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Subject: Should Scalia receive communion?

In the most recent death sentence case before the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia voted to uphold the death sentences of scores of defendants. The Pope and Holy See opposes the death penalty.

Where is the logic of all this? If you vote for Kerry is this a sin?

Please take a look at this!

J.L.

Subject: Re: Today's Top 5 Headlines on BuzzFlash.com

Cheney, has no more proof. I believe it's just another misstatement trying to convince the American people why they went to war. Bush and Cheney lied. They went to war for oil and retaliation for Bush's father. For this they should be impeached.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Act to Stop the Killing and Rape in Darfur Sudan

Dear friends,

I just took took action today to help stop the killing, systematic rape and internal displacement of people in Darfur, Sudan. More needs to be done to prevent the looming human catastrophe in Darfur. We cannot stand by and watch another genocide in Africa take momentum in front of our eyes.

If you are in the U.S. please help by sending a message to the Senate and to Secretary of State Colin Powell by clicking the link below:

https://secure2.convio.net/cgsef/site/Advocacy?id=117

Subject: THIS IS INFURIATING!

Nader's not the enemy.

Having said that, this article shows that an "R" rating isn't the biggest possible problem for Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" -- if the FCC rules the way David Bossie wants, the film won't be allowed to advertise after July 30.

‘Fahrenheit 9/11' ban? (thehill.com)

Just absolutely infuriating.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Ever Wonder Why?

The GOP and Bush administration are doing everything they can to prevent "Fahrenheit 9/11" from doing a robust business at the box office. (If it's all lies, as they claim, what harm can a pack of lies possibly do Geedubya, eh?) Wonder why they're so scared of this little documentary? Read this and wonder no more...

Subject: I've got a question for you...

How many Anti-Bush bumper stickers does it take to cover the back of a Dodge Caravan?

Answer: 39 and I'm not done yet!

A BuzzFlash Soccer Mom
Kennebunk, Maine

Subject: the supremes

the supremes said cheney can keep those names secret for now and they will render a decision AFTER THE ELECTION.

isn't that our court basing their decisions on politics like when they gave the presidency to gw bush?

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Cheney Flips the Bird

Hey BuzzFlash;

Dick Cheney isn't the first VP to make loose with the "F" word. Check out this photo of VP Nelson Rockefeller responding to some hecklers during a Bob Dole rally (scroll down):

http://www.ooze.com/finger/html/random_famous.html

"History has never been kind to people who fail to control their leaders." -- Mark Stanley

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Al Gore's speech of June 24 at Georgetown

Regards,
John F. Williford
Kirkland, WA

Subject: F*** Me? No, F*** You, Buddy!

Hi Gang!

You know, I speak fluent "French" as much as the next fellah and I'm a big fan of George Carlin's "Incomplete List of Impolite Words."

But, boy, isn't it telling when Dick Cheney decides to use it, on the Senate floor, and it gets reported?

Sounds like the pressure is building up and all hell is about to break loose.

I seem to remember at one time someone talking about the fabled "October Surprise" in regards to politics.

Gee...isn't this fun? We're getting a "surprise" every month...and every time, Shrubya's Infestation of the White House just keeps pounding nails into its own re-election hopes coffin by causing the uproar every time!

Cheney curses Leahy on Senate floor (msnbc.msn.com)

Oh, and before I forget, yet another "surprise" has festered into a purulent boil...Iran has resumed its uranium enrichment program and, according to the State Department, may be or may have already stockpiled chemical weapons.

What makes me giggle is that the State Department says that Iran's nuk-u-ler weapons program is a "threat to international peace and security."

So...since we have a nuk-u-ler weapons program ourselves...what does this make us?

Iran says it will resume enriching uranium (cnn.com)

Jerry Peurala
Westfield, IN

Subject: Thank God for Al Gore's candor

Dear BuzzFlash:

Your article "Gore accuses Bush, Cheney of lying about link between al-Qaida and Iraq" (sfgate.com) jumped off the page at me. Thank God someone has the guts to say it.

I love Al Gore.... During the campaign of 2000 I wrote to his campaign at least once a week begging them to fight back against the lies being circulated by the Bush campaign team.

"Cheney curses Leahy on Senate floor" "Aides: Vice president used "f-word" in heated exchange"...

oh yea, this is the guy you want with his finger on the button! between cheney and bush we are doomed!

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Teacher/Terror Suspect Arrested

At New York's Kennedy Airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator.

At a morning press conference, Attorney General John Ashcroft said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He is being charged by the FBI with carrying Weapons of Math Instruction.

Subject: The Party of Job Creation

As a follow-up to my post about the Bush administration's imaginary jobs, which you were kind enough to post a link to (thanks very much for that), I did some research and compared the Democrats' record for job creation since WWII.

Bottom line: Since World War II, the Democrats have held the White House for 27 years and the Republicans for 31. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, during the Democrats' 27 years in power since 1946, over 59 million non-farm jobs were created. During the Republicans' 31 years, only 31.3 million jobs were created.

Handy red-blue chart on this as well.

Link at http://rtorgerson.blogspot.com/

OR at http://rtorgerson.blogspot.com/2004/06/party-of-job-creation.html

Keep up the great work.

Best Regards,
Richard Torgerson

Subject: Quiz: Just How Bizarre Have Things Become?

For quite a while I have been noticing Maureen Farrell's quiz, "Just How Bizarre Have Things Become?" in the menu of options. Not being able to read them all, I would pass over this quiz to give preference to news items, interviews, etc.

Today I finally decided to take the quiz but first I hurriedly scanned the quiz to see what it was all about and I estimate I could correctly answer about one-third of the questions without having to read the possible answers.

When I started taking the quiz I decided my best strategy would be, if I wasn't completely sure of the answer, I would select the most stupid (not merely bizarre) of the options given. My final score was 19 correct out of the 20 questions.

Makes me wonder if choosing stupid options is what Mr. Bush and his people are doing -- but failing miserably. You're correct, Ms. Farrell, things have become very stupid (bizarre). In fact, they are stupider than stupid.

Subject: Pentagon and Air Force Being Sued

Buried down at the bottom of a page in the Palm Beach Post this am was this article: The Associated Press is suing the Pentagon and Air Force, seeking access to all records of GW Bush's military service during the Vietnam War. It was filed in federal court in New York.

Want to bet we will never see this in a major headline or ever hear the results? Even the supposedly "liberal" newspapers now seem to be giving GWB a free ride. The PB Post gets letters constantly accusing them of being "too liberal." Then why do they bury these little tidbits which are unfavorable to Bush?

AP sues for access to Bush Guard records (Seattle Post)

On another note, "I'm Loving It!" Every minute of the Bill Clinton interviews is music to my ears. The snide remarks by the media elite, the repugnant "dog in the manger" republican talk show hosts and the Bush loving columnists are bringing me the most laughs and good humor I have had for three and a half years. Chortle, Chortle, Chortle.

The Bush lies have made Clinton's lie pale in comparison. On another good note, a republican friend just asked me to bring him a voter registration so he can can change to Democrat and a Bush fan niece has changed her mind. She says she does not know who will get her vote, but it will not be Bush. The tide is turning.

Pisces

Subject: Something I wouldn't let a 10 year old get away with...

''Cheney Utters 'F-Word' in Senate -- Aides'' (Reuters)

If the Republicans really want to claim to be the ''family values'' party, they should wash Cheney's mouth out with soap. 

If my child swears, I tell them it is not appropriate. If the vice-president hasn't learned to control his temper at his age, I don't know that we should trust his judgment enough to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.  And today should have been a HAPPY day for Dick, the Supreme Court saved his ass for the immediate future by not making him reveal his energy plan as designed by Enron at this time:

‘Court Won't Make Cheney Energy Papers Public' (Reuters)

Shameful, just shameful.

http://www.bigtimepatriot.com/default.asp?itemID=82

Signed,

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Michael Moore on the Early Show

As Joe Pesci would say, "okay, okay, okay." I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 last night. I have to say I went to the ACLU benefit show already a bit angry for a variety of reasons, so I was genuinely surprised at my gut reaction to the film. When I staggered out of the theatre, I was seething. What's so remarkable about it is that there was not one area of subject matter in it that I was not already aware of. I read a lot, including the foreign press, and follow current events closely. So for that reason Michael Moore deserves a lot of credit for the masterful way he tied everything together.

It is a powerful film and one that everyday, garden variety (not the power elite) Republicans should see. They have nothing in common with the "Republicans" featured in the film. Democrats should see the film, too, to get a bird's-eye view of how feckless and weak their party leadership has been. I can remember as far back as the Viet Nam war to a common poster with the inscription: "War is not healthy for children and other living things." To hear those injured soldiers screaming in agony from their wounds (in the film) just tore at my heart. To see the bodies of those dead children and babies tossed into the back of a truck like so much garbage had an effect I cannot adequately describe to you. To actually see footage of marine recruiters preying on the disadvantaged must be considered a national disgrace.

If only November 2nd gave voters the same opportunities as American Idol: that is, call with your vote as often as you can.

Sharon Andrews

[BuzzFlash Note: Also check out Robert Pappas' "Orwell Rolls in his Grave"... http://www.buzzflash.com/orwell/default.htm and our editorial on "Fahrenheit 9/11"... http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/04/06/edi04044.html]

Subject: JESUS GOD! ARE THEY INSANE?!!!!!!

Unbelievable and Unconscionable! "Medicare is planning a lottery later this year for people with cancer, multiple sclerosis and several other diseases. For the 50,000 winners, the government will start helping pay for their medicine..."

Medicare drug lottery to help 50,000 (The Wichita Eagle --AP)

Jesus God! Christ all mighty! Are these Bush people just insane? Why isn't this on the news? Health care by lotto in the richest country in the world, while we spend billions on health care and facilities in Iraq?

DA

Subject: Re: Errors on Terror

Among other things, the center took over the job of preparing the government's annual report on "Patterns of Global Terrorism." The latest report, released in April, claimed to document a sharp fall in
terrorism. "You will find in these pages clear evidence that we are prevailing in the fight," Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage declared. But this week the government admitted making  major errors. In fact, in 2003  the number of significant terrorist attacks reached a 20-year peak.

Errors on Terror  (Spiegel Online)

This morning CNN showed a clip of a very feisty Irish journalist (gee I wish we had some here) interviewing Bush. She refused to let him get away with the kind of crap he's always spouting that the corporate media puppets in America go blithely along with -- like the world being a safer place now that Saddam is out of power. Bush got really pissed at her -- visibly so -- when she challenged him on that and pointed out that there are far more incidents of terrorism now than there were before Bush's illegal war on Iraq (causing him again to try to lamely connect Saddam to 9/11).

Howie K.

Subject: SHUT EM DOWN

I think the FEC should shut down Fox News 30 days before the election. We all know it is just a 24-hour-a-day commercial for Bush and the Republicans while pretending they are news.

Karen Massey
South Carolina

Subject: just think....:):):)

all the media and republicans had to work with on clinton was that nothing white water deal, and look what they were able to do with it for 8 years! :):)

can you imagine if they had all the stuff bush and cheney have done? :):) but then they are republicans, so for more 24/7 hunting of a president we will have to wait for kerry.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Official Bush Website Ad Compares Angry Democrats with Hitler

Here's one for the "Must be seen to be be believed" column: In a ridiculously desperate attempt to smear John Kerry, a new video ad placed prominently on the front page of the Bush/Cheney campaign home page, suggests that angry critics of the administration, i.e. Al Gore, Michael Moore, Howard Dean, and by association, John Kerry, are really JUST LIKE HITLER!

Here's the link: http://www.georgewbush.com

Remember when conservatives were all up in arms about MoveOn's 30-second TV ad campaign/ contest? They took issue with one entry, which was never aired, that used Hitler
footage in its message. This message comes straight from the top! Just when you thought
they've done it all, along comes another new low. How and when will the media pick up this story?

Tim Quayle

Subject: Bush's Irish TV Interview

Here's a link to the video of the Unelected Fraud's peevish interview yesterday with Irish TV outfit, RTE. The fun starts about 1 minute and twenty-five seconds into the clip.

Our Court-Appointed Leader is NOT used to follow-up questions.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0624/primetime/primetime56_1c.smil

I think your readers will get a kick out of it.

Paul B.

Subject: Wash the VEEP's Mouth Out With Soap -- "Big Time"

Hello Again to BuzzFlash and to all BuzzFlash readers,

Is V.P. Dick "Big Time" Cheney becoming un-hinged? The stress of the job of Presidential Puppeteer is obviously getting to him.

Remember "Big Time's" response to GeeDubya's "Major League A**Hole" comment (about Adam Clymer of the NY Times)? And now, "Big Time" is acting real Vice-Presidential-Manly-like by verbally assaulting an ELECTED United States Senator, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, with the tried and true Mother-of-all epithets:

"F*** yourself!"

Such Language!! What a far cry from statements such as "changing the tone in Washington," "restoring . . . civility and respect and cooperation." That's some tone he has taken! Seems as though he has "other priorities" than acting with civility.

Mr. Cheney isn't acting like much of a Patriot, is he? Let's take a quick look at his Patriotic report card, shall we?

• historical record of cutting defense spending
• allowing Saddam Hussein to keep his armed helicopters which were used to massacre Kurds
• holding secret energy policy meetings
• hiding documentation of those secret energy policy meetings
• ignoring homeland security
• ignoring terrorism threats
• bullying the CIA for ideologically favorable intel
• lying about Iraqi WMD's and Al Qaeda ties
• war profiteering with Halliburton

And now, cursing out a former colleague and a Patriotic American during a photo-op.

He ought to be placed in a corner all by himself, because he doesn't play well with his classmates. And his report card will reflect his behavior: "U" for Un-Satisfactory.

Looks as though it's high time that "Big Time" gets his mouth washed out with soap.

Warmest Regards,
GK, a Fervently Loyal, Devoted and Proud Liberal BuzzFlash Reader

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