artist is Ahnold Schwarzenegger. He promised to balance California's budget the honest way. But did you really believe he would do that? No way Jose! He has just announced that he will borrow the $20 Billion to balance the budget. In the mean time, our corporate owned media remains silent as to the danger of all this voodoo economics (George H W Bush's words). They pretend that there is no problem. And they're right! There is no problem for their corporate owners. Because when NJ, CA, and the US Government go bankrupt, it will be the taxpayers who will lose and it will be the bondholders that will own what was once public property. Yellowstone National Park will be the private reserve of the Bush Family. Grand Teton National Park will become the private reserve of the Kennedy Family (Ahnold is part of the Kennedy Family). Shenandoah National Park will become the private reserve of the Bill Gates family, etc... You get the picture. It will be a great day indeed for all those starving millionaires holding Uncle Sam's junk bonds. And don't forget all those Arab Shieks and Japanese Bankers. Oh I forgot, they are going to get the short end of the stick since they won't be able to lay claim to Uncle Sam's assets fast enough. Fellow Americans, wake up and smell the coffee! We are all being hoodwinked by the vast greedy right-wing conspiracy. It's time to take back our country from this band of carpetbaggers. It is time to stand up shoulder to shoulder and call for fiscal accountability of the political officials that have rigged our elections. It is time to turn off our TV sets and start talking to each other instead of trusting what is being propagated on the corporate media. Norm Rost Subj: Comment on Rush Limbaugh his first day back... Was I hearing things today or did anyone else notice what Rush said when talking about Ted Kennedy? He mentioned Ted Kennedy then made an offhand comment about glasses clanking, which seemed to me to be about Ted Kennedy's drinking problem. Could anyone get a transcript of the show? Was that really what he said? If it was this deserves to be brought to light and should be publicly addressed by Ted Kennedy and others to show that Rush is a fraud. --- Erik Raske Subj: Check out National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Fifth public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States The Commission's fifth public hearing on "Emergency Preparedness" will be held on November 19, 2003 at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Susan Subj: NO PEACE WITH OCCUPATION - GIs razing homes of suspected Iraqi Freedom Fighters
Brian Subj: Office of Misinformation Dear BuzzFlash: First of all I want to thank you and all of the people connected with BuzzFlash for providing an alternative to the mush spewing from mainstream media outlets. Your work is most patriotic. Now, whatever happened to the Office of Misinformation that Rumsfeld squashed several years ago. I always felt the leaking of the creation of the OM (or whatever it was called) and the very open claim by Rumsfeld that the idea was bad and they weren't going to do it were the first public use of the office. Rumsfeld said the office never opened, which was itself misinformation. Now, all these leaks and denials, most recently with the Weekly Standard/Fox News claim of bin Laden-Hussein connections. Who is leaking this stuff? Whoever it is is doing a good job of misinforming the nation. It's not much of a stretch to go from wild claims to quick "official" denial to entrenched belief among those willing to see what they want to believe. Breaking news and quick rebuttal by the administration gives the appearance of truth. I mean, why wouldn't the administration deny a leak? This use of misinformation, propaganda, to use a more accurate word, is very effective. Just as the most effective way to train an animal is with intermittent rewards for desired behavior, the best way to put forth a lie is to have a leak and denial. Thanks. Mark Hunter |
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