Subject: Dubyah's Freudian slip yesterday...

Hesiod

Subject: Harry Reid

It doesn't surprise me that Reid supports Scalia, as he is a Mormon. (As is Nevada's other senator, John Ensign.) It is a known fact that Mormons are 99% right wing Republicans and Reid would not have a chance of getting reelected in the ultraconservative state of Nevada without the Mormon vote. Most of the Mormon's philosophies dovetail with Scalia's conservative Catholic agenda.

Tom

Subject: Say what?

President Bush trying to say the terrorists that struck the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia are attacking "free" countries would sound much more sincere if the attack hadn’t actually taken place in a country where monarchy still brutally rules and women can’t even drive or go out in public.

Shunk Wugga

Subject: Just a point about one of your headlines

Hi,

I love your site and am thinking about sending some monetary support, however, your headline about "Just call it red state witchcraft...." is causing me to question.

As a Witch, I resent that stigmatizing of my spiritual path. Haven't Witches been oppressed for much too long! We are a POSITIVE spiritual path.

Please see the following to learn more about my religion:

www.witchvox.com

http://www.bloomington.in.us/~pen/mwcraft.html

Please don't connect my religion to questionable and negative practices.

Thank you for listening.

Peggy

Subject: mailbag....12/06/04

First....RB...thanks so much for the "funnies"...I try so much to make each of these
shows every night...but somehow miss. I needed it, today!

And, to Elizabeth....mostly I noticed that Tommy Thompson was almost advising the terrorists (workers for Bush) about how to poison our food...what a dimwit...It was
just like he was trying to tell them how to do it... "It would be so easy," he said....like
call me up and we can do a deal! What a world we live in!!!

And, if anyone wants proof that lies stay where they are supposed to...just check out the story about Pat Tillman...wasn't that a good one??? A professional football player, giving up that huge salary to go and serve his country....we all believed it...why not? Trouble is...no enemy killed Pat Tillman...his own unit killed him...young rangers that did not know how to use a gun yet...and saw movement and shot it!!!

I have watched these "little boys" fresh out of high school...the adrenalin rush...the words, "Oh, yeah, I just cannot wait to get over there and kill someone." Actual words I heard as they were shipping out...and they did not cut it. These men are given a license to kill....and they do not even realize that if the bullet hits you.....you are dead!!!

And, sorry, but, when you lose someone like that...the fact that they keep saying they died a hero...is crap...bullshit...it grows dim after a while!! In the first place...the heroes are the men in blue that patrol our streets and get killed by the drug dealer...or by the thief who just stole a car..has no license...no insurance, nothing!! The First Responders who come when an accident happens on the highway, and give first aid....those are heroes, when they die in the line!!!

People who go to places like Vietnam and Iraq...are fighting a war for the man...the man who wants the money that that war provides...it happened in Vietnam...and it is worse in Iraq.

We believed that Afghanistan bombed the trade towers...so those men, until that has been also proven a lie...will be heroes.

But, even when they have the military funerals...and the flag is folded and they give it to the wife or the mother (as in our case)...they usually make some comment about your loved one dying as a hero...fighting for his country. Not true! Only the people who have defended this country after being attacked...are heroes.

My brother was ignorant of it until he got there...and besides that...he was drafted, he was one of the poor. These men today...are getting wise.

Today...there is the story of a suit being filed against Don Rumsfeld and the Pentagon, about the stop loss...re enter of 8 soldiers...they are going to fight it...and I hope they win. When they start sending 55 year olds back (i know one who is training right now...and will go to Iraq to fight)...then we need to start sending all the young men of congressmen and senators...and anyone in the Cabinet...all...every one of them needs to know what it feels like to have a child in that war!

I have also sent a letter to a democratic organization today...asking me for money. I am a democrat...I will vote for whomever gets the nod in 2008...but, until they make
some rules about an equal amount of democrats and republicans being in the polling
places...and paper trails for all voting machines...I will never donate to another candidate.  I did the entire thing this time...and then the wussy dems...sit back and act like they are all in on the fraud...I am sick of this country right now...I have never seen it like this!

But, I still laughed at RB's one liners from the late night shows...again, thanks!!!

Shirley St. Louis

Subject: Nobody Could Have Predicted: THE PENTAGON PROPAGANDA MACHINE - Pattern of Deception (Posted at blogspot.com)

The original story told about the circumstances surrounding Pat Tillman's death were apparently "embellished" if by embellished you mean made up. Now it turns out he was shot by his own troops, probably not on purpose.

The original story about Jessica Lynch's capture where she was portrayed as sort of a female Rambo, was apparently "embellished" if by embellished you mean fabricated. She says she never fired a shot.

The story about Jessica Lynch's subsequent rescue was apparently "staged" if by staged you mean scripted.

The story about the toppling of Saddam's statue was apparently "staged" if by staged you mean scripted.

Tillman received the Silver Star and Lynch received the Bronze Star. I noticed the Pentagon went back to check on John Kerry's Silver Star, but one has to wonder what sort of fact-checking do they do before they hand out these medals these days. They're supposed to mean something, not be given out as some sort of public relations scheme to make us feel good about what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Turk

Subject: re Farrell on Hitler and the Bushies

You are as usual absolutely right about this comparison. The nazis' ability to say and do contradictory things was crucial to their success, and it reflects the deep disconnect from reality that characterizes their world view. Re Hitler's disgust at homosexuality, which you mention--that's projection and self-hate, which are deeply ingrained features in much of Christianity as practiced (also Islam). Keep up the good work Maureen, you're keeping a lot of folks sane.

Bill Hicks

Subject: Going, Going, Gone . . . or Have We Missed the Boat?

BuzzFlash,

Regarding the editorial of Coleman going after Annan for Bush, a state that knows the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. This is so Bush and Rove and also we have to see Bush sticking his schnozzola in the vote process in Ukraine, which to me, makes him look like the pirate that he is, because people around the world have read plenty on the Internet about Florida and now Ohio and to me, anywhere we find a paperless computer, only Republicans might know how many other states there are where our votes should be in question . . . and all the while, nobody is going after Bush . . . the one who lied us into a war and is responsible for over 100,000 deaths . . .

No one is going after the members of this administration or Republicans in office before this administration who armed Hussein (their blowback) . . . no one is going after this administration for the no-bid contracts given to Halliburton and the sucking of American money down the drain for the largest and still growing debt in the History of the US, while our military goes without proper equipment and proper food, which has also cost lives.

Bush is going after Annan and the Ukraine vote, but not going after bin Laden, the Anthrax killer, and then the question of the leaks . . . the leaks of a CIA agent . . . all of these do not matter to Bush. Only those who piss Bush off get his attention. It has nothing to do with treason against this Country or what is "morally right or wrong," only if they piss Bush off. Saddam pissed Bush off. Afghanistan pissed Bush off before 911.

Has the world been turned upside down and bounced on its head . . . well if it hasn't, how do we explain the "black eye with the patch," over the US and the knife held in the teeth of our Democracy? Do we not have any representatives in DC that care about any of these crimes against Americans and the outward, obsessive control of power and raw revenge shown against anyone who has had the intestinal fortitude to stand up against the criminal activity by the White House Block of Bush Bullies who have been tyrannizing and browbeating all of the good guys (our real allies) in the world for the past four years and also invaded a Country based on lies? When does Bush have to be held accountable for his actions?

I am still waiting. I have said before, they can't put the kibosh on all of the members of Congress if they stand up together. I don't expect anything from any Republican in Congress until Bush is on his way out or made to pay for his crimes. Then they will all step up to the front, when Bush finally becomes a liability instead of an asset. At times like these, I always think about Senator Wellstone and I know that if he were here today, he would be making all kinds of noise and people would have to take notice. What a loss to the Democrats and the world.

And, finally, with all of the food for poor drives, cuts to the military fighting men and women and their families and their healthcare, the cuts in jobs, the homeless, the cuts across our nation in environmental programs, the cuts in education, the cuts in health . . . they vote to give Bush, a liar and a killer of 100,000 people. . . a 2 million dollar floating palace. How does that look to the world, you people who love to spout so proudly about your morals? When I heard of this yacht, my first thought was of Saddam Hussein's palaces in the sand that he bought for himself while 94 percent of his people were on state welfare. But, I guess since Bush can't walk on water, he will float in his palace upon the waves. I have always felt that Bush and Saddam have a lot in common.

How can anyone ever consider voting for this type of greed and excess? People who aren't making it from paycheck to paycheck voted for these morals? Check out all of the leaders of the Right Wing Morality and see how they live. They live as high on the mountain top as Bush and all are looking down at the nameless, faceless, citizens of America, (and laughing) even as they come home in flag-draped caskets, and you will hear nothing until it's time for them to be reelected or until they are opposed for their "goods and deeds."

I guess the "floating palace" didn't get much coverage in the papers, but the peeking into everyone's taxes did . . . and I kinda, sorta, wondered about that, because, well, . . . maybe that is why they put the tax thing in there to take the attention away from Bush's Big Float Boat. Ohio isn't getting any coverage in the papers. Deaths everyday in Iraq are not getting any coverage in the papers or TV news. I'm talking about the Big Boys, not the small papers.

Any derogatory news about Bush will be one day in the news, the next day gone. If the public misses reading the paper that day . . . they never hear about it. Don't even think about it making the TV news. If it does, it won't be recognized after being editorialized for the feeding to the public. We never have to worry about the American public being "overly informed or overly educated" in Bush America . . . I wait for the day that the Bush Administration will be going, going, gone and Bush can just float away . . . but I worry more about what will be left of the US when that day comes.

Thanks BuzzFlash,

Shirley Smith

PS: I also wonder if Bush and his knowledge of the lack of money towards Homeland Security and terrorism, makes him think he needs to be out of the country on his floating palace when the next hit comes in the US. Just a thought. But, I would bet on it.

Subject: Oh, The Irony of It All

Dear BuzzFlash Supporters:

Greetings from the Christian Liberal. And I am going to make it a Merry greeting, even if I have to force myself, LOL.

Been thinking about a number of things, really. It's difficult to be encouraged in light of everything that's happened since November 2nd. However, I found something to be very interesting, and it should be of interest to you as well.

In today's issue of AlterNet, there is a call for us who want fair and accurate reporting in our media, to take on Fox (Faux) Network News, because they are basically "cheerleaders for the Bush Administration." The article went on to state how the network gleefully framed John Kerry as a "flip-flopper" and if you have watched the documentary "Outfoxed," the documentary alone should be worth taking on this media conglomerate. But in the midst of it all, I think we all have overlooked one important thing.

Since we are so gung-ho to demonstrate our "patriotism," why hasn't anyone called Rupert Murdoch on the fact that he's not, as Bruce Springsteen would sing, "BORN IN THE USA"?

My understanding is that Mr. Murdoch is either Australian or British - I'm not sure which, and I'm not hating on anyone not American-born. But surely, one who is practically controlling our government through our media; why isn't anyone questioning him about his patriotism? Better yet, his citizenship, which gives him the right to control our government
through his media conglomerate?

The bottom line is: WE CAN'T, because he's not an American-born citizen.

How did we let this happen? Well, nothing surprises me anymore, considering that the 5th largest economy in the world (the State of California) has a CEO who's the son of a Nazi officer. In case it escaped your notice, the thug Senator Orrin Hatch, of Utah, is pushing for an Amendment to the Constitution to allow Ah-nold to run for President of the
United States. Yes, they also throw in Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, or Rep. Tom Lantos (holocaust survivor) to make it look good, when making their pitch to Americans.

But don't drink the Kool-Aid on this one. The very Nazis my father, and possibly your father or grandfather, fought to defend this country in WWII, being allowed to govern the
United States of America. Of course, there's not really any difference with GeeDubya getting a second term, is there? But, the Irony of it All...

Yet, I digress. I just wanted to point out that if Fox Network News appears to be Un-American, that's because they don't have an American running things! How can we expect Mr. Murdoch to be "fair and balanced" if he couldn't achieve this type of media monopoly in his own country, but he's achieved it in America! Why did he have to come here? And who
allowed his ability to create this monopoly on network news?

People on the street have a saying: "Money talks and BS walks." When you see the FCC roll over and play dead on some issues that are more offensive than Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, or Terrell Owens' and Nicollette Sheridan's locker room scene, yet on those two issues they get their shorts in a bunch, what does that tell you?

If we are going to take on the beast, we must know what the beast looks like. It doesn't look like Hannity or Colmes, Bill O'Reilly or Rush Limbaugh (even though in their own skin, they are beastly in and of themselves). The beast always stays hidden...IN PLAIN SIGHT.

And the irony of it all, our Congress allowed it to happen. For a few dollars, and a few dollars more. If the Republithugs have demonstrated anything, they have shown us that a Congressman's paycheck is worth more to him than fighting for democratic principles; that for the right price, any well-educated, well-respected member of the United States Government can be bought and paid for to sing in a gilded cage as a high-price whore,
willing to sell out their own souls for the almighty filthy lucre. Oh, the Irony of it all!

Until next time, stay focused, take charge, take care and God Bless you!

Leutisha Stills
The Christian Liberal - Oakland, California

Subject: re: Scary Missouri Senate Bill

It is not the Missouri bill itself that is so scary. It exists only to "Urge(s) the United States Congress to adopt H.R. 3799 and S 2082 which limits the jurisdiction of the federal courts in matters involving the acknowledgment of God by the states."

These are real bills, known as the "Constitution Restoration Act of 2004," to limit the jurisdiction of the US Supreme Court. And they will pass in this religious nut case Congress.

See: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.3799:

H.R. 3799 of February 11, 2004 reads in part:

http://www.senate.mo.gov/04INFO/BILLS/R1878.htm

Norma T.

Subject: Harry Reid

Is Harry Reid a mormon? There is no separation of church state god whatever there, is there? He does not believe what you or I believe in my opinion, from hanging around with the Mormons for a year, and I was only allowed to see the surface.

I think he should be replaced by the Democrats. I think he probably was very good at his former position but I see nothing to give me confidence.

Janice Orr

Subject: Brad Blog Article Helpful for Password Hypothesis

Thank you for the Brad Blog article on potential voter machine fraud. I do not know if it is true or not, but it certainly helped me to see how electronic counting could be manipulated.

I had rejected the idea that electronic voting involved fraud because I had assumed it would involve hundreds of people at the district and precinct level. Most of the Republicans I know are honest people. Any scenario that relies on people hacking into computers at a local level has to be rejected.

However, we still have to account for apparent discrepancies in the exit polls. Long lines may have discouraged some voters, but it would not explain the exit polls, as these people already voted. If we eliminate the idea of massive numbers of people involved in hacking the machines or exit pollers picking mainly democrats to interview after the election, only one scenario becomes plausible for me. I do not know the technical term for it, but I call it simply "Password Switching."

In other words, to retrieve information on the voting machines, I assume you have to enter a password for each machine. I assume machines can be easily coded so that when one password is put in, the correct totals come out, however when another password is put in, incorrect totals come out. For example, let us assume Kerry gets 54% of the vote on a machine and Bush gets 45% and Nader gets 1%. If I put in an ordinary password this result appears. If I put in a password with a letter "B" the vote totals are reversed and Bush gets 54%, Kerry 45, and Nader gets 1%. If I put in a password with a letter "N." Nader gets 54%, Bush gets 45% and Kerry gets 1%. (In actuality, the switching passwords would involve some complicated and hard to detect mathematical formula rather than simple letters)

Using Password Switching, no district level worker ever knows that they are changing the vote. The only people who know are the people who create the passwords for the machines. Naturally, this would be restricted to a few people who work for the machine manufacturers for security purposes. One would not need more than a dozen people to be able to control millions of votes using this method. You would just need one team of half a dozen specially selected people to put in the code and to get out the correct/incorrect passwords to the machine operators in all the states and another team of half a dozen specially selected people to select the districts where you would want the vote changed. This system makes it irrelevant whether a democrat, republican or other operator puts in the password. The fix is in the password itself.

This hypothesis has the added benefit of explaining what went wrong in certain districts in Florida in 1990, where third and fourth party candidates got an amazing number of votes. We may assume that the wrong passwords were put into the machines, causing all kinds of undesired vote switches.

If I owned a company making election machine equipment and I wanted to influence and control elections, this would be the method I would use. It is simple and virtually undetectible. I could put it into play at any time on a single machine, a district, a state or even a whole nation.

Yours,

Philosopher Jay

Subject: Democratic Youngstown Mayor endorses Bush, E-Voting machines go berserk

Mahoning County is the County containing Youngstown. Heavily Democratic. Real Democrats crushed by the Bush recession. A Key Kerry County. The E-voting machines screwed up all day. Gee, How bout that? I wonder what hizzoner will receive in return for allowing Bushmen to destroy Democracy in Youngstown?

Democrat Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio for Bush (Rush Limbaugh, 10/19/04)

Errors plague voting process in Ohio, Pa. (Vindicator)

Brad F.