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Subj: Selective Service Board Volunteer Dear BuzzFlash, Months ago you referenced the Selective Service Board's website which was seeking out volunteers. https://www4.sss.gov/localboardmembers/bminquiry.asp As a patriotic American I signed up as a volunteer. Subsequently I have been contacted by the Chicago national office and a local representative and I will be joining my Local Selective Service Board in the near future. I believe it is imperative that like minded BuzzFlash readers sign-up for these boards. Training is one day paid a year and there is no other activity unless or until the draft is reactivated. These boards will decide who will fight and who will be deferred from Bush's wars of conquest. Would you want your family and friends' children be selected by Rush Limbaugh's dittoheads? Sincerely, BuzzFlash Reader Subj: My brain is on spin-dry Dear BuzzFlash, Ouch. I am in Europe, so I see the saccharine version of CNN, and even that is giving me a headache. There is Mad-cow, (just read fast food nation and tell me that you are surprised). Then we are in a certain color for Christmas, and it is not red and green, it is orange. And the USA has even told France to not fly a potential weapon of mass destruction into the holy borders of the USA. And then I sat and watched the SOP for airplanes that has been put in place since 9-11, such as communication between NORAD and the FAA, fighter jet surveillance of suspicious airplanes, and even the possibility of shooting down an unarmed civilian jet, just in case the president is too busy doing a photo-op somewhere and can't be disturbed. I am too mentally unstable to ask what the hell GWB was doing on 9-11, but now he admits through the news that things had to change? Please tell me that Dean and Clark will stay together, both be elected president and maybe change this Nightmare on Laundromat Street. Larry PS I am suffering from chronic pain syndrome also, could I maybe get 2,000 Oxycontins to help me with my problem? Subj: The Grinch who stole Tongass To the editor If a million old-growth trees fall in the Alaskan forest, and no one is there to hear it, did they really fall? Like most Americans, I have never seen the Tongass National Forest in person, but I know it is real, I know it is beautiful, and I know it gives me a deep feeling of peace knowing there are some wild places that yet go untouched by the hand of mankind. As Americans, we each "own" part the largest remaining American rain forest. It is the day before Christmas, and I have other things to do than write a letter to the editor, but like the Grinch who stole Christmas, the George W. Bush administration is stuffing our Christmas trees up the chimney while we sleep, with the Christmas eve sanctioning of the building of roads and the killing of the ancient trees in this sacred place. Merry Christmas everyone. After stealing our treasury and giving it to oil, drug, and weapons manufacturers, the irreplaceable national heritage of our last great forest is being handed to the timber industry. You're a mean one Mr. Grinch. As our children dream the dreams of innocence, you are stealing the lungs of their planet - Wake up parents... wake up America.... David Singelyn Subj: Renamed Alerts This should be called the cheney/halliburton alert, or maybe the poor christmas retail sales alert. Paul Subj: mailbag 12/24/03 (The best of holiday seasons to the best website) Well, Buzz, I am certainly glad you, at last, apologized to all the Neanderthal men of the world...for comparison to Rush Limbaugh. That is now done, and all is right with the world. Sometimes, it is hard to keep one's perspective about comparisons to whatever...Like Bush's comparison to a chimp...it is just a given, we cannot help it! There is a funny chat room I go on and it is supposed to be one that leans to the left...but, we always have someone who wants to argue...and says the most stupid of all things to get us riled. I would say it is 90% left and 10% right, or idiot, as I like to think...and they are, believe me. Last night..late after I was done with the preparation for today...I got on it...and I literally ran two dimwits off.. by asking simply why we went into Iraq!! They had been baiting me by saying that Bush was the greatest thing ever, bringing freedom to Iraq....and I never flinched...I asked over and over why we went into Iraq. At first, they called me ignorant.."Kde, are you really that ignorant?" and I said, this is not ignorant...I want you to tell me in your own words, why we invaded this country! Now, firstly, you see, these people never want to hear the word 'Invade'...to them, Bush is doing everything they 'think' he said he was going to do! They listen to what all their far right wing nut friends tell them,..then they repeat it and repeat it, until it is gospel...to them! And, before you know it, it is not even worth it...they just give up, when they get tired of you asking the same thing, over and over...they leave. I have found that it is the only thing that will work....you have to ask rightwingnuts, straightforward: "Why did we go into Iraq...why did we invade that country?" Before long...Clinton and "BJ's" come into the conversations...and then your next move is to ask when Clinton was last president....and where is Binladin..and where are the WMDS...and The Anthrax killer...and all the things that have been created to divert us away from the Bombing of the WTC.....they cannot and will not try to answer...!!! It is not important to them, that the President of this United States, lied repeatedly to us, to get us to invade that country!! His arrogance was never more evident, than the night I forced myself to watch him on Diane Sawyer's interview....when he had the audacity to say to her.."Diane, what difference does it make if he had them or not." I do not think I will ever forget that, and the wind being knocked out of me because of the evident lies he has told, and the fact that we are so impotent...we seem to take one step forward and two backwards...we just have to try so hard in 2004 to get rid of this man!!! Buzz..go into 2004, just like you are now...the best website on the airwaves...and we will all love you just like we do now!!! Shirley.........St. Louis Subj: Kudos to Patricia Taylor Many thanks to Patricia for her very witty and hilarious "The Ridge Who Stole Christmas." I've been conducting a personal poll while out shopping in Union Square, on Bart, the cable cars, in Peet's Coffee, or shops...asking people what they think of the Orange Alert. Jokes or Big Yawn...is the size of it. People think Tommy is a lunkhead. And BTW, in Hugh Grant's feel good holiday film, "Love Actually" the kicker is a stab at Bush., which was pretty amazing, given that this is a big box office holiday release. It is set in London, and Grant plays the PM. "Bush" comes to visit and they hold a joint press conference. Grant's character has had it, and during the news conference blasts "Bush" for being a bully. People in the theater laughed and cheered! Yea Hugh! I loved it and Patricia's poem was equally as delightful. Thanks, Buzz, for featuring it. Suzanne Subj: Saddam Capture Looking back over the past year, weren't the American people told that the reason for our invasion of Iraq was to effectuate "regime change", and to rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein? Well... Saddam is now in the custody of the U.S. military, and his regime is gone. Last Spring, the Bush administration was careful to continually stress that conquest, colonialization and occupation were not in the Bush game plan. So...here we are though, and it looks like we are in Iraq to stay. No WMD, Saddam is gone, etc., yet there we shall remain. Gee--it all ends up looking pretty much like an occupation to me. Thus far though, as far as the Democratic Presidential candidates are concerned, only Dennis Kucinich had the "audacity" to point out that now that Saddam is gone, we should just pack up and leave, because the specific mission as it was originally stated to the American people has now been concluded. But of course, the major corporate media will not think to bring up these unpleasant inconsistencies in the Bush war policy. Donald Russo Subj: Buzz headline...late 12/25/03 Is there anyone out there who is surprised by this announcement???? I never, ever thought there was a risk...a terrorist threat! If France knows nothing about it, and it was supposed to be a threat to the French...how does a fruitcake administration explain that? And, why do we no longer even act surprised when we find the truth? This is the most "backed into a corner" this country has ever been...and since every branch of government is republican....I see no way out, except to get a little nastiness and go after 'em in the most under the table way we can!!...We have to win in November, Folks...we have to convince these candidates that it is to save the lives and the sanity of all Americans!!! Shirley............St. Louis Subj: only a moron i saw on the news that the white house people are now saying the uranium report bush spoke of in that speech was just bad fact checking. jesus, it's not like someone mistakenly called mauve pink! to believe it was just bad fact checking one would have to believe bush was a moron who just reads whatever was put in front of him by his handlers without question. only a moron would state as a fact the uranium claim without making damn sure it was true knowing full well he would be saying this to the entire world with HIS CREDIBILITY ON THE LINE! karen massey Subj: CON HATE MAIL - IMPORTANT SUGGESTION TO BuzzFlash (and BuzzFlash READERS) The recent MSNBC/Scarborough rant about "anti-bush" posts they presumably found surfing the net reminded me of an idea I first thought of back when Daschle was attacked for suggesting that Right Wing Fanatic radio instigated hate mail and possibly more from its fringe listeners. I envision a website (www.hatemail.com ??? ) where anyone can see hate mail, email or other communications, listed by date and subject so it can be easily cross referenced to a talk show topic database. This should only have actual/original material either faxed or forwarded (no interpretive personal accounts to eliminate bias). This would result not only in an extensive database of hate mail but also help identify any possible links with pundit mental diarrhea, by date, subject and threat... I wish BuzzFlash or someone else would follow up on this... I would if i had the resources... Roger Subj: Paki Subs and Nukes http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/agosta/ Lemme see now, the paki's got three of these and dozens of nukes and their dictator is losing control of the state, twice bombs just missed him in the last http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Pakistan/index.html 7 days or so...so why worry? Be happy! Seriously, it is a gas watching this world war unfold. might as well enjoy the show, while we can, anyway. I don't believe what I see, I can't. Bill Subj: Thank you, my true American friends Hello everybody, I'm from Europe (Switzerland) and i was so thrilled when i found BuzzFlash! I've always wondered where all those intelligent and nice Americans have gone since Bush became "President". I read BuzzFlash ever single day and i'm always so excited to read the mailbag because it feels really good to read your intelligent, funny and very often scary comments. It is beyond me why people can't or don't want to see the truth regarding Bush & Co. Even Bush said that there is "no link between 9/11 and Saddam". The WMD's never turned up. Those were two big lies he told the American people to scare them. And despite the fact that his lies were exposed some people still defend him and believe him... I just don't get it. Anyway... I would like to thank you all for being who you are. You are the true America. You are Americans who people admire and want to be friends with. Please, never give up. Be never silent. You are right and no matter how nasty or cruel the attacks from others are, you are the ones who are right. Period. This European supports and likes you all very much. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Media Reports No Deaths on Christmas I noticed yesterday that there were no reports of causalities or deaths in Iraq, but there was a report last night that something happened and the news said "one soldier was injured", I immediately realized that the media purposely were told not to report a death on Christmas, and I knew I was going to hear something like this AP report when I checked out the news this morning, check out the way they cover up the death on Christmas..."a day earlier"! That is Christmas! Orwellian or what? A BuzzFlash Reader * * *
Subject: Photographer' Dilemma Buzz, a joke someone forwarded me . . .
A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: Barbara Bush, Andy Card Read Christmas Eve Holiday Stories At first I thought this was the Onion. It just might be BETTER than the Onion. Karl Rove reads "Santa's New Reign-of-Terra." Ann Venom reads " Anti-Claws." John Asscrap reads "Silence of the Lambs." http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031224.html Susan Subj: Bush's Folly I wrote you about the notion of "planting" (probably a poor choice of words on my part, but I hope you know what I'm getting at...) terminology in the media, or at least starting in the alternative net discussion universe so as to match the right wing at that game. God knows they'll plow ahead doing it and they'll succeed; we're chumps if we don't try it ourself. And if we sincerely believe the principles underlying the terms, why not? "Bush's Folly" might stick. Simple, catchy, memorable - to the point. BTW, your link to the blog story r.e. the term "pessimistic" is on target with this issue and continues to make me think progressives need to get consistent verbal messages that can be employed in the way I've described. Uphill battle, but worth trying. We must try virtually ANYTHING we can think of in the next 10 months. Dave Dorsett Sent to: mhtimes@robertcollins.org <mhtimes@robertcollins.org>: Subj: My letter to the Morgan Hill Editor regarding your slanderous attack on General Clark Mr: Collins - below you will find the text of my letter to the editor. First though I must add that upon reading your piece one more time I realized you are a liar! or you presented as fact something you did not check which is the same thing General Clark was not fired, let alone "being fired for ethics violations"! You sir, are a vile example of the gutter politics that have this nation immersed in a permanent fog of demagoguery.
Subj: Where Was Tom Ridge? Where was Tom Ridge in the run-up to flu season? What is Tom's position on testing beef cattle? Oh yeah, how about his position on mercury in the air? Where is this guy anyway? THIS is homeland security. Joe Subj: Wounded Vets Forced Out of the Military at Less Than Half Pay
$8,000 a year. $4.00 an hour based on the standard 2000 hour work year. The Bush government is kicking R.K. (I edited his name as he's been wounded enough already) out of the army despite his being perfectly able to hold a non-cannon-fodder military post. They are forcing him into an unemployed disabled status, effectively telling other potential employers that they consider him an unemployable cripple, rather than a healthy amputee. They are paying him well below the minimum wage to support his family. And oh, yes, they authorized a Purple Heart. This has the Stink of Sin all around it, as a preacher of my acquaintance used to say. I am a proudly antiwar progressive, in an extremely high tax bracket, and if I had a President that listened, I would tell him or her to damn well raise my taxes a few bucks, if that's what it would take to allow men and women like R.K. to have a little dignity and a half decent job. Peace, and Hope for an elected government in the New Year! Mike Reaume Subj: Fox Suit I may have missed the link if you put it up, but noticed yesterday that MSNBC had a crawl that said Jon Benet Ramsey’s parents are suing FOX for $12 Million. Haven’t heard it reported ANYWHERE else yet. Larry P [BuzzFlash Note: We found a story on the suit in the Rocky Mountain News.] Subj: Democrats vs. Republicans To whom it may concern: I speak as a middle of the road Republican who thinks that we cannot take four more years of George Bush and this administration. I don't believe I left the Republican party. The Republican party has left me. I believed in keeping the government out of our personal lives. This administration is into our lives more than ever before. A flavor of a gestapo type of government. The two primary parties are so much alike but they claim to be so different. I see the Republican party staking claim to the Democrats Ideals and the Democrats are letting them get away with it. (for one example) Why are blacks switching parties? (think about it) Republicans are saying what blacks want to hear. Things I think people should Know. Q. Why
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around this? I and this letter could go on and on but most likely has been a waste of time. (I hope not) Sincerely, Donald
F. Kelly Subj: Headline idea With all this panic about Mad Cow disease, I guess we're supposed to feel comforted when the FDA tells us that there is no danger to consumers in the US beef supply. Hmmmmm . . . isn't this the same administration who told us it was ok to breath the air around ground zero and the rest of NYC in 2001? Just asking . . . Ken Follett Subj: The Bush Thanksgiving in Iraq To BuzzFlash: I can't believe I'm the only one that thought of this. I was listening to the LBJ tapes on C-Span radio. LBJ referenced an aircraft that he traveled on as President. I don't recall the exact aircraft he was referring to, but it was a twin-engined craft that he enjoyed traveling on because it was able to land on short runways and was unobtrusive. The proverbial light bulb went off in my head that THERE IS NO WAY THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WENT TO BAGHDAD ON AIRFORCE 1. Think about it; the closed shades on the windows, the "chosen" reporters on board, the British Airways false reporting of seeing AF-1. Common sense; if you were the most powerful man in the world traveling to one of the most dangerous places in the world, would you travel on the most recognized aircraft in the world? The only pictures that are released to the world are President Bush offering an ersatz turkey to the troops. A conspicuous absence of AF-1 photos. Like, duh, it took me since Thanksgiving to figure this out. Where are any journalists; liberal, counter-culture, far-left, Islamic, USA-haters, International media, or the Simpsons that thought of this scenario? It took only me to figure this out? These guys are much, much, much better than we ever realized. People, get on the stick. People shit!!!!!, media get on the stick!!!!!!!!! We are so lame that we can't even see the obvious when it is thrown in our faces. Who would have thunk of that? Oh yeah, happy holidays. The Miamullet Subj: Mad Cow Disease GW can eat all the beef he wants. Do you really think that Mad Cow disease would have an effect on his brain? Ray Subj: Very Interesting Healthcare Survey I don't know if you've seen this or not, but there is an amazing poll conducted in Mississippi recently which shows that a large majority of the state's citizens want health coverage for every Mississippian and would be willing to pay higher taxes for it (http://www.mhap.org/healthyfutures/). Even more amazing, by a slim margin, more respondents identified themselves with the Republican party than any other party (and the largest percentage of respondents were white). Yet G.O.P. errand boy Haley Barbour was elected on a platform of no tax increases. To be fair, the survey was not released until Oct. 2003, so it was not able to be much of a campaign issue. What strikes me as interesting, though, is that this just proves Michael Moore right. Even in ultraconservative Mississippi, people do not really favor extreme right-wing policies. People really are more compassionate and yes, liberal, than they probably care to admit. Average people are definitely more compassionate than the Republican Party would have us believe. I'd like to think that websites like BuzzFlash have had an impact on these people's thinking, and that maybe, just maybe, we're beginning to turn a corner in the fight against the right wing and the neocons. Thanks, Clinton
Kirby Subj: An Orwellian change on the Central Command Casualty page http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/casualties.asp Until recently this link showed casualties over the previous five days. Now it comes up only with one day. I guess we should just get over casualties that are more than a day in the past. Andy Rosenberg Subj: "Jobless Recovery" Dear BuzzFlash: I am a retired psychiatric social worker from rural, republican upstate NY. One of the largest employers in our tri-county area is the Mead Corp. Last week, their "parent" company, Mead Westvaco, announced plans to "cut" 1000 jobs and close some plants in 2004. They estimate that this will result in a $525 million profit.(The Daily Star; Oneonta, NY; 12-20-03, pg A3) This represents part of the "Bush Economic Recovery." The administration will gush that this represents an upsurge in the national economy. Certainly, those who make the $525 million will make a generous donation to the president's re-election campaign. For the 1000 people laid-off, it represents something completely different. It is hard to make the monthly house and auto payment on unemployment benefits. Fuel and groceries are not luxuries. Paying for your children's college education is difficult for the working class, and impossible for those without a job. I just got my property taxes in the mail today. They have sky-rocketed since 2000. School taxes are increasing at the same rate. County services are not able to meet the needs of deserving people in our rural communities. I have been active in grass-roots politics for many years. I've had many exciting experiences over the years. Yet I've never been involved in anything as pressing as the need to organize people to to voter education, registration, and out-reach, to insure that a strong democratic ticket is elected in 2004. My nephews introduced me to "BuzzFlash" today, and I want to say that I will be supporting your work between now and November, 2004. Sincerely, Patrick
R. McElligott Subj: "Ludicrous" Dean As we spend a billion dollars a week to maintain a national "orange alert," the Washington Post professes to find "ludicrous" Howard Dean's statement that the world is no safer from terrorism now than it was before Saddam's capture. What is, in fact, ridiculous and laughable is the juxtaposition of Ridge and Rumsfeld's recent pronouncements that we are at the greatest risk of attack since 9/11 with the Post's bleating protestations that it's so obvious we are all safer now. Perhaps a glimpse at their own front page before cribbing from Republican talking points will save them future embarrassment. Albert Clark, NY Subj: Who in the World is Bertha Champagne?
Fishy? You bet your life! Art Subj: Loeb/Cohen Dear BuzzFlash, Did anyone else notice that Washington Post reporter Vernon Loeb failed to mention that Eliot Cohen is a neo-con associated with the Bush administration when he quoted Cohen in his December 28 article In Iraq, Pace of U.S. Casualties Has Accelerated? According to Right Web, Cohen is a member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board, and is also a member of the Project for the New American Century and the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Since Cohen was quoted optimistically in regard to the casualties in Iraq, it might have been helpful to readers to know that Cohen’s optimism is a reflection of the administration’s point of view. In addition, since the neo-cons have been so successful in predicting outcomes in Iraq, the fact that Cohen is a major neo-con might have been useful to know as well. Tom Garner Subj: Mad Cow Lobbyists Posted at Economists for Dean By Lerxst There were a couple of good articles on the politics of mad cow disease in Friday's Wall Street Journal. What interested me was this tidbit in one of the articles which describes the influence of the lobby and how it actually was responsible for the disease entering the food supply:
A second article describes the brazen political strategy that the lobby will employ to distort the media coverage:
Economists 4 Dean Subj: Re: "King George goofs" I followed Ms. Jennifer Rose Emick's (12/24 mailbag) lead and sent the following letter to about 60 different newspapers with a single click:
I hope others will do as Ms. Emicks suggests. Albert Clark, NY Subj: Green misquotes Florida election law Hi BuzzFlash, I would appreciate it if you would also post this letter to the editor I sent in response to the misquoting of Florida election law by the greens in the article you posted about the now repentant greens who voted for Nader in 2000. I think that BuzzFlash readers have the right to know about how the greens are still lying in a desperate effort to cover up what Nader did to our country in 2000. Thanks. Nancy Kuhn * * *
Hey Buzz, Notice how George Will The Republican Shill keeps writing op-eds that claim Dean is good for the GOP and Bush? What's up with that? The Republicans must be scared sh*tless of Dean! I bet Kerry, Lieberman, and Gephardt are loving it, too. Hell, they're probably helping Will write that B.S. I've found that GOP pundits live in Opposite World. When they said Gore should drop his populist rhetoric, he did - and it was a bad move. So, when they say Democrats shouldn't be angry, it means we SHOULD be angry. And when they say Dean is good for Bush, it means Dean is bad for Bush. Besides, what idiot Democrat would take election advice from Republican right-wingers (other than Lieberman)? Am I supposed to read Will's crap and go, " Hmmm, I think that right wing whacko is on to something"? Sorry, but I ain't buyin' it! Apparently, neither is Dean and his massive following. Mike Subj: Father Greeley's Column Buzz, Thought you might like to link . . . .
Veritas Subj: Lying can get complicated. With regards to the story of Paul Bremer unknowingly contradicting the lies of Tony Blair, I am reminded of the words of Sir Walter Scott:
Robert Goldstein Subj: Bush Government Occupation of Iraq Dear Beloved BuzzFlash Familia: In your endlessly excellent coverage of current events, would you be so kind as to consider the following regarding Iraq? Can we please stop referring to Iraqis who want foreigners out of their country as "insurgents" and "Hussein collaborators" and "rebels" and so forth. At least, if the shoe were on the other foot and Iraq had invaded the U.S., would those of us who opposed the invasion be "insurgents" and "Bush collaborators" and "rebels" etc.? And speaking of verbiage, could we please please please all stop referring to people such as Hussein, bin Laden et al by their first names? Fer crissakes, can we cut out of this chronic GOP sophmoricness? They have started a stampede of reducing everyone they diss to a first-person familiarity but we don't have to follow suit. With endless gratitude for your endless work for a sane world! Peace, Elizabeth
Colón Subject: That sinking suspicion Hi Buzz, Having followed Bush's gutting style of governing for the last 3 years and having seen the ever increasing gloat factor become more and more crass and obvious I think I'm not alone when I say I have the horribly gut-sinking feeling that what we are seeing is the behavior of a man who already knows he has won. He acts just like the Bully who KNOWS he's safe and who knows he's already the winner, gleefully letting his victims believe they still have a chance of winning a fight with him. It's the increasing obviousness of not bothering to hide the facts about what his administration is doing. This has been happening recently to a greater degree than ever before. Probably the most blatant example of someone who has arrived at that stage where what the 'enemy' knows is no longer important in their 'strategy' is Bush's answer to Diane Sawyer's persistent question about his statements of certitude about Hussein's WMD as the main reason to go to war. "What's the difference?" The inference is that in Bush's mind there is no difference in his accountability between saying there are WMD and there not being any. But to limit that inference might be a mistake. The fact that Bush actually said it with such aplomb goes to a much deeper fact. He knows that it doesn't matter anymore. It matters to us, but not to him and his future. It doesn't matter that we are finding out that he lied and that soldiers are dying every day and that what he has done goes against all domestic and international laws, as well as all social morality and ethics. He has won already and the veneer of 'truthfullness' is becoming less and less necessary. I want to be wrong about this. I want to ignore that sinking feeling, but it's getting harder every time I see him say one thing and do the opposite. When I look at him he looks very comfortable, secure, protected. He didn't look nearly as worried as he should when Diane Sawyer asked that question. And that's very unsettling. Actually, he looked irritated and even put out by her insistence. He even said he was allowing her to ask him the questions because he 'loved her anyway'. Was that a veiled threat? Not only to her, but to everyone who would dare press him in an interview? I hope his present 'attitude' is just the result of an ego which has grown super inflated with his delusions of grandeur and of being 'God's chosen'. But the fact that his handlers are letting him out to be able to say what he thinks is very worrisome. I hope my suspicions are wrong. Judith Foster, Subj: Mad Cow The Bush Ag. Dept. has tried to reassure the public by claiming (with little opportunity to investigate) that contaminated meat has not yet made it into the food supply. I can’t be reassured, since the Bush EPA did the same thing in Sept. 2001 –they prematurely declared that it was safe for people to return to Ground Zero. And that was proved to be another Bush lie. Credibility matters. Having lied to calm the public before, the Bush League now lacks the credibility it needs to reassure Americans in this latest public scare. Tony FWD: US Mad Cow Link Questioned in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Cases I began studying/preparing to become a veterinarian in the late '60s and early '70s, at which time I read many articles discussing the spread/problem of anthrax and bse on American ranches, especially those in Texas. Through the years, other instances have come and gone, all buried. It was clear to me that, as with every other travesty, when word of a single case of bse was released in the mainstream, it would mean that there was an overwhelming problem to which we would slowly be introduced. That day arrived, last week. I fear for anyone who believes current propaganda [bse in America is "isolated" and not in the human food-chain]. And I fear for our animals, most of whom eat foods loaded with the remains of rendered carcasses. We believe we have already seen cats with "mad cow disease" and are bracing ourselves for a rough road ahead. -- vcz * * *
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